Growing out an awful short cut
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Topic: Growing out an awful short cut
Posted By: natorade
Subject: Growing out an awful short cut
Date Posted: Aug 22, 2009 at 3:45pm
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OK my hair has been through so much since New Years Eve. Kind of a long story. My natural color is like a medium beige blonde but I have been getting highlights since I was about 10 yrs old. Granted I usually only got highlights at the most twice a year. On new years I went to a salon to get highlights and the girl really screwed up my hair. She used 40% bleach on my highlights and then in between my foils and roots she put some kind of color on my hair. Well, my hair turned neon orange with white streaks. I went back 3 days later so another girl could try and fix it and she added some lowlights to my hair which then left me with neon orange, white and green streaks. Needless to say I ended up having to cut my long hair to a chin length a line. Well I started going to a new salon and the girl there fixed me all up. After a couple of times going to her she was able to pretty much highlight all the orange out of my hair. Although, I ended up being platinum in the process which didn't look all that bad on me. I just hated to always have to touch up the roots. After about 2-3 inches of regrowth I asked if she could start adding some lowlights into my hair so I could just let my natural color start coming in. So, she added lowlights, but way too many. I was practically a brunette when she was done. She also razor cut my hair at the same time to give me real choppy layers. Well, I about died when I saw how dark my hair was. I went in the next day and asked if she could just add a few highlights around my face, cuz it was so dark. She decided to give me a bleach wash. Well, the wash turned the lowlights yucky orange. So, now she heavily foils my hair to remove the orange and that turned me white, white, with no root. I then started to cry. Well, she decided to add lowlights again which turned out flat and horrid. My hair looked like a wig. I just left the salon. The next day when I washed my hair and it dried it it was a complete fuzz ball, my hair was so broken off that my new hair cut actually looked like I was on chemo therapy. I went to another salon refered to me by a friend and the stylist told me the only thing I could do was let the horrible color gradually wash out, seeing how it was a semi perm color and just condition the crap out of it. Come back in 5-6 weeks when I have some regrowth and we would take it from there. Well, the color was gradually fading but it stained my hair this yucky orangey color and my ends were still fried. One side of my hair broke off shorter then the other. The only thing to do was trim it up a little and get an asymmetrical cut which I absolutely hate. So, now i have this ugly cut and ugly color. Ok so fast forward 5 weeks. I did treatments every 2 days on my hair and it was actually starting to look like hair minus the ugly color. I made an appointment to get the color fixed. I go in and I have close to an inch of regrowth. The stylist tells me she is going to put a toner on my hair that lifts and tones at the same time. She says it will blend my roots and tone the orange to blonde. It has a blue/violet base. So, I am excited to finally look normal again. Well, she puts this toner on my hair leaves it on few minutes rinses me and OMG I could not believe my eyes. The ends were blonde but my roots were neon orange. I once again start to cry. I just left the salon and cried all the way home. I bought a medium blonde semi perm color and put that on my hair. And of course as it is washing out it is staining my hair orange, I used one with a neutral color. My roots are fading an orange color again just not as neon. I go once again to see a stylist at yet another salon and tell her i just want my hair dyed dark. She tells me she won't do it cuz she knows I am going to hate being dark and then I will be trying to go blonde again from dark which is going to make it even worse. She tells me to just try and bear it for at least 8 weeks use a purple shampoo and condition the crap out of it again. So, I can't help but wonder what she is going to do when I go back in 8 weeks? She said she would highlight my roots so they can start blending but yet leave me with some of my natural color so I can just start letting my hair grow out. It has been 2 weeks since my last hair color disaster. I hair is still all choppy and short like almost to my ears. I hate it I really do look so ugly. I just want to hide under a rock until this all grows out. I guess this is Gods way of getting back at me for being so vain. I decided to start this journal so I can keep track of some of my progress. I was really worried that I might have stunted my hairs growth forever from the last color episode because it had been almost 2 weeks and I wasn't seeing any new root regrowth. Well, today I noticed that I have a about a 1/6 of an inch showing so at least I know it is growing. I am not sure how fast my hair grows. I know that my mom, dad and brother grow hair super fast so i hope I have the same genes. And we all have super thick hair. I am leaving for London Dec 30th. My goal is to not color or cut my hair till right before my trip. I am hoping that my hair will grow enough that I can at least get some kind of cute cut for my trip then let it grow out from there. I really don't want my hair super long again because it's not that flattering on me. I want it to about my collar bone. So I can wear clip ins if I want it long and not wear them if I want a shorter look. I just want to get rid of this ridiculous asymetrical short cut. I need my hair to grow about 5 inches to get to my collar bone. So, I am looking at a year to have it the length I want. So, I have started taking vitamins. I was taking the GNC nourishair but I switched to the GNC hair, skin and nails vitamins because it has 3000 mcg of biotin and 3 mg of silica. Deep conditioning treatments very 2 days for a while. No cuts and no color for 4 months. I will be using the straightner on it cuz I have naturally curly hair. I measured my hair. I tried to measure the shortest pieces. Left side piece temple down in front of ear is about 4 inches maybe 3 1/2. Top crown piece 3 1/2 inches. Right side temple down in front of ear is 5 inches. I have alot of choppy pieces that are only 2 inches. Some of my hair was sticking up about a week ago but they seem to be laying down more. I literally hate my hair right now. Here's to hoping that I can at least get my hair done a short aline style by time I leave on my trip. I wash my hair with pureology nano works with shimmer lights mixed in and use it's a 10 hair mask. I am going to buy some stuff from eqyss to see if it will help make it grow faster. It works on horses, maybe it will work on me.
