THis is a true story. DS#1......11 years ago, his son, 20 months at the time, had ecoli. He nearly died, was in Dartmouth Hospital. The Dr. didnt know what to do for him. My DS hair fell out in one week, most of it never grew back. The Dr said that it was the stress. Thank G'd that He gave the Dr wisdom of what medicine to give our sweet little boy. They started to give him predisone and in 24 hours he started to improve. Today, he is 13. But it is an interesting hair story. I had never heard that stress could make a mans hair fall out. Babs

mmm so i can blame my hormones and gray on my son lol.  I think my dd gave me more gray hairs!

I need to have good cuts!   it is thick, fine and poker straight plus very soft.  ponytails etc don't stay in.   just went to a new hairdresser and she cut it off!  very layered, razored  longest part about 1 -2 inches. I like it cut shorter at first so I can get another month out of it. I like cuts that grow out well that can be wash and wear but can be styled for nice.   every 4 mths for a cut is about my schedule for cuts.   my hair grows 1/2 to 1 inch a month.

have had long hair and short. short is nicer.

Juju, have you tried the home highlighting kits? I have used clairol natural highlights with success.  or for a change hair colour like red that washes out in 20 washes.

 

My x gave me mine???

I get my hair cut once a year - not to be frugal (although that's what started it) but because I have very curly hair that needs to be cut properly (the same stylist for 14 years) - but in the summer I like to put it up to get it off my neck, it's cooler that way, and it has to be long enough - so I get my hair cut once a year, in August, right before school starts, and let it grow all year.

Locks of Love won't take dyed or grey hair. I quit hairdressers after a bad experience which took a full 9 months to grow out.  It was an easy decision--if I want a bad haircut, I can do it myself and cut out the middle(wo)man.  I have had nearly 55 years of Bad Hair Lifetime, so I tint it, let it grow, and tie it back, not that fine frizzy hair ever stays back!  Allergy doctor states that gel/mousse particles make sinus and asthma worse, as does breathing hairspray. Many independent hairdressers will barter, so this might cut costs--I used to barter produce and babysitting when I had a good cosmetologist. 

I have not had my hair professionally cut in, let's see, about four years. I have very curly, dry hair, and I have never found anyone who could cut it to my satisfaction--even expensive stylists who were supposed to be curl experts. I had never come out of a hairdresser's feeling like I looked better than I had when I went in, and sometimes I would actually leave the place in tears because I thought my hair looked so awful. So I finally concluded that it was ridiculous to pay for a haircut when I knew I wasn't going to like it. Now I just trim my own bangs in the mirror and occasionally trim away a little in the back if I think it's getting too shaggy. My hair grows much more slowly than it used to, so even without cutting, it never grows past a manageable shoulder length.

Dear All, The last time that I had a haircut was at least 2 years ago.  I "splurged" for a $15 cut (short) & was scammed by a triangular wedge being cut at the back, the wedge at least 2" high.   So I've let it grow long ever since, & initially started putting it up (piled at the back of my head) just to keep the wedge from showing.  Now the ends are so split that I really ought to get it cut (but left long); however, since it won't grow past 2" down my shoulders, if it were cut atop the wedge blunt, it might be too short to pile up, & I don't look nearly as good with a ponytail.  Ah, vanity!  Ecclesiastes/King Solomon was certainly right! 

I have grey hairs here & there.  I have my mind made up that I'm going to grey in & be proud.  I'm 57 Heinz Varieties, &, G-d willing, I want to live to be a centernarian, & I don't want to hide what G-d has ordained about our hair pigments changing with no longer being young people.  No dyes or rinses for me.

Yours in Him, Deb