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I knew I should of not, but I was so damn curious a few months ago. I liked it a lot when I first did it and didn't regret it at all. Now a few months later, I'm stuck with brown roots and the colour seems to have washed out a bit slightly. I knew I should of posted here before doing it (I used permanent instead of semi permanent). And bah, at the end of this year I would of been out of the awkward stage. Bah I'm sooo depressed.
Any ideas? I can either go to a salon and get the color stripped as I've heard it's possible with minimum damage if you go dark (I went darkest brown) and get a slight trim. Or... I'll have to start over again...
Help?
(Btw once I find my camera I'll take a pic of my current hair and my natural colour for yous to see if I made a bad choice)
At this point just let it grow. Ignore the roots. they will dissipate over time. Getting it stripped is more likely to do more damage. Maybe dealing with it will be more educational that trying a "fix" that may not help.
As a haircare professional, I can tell you, Wintersun, that only the most experienced color specialist (read: high-end salon, EXPNSIVE) would be able to strip your hair of color with minimum damage. So I would urge you to follow Quester's advice. The color you appied will fade over time and the roots will not remain so noticeable.
All is not lost - I died my hair black, hated it for six months, and had 3 inches of light brown roots showing it. It was damaged, ugly, and gross...I thought I would have to cut it all off. However, I went to a nice expensive salon and had them strip out most of the black with foils, and give me a nice trim. It cost a lot, but it "saved" my hair and allowed me to keep growing it.
If you really care about your hair that much and have the resources, I'd recommend taking a similar course of action...but then again, if you don't mind the roots, just let it grow.
I think that Quester and Bruce have given some great advice there and it may not have been the best thing you have done if life. Butg then again life is not alwaus straight forward and we all do things that we regret but given time we get over them. We all make mistakes we regret in the future.
The wonderthing about hair is that it grows back show youe natural colour and you should be proud of that.
I will still never understand if you have dark hair want it blond, nothing like every month "get your roots done dear"!
Cheers,
John.B
I fear repent at leisure.
Hi. If you regret dying your hair, just let your hair grow out. Eventually, the color of hair that you added will fade. It will be gone in a couple of years. I advice against going to a salon since it is expensive. Trimming your hair is only necessary if your hair gets damaged. Starting over defeats the purpose.
Just let it grow.
Matthew
If it were me, I would go to a salon and get the color removed or start using a semi perm dye. I think roots look tacky and gross, but that's my opinion. BTW, why have you stopped dying your hair?
I haven't stopped dying my hair... I just havent done anything with it for 3 months.
I guess I don't hate my roots too much as my hair only grows at average rate. So it doesn't start looking bad until 3 months. (Even then it's not to bad) I admit I was in a really depressed mood about it yesterday when I made this thread, feeling alot better today though.
I think I'll get my roots done once more and see how I feel in another 3 months, then decide on what to do whether it be stripping, foils, or dying as close to my natural color as possible. I don't think I have the will power to cut and start the awkward stage again honestly. If I cut I wont attempt to be a long hair I think ever again. Btw my condition of my hair I think hasn't changed at all since dying.
Thanks for the replies everyone! Hopefully there is some hope for me.