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do you think I can do it? - 1 YEAR LATER

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Topic: do you think I can do it? - 1 YEAR LATER

Posted By: savyy
Subject: do you think I can do it? - 1 YEAR LATER
Date Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 3:07pm

hello everyone, so this is my first official post in the long hair support forums! Here is my challenge; I'm 20 years old, I used to have quite thick hair, and down to my lower back... one bad dye job later and 2 years later I feel like I'm still suffering from it, but things arn't so bad anymore. I've been keeping up with my trims (1" every 2 months) and I think I'm finally at the stage where I'm going to stop all trims, and see what kinda length I can pull in before summer (which would officially june) yesterday I just got my last trim, I got rid of about an inch all around. here's pics of how my hair was just before I trimmed it. it still pretty much looks the same, minus maybe half an inch or so in the back. my hair is naturally dirty blonde, and wavy (like in the pics) it grows quite fast. I have about just under an inch of growth every month, I get my roots done every month with a 9N highlift. I only EVER get my roots done since the accident. I really really want my hair to be at about the small point of my lower back, just above where my waist kinda shrinks in. I figure I'll need about 4-6" depending on what kind of splits I see when the trims stop. feb to june is 5 months... do you think I can do it? no trims for 5 months? or maybe one tiny trim if things start looking bad? I need all the help I can get! I'll keep you posted as much as I can with pics and such. thanks everyone!

savyy2009-01-06 19:02:43

Replies: 46

Posted By: savyy
Date Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 3:07pm

savyy2009-01-06 19:02:43

Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: Jan 24, 2008 at 8:26am

Your hair is lovely! I don't know if I'd make a "no trims" at all rule, you might be able to do it, but since you lighten it, you might not. You can certainly grow it to the length you want, you are almost there and it looks great. If you need a trim at all, base it on whether you have splits or not, because you don't want splits to climb your hair. Then if you do get them only trim off 1/4". That way you get to keep almost all of your growth.

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Posted By: savyy
Date Posted: Jan 24, 2008 at 10:39am

thanks for your compliments :) I only lighten at the roots so in reallity my hair at the bottom hasn't seen dye in a very long time... but I still do get splits, so I'll take your advice with the 1/4" if I see any. I also only dye the top/front area of my head, I let the back grow out naturally (dirty blonde) I'm thinking about getting my roots done maybe just a 9N from now on, I used to have that... I'm just afraid of getting a "stripe" at the roots... we'll see tho. thanks!

Posted By: Hellfrozeover
Date Posted: Feb 3, 2008 at 4:52am

You've got great hair! You probably could achieve what you want although it might be best to avoid heatstyling(don't know if you heatstyle or not) to do it faster.

Posted By: Sunsailing
Date Posted: Feb 7, 2008 at 11:02pm

I agree that you're not far from your goal. It's looking good thus far!

Your hair looks much lighter than a 9N. It looks lighter than an 11N...

Posted By: savyy
Date Posted: Feb 11, 2008 at 7:22pm

It could be lighter... I'm not sure if she's using the same formula at the salon, but last time I checked it was a 9N/40/hi-lift :) It gets way lighter in the summer... almost white.

anyways, I got another small trim... like half a centimeter, since then it feels like it's grown maybe an inch. I've got another concern about color tho, but I'll post it in the color threads :)

Posted By: savyy
Date Posted: Mar 18, 2008 at 1:25pm

so it's march, update pic!

not sure if it's that much longer... havn't had any trims. but I'll be getting one today when I get my hair done, I've decided on probably just getting a half inch off the front (I've got some wacky layers I don't like anymore there) and maybe just a 1/4" in the back, splits in the back are very minimul surprisingly! except I have noticed my hair seems thinner lately :( I'm not sure why... been losing a lot in the shower too. sucks, sometimes I feel my hair is super thin or always falling out and I just wanna cut it all off!!!! but then a month later it feels great and I'm so glad I didnt. does anyone else ever get hair-moodswings like that? anyways theres an update!

Posted By: Bob S
Date Posted: Mar 18, 2008 at 4:11pm

Oh yeah, it is surprisingly longer, Savvy! It's looking super.

Bob

Posted By: paper
Date Posted: Mar 19, 2008 at 10:17am

Looks great Savyy!

