Hi all! Long time reader here and I've tried finding answers through all the amazing help on this sub but I'm honestly still lost...

I got a Brazilian Keratin  \~18 months ago (August 2023) because my hair had started receding on the sides, the curl had gone weird, and I felt like I couldn't make my hair look good or feel confident. I had gotten BBs before and they worked well but this time something must have happened...it's 18 months later and my hair looks like I got a Japanese Straightening treatment instead -- half my hair is flat straight (the front pieces, bottoms of front curls that I do have), the back is super tight curly. It's a multi-textured mess.

The other challenge is I've been losing a ton of hair over the past year and half...I don't think it's related to the treatment, but maybe stress. I'm on Nutrafol, Minoxidil, and was taking Finesteride but then stopped (so now just Minoxidil and Nutrafol).

I'm dying for all your help on how to figure out how to style my hair/get back to overall curling hair. Everytime I try to do gel, finger coil the curls, low diffuse...it just ends up terrible. Tight curls in the back, flat chunks in the front. It's so ugly and terrible.

I use Pantene conditioner, Aptiva Tonic Shampoo. Was using Sebastian Potion 9 and Camille Rose gel or Tresemme Gel...no luck though. Is there a set of products to help get everything to curl again / stay curled when styled (especially the flat pieces?)

PLEASE let me know what you all think - thank you so much for your help!! Can add pics later too.

Help! Hair texture / grow out/ damage mess


Hey all! I literally feel I have nowhere else to turn sp I'm praying that between all of you kind people, I might be able to find a solution.

I have very short and very fine, medium-low porosity hair that curls to 3A/2C with my typical routine (pureology hydrate shampoo as the only product I wash with, air dry after light scrunching. I know it feels like no conditioner is a sin here, but most conditioner tends to weigh down my hair and make it super flat, which isn't the vibe with a near-pixie). This is fine, we love it, my hair is aggressively dry all the time but that's not a huge issue to me. Especially since the other issue I deal with regarding my hair is its colour. I'm albino, so it's this really gorgeous natural platinum blonde. Like, WHITE. I so super love being able to show off its natural colour, but the problem is that it stains very easily. I was using products that weren't specifically non-staining and they fully stained my hair into a dull and muddy yellow colour. And on top of all of this, my curl clumps are massive. Like, I have four giant ringlets that make up the front of my head. I know my hair wants to spring up into tighter curls because I have a few tiny clumps around my ears that find their way out and spiral into these cute tiny ringlets that are 3B, but I have no clue how to make that happen without brushing out my curls and turning it all into poof.

The big problem I seem to have is that it's hard to find products that are lightweight, non-staining, and good for curly hair. As it stands right now, I'm not using any curly hair products at all, and it shows because my hair is kind of wispy and my clumps separate into massive chunks of poof by the end of the day. Any time I've tried using mousse, it makes the top of my head incredibly flat and ungodly frizzy. Honestly, I have no clue how to tackle any of this since my family has pretty straight hair overall and tried to do with my hair what they'd do with theirs, so I have no measure for what would work with family and never learned about taking care of my curls until I'd moved out.

Any recommendations, tips, suggestions, or advice at all would be greatly appreciated. I have no clue what I'm doing 😅 Thank you all!

Product / routine recommendations for very picky hair? I'm lost...


I’ve had really healthy 3b curls for years and very rarely used heat since age 16. However last year straightened my hair a couple of times and curls always bounced back without damage. In October I used my friends Revlon heated blowdryer round brush, I was in a rush and didn’t think to look up how to use it and used it on wet hair 💀

Anyway after that my hair has never been the same. Over the months it’s become increasingly frizzy, dry and damaged. I’m noticing significant thinning and breakage. The curls don’t bounce back at all they’re constantly limp with many part not curling at all, even on wash day and when I use my usual products. It feels it’s been stripped from all its natural oils and moisture.  lots of short hairs around face bottom of hair and top of head. The curls are stringy and frizzy stray hairs. I’m so devastated because I’ve spent years looking after my hair and one silly mistake I’ve ruined it.

I had it trimmed in November and re trimmed the ends myself last month, although I think I’ve made it worse because the cut is super choppy and weirdly layered/ short at the front. But I just want to get some advice on products to use / what to do because I feel it’s progressingly getting worse still even months later, and I obviously haven’t used heat since apart from occasionally using a hair dryer. I would hate to have to cut it short. Is there anyway these broken hairs / my thickness will grow back if I don’t use heat again or I have I actually damaged my hair for life

It’s hard to show the breakage in photos, but in the underneath area and around hair line, front of face and sides, chunks of hairs are actually short and broken. First picture is from 2 years ago. And the rest of from recently.

I have ordered olaplex no3. Obviously I’m aware I can’t restore any heat damaged hair, but just looking for tips on preventing further breakage/ thinning, and maintain healthy hair growth without having to cut too much off!
Posted the other day but it got deleted! :)

Routine:
Shampoo/ conditioner- garnier hair food
Use Garnier hair food leave in conditioner, As I Am hair smoothie, eco gel (w/ argan oil)- used in this order on wet hair after shower, scrunch
Dry with microfiber towel and air dry

Damaged hair from Revlon blow dryer brush


I’ve had really healthy 3b curls for years and vary rarely used heat since age 16. However last year straightened my hair a couple of times and curls always bounced back without damage. In October I used my friends Revlon brush, I was in a rush and didn’t think to look up how to use it and used it on wet hair 💀

Anyway after that my hair has never been the same. Over the months it’s become increasingly frizzy, dry and damaged. I’m noticing significant thinning and breakage. The curls don’t bounce back at all they’re constantly limp with many part not curling at all, even on wash day and when I use my usual products. It feels it’s been stripped from all its natural oils and moisture.  lots of short hairs around face bottom of hair and top of head. The curls are stringy and frizzy stray hairs. I’m so devastated because I’ve spent years looking after my hair and one silly mistake I’ve ruined it.

I had it trimmed in November and re trimmed the ends myself last month, although I think I’ve made it worse because the cut is super choppy and weirdly layered/ short at the front. But I just want to get some advice on products to use / what to do because I feel it’s progressingly getting worse still even months later, and I obviously haven’t used heat since apart from occasionally using a hair dryer. I would hate to have to cut it short. Is there anyway these broken hairs / my thickness will grow back if I don’t use heat again or I have I actually damaged my hair for life

It’s hard to show the breakage in photos, but in the underneath area and around hair line, front of face and sides, chunks of hairs are actually short and broken. First picture is from 2 years ago. And the rest of from recently.

