bahannas
June 3rd, 2009, 09:36 PM
Today is one of those days.
Last week I got sideswept bangs and a 1cm trim to get rid of damaged ends. I love my hairdresser, but she's not the most gentle with my hair. She used a fine comb on my wet, fine hair; thus resulting in a lot of breakage. Now, I am one OCD person. Everytime I hear a hair sound, I cringe. She did the usual blowfrying, I left it at that. I was too caught up in graduation to care.
Today, a group of friends and I decided to go to the mall. I thought it would be okay to heat-style my hair about once a month, so I planned to straighten my hair this morning. I usually don't use a heat-protectant spray (crazy, I know) because the kind I have makes my hair very crunchy. So I used it today on a whim, and go figure, my hair was a disaster. "Oh, I can just rinse it out." I rinsed, I blowfryed, I flat ironed. Yes, I ripped a cheap brush through my hair when wet. The results were all but successful. My hair looked and felt horrible, but I was in a hurry and couldn't deal with it. Throughout the day, I ripped through my hair. I came home to wash it; deep conditioned twice. Then, while rinsing, I gently combed through it with a huge shower comb. Hair was everywhere. Now, to me, a LOT of hair loss is about 10 strands. It sounds a bit cocky, but it's true. I barely ever lose hair, it's never in my brush. Needless to say, I panicked. I know this sudden loss isn't hormones. It's the snagged hair from the idiodic crap I put my hair through this morning.
I guess I have finally learned my lesson. My hair routine is about to get an overhaul. I'm saying goodbye to coney 'poos and 'dishes, and not just because of my sudden angst towards my hair. I've never truly felt it was healthy anyway, just a bunch of build up. Flat irons and blowfryers are out of the question forever. I'm doing a clarifying session and a deep Vo5 revitalizing treatment, then starting over. No more brimming on the outer edges of good hair care. Hallelujah.
Last week I got sideswept bangs and a 1cm trim to get rid of damaged ends. I love my hairdresser, but she's not the most gentle with my hair. She used a fine comb on my wet, fine hair; thus resulting in a lot of breakage. Now, I am one OCD person. Everytime I hear a hair sound, I cringe. She did the usual blowfrying, I left it at that. I was too caught up in graduation to care.
Today, a group of friends and I decided to go to the mall. I thought it would be okay to heat-style my hair about once a month, so I planned to straighten my hair this morning. I usually don't use a heat-protectant spray (crazy, I know) because the kind I have makes my hair very crunchy. So I used it today on a whim, and go figure, my hair was a disaster. "Oh, I can just rinse it out." I rinsed, I blowfryed, I flat ironed. Yes, I ripped a cheap brush through my hair when wet. The results were all but successful. My hair looked and felt horrible, but I was in a hurry and couldn't deal with it. Throughout the day, I ripped through my hair. I came home to wash it; deep conditioned twice. Then, while rinsing, I gently combed through it with a huge shower comb. Hair was everywhere. Now, to me, a LOT of hair loss is about 10 strands. It sounds a bit cocky, but it's true. I barely ever lose hair, it's never in my brush. Needless to say, I panicked. I know this sudden loss isn't hormones. It's the snagged hair from the idiodic crap I put my hair through this morning.
I guess I have finally learned my lesson. My hair routine is about to get an overhaul. I'm saying goodbye to coney 'poos and 'dishes, and not just because of my sudden angst towards my hair. I've never truly felt it was healthy anyway, just a bunch of build up. Flat irons and blowfryers are out of the question forever. I'm doing a clarifying session and a deep Vo5 revitalizing treatment, then starting over. No more brimming on the outer edges of good hair care. Hallelujah.