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I've just about come to the conclusion that I just have 'BAD' hair. It's dry, it's frizzy, it breaks off, and falls out no matter how careful I am!! Sure gels and things help for short periods of time, but a few hours later and it's frizz city again. And if I keep losing hair at the rate I have been, I'm not going to have to worry about it much longer because I won't have any left. The top is still nice and thick, but the back and sides are getting noticably thinner. And I just can't figure out why, because I am very careful with it. Plus it just doesn't seem to be growing anymore. It's barely grown 2 inches in the last 6 months. And the tangles are a NIGHTMARE!!! I don't know what to do. The longer it gets the worse it looks. The thought of cutting it off just breaks my heart, because I want long hair so bad! But I'm starting to think it just isn't meant to happen for me. The thought of having short hair again absolutely makes me sick. I just don't feel like me with short hair. But it looks awful the way it is. I've tried all the tips and advice I have gotten from here, but nothing seems to help much. I'm just totally lost as to what to do. It's getting very depressing :(
There is always the Bio-Ionic straightening (Japanese). The pictures I have saw, looks like you have nice hair. You could go in and get your hair straighten "temporarily" to see what it looks like. If your hair is still full on top, then most likely your not going bald. This may be another phase your hair is going through. I have a friend who has long hair (2.5 years growing) and is as curly or even curlier than yours and still looks good, however he mostly wears it in a dry pony-tail.
Try a straigtening iron, you may like it.
Try this:
For SHAMPOO: Aussie MOIST Shampoo ...OR Jheri Redding Shine Shampoo(gentle)
For CONDITIONERS: [necessary for tangles, etc.) Aussie MOIST Conditioner OR Jheri Redding Mega-Vitamin Conditioner.
To KEEP HAIR MOIST ALL DAY: L'Oreal MELTing Gel applied to damp hair.
Also: for extra Moisture: Jheri Redding FRIZZ OUT Gel added to
hair alreay coated with the L'Oreal MELTing Gel.
You may have to wash and apply DAILY as conditioners and gel will
make your hair feel dry & thick if it builds up. (I wash daily with no problems).
Let us know who it goes and
Good Luck!
Have you ever thought about having it straightened? That can be good because as it grows out from that, there will be more weight to it that will help to control the new curly hair. Oh, one other thing, make sure that with curly hair, you NEVER try to comb or brush it when it's dry. (The opposite of what you do with straight hair). My hair is curly and almost to my waist when wet. The only time I brush it is when it's wet and I just used conditioner. Plus I use a leave in conditioner as well. Once it's dry, I just leave it alone. I used to brush it when it was dry, but I ended up just making frizzies and breaking lots of hairs. Now I won't brush it again until I've washed and conditioned and it's wet again.
All im going to say is make sure youve reached your length goal before deciding to give up! If you dont you will probably keep wondering and it will really do your head in. No matter how much I go through for my hair I will keep pushing on untill its past my shoulders, and then im pretty sure itll be good and ill keep growing
I've seen your site and your hair looks awesome man! Don't cut it, your an ispiration for some people..... Try straightening, conditioners, gels, or whatever but don't cut it =-o
I see most of think my hair is curly. It really isn't. I guess it does LOOK that way in my newest pics. It's actually just wavy. And it only looks THAT wavy for awhile the day it's washed. And if I comb my hair when it's still wet(which is rare), it's almost perfectly straight except for the very ends.
Thanks for all the advice. I still don't know what I'm going to do yet. I'm not just going to run out and get it cut. Because I know i'd regret it. I'm going to think about it for awhile(a LONG while). Maybe it'll get better while I'm thinking.;) It's just been a MAJOR pain in the ass lately!It's like the awkward stage all over again, only worse!
You and me both dude
Here's my piece of advice. do ANYTHING before cutting. You should go to a beauty salon and get a relaxing or straightening. If it looks awful, then you can go from there. But it might look great! Longer too!