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Replies: 56
Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 22, 2009 at 3:45pm
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OK my hair has been through so much since New Years Eve. Kind of a long story. My natural color is like a medium beige blonde but I have been getting highlights since I was about 10 yrs old. Granted I usually only got highlights at the most twice a year. On new years I went to a salon to get highlights and the girl really screwed up my hair. She used 40% bleach on my highlights and then in between my foils and roots she put some kind of color on my hair. Well, my hair turned neon orange with white streaks. I went back 3 days later so another girl could try and fix it and she added some lowlights to my hair which then left me with neon orange, white and green streaks. Needless to say I ended up having to cut my long hair to a chin length a line. Well I started going to a new salon and the girl there fixed me all up. After a couple of times going to her she was able to pretty much highlight all the orange out of my hair. Although, I ended up being platinum in the process which didn't look all that bad on me. I just hated to always have to touch up the roots. After about 2-3 inches of regrowth I asked if she could start adding some lowlights into my hair so I could just let my natural color start coming in. So, she added lowlights, but way too many. I was practically a brunette when she was done. She also razor cut my hair at the same time to give me real choppy layers. Well, I about died when I saw how dark my hair was. I went in the next day and asked if she could just add a few highlights around my face, cuz it was so dark. She decided to give me a bleach wash. Well, the wash turned the lowlights yucky orange. So, now she heavily foils my hair to remove the orange and that turned me white, white, with no root. I then started to cry. Well, she decided to add lowlights again which turned out flat and horrid. My hair looked like a wig. I just left the salon. The next day when I washed my hair and it dried it it was a complete fuzz ball, my hair was so broken off that my new hair cut actually looked like I was on chemo therapy. I went to another salon refered to me by a friend and the stylist told me the only thing I could do was let the horrible color gradually wash out, seeing how it was a semi perm color and just condition the crap out of it. Come back in 5-6 weeks when I have some regrowth and we would take it from there. Well, the color was gradually fading but it stained my hair this yucky orangey color and my ends were still fried. One side of my hair broke off shorter then the other. The only thing to do was trim it up a little and get an asymmetrical cut which I absolutely hate. So, now i have this ugly cut and ugly color. Ok so fast forward 5 weeks. I did treatments every 2 days on my hair and it was actually starting to look like hair minus the ugly color. I made an appointment to get the color fixed. I go in and I have close to an inch of regrowth. The stylist tells me she is going to put a toner on my hair that lifts and tones at the same time. She says it will blend my roots and tone the orange to blonde. It has a blue/violet base. So, I am excited to finally look normal again. Well, she puts this toner on my hair leaves it on few minutes rinses me and OMG I could not believe my eyes. The ends were blonde but my roots were neon orange. I once again start to cry. I just left the salon and cried all the way home. I bought a medium blonde semi perm color and put that on my hair. And of course as it is washing out it is staining my hair orange, I used one with a neutral color. My roots are fading an orange color again just not as neon. I go once again to see a stylist at yet another salon and tell her i just want my hair dyed dark. She tells me she won't do it cuz she knows I am going to hate being dark and then I will be trying to go blonde again from dark which is going to make it even worse. She tells me to just try and bear it for at least 8 weeks use a purple shampoo and condition the crap out of it again. So, I can't help but wonder what she is going to do when I go back in 8 weeks? She said she would highlight my roots so they can start blending but yet leave me with some of my natural color so I can just start letting my hair grow out. It has been 2 weeks since my last hair color disaster. I hair is still all choppy and short like almost to my ears. I hate it I really do look so ugly. I just want to hide under a rock until this all grows out. I guess this is Gods way of getting back at me for being so vain. I decided to start this journal so I can keep track of some of my progress. I was really worried that I might have stunted