What is your goal?

Posted By: Mike46019
Date Posted: Mar 23, 2008 at 8:25pm

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Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: Mar 24, 2008 at 8:46am

It looks great still, and even healthier in the latest photo. You must be taking very good care of it.

I get like that about mine too. Sometimes I don't like it, other times I like it a lot. Sometimes I just want to dye it, others I'm glad I didn't.

Dyeing hair usually causes some hair loss from the root, but it probably doesn't look as thin as you feel like it looks (it doesn't look thin at all in your photos). So, even though you know it is thinner than before, no one else can tell.

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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: Mar 25, 2008 at 7:53pm

Belated greetings, welcome to the forum Tanya!

Thank you for sharing your story and photographs. It looks like your hair has made definite progress. Lucky you with the fast-growing hair (helps absolve a lot of "sins"). Hang in there when you're feeling down. Come here to commiserate -- we've all had our moments when growing towards our goals. And FWIW, I think you could grow your hair really long -- if you wanted to.

Posted By: savyy
Date Posted: Mar 27, 2008 at 11:25am

thanks everyone :) its a week later and like I said, I feel way better about the thickness issue already. as for my goal length, I want it to my lower back... I think I have 4-6 more inches to go now, and above all I want it healthy and thick down to there. so I'll be having a few trims in between. hopefully by the end of this year I'll be at my goal! yay! thanks for your help and support.

Posted By: hairbraider
Date Posted: Mar 28, 2008 at 2:47pm

You have great hair! Keep taking good care of it. And do tell us when you're feeling down about it. These people have been wonderful to lift me up at times like that.

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Posted By: savyy
Date Posted: Apr 28, 2008 at 12:01am

feeling down about thinness lately.... felt like my hair was shedding for a month straight and now its finally stopped. sometimes I don't know if it's best to sleep with it in a loose scrunchy at night, or just leave it down... because sometimes when I wear it up too much it feels thin from it, but when its down at night wouldnt I be doing more damage?

boo :( no hair update pics cuz I feel like crap. I'm gonna sleep with it down for the week, see if I feel any better. I'm due for a trim at the middle of may, so thats when I'll most likely post an update pic.

Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: Apr 29, 2008 at 8:58am

A satin pillowcase may really help if you're having problems with hair pulling out. Whether you sleep with it pulled back or down, it will help your head slide over the pillow without tension.

I'll say again if I hadn't said it before though, your hair really doesn't look thin at all in your pictures. You may be worrying about something no one else can even see. Remember that its normal to lose up to 100 hairs a day. When hair is long, that really looks like a lot of hair, but its normal.

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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: May 1, 2008 at 9:31pm

I concur with Susan. I go through various shedding phases where I seem to lose quite a bit of hair, then it subsides for awhile.

I've found several things that help, especially silica (horsetail herb) and massaging the scalp with the fingertips, for about a minute each day. I take additional supplements, which also seem to help minimize fallout, including Saw Palmetto, HairTopia herbal plus, biotin, and zinc.

Posted By: savyy
Date Posted: May 5, 2008 at 1:12pm

thanks for your support, hair seems to have stopped shedding so much ...yay :)

Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: May 6, 2008 at 10:17pm

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YAY! Clap

Also, sometimes we go through cycles when shedding inexplicably increases; sometimes this seems to occur after high levels of stress endured. Ouch

Posted By: savyy
Date Posted: May 16, 2008 at 12:21am

I hate when this happens... my hairs been great recently, no shedding issues, looks full and long, virtually no splits. then I go in for my monthly apointment to get my roots done... she left the dye in for an hour and 20 mins, she said it stops working after a while but I swear my head feels like crap. not too much has been falling out or anything but my scalp feels burnt and my hair feels dry down to the tips! (even tho she only did the roots) I also made the mistake and asked her to "dust" the ends which normally I can't even tell she's done but this time she took off half an inch :( which personaly I dont think I needed that much off at all.... I'm pretty bummed out, my bf says my hair looks great and long still but I miss that half an inch more than I should... anyways I'm just ranting. I'll post a pic soon. boo

Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: May 16, 2008 at 9:07am

I'm not a pro, okay, so I don't know everything for sure, but I've never heard of a product that was good to leave on for an hour and 20 minutes. Everything I've ever seen has done about all its going to do in 45 minutes or less. So, your scalp got burnt.