Damaged hair from Revlon brush


Hello everyone! I’m experiencing pretty severe traction alopecia due to have to wear my up everyday as a flight attendant. In our dress code, our hair has to be up and we are not allowed to have frizzy looking flyaways, so I’ve been constantly having to use a boar bristle brush and gel to get a sleek tight ponytail for the past 9 months. My curly hair was so long and thick that the constant pulling on my hair has turned my hair thin, fragile, so much broken hair mid shaft, and massive chunks coming out in the shower. I hardly recognize myself anymore and the insecurity I feel daily is immense because I’ve taken pride in my hair my entire life. Any advice for how to combat this? What are some of your looser hairstyles that still look tidy/ professional? Thank you ☺

Traction Alopecia


Wash thoroughly with Cantu cleansing shampoo with a scalp exfoliator, wash again with Cantu hydrating shampoo, lather Cantu moisturizing conditioner and wash. Leave hair dripping wet, add Cantu curl cream, section into big chunks and add Cantu mousse, comb with curl defining brush, leave to air dry

Look at how healthy my high porosity hair looks 😭💜


So I have always had curly hair but recently something felt off My curls went from bouncy to lifeless and frizzy no matter what I did I blamed the usual suspects humidity buildup maybe needing a trim but nothing helped Then I started noticing something terrifying every time I detangled I wasn’t just shedding hair full strands with the bulb attached were coming out

I freaked out and did the natural thing deep conditioned like crazy and spent way too much money on bond repair treatments that TikTok swore by My hair only got worse More breakage even drier and somehow my curl pattern completely changed I was losing definition in chunks. I tried every tiktok cure, but then I HairSnap an app I found randomly that scans your hair and tells you possible causes for damage I expected it to say I had moisture imbalance or protein overload but nope It hit me with something I never expected hard water buildup

Now here’s where it gets crazy I always thought hard water was just a minor inconvenience but apparently it can absolutely wreck curly hair especially if you have low porosity like me Turns out my apartment’s water is loaded with calcium and magnesium which coats the hair cuticle blocks moisture absorption and weakens strands over time Basically my hair wasn’t dry it was mineral clogged and suffocating

I immediately bought a shower filter and did a chelating treatment Malibu C I love you and within two washes my curls started reviving The breakage slowed down my hair finally absorbed products again and I realized I had been treating the wrong issue for months

Moral of the story Curly hair problems aren’t always what they seem and no amount of deep conditioner can fix something if the real issue is invisible buildup If your curls randomly stop behaving it might not be your routine it might be your water

I Thought I Had Bad hair days, Turns Out My Hair Was Literally Breaking Off


These pics are about a year apart

About a year ago I had asked my friend to help me add a few highlights to my hair. Nothing too difficult. I will normally bleach my hair myself, but since I can't see the back of my head, I needed some help. I told her exactly what to do and she got started. It is also important to mention that she was using foils.

Well about 20-30 mins go by and I decide to check my hair and see if I need to rinse out the bleach. I start to move the foils out of the way to check the strands....and she had given me a horrible patchy balage (if you could even call it that) around my whole head. I quickly start taking the foils out to rinse my hair and my hair is falling out IN CHUNKS

I had previously bleached sections that she had overlapped even though I had told her to not go over those areas. My hair was absolutely dead after this and my curls were nowhere to be found.

I ended up going to a salon the next day for a color correction since my whole head was basically orange and damaged to hell. It ended up costing me $350, which I was not too happy about.

Luckily I learned from my mistake and after a year of new growth and healing my damaged hair, I finally have my curls back. The ends are still unruly and do not curl as well, but I am so happy to finally have curly hair again!

So happy to have my curls back


My landlord smokes. He also calls 100x a week for company, help, whatever.

I wouldn't mind going over to his house to coddle him as my rent is low af... except for the fact that he smokes.

He smokes and his whole house smells of smoke and when I go over my clothes, skin, and hair all stink of smoke.

I can easily shower and change but my hair needing to be washed every time I go there is where the problem arises.

I can't wash my hair that often. Styling it is a pain, and I can't just take huge chunks out of my day to redo my hair.

Is there such a thing as a odor neutralizer for hair? Something I can just spray into my hair so I don't literally die of the stench if I can't wash it right away?

I can't ignore the smell. Neither can my wife.

Is there any hope? Anyone have an idea or solved a similar issue?

Odor neutralizer for hair?


I've started to experiment a bit more with my hair lately, and I've been really liking the idea of trying to add some baby braids for funsies.
That being said, I've never been one to bother much with getting ready, so I know basically nothing about hairstyles and how to do them.

I've tried doing a simple small braid with some hair, but I'm worried that it might cause some knots because of the curls.
That aside, I feel like the braids really weren't showing up because of all lf the curls, and they merely just looked like weirdly stiff chunks of hair.

Does anyone have any advice on how to make them loom better at all? I know some people add colorful yarn to theirs to make them longer and more visible, but I'm not sure I'm ready for that level of braid haha

Curly hair and baby braids?


My hair hasn’t been curling right.
It’s usually wavier and it’s been feeling dry.
I don’t dye it (2+ years) and I cut the ends (or more than an inch if necessary) every 1-2 months. I may have to go to a salon, but they always butcher it. Always.

I use Raw Sugar Truly Unruly or Maui Heal and Hydrate shampoo and conditioner.
I oil it before I wash it once a week with rosemary oil or pumpkin seed oil (my scalp tends to get dry)
Every 2 weeks I’ll use a deep conditioning mask like Camille Rose Algae Renew.
I use Cantu twist and lock gel because it’s the only one that doesn’t itch.
Curl crème doesn’t help me with frizz and if I use it with gel, my scalp itches within a day.
I wash every 3 days and air dry.
I’ll use Olaplex oil on the third day or L’Oréal Elvive Extraordinary Oil. It helps with frizz and break any cast (which is rare for me).
I refresh with water.

Hair now vs hair in the summer

I know gray hair changes texture - but it has curled fine until now.
My hair is wavy. High porosity (gets wet easily). Combination of 2c, 2b. One or two chunks will be 3a. It’s all over the place.

My hair hasn’t been curling well - advice?


I made a post year not too long ago asking for advice. I'm new to curl styling and have no idea what I'm doing wrong. My hair is falling out in massive chunks and clumps that are full curl strands. My hair also looks really weird and dry even though I'm moisturizing frequently.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Routine:
 Marc and Anthony argan oil Shampoo and conditioner, Shea moisture leave in conditioner, strictly curls leave in treatment foam. I then style it with Marc and Anthony's curl cream.

Help


I’m new to the subreddit so hopefully this is normal to ask lol. I’m thinking 2b-3a but I’m not sure. Looking for honest opinions, I won’t get offended if you say my hair is 2a max or something lol. I included zoomed in pics of my curliest, mediumest and straightest chunks of hair for reference. I had just diffused my hair in these pics so it’s slightly damp.

Routine:
In shower, I brush my hair to the front of my head and after washing and conditioning I use Bed Head Curls Rock Amplifier (labeled as a cream but has a more gel-like consistency) and brush coiled with a Wet Brush in relatively large chunks. Plopped in cotton tshirt for 45 minutes, diffused partway, added Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie, diffused the rest of the way.

Anyone wanna diagnose my hair type?


I posted this in like 2 other communities so sorry if you’re seeing this again 💀

My hair has always been fine with gel, until now. For like the past six times I've washed gel out of my hair, it chunks up into these white rubber feeling things. Mind you, these will start to form when I'm JUST using water to wash out the gel, I haven't even got to using shampoo yet. So it can't be the shampoo reacting with the gel.

I have tried clarifying my hair, switching the gel I use, trying different water temperatures when washing out the gel, using less gel, taking a break from using gel, but none these helped, I always end up with these things in my hair. I have also checked to see if the ingredients in the gel have changed, but it hasn't. I've searched all over the internet to try and get answers, but I have not seen anything about this.

And I think this started happening ever since I tried using Blue Magic Hair grease on my hair, but I’ve already clarified my hair a couple of times, so I don’t understand how it could still be in my hair.

Literally, if ANYONE has ANY suggestions please comment, like I’m so lost, I have no idea why it’s doing this 😭. Probably just gonna go to a dermatologist or somethin cuz I dunno anymore. Literally so sad about this 🥲

Yall please help 🙏 😭. What could be causing my gel to chunk up like this?????