my hairs growth forever from the last color episode because it had been almost 2 weeks and I wasn't seeing any new root regrowth. Well, today I noticed that I have a about a 1/6 of an inch showing so at least I know it is growing. I am not sure how fast my hair grows. I know that my mom, dad and brother grow hair super fast so i hope I have the same genes. And we all have super thick hair. I am leaving for London Dec 30th. My goal is to not color or cut my hair till right before my trip. I am hoping that my hair will grow enough that I can at least get some kind of cute cut for my trip then let it grow out from there. I really don't want my hair super long again because it's not that flattering on me. I want it to about my collar bone. So I can wear clip ins if I want it long and not wear them if I want a shorter look. I just want to get rid of this ridiculous asymetrical short cut. I need my hair to grow about 5 inches to get to my collar bone. So, I am looking at a year to have it the length I want. So, I have started taking vitamins. I was taking the GNC nourishair but I switched to the GNC hair, skin and nails vitamins because it has 3000 mcg of biotin and 3 mg of silica. Deep conditioning treatments very 2 days for a while. No cuts and no color for 4 months. I will be using the straightner on it cuz I have naturally curly hair. I measured my hair. I tried to measure the shortest pieces. Left side piece temple down in front of ear is about 4 inches maybe 3 1/2. Top crown piece 3 1/2 inches. Right side temple down in front of ear is 5 inches. I have alot of choppy pieces that are only 2 inches. Some of my hair was sticking up about a week ago but they seem to be laying down more. I literally hate my hair right now. Here's to hoping that I can at least get my hair done a short aline style by time I leave on my trip. I wash my hair with pureology nano works with shimmer lights mixed in and use it's a 10 hair mask. I am going to buy some stuff from eqyss to see if it will help make it grow faster. It works on horses, maybe it will work on me.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Aug 22, 2009 at 5:59pm
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Awwwww ur story is sooo sad :( I really hope u can get ur hair back long and healthy. I am too growing my hair long from a very short cut even tho im a guy lol. How long do u want ur hair?
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 22, 2009 at 6:48pm
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I would like it to my collar bone. I was looking at old pics of me with my long hair and although it is really pretty it is nit very flattering on me. 99% of people liked me better with short hair. Just not this ugly haircut I have now. With hair to my collar bone I can at least wear clip in extensions if I want.
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 22, 2009 at 7:35pm
pic of my hair
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Posted By: suicides_eve
Date Posted: Aug 22, 2009 at 9:47pm
Wow what a story, Your poor hair gave out from the sounds of it. You said your goal was about 5"?
My first suggestion is to find out what you monthly or weekly growth rate is by measuring your roots or a specific spot on your head like your bangs or the nape of your neck. This give you a idea of how long you need to get to your goal.
the "average" growth is said to be 1/2" a month. I found with vitamins and water i can get 3/4" to 1" on the regular. therfore you looking at maybe 6 months a little more or less.
Cut back on shampooing. maybe once a week. Invest in Nexxus Emergencc- it helps keep hair from snapping off and hold back the frizzy split ends.
i found nexxus humcantress really helped condition my hair
if you hair has a orange or red tone try a semi dye in a ash color, or Sally's beauty supply sells a product called UNRED. It's a blue purple but helps tone done the red ( used it for my own bleachings). But the purple shimmer or what ever they used may work, never personally used that product.
unfortunately a simple color remover in the beginning would have more then likely removed the botched color she put on and saved your locks from torture.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Aug 22, 2009 at 10:27pm
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Wow natorade ur hair looks amazing in the picture :) Collar bone length would be relaly good and that horse shampoo stuff u mentioned, i heard that it works. Im growing mine to mid back or lower back length, what do u think?
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 22, 2009 at 11:20pm
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I think you have a good goal there with your length. What is your length right now? How long have you been frowing it out?
