Right now I am in 9th grade, bck in 6th I cut my hair up to my shoulders, it was virgin hair, and then I Highlighted it blonde later that yr, then I bleached it all blonde which killed it then I just kept on dying it over and over in 6th grade and the summer of that. I stopped dying it in 7th but it was SO DAMAGED. I wld straighten it everyday and it just looked terrible. Then I decided in the summer going into 8th grade I was going to never dye my hair again and never use heat on it and that's what I did. And to this day, almost end of 9th grade I haven't and my natural hair color is mostly grown out to my natural color. In 8th grade I literally cut my own hair and cut off all of the blonde and bleached hair, at least tried to. And I made it rlly uneven cus I just cut off wherever there was blonde. Anyways I was ubsessed w my hair and I still am I really want it to be healthy and it just isn't. My hair now is no longer dyed and all the blonde should be gone, before I cut my hair up to my shoulders in 6th grade it was so long and straight and pretty. And I thought if I just cut my hair and let all of my natural hair grow back n not use any heat and just be healthy it wld go back to that way. But it hasn't still, it's now like a weird texture and like wavy and stuff, and I can't even put my hand threw my hair w/out it running into knots. And it FEELS TERRIBLE, like some of my hair just clumps together some how and like it feels so just not smooth and healthy. I have tried SO MANY oils and just so many things and it just left my hair feeling worse and the oil would nvr come out of my hair. I never use heat on my hair, never. I spent like over 80 bucks on this hairburst vitamin that is suppose to grow ur hair and make it long and healthy, I still am taking it right now. I also spent 50 something bucks on an all organic shampoo and conditioner brand, I don't use any product in my hair besides the shampoo and conditioner, I use scrunchies in my hair bc I heard that it's a lot better. My hairs length right now is like 3 in past my shoulder. I nvr wear it down bc it looks and feels terrible. I always have to put it in buns and I do it everyday. I just don't understand it's been almost 2 years sense using heat on my hair, it's been like 3 years sense I bleached it. I have tried everything and it just is in gross and weird condition. I don't kno what to do. I just miss my old long healthy hair and I have been taking such good care of it. I'm sorry this is so long but I just don't understand why my hair is like this. Please help, I literally feel so depressed all of the time bc of this.
Answers (1)
Stop fussing with your hair and read books instead. Get a soft brush with natural bristles and brush your hair every day. Nothing looks as pretty as brushed hair. Nothing.
Hair grows about 1/2" per month. That means it takes almost a year to grow hair to your shoulders. That's why you don't see results right away. But if you brush your hair you will see improved appearance in a week or so.
As for the health part, read some books about nutrition. These are the most popular introduction to the subject:
www.amazon.com/Adelle-Davis/e/B001J3RULO
www.adelledavis.org/
cronometer.com/ (I haven't tried the software.)