Do deep cleansing clarifier shampoo atleast once a month to strip it from all products and oils (they used Authentic Beauty Concept deep cleansing shampoo).  Don't run fingers through the hair when washing, group them into square chunks and run the product down with prayer hands. Don't rake through tangles with harshness, just pull apart the hair.
After clarifying shampoo, go straight to conditioner. Do same technique with conditioner.

After you get out, do several pumps of the gel (they used innersense I create hold gel) and then flip hair over and put the gel in with the same technique, don't run fingers through hair or else you will ruin the gel cast.
Air dry or diffuse hair. Just keep diffuser in one place, don't wave it everywhere. Must have diffuser piece on bc the normal dryer is too harsh.

Don't use any leave ins or oily shampoos (and shampoo that says hydrating etc don't get those bc the oils in the shampoo won't keep the gel cast as well)

After gel cast is dry, don't rake through any hair. Just pull apart.

Thought I'd share all the tips since I spent about $100... this was in AZ

Went to a curly girl salon and sharing their tips


I’m 16, Korean, and my hair is some type of frizzy mess. My dad has kinda wavy hair but he keeps it short so it’s not much of a problem for him. My hair was pin straight for most my life but when I started growing my hair out and it started to wave up. I usually brush them out because only a few chunks of my hair had texture but now most of my hair is wavy. I don’t want to straighten it every day, how do I take care of it?

For reference this is what it kinda looks like.

How to style?


My curls are fine for the damage I put them through but I have these small chunks that won’t hold any shape. I washed my hair last night and put some oil this morning. Any tips?

chunks of frizz that won’t go away


so before my trip back to my hometown i had gone to my usual salon to get my hair refreshed. i have curly hair and always ask for a wolfcut. while i was there i found out that my usual hairstylist was out of town on holiday, so they offered me a lady who had cut my hair once before. she didn't really do a good job before and had left me a bit frustrated afterwards (i didn't show it i promise) but because i was pressed by my mom to get my hair cut i decided to go with the lady hairstylist and just prayed for a better experience.

truth be told, it very much wasn't. i know curly hair shouldn't be cut wet but it's kind of just how it was always done there and it turned out okay so i never questioned it. however, she kind of just went in without a wash or wetting my hair at all and kind of started haphazardly cutting off parts of my hair. i chalked it up to dried ends and let her do her thing but she ended up thinning my hair out a lot without my permission. she had also ruffled my hair very aggressively and then just cut random chunks of hair. not to mention, she was talking to another customer while cutting my hair at one point and had cut off a bit of my hair on accident. she ended by saying that she tweaked my usual request a bit because she thought that what she gave me was prettier. i was too scared to say anything so i left after paying and hoped i could salvage it after a wash and some styling.

i tried by best and i think i tried to make it look less weird than it was when i walked out (i don't have a picture but i genuinely looked like a frizz mop, she didn't even properly section my hair to cut my fringe and had just settled for combing my hair forward and cutting what was there). i broke down at home and have been really frustrated at how i look because i just feel gross. i also had gotten through a mental health issue that caused my hair to fall out in clumps and this really brought me back to when i was panicking over my thinning hair. (i grew my hair out for a while before getting it cut so i know it grew back thicker than what it is now)

i just want to know what i can do to try and speed up my hair's growth or thickening process so i can feel confident again. i don't know why i can see my neck through my hair too, like i'm STRESSING..

stressing out 😭


so before my trip back to my hometown i had gone to my usual salon to get my hair refreshed. i have curly hair and always ask for a wolfcut. while i was there i founs out that my usual hairstylist was out of town in holiday so they offered me a lady who had cut my hair once before. she didn't really do a good job before and had left me a bit frustrated afterwards (i didn't show it i promise) but because i was pressed by my mom to get my hair cut i decided to go with the lady hairstylist and just prayed for a better experience.

truth be told, it very much wasn't. i know curly hair shouldn't be cut wet but it's kind of just how it was always done there and it turned out okay so i never questioned it. however, she kind of just went in without a wash or wetting my hair at all and kind of started haphazardly cutting off parts of my hair. i chalked it up to dried ends and let her do her thing but she ended up thinning my hair out a lot without my permission. she had also ruffled my hair very aggressively and then just cut random chunks of hair. not to mention, she was talking to another customer while cutting my hair at one point and had cut off a bit of my hair on accident. she ended by saying that she tweaked my usual request a bit because she thought that what she gave me was prettier. i was too scared to say anything so i left after paying and hoped i could salvage it after a wash and some styling.

i tried by best and i think i tried to make it look less weird than it was when i walked out (i don't have a picture but i genuinely looked like a frizz mop, she didn't even properly section my hair to cut my fringe and had just settled for combing my hair forward and cutting what was there). i broke down at home and have been really frustrated at how i look because i just feel gross. i also had gotten through a mental health issue that caused my hair to fall out in clumps and this really brought me back to when i was panicking over my thinning hair. (i grew my hair out for a while before getting it cut so i know it grew back thicker than what it is now)

i just want to know what i can do to try and speed up my hair's growth or thickening process so i can feel confident again. i don't know why i can see my neck through my hair too, like i'm STRESSING..

a bit lost on what to do


I have 2B to 2C hair that I haven’t really taken care of my curls/waves the way that I’m supposed to for the past couple years. As a teen I had a pretty good routine at the time my hair was never past my collarbone. Now my hair is past the middle of my back and I can’t seem to find a good way to style my hair that doesn’t weigh it down or make me look like a wet dog. There are some chunks of hair that don’t seem to form a proper curl the way the rest of my hair does. I’ve stopped using curl creams and only use gel that seemed to help a bit. For my routine put gel on soaking wet hair and scrunch it with a tee shirt and after I go between scrunching and defusing. I would really like some advice or pointers on what I could do/use to make my hair look less weighed down.

Advice for curly hair routine


It’s basically all in the title; currently taking better care of the mop on my head and noticing that my usually subtle brown and copper  chunks in my otherwise blonde hair are becoming a lot more defined now that I am regularly moisturizing it. I’m super curious to know how and why that’s happening, and if it’s even the moisturizer.

For clarity, I’ve been using a moisturizing shampoo for about a year now, and over the past couple weeks have been using a moisturizing conditioner, which is when I started noticing the difference.

Can moisturizing your hair cause its color to be more defined?


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21F Hair falling out in massive chunks


My job has been stressful and caused havoc on my hair. This is the second time in my life that I’ve noticed hair th!nn!ng due to stress. This time, it happened very suddenly. One day as I was doing my hair (long, long layers, typically very healthy) I noticed that it seemed like half of it was gone. In addition, there were chunks where the hair was cut at my shoulder, and I have long hair where none of it would be that length. The ends are suddenly unruly. The texture has changed, it’s incredibly dry and kinky no matter what. The hair goes in all directions and I can’t seem to tame it. It seems like I need to cut off ~4 inches for it to look decent because the ends look so frazzled. I understand the hair l0ss due to stress but I don’t understand why the bottom 3” of hair look like this all of a sudden. Can anyone educate me?

Need to understand what’s going on with my hair. Stress-induced frayed ends


I have noticed that whenever a barber uses shears scissors to reduce the volume of my hair it turned out well… like a bush/shrub like the ones that has an even surface.