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 22, 2009 at 11:40pm
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I can only cross my fingers that I can get close to an inch a month. I am so afraid that my hair is going to grow at a snails pace. Especially when I am only noticing about 1/8 of an inch of regrowth. So if I only get another 1/8 of an in inch in 2 weeks that will be less then 1/2 an inch for one month. Yikes I don't like the sound of that. My mom got a bad cut in October. Her hair was down to her waist and the stylist ended up cutting her hair to about her collar bone. She just threw it up in a ponytail and now 10 months later her hair is between her waist and bra strap. Why can't I have haie like that? It wouldn't be so bad if I could at least throw my hair in a pony and just forget about it? Right now I am afraid to put any kind of color or chemical on it. I am just going to suck it up and live with the orange color for the next 4 months and see what happens. Keep my fingers crossed that I get at least 2 inches of growth in the next 4 months.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Aug 23, 2009 at 1:13am
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well i have been growing my hair out from a buzz cut since january and its around collar length right now so its still going :( any advice?
thanks soo much for the compliment on the length too.
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 23, 2009 at 11:23am
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well it sounds like you got a lot of growth in 7 months buzz to collar is pretty good. As far as advice all i can do is tell you what I am doing. I am taking the hair, skin, and nail vitamin by GNC and messaging my scalp as much as possible hoping it will stimulate my circulation and just impatiently waiting for growth. I wish it was already this time next year so I can be at the length I want. Well, at least I should be at the length I want by time i celebrate my 21st birthday lol
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 23, 2009 at 8:58pm
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I have to say that I am pretty excited to be seeing some dark roots right now. I usually hate my roots to show but at least now seeing them I feel relieved that my hair is growing. I really was afraid that I might have fried my hair follicle with this last chemical and my hairs weren't going to grow. I also noticed today that when I let my hair dry naturally it has alot of it's natural wave back instead of the frizzy pouffy mess that has been sitting on my head.
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 24, 2009 at 1:45pm
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I HATE my hair so much...it is so frustrating. The last trim I got was almost 2 weeks ago and I still cannot do crap with my hair. It is so flat and limp and I have pretty thick hair. I look like a boy with this cut. I feel like people are staring at me and laughing at my hair. i look at my roots everyday and I am just not seeing fast enough regrowth. I really think this last chemical mishap has stunted my growth. It seems like I usually have more root regrowth in 2 weeks then what I have right now. I can't get a job and I can't help but feel it's because my hair is so ugly. people tell me I have such a beautiful face that I can pull off bald or any color hair and still look good. Boy are they wrong. This cut I have going is sooooo ugly. All my years of confidence are going down the toilet. I can't help but think if I didn't have such small bladder I wouldn't be in this predictament. I had to pee so bad when I was in class. I just couldn't hold it. I left class to go to the bathroom and that is when I ran into the guy that sold me the stupid hair promo package that ended me in the chair of the first stylist that ruined my hair, and sent me on an almost year long quest of trying to fix my hair, which only kept getting worse. if i would have just waited till class was over to go pee my path would have never crossed with that guys. And I would still have my long beautiful hair. I am a comfort eater and I have been eating so much because i am so depressed over my hair. by time my hair grows out enough to where i like it i will be having to try and loose 200 pounds lol. I guess I shouldn't let my hair run my life but it does. And right now my hair is fighting against me lol. I tried putting my hair back in a headband but my hair underneath is more orange then my hair on top. I cannot put it in a pony it's not long enough. I just hope that within a couple of months i will see some kind of difference in my hair. Maybe I can just find a cave to hide in for the next year.
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 24, 2009 at 8:40pm
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I have decided to switch back to my GNC ultra nourishair. I was taking it for a while and it seemed to help the integrity of my hair but i switched over to the GNC hair, skin, and nails vitamin because it has a higher dose of biotin. But tomorrow I am going back to nourishair and will be adding an extra 1800 mcg of biotin with it. I am also going to add flaxseed oil and horsetail (silica) with it and see what happen. The flaxseed oil might also help me with my stress and depression. Had a job interview today I am suppose to call back tomorrow and see what they say. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 25, 2009 at 2:12am
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I am changing my poo and cond my hair is so dry today. I don't know if it is from the new vitamins I have been taking or what but It hasn't felt this dry in a few days. I am going to the beauty supply and look into kerastase products. So I did something weird tonight. I plucked out a couple of my hairs and I could really see where the regrowth was at on these individual strands. When i measured the regrowth it came out to almost 1/2 an inch. I wonder why it doesn't look like 1/2 an inch when I measure my hair while it is attached to my scalp. I came across this web site from this famous stylist in beverly hills and he said if you want to find out how much chemical you have on your hair take a couple of strands and put them in a glass of water. If the hair sinks it has way too much chemical on it if it floats then it is ok. Well, mine floated even the new regrowth part of the strand was floating. Anywho, I guess I will stop rambling about my hair tonight I am becoming way too obsessed lol. I have school in the morning
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Posted By: Ally<3
Date Posted: Aug 25, 2009 at 6:48am
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^ This is a method used to measure the porousity of the hair. Porous hair's cutical is "raised" from chemical treatments and/or damaged from heat styling, therefore the hair floods with water quickly and sinks. A healthy strand's cutical will be compact and sealed not allowing water in, so it will float.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Aug 26, 2009 at 1:09pm
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awwww natorade i was getting caught back up on urs and i love ur hair it sounds really nice . please dont get frustrated with ur hair it will be worth it in the end i think :) have u done any cool styles?
