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I'm wondering what contributed to my horrible hair, so here is the story (sorry if it's long) First off, when I was like 4 years old I had a "bob cut" and it was always perfectly straight and looked great and smooth. Then I had a generic hairstyle for a while after this I had a buzzcut for like 6 years, then in 10th grade i grew the top out a bit (about two inches) so i could spike it, I put tons of gel lots of spray and sometimes glue in it to get the spikes to stay. I noticed the spikes were really hard to get to stay because my hair would tend to curl in different directions. I got sick of this trendy look and decided to get an undercut, but i didn't start over I just kept growing from what I already had and It was pretty frizzy/dry/puffy if I didn't put gel in it. To add to the torture I decided to highlight my hair, this wasn't enough so I also bought some spray stuff to highlight it more, then since it was so frizzy I tried to straighten it by using a perm solution (without the curls) it made my hair straight for about one hour then back to the horrible hair. So now I decided I wanted to grow all my hair out but I don't want to cut what I have on the top until the sides gain about 5 inches and then I will even out the top (and cut off that extremely damaged highlighted permed hair)--- note: at this point I started shampooing once a week, before it was always every day--- ok so right now the hair on the sides is about two inches and even though it's very dry it doesn't seem frizzy like the hair on the top of my head (it is seriously extremely frizzy, think carrot top but only the top of the head, it looks ridiculous) I'm wondering if all the chemicals I had put in my hair are what made it this way? Because I seriously have never seen hair that horrible. Also, as my hair is growing from the top, the bottom (the newer hair) seems ok but the old damaged hair (top portion) is really bad. Will the damaged hair somehow damage this new hair or not b/c I really don't want to even it out until the sides get a bit longer. Well that is all, thanks for reading.
New hair from the roots does not come out damaged. People's hair change during puberty due to hormonal changes, so what you have growing out of your scalp is what you'll be keeping, unless you start balding later in life. The best thing to do now is just properly take care of your hair and accept what you have.
A couple of things. First, you very likely have damaged some of that 5 inch growth you have with all the chemicals. You chronicle quite a non-stop stream of wear and tear on your hair. The other consideration, though, is that often enough, hair can change quite dramatically with the onset of puberty when you hormones change almost everything about your body. It is not uncommon for a young man's hair to change from absolutely straight to very curly just because of the hormone changes. You may have a combination of both.
Robert
I had almost the same thing happen to me. I had perfectly soft, smooth blond hair that turned dry and frizzy starting at about age 11. And I never ever put anything in my hair besides shampoo until I was 14 or 15.
People talk about how damaging spray and gel and stuff is. But its NOT going to change your hair type from smooth to curly and
frizzy. Look at all the women who constantly perm, dye, bleach, spray, gel, relax, etc, over and over again, and their hair doesn't look too bad at all, if they take care of it. My point is the spray may have hurt a little, but the main problem is hormones.
On the other hand, I don't know how healthy glue is. I have heard of this and tons of other absurd ideas for hair spiking, like toothpaste and honey. If you are going to spike your hair, wax will do just fine, and if its really really long, unflavored gelatin.
Both of these will spike any hair type. I've personally spiked my hair at 5 inches with wax and a little hairspray and it actually stays, unlike gel. Good luck.
thanks for the replies. the reason i think the chemicals had a lot to do with it is that now that i'm letting it all grow out, the hair on the sides (although dry) does not seem curly and frizzy as does the hair on the top of my head.