But whenever a barber uses a straight scissors to do it, my hair comes out with this huge chunks of depressions making my hair uneven.

Im 28yo. Until now I dont even know what type of hair I have.

Can shears scissors make my hair uneven so that my super curly hair wont form depressions?


My hair keeps breaking in the middle of the strand and I don’t know how to stop it. I have never gotten a haircut with layers so everything you’re seeing is some completely just from breaking off. I also know with certainty it’s not new growth because my hair used to feel twice as thick before I started experiencing this.

The timeline: this started happening to me in spring of 2023. When I noticed that there were these long chunks of hair missing, I did literally everything I could possibly think of to stop it from getting worse. I have always been very careful with my hair and have worked to have long, thick, and healthy hair so to have it break in a place where it will take 2-3 years to grow out was devastating.

It seemed that some of the breakage was starting to grow out as I’ve spent the last year trying to stop it and now I’m noticing new, even shorter breakage after a full year of trying absolutely everything.

Here’s a list of everything I’ve tried:

* I’ve never died my hair in general
* Stopped using heat
* Sleep in protective hair styles
* Sleep on a silk pillow case
* No restrictive hair styles like tight buns and I almost never wear my hair in a ponytail except to workout
* Weekly hydrating hair masks for dryness
* Taken nutrafol everyday for the last year
* Very occasional K18 use off and on (haven’t wanted to use it too often because I don’t want to protein overload my hair)
* I wash my hair with warm water and finish with a cold water rinse to
* I have a Pretty balanced diet and have a healthy lifestyle
* I try not to comb my hair and wait until it’s mostly dry or totally dry and I use a wide tooth comb
* I’ve used a variety of products that don’t seem to make much of a difference: olaplex, oribe split end cream, hydrating hair oil, leave in conditioner etc.

* I even saved up and did a full blood panel test and gut test and my thyroids and hormones can back normal. Nothing was off and there were no deficiencies

The only thing I can think of if is that I switched from the Skyla IUD (which is lower hormones, where my hair had no problems and no breakage) to the Mirena IUD (this has slightly more hormones) in the fall of 2022. I started noticing the first round of breakage the spring of 2023.

The 1 other thing I haven’t tried yes it a shower filter but I will take ANY suggestions. I’m getting desperate because, after a year of trying to address this, it’s still getting worse again. I know breakage like this can take years to grow back, so I’m truly willing to do whatever it takes to prevent it from getting worse.

Thank you so much in advance for any tips or advice!

Sos, I’m so desperate. Does anyone know why my hair is breaking mid strand?


I’m hoping this is the appropriate place to ask this.

My hair has always been fine with gel, until now. For like the past four times I’ve washed gel out of my hair, it chunks up into these white rubber feeling things. Mind you, these will start to form when I’m JUST using water to wash out the gel, I haven’t even got to using shampoo yet. So it can’t be the shampoo reacting with the gel.

I have tried clarifying my hair, switching the gel I use, trying different water temperatures when washing out the gel, using less gel, taking a break from using gel, but none these helped, I always end up with these things in my hair. I have also checked to see if the ingredients in the gel have changed, but it hasn’t. I’ve searched all over the internet to try and get answers, but I have not seen anything about this.

What could be causing gel to chunk up like this?


i have thick, straight asian hair, but i’ve been finding chunks of really weird coarse hair on my head (back of the head, near the sides, near the bottom). the hair looks kinda unruly and has curly strands. i yanked out a strand to take a closer look, and upon feeling and touching it it seems that the shaft has varying thickness? why is that? is there something i can do to fix it?

weird crinkly hair


Just wanted to share some cool pics I took of my poor, poor hairs 😅 in the healthy hair you can see chunks of my natural pigment, in the bleached hair it’s completely clear!

Bleached hair with hairspray and split ends vs healthy hair under microscope


Hi everyone. I had a major incident with my hair today and i really need help. For some background information, i have always had very thick and long hair my whole life, with one chop and it grew back in two years to my belly button (i'm 5'10 too so it was super long). I had straight brown hair. Unfortunately i started getting highlights, and summer 2023 went to a hairstylist who scrubbed my bleach as if it were shampoo into my hair... and it was fried to a crisp. I have spent the last year healing it, it has grown a bit but due to so many chops it's at the same length it was last year. 6 weeks ago I got hair extensions for length as my hair was still thin and short and ruined my confidence. I did tape in extensions at home (i know bad don't remind me) and removed them today to move up. I took amazing care of them and they were just perfect the whole 6 weeks, however either the remover i used or my head just reacted badly, my hair almost all fell out. it came out in chunks. obviosuly i'm not going to put the extensions back in. i have been crying all day and so upset, my hair is so thin; it's not fried like last year but it is significantly thinner. By thin, i mean it feels no different than a small chunk of string. it won't even go into a mini claw clip; a pony tail looks like my 3 year old niece has more hair than me, all around terrible. i plan to get some halo extensions for special events. however i just feel so terrible and set back, like that year of work was for nothing. it absolutely ruined my confidence and im so upset. I really would love to grow it as fast as i can. i have decent knowledge on hair from my hair health journey, but im trying to see if theres anything else i can get to improve it. my current products im using are- redken acidic bonding concentrate shampoo, redken extreme length shampoo, amika soil food mask, K18, olaplex #6, redken 25 benefit spray, redken heat protectant, moroccan oil, using soft hair ties, wearing a bonnet to sleep, using a bamboo brush, and taking a hair growth supplement, currently on lemme grow. I used mielle in tha past but i heard they have a lawsuit on them so if any v has any other oils they recommend. I am so so open tu any and all recommendations, products, supplements, devices, seriosult anything. thank you all so much.

urgent all hair fell out


Last year I went through an extreme period of stress which resulting in my losing chunks of hair in the shower for a number of months. That has subsided now, but I feel like I lost over half my hair. Any recommendations for how I could work on restoring it? Or is it just a waiting game?

Any tips for restoring thickness after dramatic shedding?


i used 8% glycolic acid and now i am losing hair in chunks. should i dilute it? how long am i supposed to leave it on?

one positive is i dont have build up anymore which was my main concern

scalp exfoliation


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why does my hair break in small chunks when i brush it?


So something weird is happening to me. Lately since i live in California i have been wearing my hair in a ponytail. I have bangs so my bangs usually hang out and to make it look nicer i have a few pieces on the side to give a sideburn look. My bangs /sideburns go down to my shoulders and my ponytail is usually high. It has happened three times now where i go to sleep and my sideburns usually are shorter but whats weird about it is there is no hair on my pillow. And its not all my hair that gets shorter but chunks. Like small chunks of my hair are coming off but i cant find them on my bed? My hair is bleached but bleached at the tips. When i looked at my hair it looks like it broke off about two inches from the root. And again its like all the hairs in that area are of similar length. Im genuinely getting weirded out and worried i might be sleep walking cutting my hair or going insane. Is there any other hair reason for this? Its not falling off on the root either and at random places in my bangs at a time. Am i going crazy here?

My hair is going missing?


For context, I struggled with trichotillomania from 2018-2022. I've since stopped pulling my hair out as much, it's definitely not completely gone, but mostly. I wash my hair 1-2 times a week, i apply conditioner correctly and I dry it correctly, too. Honestly can't even remember the last time I used a heat product on my hair. And everyday, I pull out chunks of hair that are just hanging at the bottom of my hair. There's hair literally all over the house and my bf's car. I'm at a loss 😭

How can I make my hair stopping shedding so much?