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 27, 2009 at 4:33pm
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Today was a really bad day for me. I had my picture taken for my school ID and after I saw how awful my hair looked in the picture I just broke down and cried I just cried for like an hour. It's not just the hair but all the other things that have been going worng. I called my best friend and he told me that all these bad things are just leading to something really great that is getting ready to happen in my life, and when that does happen I will be able to appreciate it more. I sure hope he is right. Then I called my mom. She starts telling me that everything, especially my hair is just a temporary thing. As much as it sucks right now and feels like it is forever it is just a temporary set back. In a few months i will look back and say "wow! that was a really bad time in life." She goes to say that it could be worse. I could have something happen that is a permanent life altering experience. Now, I am excited because I am seeing so much root regrowth so i know my hair is growing but I am not gaining any length because my hair just keeps breaking off. I don't know what to do to keep it from breaking off. Can anyone help me out here? I don't want to cut it again.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Aug 27, 2009 at 9:30pm
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Did u ever try taking Biotin. I think it makes ur hair stronger and should really work. im sooo sorry u were feeling down :( im sure ur hair will be back to making you happy in no time
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 28, 2009 at 3:05pm
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yes iam taking nourishair by gnc it has 1200 mcg of biotin. itried taking 3000 mcg but it broke me out real bad. iam also taking flaxseed but i think i might swith to the fish oil. iam impatiently waiting for about more then an inch of regrowth so i can have my hair dyed back to it's natural color which is a dirty blonde. i just hope it will hold the color
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Aug 29, 2009 at 12:12am
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I hope it holds the color as well because I think itll look really cute :) Have u had any experience with biotin or know anyone that did. does it really work?
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 29, 2009 at 1:06am
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there are a couple of girls on the makeupalley site that are taking biotin 5000 mcg and claim their hair is growing very fast. i can't take the 5000 cuz i breal out too bad from biotin. i was taking 3000 and started breaking out so i went back down to 1800 but once i get all clear iam going to try the 5000 for a couple of weeks and see what happens.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Aug 29, 2009 at 12:08pm
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Awwwww great I really want to try biotin too to see if it works. is it okay for guys to take it and where do u get it at?
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 29, 2009 at 4:32pm
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i am sure that biotin would be ok for guys. you could always google it and do some research on it. i have seen the biotin 5000 mcg at walmart but you can also get at any vitamin store. i am going to do that water fast next week that suicides was talking about. then after the fast i am going to take the biotin 5000 for a couple of weeks and see if i might get a hair growth boost.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Aug 29, 2009 at 4:37pm
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awwww that sounds like a really good idea. please post and let me know how it goes for u. I really need a hairgrowth boost myself. I am at my collar now and i am just longing for that shoulder length look so i can have my first ponytail :)
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 30, 2009 at 3:50am
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i didn't have school on friday so i have had evoo in my hair since friday. i will wash it out sunday night. i really am starting to see a lot of root. by the looks of my roots though it looks like iam only going to get 1/2 an inch of growth for the first month of my grow out. kind of sad i was hoping that taking the nourishair would give me more growth. i am still going to take the vitamins and see if i might get more growth for next month. i have a soccer game on monday so tuesday i am going to do the water fast then after the fast i am going to take 5000 mcg of biotin and see what happens.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Aug 30, 2009 at 7:57am
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awwwww im looking forward to seeing how that water fast goes. it sounds like its a good idea. i think u may see an increase in growth once the biotin and nourishair starts to kick in. right now im between the 1/2 to 1 inch growth a month so im hoping it stays there or increases even. How long is ur hair now?
