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Hey guys! I come seeking advice and help!
Now, I know I've not posted much before, and I am sorry. But I am currently a full-time university student and my time is not my own! I will try to post more in the future, but please forgive long silences! I'm just busy, that's all!
Anyway, I have been growing my mane for 7 years now and I have reached a point where I'm debating if I should change for something more manageable. Currently, my hair goes down to just above my butt. I wash it every 2nd day (because my hair gets naturally greasy very quickly) and straighten to iron out the kinks in my hair. It's naturally wavy and if I don't straighten it looks messy!
Some people may be worrying that I wash too much, but believe me when I say that I have to to maintain a clean look! I hate having dirty hair and it makes me feel very uncomfortable to not have clean hair. Despite all this, my fringe is now broken and lop-sided, my ends are split and thin and the general thickness of my hair has decreased substantially. Lifting it up, I can see that 3/4 of it is long with a good 1/4 shorter and split. I've also found that it's started to layer itself into uneven lengths under the main length and also I find I am loosing alot of hair daily as well.
Guys, I really feel like I want a change. I don't want rid of my long hair...but I want a new style. Something modern, easy to manage and nothing complex.
Please help!
--=Kyle=--
Hi Kyle,
Well without seeing a pic of your hair its kind of hard to judge the problems you say you have.But in answering your last statement all I can say is that longhair is timeless and never goes out of style to those who enjoy it:)Obviously most guys have short hair so there is no trend but a personal preference.Other that braiding your longhair or doing dreads I can't imagine what you are looking to do.Good luck with your hair.Cheers
Mark
Well, during the time I was growing out, I washed about that often and my hair was generally fine. I'd worry more about the straightening...that is far more damaging than any amount of washing.
Can't speak to the messy part, but if it is heavily damaged, then it is going to be more tangly and uneven and messy than if it isn't...which just puts you in the vicious cycle of ironing it to disguise the damage.
Maybe pictures of it with and without ironing? Also, how do you style it during the day?
Hi Kyle,
I've been growing my hair for about 2.5 years and I have the same unevenness issues as you seem to have. I thought about possibly changing to a different style, but I'm too attached to my hair for that.. Instead I just switched to a less harsh shampoo and I do as little as possible to try and change my hair, and it seems to be doing really well.
If you really are keen for a change, then that's totally your own choice, but I wouldn't get discouraged by the unevenness just yet as it may improve and start looking better. And try the 2-3 week rule - if you still feel that a change is necessary after that time then that's your call.
-Charlie M
"A picture says a thousand words!" (Or so the old saying goes something or other like that!)
Whenever someone posts a comment about wanting to cut their long hair off, if we don't have a pic to look at, we really are just making reply comments in the dark...
With the above comment kept in mind, I'll share a few additional thoughts, anyway:
1) I agree with Trolleypup's comment about ironing your hair probably doing more damage than anything else;
2) if you really want a new "change", then why not just go in for a very modest trim, and then STOP ironing your hair -- that way you'll get to see the joy of what your naturally wavy/curly hair really looks like (which definitely WOULD be a change for the better in more ways than one!)...
3) if the damage is really severe and cutting is indeed your only option, rather than to be too severe in going short, why not consider just cutting only a modest amount off, first? You can always go shorter if you really have to; but glueing your hair back onto your head is never an option if you regret the decision!
- Ken in San Francisco