I have (had) bleach blonde hair, level 9 in very good condition. For several months I’ve been using the Shrine Drop It colours which I absolutely love.

As I get impatient with the fading/wanting to switch to new colours, my sister bought me the Shrine Drop It Colour Removal kit. It’s advertised as “The world first formula has built in plex within the powder which helps avoid breakage and rebuild hair structure.” It was a little sachet of powder that you mix with conditioner, leave in your hair for 10 mins and then rinse out.

Thought it sounded great to decided to give it a go. I absolutely saturated my hair but as soon as I did so I knew it didn’t feel right. My hair immediately felt like like any sort of hydration had been stripped, I gave it a minute or two but my gut was just telling me to rinse it off ASAP so I did. I’d say it was in my hair 3 minutes max.

I’d hate to think what would happen if I’d left it on for 10 mins because it has absolutely destroyed my hair. After reading reviews it seems like a lot of other people have had the same problem with a lot of them cutting or shaving their hair off. I have had many hair woes thought out my life including over bleaching in my younger years and I have honestly never had damage as bad as this.

it felt crazy dry even when went, almost like a super intense clarifying shampoo. I let it air dry and it was incredibly crunchy and dry, it literally felt like straw. The next morning I did a coconut oil mask for about 6 hours but made no difference. For the last 2 weeks I’ve been using bond repair treatment systems and whilst it’s made a slight difference, it really hasn’t changed that much.

The main problem (and where most of my damage is now coming from) is where the hair is so dry, it’s knotting and matting incredibly easy. I can’t get my fingers through my hair, let alone a hair brush, and I think I’m getting major damage from basically just trying to untangle the matted hair.

Below is a list of ingredients for the colour remover used… can anyone advise the best treatment/what I should be doing to counteract the effects? I’ve always such long, thick and silky hair and now it’s broken in chunks, stiff and bone dry. I just want my hair back :(

Ingredients:

Sodium Silicate, Potassium Persulfate, Magnesium Carbonate, Sodium Persulfate, Bentonite, Silica, Paraffinum Liquidum, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Cellulose Gum, Diisostearyl Malate, Disodium EDTA, Parfum (Fragrance), Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Polyquaternium-10, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Extract, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Fruit Extract, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) Extract, Citric Acid, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalool

Counteracting wildly damaging “damage free” colour removal - ingredients included


TLDR: I got my mushy, falling-out hair to be just gummy, and I need to know if I’m insane for trusting the process.

I did a bad, I know. I thought after a few protein treatments, my bleached hair was strong enough to get straight permed. I had JUST gotten my overprocessed hair to be smooth again, and then I got cocky.

Right after, my hair was extremely gummy when wet and coming out in my hands if I touched it. Honestly, gummy isn’t even the right word. It was MUSH. It didn’t dry even overnight.

I did 4 rounds of ApHogee 2-step, and now my hair is normal when wet, a little gummy when damp, but BOY when it dries, it dries bunched together and hard like straw. It literally dries like I’m doing an aphogee treatment. The way it dries is throwing me off because it’s drying way worse than it looks/feels??? Like once I separate the dried chunks, it’s just fried and frizzy hair, which I’ve had before. Maybe I’m overloading the protein treatments, but doesn’t my hair need them…?

I’m assuming I need both moisture and protein, but which should I focus my efforts on if I want my hair to recover asap? Even though my hair isn’t as gummy anymore, I think the main problem is still protein because my curl pattern is still completely weird and frizzy, but if someone can confirm this, that would be great :)

My current plan is to do 1-2 aphogee 2 step treatments a day until my hair feels like normally damaged hair again, followed by a deep conditioner. I know you’re supposed to only do those once a week, but my poor hair needs protein right NEOW. I also ordered Olaplex 0 and 3, though I’m not sure how effective they’ll be. I also use the Aphogee 2 minute reconstructor, but I feel like my hair might be too far gone for that to work?

So if anyone can tell me if I’m delusional, misguided, or on the right track, please do so! I’m also partially posting this just in case someone with mushy hair is frantically searching reddit to see if they need to buzz it or not — it’s saveable! I don’t know HOW saveable, but it’s possible to at least go from horrendous to just bad. :) I know the most popular answer is to just grow it out, but I’m honestly so impressed with my results thus far and think I can continue.

Hopefully this is specific enough, thank you in advance!

Saving gummy hair that dries hard


Anyone knows what could be the reason behind these chunks of hair? Looks like new growth to me but I can't figure out the cause


I just had a full head highlights done. I only get full head maybe once or twice a year max. So the roots were huge (10 month growth)

My hairdresser suggested using the k18 complete treatment. She did the green spray, then the yellow spray, Then she started on my highlights as normal.
Afterwards she put the k18 mask on and we dried it off. When she brushed it, there was still quite a lot of my hair in the brush. I looked in the sink briefly and I think there was a fair bit in the sink too.

Now, this normally happens to me everytime I get a full head highlights (which is why I avoid it and only do it once or twice a year), but I didn’t think it would if I was using the k18. Is it normal to still have breakage in the brush after a fresh bleaching?

I can’t see any specific snapped bits in my hairs like it’s deff not fell out in chunks because I can’t tell exactly where it’s snapped, but it’s still annoying.
I get such bad anxiety seeing all my hair in the brush :(

Should loads of hair still be in the brush after highlights despite using the k18 green mist, the yellow mist and the k18 mask?


So I went to see a new stylist back in January and just wanted a touch up on my balayage, it had been a while since I was pregnant and then with a newborn so I decided it was time.  I should have ran the second she just slapped the bleach on my head but I wanted to trust her process. Well after about 10 minuets of bleaching CHUNKS vs teasing and taking her time she shoved my head into a heat bowl……again I should have run right there and then. She then decided to go do her side business of bedazzling Jean jackets for her Etsy shop instead of checking on me. Well what felt like an eternity at the heat bowl she finally checked on me and washed and toned. My hair looked ok after that but then 3 days later I started to turn orange and very brassy. I have medium dark brown hair and I usually fade but not after 3 days. I go back in a month later and she keeps trying to tone my hair. I was there for 2 hours with no success. So I finally tell her just to dye my hair darker….. she dyed my head pitch black. I looked like Wednesday Adam’s. Mortified I never went back. About 2 months later my face framing pieces, a few in the back of my head and around my ears start to fade back to orange. I realized this is all my new hair I regrew after loosing so much postpartum. She burnt my virgin hair to a crisp.
I finally went to a new salon a few days ago to get my hair back instead of walking around with black hair which I’ve never had. This stylist was amazing and understanding of everything I just went through and still these same pieces can’t hold a tone. It’s been 1 week and everything is faded back to orange. She got me back in for another re-tone and I can still see the orange wanting to peek through. I just bought some k18 to try and get the protein back into my hair. Is there anything I can do or am I just stuck with this awful orange until it grows out!? I’ve spent years trying to make sure to keep my hair healthy and I’m purely devastated at the state of my hair because one woman cared more about a bedazzled jean jacket vs my hair. Please kelp me if you can. Thank you all!

Botched by someone who rather bedazzle


I was wondering if anyone could help me figure this out. My stylist accidentally toned me blue and neutralized with pink/red. Everything looks semi normal but there are chunks that are slightly pink still. I went to get it fixed and it’s still like this. Normally I wouldn’t care much but I’m worried about how it will look after my first wash. Also going on vacation next week and it’s kind of driving me crazy 😭

How to remove red tones out of bleached hair


Recommendation products(shampoos, conditioners, sprays) which target gradual lightening/brightening of natural blonde hair?