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 30, 2009 at 6:12pm
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my hair is still the same length it is in the picture i posted where iam wearing the leopard print dress. it is growing but not gaining any length cuz it keeps breaking. i am so frustrated. i can't wait for a couple months to go by so i can hopefully get some length. right now i would be happy with chin length. i liked my hair when it was in a chin length aline cut.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Aug 30, 2009 at 9:06pm
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awwww def i think chin length would be a cute look as well. just try to stay positive. i know it may be rough with ur hair breaking and all but itll get better and grow :) could u do a ponytail when u were at chinlength?
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 30, 2009 at 9:08pm
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i tried curling my hair tonight for a date i have and it turned out like crap lol...it looks like harpo marx...well, let's see if my date goes running away once he sees me lol...why can't i wake up in the morning with long beautiful hair darn hair just can't grow fast enough.
on another note...does anyone have an area of their head where their haor grows faster? My hair seems to grow much faster in the back of my head. my sides seem to take forever. i wish it was the other way around.
oh and i have to say my hair does look healtheir and less frizzy from keeping the evoo in my hair for 2 days I am going to have to try and do this every weekend. I am not using my flat iron for a while and see if it helps my hair.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Aug 30, 2009 at 10:37pm
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Ill have to say mine is just like urs. my hair tends to grow faster in the back of the head as well making for a little mullett look lol. did u ever think of extensions until your hair grew some more?
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Posted By: Ally<3
Date Posted: Aug 31, 2009 at 5:05am
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natorade, i have the same experience, particularly when my hair was blone, it was always growing and it'd alwayyyyys have roots, but it would never get any longer because it would break. Extremely fdrustrating! I know how you feel too, I can't wait for when I look back at this time and say "wow my hair is so much better now". It will happen for both of us!
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Aug 31, 2009 at 7:50pm
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omg i can't believe what happened today. i was wearing my hair back in a head band and my friend said to me "you look like you have a bald spot" i knew i thought i had a bald spot but i thought i was just imagining it. it is right above my temple area on the left side of my head. it's not like bald bald but it is definately very thin. you can clearly see my scalp. i really think it's from that stylist putting crap on my roots like 5 times trying to fix it from not being orange it must have caused my hair to fall out by the root. i knew my hair did not feel as thick as before when she was done. so the outcome of this whole visit with the hairdresser is extremel damaged hair thinning hair with a bald spot. a short ugly cut that i can't even stand a total zap of my confidence and total depression and to top it off i still have orange roots. now i need to find something to help this bald spot. can it get any worse? i refuse to use a flat iron my goal is no flat iron for 4 months. ihave made an appointment for december 19th to have a hairdresser look at my hair.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Aug 31, 2009 at 8:45pm
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awwww im praying for u that ur appointment goes great :) i feel sooo bad about the bald sport but u can prob easily cover it up :) did u think about a wig or anything till it gets longer?
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Sep 1, 2009 at 10:20pm
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so as not to discourage myself i am going to see if my hair will grow 1/2 an inch every 5 weeks, I will measure my hair Sept 17th and see if I have 1/2 an inch. I am really seeing alot of new root growth in the back crown area of my hair but not much in the front or sides and thats the area I really want to grow. I bought a short hairstyle magazine today and I was looking at some of the short cuts, I even came across a couple of styles that looked like mine and I thought they looked so cute. I just wish mine would look that cute :) I have to say that I think older brothers can really be annoying. I went to visit my brother today and I haven't seen him in a while. He kept staring at my hair and finally asked me what in the h*** I had done to my hair? He wanted to know if i purposely wanted my hair orange and made sure he let me know that the color does nothing for me....Love you too bro lol...December 17th I am having it dyed back to my original color, let's just hope i make it that long. I am thinking of going to cosmetology school.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Sep 2, 2009 at 9:14am
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Awwww dont worry about what ur brother said :( what does he know about hair. I hope u get that half inch every 5 wks i think thats a good realistic goal for urself and imanxious to see how the coloring goes. u should def go to cosmetology school itd be sooo much fun :) have u thought about it before?
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Sep 4, 2009 at 2:29am
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I went into the gas station tonight and the lady that workd there told me my hair looks like it is growing it was like angels singing when she said that to me. Now I have this little tuft of hair at the nape of my neck that had been shaved with the clippers and my longest layer of hair in the back was hanging just above this tuft of hair and it seems like in just about 2 days my longest layer in the back is actually covering this tuft. I hope this means that my hair has decided to grow. I haven
t straightened my hair in about a week now and I can notice a difference in the textutre of my hair. It is actually starting to look like hair. I swear though my hair is what is preventing me from getting a job, I usually have no problem getting a job and I just can't get hired right now. When my hair grows out chin length and I can get my inverted bob I am going back to these places and trying again and see what happens It just goes to show that hair color and style does make a big difference in your looks and how people see you. September 17th will be the 5 week mark since the awful cut. I am going to try and take a pic of my hair that day to try and keep a record of the growth.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Sep 4, 2009 at 8:46am
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Awwwww im sooo glad u got a nice hair compliment :) i know i always feel good when i get those. Def take pics of ur hair too im anxious to see. btw the inverted bob sounds like a great idea. i think they are really cute.
