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Hello!
Long story short (or moderatly short), I`m a young guy from Europe and I`v been growing out my hair out from a very short haircut for about 8 and a half months now. I haven`t gotten any trims and the hair at the front is now down to my lip, which is the longest it`s ever been. I have read some threads on here since the start of my journey and I can really relate to you! So, my hair is extremely thick wavy brown hair. As much as I have been enjoying it, even though I`m in the awkward phase, I have been having some slight problems. I was wondering if I should be washing it more often than 2 times a week, as even right after I wash it (and put a lot of conditioner on it) and dry it it seems to already be a little oily. It`s very frizzy and doesn`t get very oily later on except for the scalp. I also have some pimples on my scalp(well, I am at that age) and sometimes a lot of dandruff(ever almost right after I wash it), and also the skin above my ears and around the temples is kind of dry and flaky and I notice my hair falls out with the flakes really often in those places and that kinda freaks me out. So, I`m not sure if my scalp and hair is too oily or too dry... Maybe you could help me with these problems. Nonetheless, I`m really enjoying the progress and have been having fun with my hair. I`m sorry if I`m overreacting or if I wrote something strangely(english is not my native language).
This a great place for people like me(and you all, probably)!
Thanks!
Your English is fine, man. Don't worry about it. At all. You write better than more than half of native speakers do, so I'd say you are at a point where you don't have to mention that anymore. The only tipoff I saw in your writing was the use of the backtick in place of apostrophes, something really minor. (Use ' instead of `) The backtick is a programmer's tool, and native speakers don't use it. It's not part of English.
Keep in mind that over half of English users are not native speakers, and users of English come from many areas of the world, unlike the situation with some less-used languages. The result is that we consider a wider variation in usage to be "normal" English. We don't expect adherence to a strict perfection standard like some languages do, such standards may not exist in English, and if they do, many native speakers don't know about them!
There are a lot of non-native English speakers on this site and to be honest, I can't tell who most of them are by their writing. I'd put you in that group. Unless you point it out or your English is really bad, no one will notice here. Hell, we aren't English teachers, we are longhairs, and our interest is hair.
Bill, age 65 (lifelong U.S. resident)