The Random Hair Thoughts Megathread

[SandyBottom]

Oh SeppV, I can totally relate! The same has happened to me in the past (except there was no one there to rescue me) and funny, I was just working on the roses today also! Hopefully it didn't get you too badly.

[Aerya]

I ended up trimming my hair, after being irritated with it for a while. Just a centimeter to take off the worst of the ends, but it made a big difference. I have been feeling down about long hair, but at the same time I don't want to cut off all my progress - I know I would regret going short(er), especially since I still only have a few centimeters of virgin hair. In my logic, a big chop might be worth it, if it meant I would have all virgin hair again, but until then, I would only end up disliking my hair even more.

Still, my lengths are very damaged, and so I have felt very demotivated in my goals of growing even longer. I recently started focusing more on my strength training, which means I have to wash my hair every other day to keep my scalp happy, and having to deal with the drying time, the inevitable frizz of freshly washed hair, the heavy conditioners and leave ins to make it look sort of nice... I just feel a little tired of it, and it feels kind of silly to do all of that only to have slightly longer, but still damaged and ugly hair. I was planning on growing to hip, and I might just still, if my ends don't give me too much trouble, but I think for the time being, I will focus less on gaining length and more on growing out my natural hair. So, more frequent, but smaller trims, to keep my lengths more manageable and with time decrease the amount of dyed hair. Maybe even some bigger cuts in the future, but I will have to see - I just don't want to stress about my hair.

I feel like I am overthinking it, but what better place to overthink cutting off 1 centimeter of hair than the LHC? I feel weirdly invigorated having trimmed what most people would say is nothing, and I feel much better going forward with this change in perspective. And I can't wait to have my natural hair be long enough that I can chop off all the dyed bits, even if that means going shorter than my desired length. Surely, after dealing with my bleached-and-dyed mess for so many years, I can handle my natural floof in its shorter state for a while.

Also, it is amusing to me how I have gone from DIY-ing a pixie with kitchen scissors on one simple whim, to overthinking a 1 centimeter trim of dead ends.

[Braided Lady]

I got the top of my braid caught on a piece of velcro early this spring, and I had the same fear of my braid just getting ripped off, SeppV. I had a terrifying image in my head of needing to get cut off. Didn't happen, but I definitely lost some hairs on it, I'm glad it doesn't look like you did

[Shorty89]

I grew out a short pixie without any trims when I was thirteen. I had MBL hair and stupidly trusted a friends older sister, who was fifteen, to cut my hair and of course it was a disaster. My poor mom was mortified and took me to a salon to fix it. I had to get a short pixie to correct what was done to my hair. It was awful and I felt so ugly.

DD cut her own hair once and there was *no* fixing it - she'd cut the front (bangs area) to the scalp. Hairdresser looked and shook his head... nope, must grow it out. It looked very odd for a long time.

I cut my own hair the day my mom was getting me a professional photograph done at a studio - you know, 'fancy Christmas gift for grandma' type thing. Fortunately it wasn't catastrophic, just wonky bangs, and yep, there they are in the photo.

I may try to find some of my bad childhood hair the next time I visit my parents.

I really hate those pube hair looking curly bits at both sides of my nape it's proof I'm not 1b anymore I'm afraid I might eventually be getting hair like my dad and he has 3a curls fingers crossed it doesn't happen

I love that description. I tend to trim or shave a bit of my nape hair. It grows really low and curls in weird directions.

[Bat]

I may try to find some of my bad childhood hair the next time I visit my parents.



I love that description. I tend to trim or shave a bit of my nape hair. It grows really low and curls in weird directions.

That's what they seriously look like z I usually would shave them off but I'm trying to keep clippers and scissors away from my hair til the end of the year

[Nefcerka]

I ended up trimming my hair, after being irritated with it for a while. Just a centimeter to take off the worst of the ends, but it made a big difference. I have been feeling down about long hair, but at the same time I don't want to cut off all my progress - I know I would regret going short(er), especially since I still only have a few centimeters of virgin hair. In my logic, a big chop might be worth it, if it meant I would have all virgin hair again, but until then, I would only end up disliking my hair even more.