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Sep 5, 2009 at 7:03pm
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I want to buy me a real cute ed hardey hat in a couple of days. one with lots of rhinestones so I can wear a cap once in a while.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Sep 6, 2009 at 12:19am
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sounds good. when u had long hair did u ever wear the baseball hat with the ponytail? i think that looks really cute :)
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Sep 6, 2009 at 11:30pm
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No, I never wore any kind of caps. I am just thinking of wearing one now to help disguise my hair a little.
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Sep 6, 2009 at 11:36pm
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Well, I have to lower my doese of biotin again because once again it is breaking me out. I usually lower for a few days untill the pimples go away then I up it again untill I start to break out. I tried measuring my roots the best I could and it appears that I have a little over 1/2 inch of root. It seems like my hair is looking more scraggly. I am trying to curl it to keep it looking so scraggly. I cannot wait till my sides are chin length. 4 inches to go. I just hope I will have lots of growth by my bday in Feb
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Sep 7, 2009 at 4:17am
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I have my fingers crossed for u natorade for growth by ur bday. I think the cap and curling are both great ways to keep ur hair looking good until its longer. idk if i asked this but did u think of wigs until that?
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Sep 7, 2009 at 6:00pm
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I am actually going to go this week and look at some wigs. I feel weird though wearing a wig. I feel like everyone will know I am wearing one.
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Sep 7, 2009 at 10:33pm
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I got a job!!! I am so excited. I will be working as a cooktail server. I start tomorrow at 6pm. Hopefully the stress of not having a job will help me with my hair growth hehe. I still would like to find a wig though. I am going to go on wednesday and look for one.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Sep 7, 2009 at 11:31pm
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congrats on the job and please dont feel weird about getting a wig. please post pics of whichever one u get :) Wigs are really genuine looking anymore and they look like real hair and can style them and put them up and everything. what length are u looking for? i think u should get a really long mid back length wig :)
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Sep 9, 2009 at 8:38pm
This is the hairstyle I am shooting for when my hair grows out more hopefully I can acheive this without having to cut any of it. Hopefully my old layers will work for this cut. Then i will continue to grow my hair out to shoulder length.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Sep 10, 2009 at 12:19am
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wow I really like this style. I def think itll look good on u natorade :) how did the wing hunt go?
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Sep 13, 2009 at 11:50pm
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I wish I could stop being so obssessed with my hair. I just hate it so much right now. Why can't it grow 4 inches over night. 4 lousy inches is all I am asking for. I have dreams almost every night about my hair. 6-8 months seems like so far away just to have my hair at chin length. Oct 17th I have something done with this horrid color or else i might end up shaving it all off. Thursday is the day to record my growth and post a pic hope i won't be too dissapointed.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Sep 14, 2009 at 9:04am
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Awwwwww i hope ur not disapointed either :( Im rooting for u. whatever u do please dont shave it off :( Some hair is better than no hair and ur growth will def come in time :)
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Posted By: Addy
Date Posted: Sep 15, 2009 at 6:53am
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Hi natorade. I just read your whole thread and let me say, you been through the wringer with your poor hair.
I know you want it to grow fast but it just won't. That's hair for ya. The only way you are going to get through this is by having a lot of patience which I can see you don't have. It's very important so try to find it from deep inside. 
I know what you're going through.
May I suggest to you to stop all heat styling tools. They will not help you at all and that includes a curling iron and flat iron. If you use a blow dryer, only use it when you do conditioning pacs for deep conditioning and nothing for styling. Just let it go!
You will never be able to repair your damaged hair and ends. It's so sad, I know. The best thing for you to do, if you can stand to do it is to get rid of all that damage by cutting it off and accepting your mistake and never doing it again. Sometimes, you have to take quality over quantity. I know it's not what you want to do but sometimes, you have to do what you have to do and know when you've been defeated and start all over. It will be shocking at first but as your hair grows and feels more like hair, I think you will be able to find some satisfaction in seeing all that healthy virgin hair than looking at all that orangish damaged hair. It's like a big open wound every time you look at it... You look to be nice and skinny and although I can't see the shape of your face, you may be able to rock out a pixie cut really well.
