I did a big chop!

[blackgothicdoll]

..and only waited a week to actually post pictures :D

As some of you all may know, my hair journey has involved growing out both heat damage and color - permanent black dye. Out of boredom mostly, I finally decided to cut off the majority of the remaining damage.

Note! Most of my pictures are of my hair in braid waves, I avoid letting my hair do its own thing because I get knots that can only be cut out.

My full heat damage journey is documented here: https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=14165

Here are a couple highlights:

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40675&d=1584593168
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40674&d=1584593159

Before and after - (well a couple months apart because I'm lazy :D )


Before:
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40676&d=1584593526
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40372&d=1582489239

After:

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40847&d=1586114045
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40846&d=1586114039
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40848&d=1586114060

[blackgothicdoll]

And here's the delta! - Complete with globs of conditioner, so hot.

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40773&d=1585590123

All in all, I still have some little bits of damage remaining, that I will gradually get rid of with microtrims, but other than that I am satisfied.

I cut from almost BSL (stretched) to almost APL (stretched). That's about a year of growth.

The weirdest part is the front of my hair, it had the most damage and had to be cut the most. Now I have an awkward fringe, which I'll just ball up in a claw clip as I did for most of these pictures. It's going to drive me crazy sooner or later, but so far I've been surviving by pretending it doesn't exist.

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40849&d=1586114066

Thanks for coming!

[blackgothicdoll]

Holy crap I'm derpy. Can one of the mods please move this to the hair forum?? Why am I like this :o

[Siv]

Wohoo congrats! And looks great! I like the fringey bits :)

[Hailwidis]

Looks great, blackgothicdoll! You really rock a half-up, and I personally think the fringe effect is cute.

[Sarahlabyrinth]

It looks great - and I also like the fringey bits! :D

[lapushka]

Awesome! Looks to me like you didn't even lose that much length. It's still quite long! :D

I was thinking to myself, first, when I saw this thread, nooo she didn't chop more off, surely. :lol:

[curly girl fla]

It looks amazing! and I think the front fringe is so cute. I'm sure it frames your face beautifully.

[FennFire911]

Looks amazing, and I adore your texture!

[Laurab]

Wonderful! I absolutely love it.
It's crazy how cutting off some hair like that can just liven everything up, it looks great.

[ynne]

The braid waves look a lot more consistent now! :) Overall, it looks lovely.
Am I seeing correctly that you have very very dark brown hair, without the dye?

[blackgothicdoll]

Wohoo congrats! And looks great! I like the fringey bits :)



Looks great, blackgothicdoll! You really rock a half-up, and I personally think the fringe effect is cute.


It looks great - and I also like the fringey bits! :D

Thank you all! :o :crush:


Awesome! Looks to me like you didn't even lose that much length. It's still quite long! :D

I was thinking to myself, first, when I saw this thread, nooo she didn't chop more off, surely. :lol:

Haha nooo, though I would be tempted to cut more I've learned a lot of lessons from cutting my hair too short. Promised I'd never go back shorter than APL as my hair becomes harder to manage the shorter it is!


It looks amazing! and I think the front fringe is so cute. I'm sure it frames your face beautifully.

It kinda just sits there haha, I haven't figured out my face shape and which styles go with it, so now it's just learning how to style the fringe in a way that works.

Thank you!


Looks amazing, and I adore your texture!

Aww shucks, thank you :o


Wonderful! I absolutely love it.
It's crazy how cutting off some hair like that can just liven everything up, it looks great.

Thanks! It looks/feels a lot fuller without those scraggly ends. I can't wait until it gets longer now! :D


The braid waves look a lot more consistent now! :) Overall, it looks lovely.
Am I seeing correctly that you have very very dark brown hair, without the dye?

Thanks! Yes I still deal with quite a bit of frizz but those weird straight pieces are gone for the most part.

And yes! To me it's a warm brown, but that could be based on contrast since I've been dying it jet black or blue black for the last 10 years :shocked:

[bokeh]

It looks really cute!

[AutobotsAttack]

Beautiful! Does detangling feel any different now?

[Ylva]

I'm so excited for you! :D

It barely looks like you took anything off, but it looks so refined now!

[Aerya]

Yay, it looks fantastic! The texture looks a lot more consistent and your colour is lovely :flower:

[SleepyTangles]

Look at those ringlets! :crush:
Looks good, and I kinda like the fringe. I personally like to have shorter pieces around my face

[sally_neuf]

:applause it looks so much more defined and "coherent" if that makes sense? you really brought in a lot of shine and beautiful texture !

[Tinyponies]

So beautiful, bgd. I hope you find freedom from multiple textures and can enjoy things more now :)

[desisparkles]

Fiyahhhhhhh

[Begemot]

Gorgeous texture, your hemline looks lovely :thumbsup:

[TatsuOni]

It looks beautiful! :)

[blackgothicdoll]

It looks really cute!

Thanks!


Beautiful! Does detangling feel any different now?

It's actually harder to detangle I think it's because I was 'spoiled' with those straight ends that wouldn't tangle as much. Now I have pretty blunt, kinky ends that want to wrap around each other. I'm sure once it grows out and my hair natural stops being so blunt it'll get better, but it sure is a pain I did not expect to encounter.


I'm so excited for you! :D

It barely looks like you took anything off, but it looks so refined now!

Thank you!


Yay, it looks fantastic! The texture looks a lot more consistent and your colour is lovely :flower:

Thanks!


Look at those ringlets! :crush:
Looks good, and I kinda like the fringe. I personally like to have shorter pieces around my face

Thank you! I think I'm getting used to it!


:applause it looks so much more defined and "coherent" if that makes sense? you really brought in a lot of shine and beautiful texture !

Haha yes coherent definitely makes sense! And thank you so much!


So beautiful, bgd. I hope you find freedom from multiple textures and can enjoy things more now :)

Thanks!! I hope so too! Now I'm in for the long run, just gonna let it grow!


Fiyahhhhhhh

:heartbeat:smooch::inlove:


Gorgeous texture, your hemline looks lovely :thumbsup:

Thank you!


It looks beautiful! :)

Thank you so much!

[lapushka]

Haha nooo, though I would be tempted to cut more I've learned a lot of lessons from cutting my hair too short. Promised I'd never go back shorter than APL as my hair becomes harder to manage the shorter it is!

For sure, hair that curly deserves length! :thumbsup:
It needs it, actually. :D

I'm sure you are super happy now the heat damage is gone! :D

[Climber]

I have texture envy--I adore your ringlets.