hey , I was wondering if I could get any advice on hair. Im worried because im getting married this year and need to do somethign with my hair. I had mess with my hair when I went to Pakistan in summer 2006. I took perm products with me to pakistan and thought I ll get it done over there. It was clearly wrttien on the instructions that do not keep the product on your hair for more than 30 minutes. I told her like 100 times, and she was like dunt worry we have asian hair, u wont get any curls if i take it off in 30 mins. so I ended up hacing that product on my hair for 2 hours. and guess what? When i washed my hair, and after naturally drying them, the results were worst, worst, worst. My hair felt so hard and all. I literally cried ..... lol... I had a photo session that same day for some reason, so I had to use straightening iron to make my hair look a bit better. I know hair straigntening the same day was more damage. But i had no choice left. I couldnt go to that idiot lady again because I had my flight two days after. so I left pakistan. After I got back I always put egg whites and oil on my hair and washed them after 3 to 4 hours. I lost all my shine and everything. I have had lot of hait cuts since after that. because my hair strated developying white joints on them. I religiously condition my hair after each wash. thats what my hair dresser told me, that conditioner will get the chemicals out. but its been 2 years now. My hair seem not to recover. some times they look great. some times they dunt. I always have to use hair straightener after each wash and drying my hair. reason for that is when I wash my hair they are still curly. The curls shape is not good enough that I go out with curly hair. So I always have to use straightening iron. I was wondering if you guys have any piece of advice so I can have natural shine again and my hair becomes naturally soft. Thanks
cherrybell....its going to take some time for your hair to recover...stop using the flat iron....give it to the salvation army or something...avoid color..bleach etc.....and let your hair heal...oil it regularly..and if you are worried about how you look...tie it up..and i would especially take care of my new hair and keep it from burning under any hot rods or irons...