I can't tell you what to do but you have to do what makes you happy and your post don't seem happy to me other than you getting a job so I'd like to congratulate you on that!
Good luck with your hair. Have patience.
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Sep 17, 2009 at 2:26pm
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Well, today is 5 weeks since the fatal hair cut. I just measured my regrowth and I gained 3/4 inch of new growth. Wish I could have gotten an inch but I will just have to settle with the 3/4. So I flat ironed my hair today for the first time in a while and I can tell it has grown. I am definately in the awkward stage. My hair has no shape or style to it right now, but can't wear it in a ponytail either. I cannot wait till about 2 more months goes by, because that will hopefully mean I will be past more of the awkward stage. I do know one thing for sure, I will not be trying to wear my hair straight again till it grows out more and I can get it shaped. The condition of my hair is looking loads better though. It is getting more shine to it and looking and feeling more like hair and feeling softer. The only thing is the color is still way bad. Only 5 more weeks till I get it colored back to my natural color by then I will hopefully have over an inch of regrowth so the salon can see more of what my natural color is. I looked at wigs yesterday they were not so great. I want a lace front wig and no one sells them here where I live. I have noticed that my hair doesn't have as much of it's natural curl that it use to have. I hope it will come back. I miss my curls. Anyone have an idea as to why I don't have my curl anymore?
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Posted By: Addy
Date Posted: Sep 17, 2009 at 5:16pm
natorade, your hair has been through hell and that is why you have no more curl left. 
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Sep 17, 2009 at 7:29pm
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That's what I was thinking. I guess I will have to wait till all the bad hair grows out to get my curl back, Thanks goodness it is just the top part of my hair that has the worse damage and the top part of my hair seems to grow the fastest and the back. All my hair under the top portion of my hair is so nice and healthy.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Sep 18, 2009 at 8:24am
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Congrats on the growth u received and as for ur question if u lost ur curl, u could always curl is using the curling iron or roller set?
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Sep 21, 2009 at 9:52pm
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I seriously do not know if I am going to be able to take anymore of this horrid hair of mine. I swear lately I am staring to look like a wooly mammoth. My hair is so thick and so completely out of shape and out of control. I have layers and strands of hair that refuse to behave themselves. I know what my hair looks like and acts like "MEDUSSA".
I use to be able to get away with wearing a headband but my hair is overtaking the headband like wild ivy. My top layers which I believe is what is called the canopy is growing faster then the bottom layers. I think that might be a good thing because it has the most damage, so if it continues to grow fast then I can keep cutting out the damage more often. I have about an inch of damage left on my canopy.
Now, the old orange roots of my hair is starting to blend in better with my new regrowth. Use to when I would wear a headband that would pull the front of my hair back you could really see orange. Now the orange is becoming less evident. I am so tired of people staring at my hair. I am so tired of my hair looking like an old wig that I bought at the thrift store. I just need this darn top layer gone. Only 4.5 weeks till i get my color fixed.
I have to add that I am completely jealous of my mother. Less than 2 weeks ago she cut her bangs and messed them up. Her bangs looked like Jim Carey in Dumb and Dumber. Well, I was looking at her bangs and they are already at her eyebrows. Why was I not blessed with her hair growing genes?
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Posted By: natorade
Date Posted: Oct 2, 2009 at 10:18pm
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I have an appointment Oct 21st for a micro trim. I still have about an inch of damage left on the top layers of my hair especially my crown area. My top layers is almost covering the the whole back of my head. For some reason my canopy grows faster which is a good thing cause it is the part that still has the most damage. I was thinking of having th stylist weave my hair to help my roots blend better but I think I am going to try tral hard to wait a couple more months for the weave and see if I can get most of this damage cut out first. I have noticed that when I wear my hair back in the headband my hair doesn't look quite as orange. My new growth is making the orange blend better. I still hate the color of my hair but it has gotten alittle better. I just hate seeing all the dark roots it looks tacky. Guess I will see what the stylist says. Oct 13th will be my 2 month anniversary I am going to try and post some pics of the back. Yesterday was the first time that I actually though to myself that hair looks like it is growing. I was hoping to be at a chin length bob by Dec 30th when I leave for London but I think I am going to have to shoot for Feb for my birthday to have mjy chin length bob.
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Posted By: Pburgh56
Date Posted: Oct 12, 2009 at 9:56am
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A chin length bob is going to look really cute :) Anything new with the wigs?
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