Your ends probably got dry because when it was being washed out it was running over them and that was probably enough to remove any conditioner you had built up on your ends that was keeping them smooth feeling. Condition 2 or 3 times next time you wash, this should help.

Don't worry about your lost half inch. Hair normally grows a half inch a month, and depending on where you are in your cycle, that may even happen in 2 weeks. I agree, it sucks she took it off in the first place, and I hope you mentioned to her that a half inch trim is not a dusting. I'd say you could probably tell her that and then trust her for trims next time, since she sounds somewhat careful about the trimming, but if she burnt your scalp, you probably don't want to go back to her anyway.

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Posted By: 30isthenewblack
Date Posted: May 16, 2008 at 9:27pm

Your hair looks absolutely gorgeous. It looks like Christina Aguilera's hair when she has hair extensions but of course, your hair is real ...

I'm a bit concerned about the stylist leaving the hair colour for an hour and a half. I had my hair coloured the other day and they only left the semi permanent in my hair for twenty minutes. If you have reservations at the hairdresser, you need to speak up. I've been to hairdressers where you pay a certain price for a senior hairdresser and they do a consultation but your hair is looked after by an apprentice who may be looking after a few heads of hair. I suggest that you do question them next time and always keep an eye on the time yourself and insist on someone rinsing it out at the alloted time. It's better to be forceful than spend a year being regretful you didn't speak up.

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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: May 26, 2008 at 7:31pm

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Savyy, next time you go, wear a watch. Ask how long the dye should stay on, and keep her to it. If time (plus 1 minute) has come and gone and she's not around, call out for her. If she was professional she wouldn't need to be reminded that it's time to wash out the dye, but since she's shown she doesn't have the discipline, you'll have to manage her.

Posted By: savyy
Date Posted: Jul 2, 2008 at 10:52pm

so it's been a little while... I've finaly got an update pic too plus an older one for reference:

I've also converted to doing my roots myself, a scary risk to take but I've done them twice now and it's turned out quite alright. Hair feels like it's getting longer!

Posted By: Mike46019
Date Posted: Jul 3, 2008 at 12:28am

Looks great. Nice job. !% Ah ``d ba ,%$ bp $($ b ).,%$)-!,) ! % 0b` %$

Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: Jul 3, 2008 at 7:12am

It does look good! Considering you dye it, you are getting lots of length and your ends look great! And congrats on finding a good dye to do your roots yourself, that saves SOOO much money! !)) C ed``d ` %44`r #.,bb $ !,) ! (!) !!$` ,.

Posted By: savyy
Date Posted: Jul 3, 2008 at 12:33pm

oh deffinately! and not only that... but I can do it whenever! I've had so many times in the past where I couldn't get my roots done before a big event. thanks for the compliments :) I havn't had a trim in about 2 months, the last 2 inches of my hair feel kinda dry but it doesnt really look it. I've been using belle color 110

Posted By: tani-lai
Date Posted: Jul 7, 2008 at 10:31am

It looks gorgeous!

Posted By: paper
Date Posted: Jul 8, 2008 at 8:54am

It looks longer and fuller to me.

Looks great!

Posted By: savyy
Date Posted: Jul 8, 2008 at 12:20pm

thanks everyone :) makes me feel great, I never thought I could get it healthy like this again. it was still half wet in the picture, it looks a lot blonder when it's dry... I can also tell just how much better it is when I go outside in the sun, it's crazy white shiny! yay :)

Posted By: Bob S
Date Posted: Jul 8, 2008 at 4:22pm

I'm a guy-- I can say it, Sav-- it's HOT!

Congratulations! Bob

Posted By: Addy
Date Posted: Jul 12, 2008 at 6:59am

Well Bob... I'm a gal and I can say it too!!!!

Savyy's hair is HAWT!!!

