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I know this has been asked about before, but here goes... I had some really nasty flips in the front and rear of my hair when it had reached about 6 inches in length, in my mind the awnser was simple get them cut out. I did this and of course lost about half my length, the one in the rear although not gone is almost invisible now. But the front on either side of my (center) parting have gone haywire they no longer flip every day but curl up into my eyes one day, turn into ringlets the next etc... Does anyone have a method to keep them in control? I have tried a flat iron and although it works the result doesn't last all day. By the end of the working day I look and feel like an idiot, and they are making me paranoid.
Is this just the dredded awkward stage or a hair crisis? I am grateful in advance for any advice you long haired guru's can offer me.
(Just as a side note to this: I grew my hair to past shoulder length when I was a tad younger and it was dead straight so a reason for these flips would also be of interest).
Thanks.
Sorry you are having this problem and felt you had to resort to cutting. Yikes! Beats me as to why when you were younger your hair was perfectly straight past your shoulders. All I can wonder is if you remember anything about how it grew-out before. Possibly it flipped all over the place then until weight and gravity did their thing and you might have forgotten? About all I can venture a guess to unless the hair structure has somehow changed a bit since the "Shoulder-Length Days" of the past. Perhaps (if you are able to stand it) just let it do its "flip-thing" again until it gets past your shoulders. Anyway, Good Luck!
Sounds like your trim was a little severe... Can't speak for everyone, but my hair has a more of a tendancy to flip at the front and back too... thought these days not so much.
I noticed that my bangs were less likely to flip when they were cut with strong solid ends, (though this can look "Front heavy" if your bangs dont fall past your eyes.)
Same applies with the back, but I find using a hair dryer and round brush curling the hair against the flip as you dry it helps keep it in place.