smerrie
May 17th, 2009, 08:49 PM
I have been coming here for a while now, reading posts, and even posting a couple times in the past. But I have never been very consistent! However, I really want to grow out my hair, because I HAVE been consistently unhappy with it for two years now. A lot of this is due to my obsessiveness and frequent trims to get rid of unevenness and split-ends, but maybe you guys can inspire me to be a little bit more vigilant about letting it grow! I've been trying to correct a bad dye job + color stripping (never do!) + super short layers, all of which I had done 2 years ago! Should be old news by now, but alas..
My current goal is BSL - not as ambitious as many of you, but I've loved my hair at that length in the past! And I really want to get it healthy and soft.
So! A few questions, any help/advice would be much appreciated!!
1) What is my hair type? (See picture below!)
2) Does anyone know how to address excessive dryness caused by Accutane! I can go a week without seeing any natural oils - great for my face, but not for my hair.
3) My biggest hair concern for the past year has been breakage around my face. I am growing out some angled bangs, which are about nose-length, and uneven (because they were angled). But behind those, I have other short, verrry uneven spots of hair where breakage and split ends have occurred. The rest of my hair is healthy, but dry.
Should I just let it grow? (Which I am thinking maybe I should).. Or should I cut it chin length in order to minimize the damage, and even things up?
Again, any help is super appreciated! Thanks!!
And the picture: (sorry if it is huge)
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t72/smmille1/IMG_2535.jpg?t=1242614359
This is how I typically have styled it - blow-dried and straightened! (and what it looks like from the front, though you can't see the damage)
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t72/smmille1/IMG_2365.jpg?t=1242614725
And this is some of the damage I speak of! I've posted this picture here before, actually haha
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t72/smmille1/IMG_1854.jpg?t=1242614796
My current goal is BSL - not as ambitious as many of you, but I've loved my hair at that length in the past! And I really want to get it healthy and soft.
So! A few questions, any help/advice would be much appreciated!!
1) What is my hair type? (See picture below!)
2) Does anyone know how to address excessive dryness caused by Accutane! I can go a week without seeing any natural oils - great for my face, but not for my hair.
3) My biggest hair concern for the past year has been breakage around my face. I am growing out some angled bangs, which are about nose-length, and uneven (because they were angled). But behind those, I have other short, verrry uneven spots of hair where breakage and split ends have occurred. The rest of my hair is healthy, but dry.
Should I just let it grow? (Which I am thinking maybe I should).. Or should I cut it chin length in order to minimize the damage, and even things up?
Again, any help is super appreciated! Thanks!!
And the picture: (sorry if it is huge)
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t72/smmille1/IMG_2535.jpg?t=1242614359
This is how I typically have styled it - blow-dried and straightened! (and what it looks like from the front, though you can't see the damage)
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t72/smmille1/IMG_2365.jpg?t=1242614725
And this is some of the damage I speak of! I've posted this picture here before, actually haha
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t72/smmille1/IMG_1854.jpg?t=1242614796