I have seen very few posts on this topic and usuallly people responding "lol you cant lighten your hair".

Well, sorry but yes, you can lighten it or make it appear lighter.

Go Blonder shampoo by John Frieda definitely did so (by depositing pigment to the hair as i have read) but i cannot use it since it is a chemical bomb and i see chunks of hairs down the drain.

Klorane Chamomile shampoo also made my hair a bit lighter! Still it makes it so weighed down, greasy and not nice for the general condition of my hair.

Been eyeing Kerastase Bain Lumiere but as i have seen it is targeted towards chemically processed blonde hair and it has stepped me back (its so pricy to just give it a try)

TLDR: Some products have worked in the aspect of Lightening/Brightening my natural blonde hair but not good overall for hair condition. Pls any suggestion on your experience

Lightening products for blonde hair?


Hello all,

I hope this is appropriate for here, and I appreciate those that take the time to read, and respond.

TLDR: I have recently been plagued with crinkly strands of hair that are driving me crazy, and triggering my hair pulling to the max! Hair has also thinned, and it kills me as my hair is usually very thick, and long. Been on steroids for 2 years, have to be on weaker kind for 4 weeks. Have several chronic illnesses, meds that can cause hair issues, and am hoping to find something to help restore the health of my hair

My history is that I have multiple chronic illnesses, one of which I was on a corticosteroid, Medrol, of vary does for about 2 years. I finally have come off it and am on a weaker steroid, hydrocortisone, to  eventually get off of the steroids permanently. My body suffered the full effects of exogenous Cushings brought on by the steroids. Moon face, stretch marks, weight gain, emotional rollercoaster, thinning skin etc Since having tapered down, and off the medrol, my body is more back to how it was, and slowly recovering. More mentally stable/myself, weight loss, and loss of other bothersome side effects. I believe my body is trying to bounce back, and find its “normal” after all of this. Unfortunately I have to stay on hydrocortisone for 4 weeks until I have blood work done to see if my cortisol/ACTH levels are good, and my adrenal functions recovered

Anyway, my hair has taken a major hit! Strands are crinkly. My head hair over all has majorly thinned, and seems to be falling out. The texture change is all over, and I just can’t help but pull at these strands. Some just easily break, and it just is so bothersome

I should add that previous to this situation, I had plaque psoriasis on my scalp, where I lost chunks of hair. This hair is growing back, but seems to be crinkling. I also have experienced several major stressors in the past few months which I’m sure hasnt helped. I am on several meds that impact hair-methotrexate, Ritalin, and weaker steroid hydrocortisone. I do take a multivitamin, biotin, and prescription folic acid

I have spoken to several of my doctors, and they agree about my body working to recover. My hair dresser took a good 2 inches off, which kills me, and agreed my hair has thinned. She recommended prenatal vitamins, biotin, hair masks etc I know not picking at my hair would be a major help, but is there anything else I could be doing? Bloodwork has been normal

I don’t know if this is appropriate to post here, but any feedback would be appreciated. Any questions or anything, please let me know!😊

Crinkly Strands


Hi everyone. This is my first time posting on reddit ever! I 33f am really at a loss with my hair. In 2020 it started to fall out which I then realised was because of low b12 and I had basically been deficient for a long long time without being diagnosed. I have to have injections every 3 months now because of this after I had been to the doctors and it honestly took about a year but I really started to see a difference in my hair since I started getting them and it grew back slowly but surely -albeit not at the same thickness as before but at least it was even as before i literally have short chunks of hair from where it had been falling out.  It has started to get really really thin again and I just don't know what to do.
I use davines every day shampoo followed by joico defy damage conditioner. I then clarify with bed head once every 2 weeks. I do have to wash my hair very often because it gets oily but I almost feel like the davines is drying it out in a way. I don't know whether I should go to the doctors and have some more tests but I wouldn't even know what for seeing as I have b12 injections now. It sits so limp and I will straighten it and as soon as I go outside it goes wispy and looks awful which it never used to do. I'm starting to feel like I don't want to go out because I am so self conscious. So sorry for my rambling but wondered if anyone had any advice or similar experience.

Hair question :)


I’ve always had super thick hair, like the type of hair that takes a whole day to dry but recently it’s been really thin. I’ve noticed after I shower or brush my hair, it’s been coming out in chunks, enough that I have to clean my brush every time I use it. I’ve tried switching shampoos, I use moroccan oil, but it’s still noticeably thinner. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Losing Hair?


I have fine fragile bleached hair and I got a couple to sleep in as I thought they would stop if from getting so tangled etc when I sleep. My blow dries last so much longer so I'm not having to wash it as much and my hair seems generally in better condition HOWEVER I have suddenly started with a lot of breakage at the crown, literally like chunks of shorter bits :( could this be from the bonnet?? It's the only thing that I have done differently in this timeline. Thank you

Can silk/satin bonnets actually cause hair breakage?


Chunks of my hair are coming out when I brush my hair and a noticeable thinning which I strongly believe due to a very stressful time I experienced in the fall. My ferritin, b12s and thyroids are normal. In desperate needs for suggestions and scientifically backed tips to grow hair as quick and strong as possible!

If you’ve lost a lot of hair due to stress, what steps would you take to have hair grow as quick and strong as possible?


Hi, I have natural dark blonde past shoulder length hair. It's fine but there is lots of it. So much so that I have an undercut but it still takes hours to dry.

I had it bleached last year & it was ok but not the best condition. My hair would tangle constantly and I would end up pulling knots out in the shower when I tried to use conditioner.

I had it bleached again a couple months ago & it's a nightmare. I am ripping huge chunks out constantly, brushing leaves what feels like giant wads of hair on the brush & nothing is absorbing. I try putting a small amount of hair oil on whilst it's damp but it literally just creating a film that makes my hair feel greasy when it's dry. I also try washing as little as possible & using Moroccanoil shampoo as recommended by a hairdresser but it's not helping.

I've had luck with Philip Kingsley Elasticizer in the past but now it doesn't make much difference.

Is there anything that can help or is it just a case of cutting it shorter & waiting for it to grow out?

Also can bleach prevent hair from absorbing products? It's weird to put so little oil or conditioner on but it turns my hair into a greasy mess.

Think my hair is too far gone


So I’m pretty sure I have sebhorric dermatitis because I always get these scales over my scalp and pretty big chunks of dandruff, I just washed my hair on Saturday which removed a scaly patch on my right side but by Tuesday the scaly patch was back and I plucked at it to get it off and left it red, I also always have dandruff no matter what I do, I just bought selsun blue but is there any product that can solve my issue? I’ve been struggling with this for years.

Don’t know what’s happening to my hair


I usually use a cheap drug store shampoo and conditioner. In the past I tried olaplex for about a week or two. After I would shampoo and condition, my hair, still soaking wet, would have dry appearing patches. This never happened with my cheap product. Same thing with a deep conditioning mask I tried this week. As soon as I rinsed the product out, dry patches while hair was still soaking wet. My hair breaks off easily and I cannot retain any length, so clearly something is wrong. I sparsely use conditioner, and I am trying to change that. I am confused on what I should be doing to my hair routine. What do you think the problem may be?

hair appears dry when wet in chunks, when using quality products


So I very stupidly put undiluted rosemary oil on my scalp. 5-10 minutes later, I realized my mistake and started rinsing it out. The affected area feels very cool and when I started to brush my hair with my fingers, chunks of hair were coming out. What do I do!? I put some oil in my hair and I'm hoping that it helps, but I'm scared I might've damaged my scalp and worsened my hair

Undiluted rosemary oil mistake


Hi. Just joined the community.