Still, my lengths are very damaged, and so I have felt very demotivated in my goals of growing even longer. I recently started focusing more on my strength training, which means I have to wash my hair every other day to keep my scalp happy, and having to deal with the drying time, the inevitable frizz of freshly washed hair, the heavy conditioners and leave ins to make it look sort of nice... I just feel a little tired of it, and it feels kind of silly to do all of that only to have slightly longer, but still damaged and ugly hair. I was planning on growing to hip, and I might just still, if my ends don't give me too much trouble, but I think for the time being, I will focus less on gaining length and more on growing out my natural hair. So, more frequent, but smaller trims, to keep my lengths more manageable and with time decrease the amount of dyed hair. Maybe even some bigger cuts in the future, but I will have to see - I just don't want to stress about my hair.

I feel like I am overthinking it, but what better place to overthink cutting off 1 centimeter of hair than the LHC? I feel weirdly invigorated having trimmed what most people would say is nothing, and I feel much better going forward with this change in perspective. And I can't wait to have my natural hair be long enough that I can chop off all the dyed bits, even if that means going shorter than my desired length. Surely, after dealing with my bleached-and-dyed mess for so many years, I can handle my natural floof in its shorter state for a while.

Also, it is amusing to me how I have gone from DIY-ing a pixie with kitchen scissors on one simple whim, to overthinking a 1 centimeter trim of dead ends.

Congratulations on the trim! And more importantly, I am glad you are happy about it. Long hair is a process and it takes time and many decisions, trials and errors. I have too a vision of what I want my hair to be NOW but that is not how it works. Like someone wise here on LHC said, we are growing patience, not hair And I understand fussing about 1 cm trim. I do a 1 cm trim precisely twice a year, and I am contemplating skipping that 1 cm trim this July, because in my mind that way my hair will grow faster (silly me, I know!)

[Bri-Chan]

The other day I double conditioned and I don't know why I wasn't doing it anymore, my hair feels amazing.

[Aerya]

Congratulations on the trim! And more importantly, I am glad you are happy about it. Long hair is a process and it takes time and many decisions, trials and errors. I have too a vision of what I want my hair to be NOW but that is not how it works. Like someone wise here on LHC said, we are growing patience, not hair And I understand fussing about 1 cm trim. I do a 1 cm trim precisely twice a year, and I am contemplating skipping that 1 cm trim this July, because in my mind that way my hair will grow faster (silly me, I know!)

Thank you! Yea, it's so annoying that we can't just undo all the damage and magically grow hair overnight, haha. But I suppose if we could do that, it would take away from the reasons why we like long hair so much to begin with. It is indeed true that we are growing patience, rather than hair - that's a great saying! Well, if your hair doesn't need the trim, then there is nothing wrong with just skipping it - the scissors will be there at a later time if you change your mind about it.

[Aerya]

Double post, but: I'm watching a series and one of the characters just grabbed one of her hairsticks out of her hair and used it as a weapon mid-fight. Let me tell you, I ran to LHC to make a post about it...

[SeppV]

Oh SeppV, I can totally relate! The same has happened to me in the past (except there was no one there to rescue me) and funny, I was just working on the roses today also! Hopefully it didn't get you too badly.

I got the top of my braid caught on a piece of velcro early this spring, and I had the same fear of my braid just getting ripped off, SeppV. I had a terrifying image in my head of needing to get cut off. Didn't happen, but I definitely lost some hairs on it, I'm glad it doesn't look like you did

Well, I am not alone in being a bit clumsy then. I took my braid out and looks like no major harm was done. I will remember to be careful next time. We have a huge bush I sometimes almost climb under to cut.... It has some huge spikes too, so it's scary in more ways than for my hair. At least I got my hair caught on a smaller one this time.