Posted By: savyy
Date Posted: Aug 31, 2008 at 11:44pm

hey everyone.... update!

so for about a month my hair was falling out like craaaazzzzyyyy, like never before had I experianced such fallout. sad thing was, it was from the root, and virtually no breakage. baaaahhh!!

surprisingly however, hair doesn't feel too much thinner. and I lost A LOT of hair, so much I cried a few times (i know...) it's been a couple weeks since the crazy hair fall, hair is still comming out a bit more than usual but nothing scary like before. started taking a multivitamin and eating healtheir, etc, etc.

hair deffinately feels longer, and the health of it feels great too. I'll probably be going in for a small trim too but don't even really need it. just wanna tidy-up a bit.

this time, it's a from the side pic... only one I really have of just my hair currently.

ps. been using jojoba oil with my conditioner and started pre-conditioning now that my hair is getting longer, has been working GREAT! possibly going to try coconut oil, anyone had any luck with this?

Posted By: paper
Date Posted: Sep 1, 2008 at 9:33am

Looks gorgeous! Love the color and it doesn't look thin to me at all. I just started using coconut oil. I love it. I use it as a leave-in after washing. It makes my hair so soft and brings out my waves.

Posted By: Addy
Date Posted: Sep 1, 2008 at 8:37pm

Your hair is beautiful and very healthy looking!

Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: Sep 3, 2008 at 11:57am

When I used to lighten my hair to white, it fell out a whole lot, from the root. Just a side effect of chemicals. Even after 6 years of lightening it though, it never added up to a noticeable amount of loss

I too use coconut and like it.

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Posted By: Kimbearly
Date Posted: Sep 6, 2008 at 7:00pm

Your hair is really pretty and you are doing a great job with the color.

Just a ? for you. Have you recently stopped taking birth control or just recently went on it? Sometimes the pill can play havoc with your hair causing hair loss.

Posted By: savyy
Date Posted: Jan 6, 2009 at 7:17pm

Hey everyone, since it has almost been a year since I first posted this (january 22, 2008) I figured it was time for an update!

Here's my current length, I havn't had a trim in 2 months but I've got no split ends so... meh! I plan to grow it out even more, with some trims etc. I'd like it to be full and thick at this length. It could use some more thickness at the ends but it's deffinately not stringy or anything :) Thanks everyone. I'm also still doing my own roots as well :)

Here's some more pics from throughout the year as well as the last one being current. There are also more pictures in the thread :)

1)after my first trim in january 2008 from initial picture post.

2)march 2008

3)january 2009 - current

Posted By: 30isthenewblack
Date Posted: Jan 6, 2009 at 9:38pm

I love progress pics! Your hair looks so long and healthy. I love the colour!4!%, icd`dd`e ,!"("b -

Posted By: Kimbearly
Date Posted: Jan 6, 2009 at 9:50pm

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Love your hair!!! You should send your pic to Hugh. He loves girls with long, light blond hair. I hear he is looking for some new girlfriends :O) This is off topic but "The Girls Next Door" is a guilty pleasure of mine.

Posted By: paper
Date Posted: Jan 7, 2009 at 7:28am

Your hair is so long and pretty! Nice growth, Congrats!

Posted By: ponytail_male
Date Posted: Jan 7, 2009 at 9:56am

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Posted By: mishymishy
Date Posted: May 29, 2009 at 12:06am

You have the most amazing locks and the best thing is it's all real!
I luuurrrvve your hair, the texture, the colour, the length!!!
One day hopefully I can grow my hair past my bra line (mind you, this has been like 3 years of trying).
Would love to put up a picture of my hair on this but it said access denied.
Any idea how to go about this?

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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: May 30, 2009 at 8:42am

Your hair is absolutly stunning. You could def grow it to your waiste or even longer. What is your goal? u should also take a picture of yourself with it in a ponytail :)

Posted By: lovebobs
Date Posted: May 31, 2009 at 11:23am

looks cool, i agree would be nice to see a ponytail pic as well.!,% Sidh @DPD ,br /2 @@ "%$ $- ,) ,%,$``

Posted By: Kramer
Date Posted: Jun 15, 2009 at 8:12am

Turning heads wherever you go, I'll bet. Splendid. - Aa lape d , 4(`b $,`` /

Posted By: 30isthenewblack
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2009 at 10:59pm

Your hair is so pretty and long! It's such a nice colour as well.4!%, icd`dd`e ,!"("b -

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