So, a long time ago, I was a part of the curly girl method. It was actually very good, and my hair looked quite nice. I then chopped my hair and also wanted more a blowout look, so I started using sulphates and silliness again.

I desperately want long and thick hair again, therefore, I started using the Miele hair oil on my scalp. I usually have it in a whole day, and wash it of 5-8 hours after, but my hair FALLS OUT IN CHUNKS!!!

I have also noticed hair breakage and I’m sooo unhappy.

I use redeem bond-repair shampoo and conditioner, k18 and Miele once a week, oil my ends with kerastase oil every day, and use the ordinary peptide scalp serum. What would you suggest?

Hair loss Miele


I'm struggling to find the right words to begin. I feel utterly drained, as if all my energy and life have been sapped from me. It's difficult for me to summon the strength to recount the entire story.

I went to the salon for a root touch-up and highlights. I've been visiting her every three months. She's been just okay, often making mistakes and resorting to lying or shifting blame. I had already noticed red flags about her, and I can't understand why I continued to give her the benefit of the doubt. Now, I feel like I've brought all of this upon myself because I should have sought out a new place when I noticed the first alarming sign.

It wasn't until it’s done that I realized she had bleached the ends of my hair. While I'm not a professional, I do know that bleaching the ends, especially when I had put so much effort into maintaining their decent or good condition and they were thick and voluminous, was a mistake.

After the deed is done, she callously lied to my face, insisting there was no damage. However, as she blow-dried my hair, it resembled a puff of feathers, with a million strands floating in the air. When I reached out to touch it, everything disintegrated into pieces and chunks, everything I touched fall out like gummy.

I discovered today that the Olaplex I had been paying for her to add to the bleach was the wrong product. She had been using #0 instead of #1 all this time. The #0 is something anyone can buy, and she just dribbled a bit into the bleach. I had been assuming all along that she was using #1 with the proper measuring pump.

I was devastated. I asked her if she had bleached my ends, and she said yea you said no brassiness. I was shocked and asked why she did that when my ends were perfectly fine. She had bleached my roots and ends together for the same amount of time, likely over 40 minutes.

I can't even remember how I managed to drive home without crashing. My hair is dead, gone, done, and there's no way to reverse it. I’m hideous and can't even bring myself to leave the  house. Everything I touch fall out. I want to just crawl into a hole and die. I don’t know what to do.

Hairdresser absolutely destroyed my hair after bleach job, hair fall out in chunks.


I am looking for a drugstore shampoo (with all the things that influencers tell us to avoid.) Growing up I have always used whatever my parents bought me and it did well on my hair, but I can not seem to remember which brands in particular. I’ve been using Dove but it less greasy chunks in my hair. Thanks!

Drugstore shampoos recommendations WITH all the sulfates and stuff


Okay… I am finally sitting down to write this as I am looking for what works for other people instead of just reading reviews from products online.

 In May 2023 until end of June 2023 I was hospitalized, never been so sick in my entire life. I had sepsis, double pneumonia, MRSA, and bacterial fluid around my heart. I was pumped full of so many different antibiotics and various other drugs, along with two blood transfusions. (Adding this info for context because I’m thinking maybe this could help with a solution) I left the hospital knowing I am anemic and have/had a vitamin D deficiency which I currently take supplements for. I also take Keppra for seizures. Starting a couple weeks ago, when I would brush out my hair… more hair than usual would come out and not just that one time, but every time I would brush my hair. I have a lot of long, thick hair, so I just chalked it up to me shedding more than usual. However, my hair started coming out in pretty big chunks so that scared the hell out of me. Like I said, I have a lot of hair so most people probably wouldn’t notice, but I can definitely feel and see the difference. From what I can tell, there are no visible bald spots (yet at least 🥺). I am scared to even brush my hair often because of the amount that comes out makes me so anxious/scared/upset that I start spiraling. My hair is pretty long, (down to my butt) so I don’t know if maybe I should cut it shorter for now or if that would even make a difference. I have looked into Nutrafol but I don’t have the kind of money to purchase that and continue to purchase it for the next 6 months as recommended. I was also reading online that sometimes if you go through a traumatic time/event in your life especially as significant as mine was that you could lose hair about 3 months post event so I am hoping that maybe my body was just shocked from my hospital stay.

I have had a few people tell me “it’s just hair” … but for me, always having really long, healthy, hair has been part of ME. I took the pictures posted to show my mom. I know they aren’t the best & may even seem gross to some people, but I needed to share them to show exactly how much I really lost/am losing. They are from two different times, but unfortunately I have not taken more. Also to add, I am 33/F.  Any questions/suggestions would be great! I appreciate any help or insight. Thank you for reading 💕

Shedding/losing a lot of hair… HELP!


Hi guys, got married and moved to London six months ago. Before coming I got keratin done a second time as well. My hair is now falling in chunks to the point that I’ve starting getting bald spots on my scalp.
There is hair literally everywhere, massive chunks when I shower and then brush my hair and even when it’s dry. Can someone please help me out with what products to use?
I was thinking olaplex?
Currently using the aveeno shampoo. Used kerastase for a while but that didn’t get the clean feeling in my hair.
Thanks!

What to do with keratin treated London water hair


I have psoriasis and eczema, my derm said I’m allergic to fragrance and probably some other stuff, I haven’t gotten allergy tested yet tho. But basically I can’t use fancy products or my scalp with flake off in huge chunks and bleed if I touch it. I use vanicream shampoo and a teeny bit of surface bassu hydrating oil when it’s damp. I know I need a little trim but any suggestions to make my hair more voluminous and less tangled (I get rats nests underneath and spiderwebs throughout my curls If I don’t brush and wash daily) without all the crazy products???

Help with hair


I’m sorry if this has been posted before but I searched and couldn’t find anything answering my question. Soo I just started using rosemary water and I’m noticing I’m actually losing a significant amount of hair in the shower. Like CHUNKS. Is this normal? Like out with the old in with the new kinda thing or should I stop using it.

Rosemary Water


I (23F) have had consistently thinning hair since early high school. My hair has never been extremely thick, but I had a very full head of hair and my hair now looks quite stringy and I can often see parts of my scalp peaking through. My hair texture is fine, wavy/curly with very dry ends and very greasy roots (I wash my hair and my hair already starts to feel oily). I've tried detoxing shampoos, professional treatments, etc. and have always struggled with oil production. My ends, however, consistently break. I find little pieces of broken hair everywhere, and any time I run my fingers through my hair, chunks come out. I've had my vitamin levels tested and my thyroid and every doctor has told me that everything is normal. My dermatologist started me on Spironolactone to help with this a few years ago and I've seen a slight slow-down in hair loss, but not overall improvement. Any ideas on what could be happening?

Need help figuring out what is wrong with my hair!


Okay so my weight has been all over the place of a 10kg range for the past few years. But since may I lost around 4-5kg, but my goodness my hair has been falling out so so much. More so in the last two weeks being filled with chunks of hair when washing and brushing and slightly touching it. Driving me absolutely nuts.

I'd say unfortunately my average was as low as 700 (ik that's terrible but I was stressed and had zero appetite on numerous occasions) to like 2000 calories on other days but mostly around 1200.

But now that I'm at my happy goal weight, I was thinking if I eat at maintenance calories will my hair stop falling out or at least balance out? My maintenance calories are around 1600 as I'm quite lazy and sedentary, haha whoops unfortunately I don't see myself changing that anytime soon.

Essentially I want to trial this, but asking here in case anyone thinks this will work? Planning on just eating the right foods, protein (how much is the ideal for 115lbs/ 52kg who isn't looking to get bulky but stay slim), 1600 cals every day on average. Doctors is the next stop if this doesn't resolve of course, but I have terrible anxiety so don't really want to go for a visit anytime soon.

Maintenance calories for hair loss?


I just ordered Olaplex no. 8 mask from Amazon and was reading up on how to use it when I stumbled across articles and forums discussing how it can cause huge hair loss.
I bought it because I just got my hair cut and my stylist pointed out that I should be using a deep conditioning mask. My hair has always, always been dry, naturally. It is currently not color treated (had balayage done 6 years ago, all grown out and cut off.) I have fine wavy hair, but tons of it.
I do not want to lose chunks of hair. Does no. 8 cause these issues? All these complaints about Olaplex didn't specify which exact product was used. Is there a way to spot test? Is there any science behind what caused some people's hair loss regarding Olaplex? Should I return it?

Is Olaplex really that bad?


I've been fighting itchy, dry scalp, and dandruff for probably 5 years now, I've used numerous (Probably around 8 different brands of H&S) and it feels like none of it is working for me. I've tried booking an appointment for a dermatologist and they tell me it's at least a 6 month waiting period. I'm getting really tired of it, I've used H&S for my main usage now because If I do switch off to something else it erupts into just large patches of scaley scalp coming off in chunks.

For dummy down reasons, I've decided to include that I lather for probably a good 3-5 minutes before rinsing off and the skin problem tends to affect my face as well. I don't use a rag anymore unless it gets really awful. I would rather have red tight skin irritated than have a bunch of globs of dead skin all over my face. Please send help!

Head and Shoulders not working


Kind of an embarrassing post here, but looking for some advice. I got a sunburn on my scalp 4 weeks ago. A couple days after the burn, I started getting large chunks of skin falling off my scalp. This has persisted since then, and my scalp is visibly peeling. Is this normal, for this to be lasting this long? Everything I’m seeing online says it should be cleared up within two weeks. I have been using regular shampoo, and just yesterday purchased Sepsum Blue dandruff shampoo, but some stuff online is saying not to use anti- dandruff, as it’ll make the problem worse. What should I do?

Scalp Sunburn- Persistent Dandruff


I’ve had enough man seriously. I’ve had a fucking bad year and this week has been particularly awful.

Decided to take some time out for myself tonight, bought some bleach to cover my roots and it all went wrong. After a crying session knowing I have work tomorrow I tried again; cool, calm and collected. Nope it didn’t work again. This is late at night now so in a panic I dug in my wardrobe and had some dark orange hair dye. Fuck it, It’ll have to do I’m out all day tomorrow and in work in the night. Well. Of course chunks of my hair came out which obviously I’m not surprised really. How can I brush my hair? Any sort of brushing I can hear the strands all pulling and breaking.
What can a hair dresser do for me?? I look horrible with short hair and I’m going through a bad time as it is. I have a defect where one of my ears is a lot different from the other I can’t hide this with short hair and I can’t gave the insecurity it comes with.

Help me guy, where do I go from here? Hair cut ideas? Any ideas welcome. I want to cry myself to sleep.

This is a desperate shout for help!


I saw this video on a Chinese social media app (Xiao Hong Shu) and am so confused. It looks like the hair stampers from the 90s but also like it’ll burn your hair off in jagged chunks. How damaging would this actually be to hair?


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Now in my 30’s, there’s random chunks under the topmost layer of my hair. Does anyone have success with Arey Grey products reversing greying hair?


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Missing some chunks of eyelashes in both eyes.


We moved about 6 months ago to a place with extremely hard well water.  I noticed my very fine hair getting very flat, flopping into my face in heavy chunks, and eventually having EXTREME static.  I grew up in New England and never had static this bad in my life.

I bought the Suave chelating/clarifying shampoo, assuming the mix of EDTA and sulfates would strip the bejesus out of my hair.  I used it every 2 to 3 days and it helped for a bit but then stopped making a difference.

I got a chelating treatment done at the salon and it helped for about a week before my hair turned into staticky chunks again.

In desperation, I bought the Malibu C kit and did the shampoo-powder-shampoo-conditioner as directed.  My hair was amazing afterward.  On day 7, I was back to floppy static chunks and repeated the process.  Now I’m only on day 4 and it’s happening again.

I’m looking into the AquaBliss SF220 filter but is there anything else I can do product-wise?  I’m at my wit’s end here and ready to shave my head and buy some wacky wigs.

Stronger hard water treatment than the Malibu C kit?


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Shampoo caused chunks of hair loss. I have long hair what should I do?


Is this what people call split ends? My hair separates in chunks, how do I stop it from doing this? I don’t want to lose any length


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My hair is falling out in chunks please help!


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Assaulted and hair pulled out in chunks


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Pls help me with my hair problem ( Hair falling out in Chunks and Storm of Dandruff )


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help!! i got my hair professionally bleached and now its falling out in chunks.


Firstly I hope this is the right place to ask about this. I know nothing about hair care really and some help would be appreciated.

I'm a trans gal adjusting to trying to care about these things for the first time.

I have long dark blonde hair it's quite thick and prone to greasiness and dandruff. Unsure if that info will help so I included it anyway.

For most of my life, I have had to use H&S anti-dandruff shampoo. When I am using this shampoo my hair goes greasy and much darker just the next day, so I have to wash daily ( an annoyance with my hair as long as it is now, to say the least) and I can tell my hair feels so much dryer and in worse condition than when I try nice shampoo and conditioner.

In regards to that, Tresemme is what I currently have, but I don't think this is an issue about brands. When using non-anti-dandruff shampoo and conditioner, my hair feels amazing and so much more luxurious, I don't have to wash it every day because after a while it doesn't get as greasy and it looks so much better. There's one huge problem. Dandruff. Not just flakes either, crusty chunks of it on my scalp too that need to be picked and combed out. When it was like this as a child, my mother used to call this cradle cap, but I have since googled it and I think she was confused with something else in babies. Anti-dandruff shampoo deals with it entirely, but that has its flaws as I said.

I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. There might be a solution I didn't even know was an option to consider, or something I've been doing wrong this whole time, so any suggestions will help a lot. I don't know any of the causes of the issues with either product or any of the science, just looking for some help.

I imagine a potential cause is wanting women's hair quality with currently a male body and its different chemistry and biology, but it is hard to believe there isn't a way. I am vaguely aware that shampooing isn't always something that has to be done daily, maybe especially with girls, but I don't know too much about this. I don't really have anyone I can ask either. I don't have a hairdresser, because, since my last trip to the barbers for guys, I've been just growing it out for a few years.

If any more info is needed, just ask and I'll try to help out.

Stuck between two unideal hair situations with different shampoo types. Greasy and dry, or endless dandruff.


So while blowing out my birthday candles, a gust of wind resulted in my hair catching on fire. Luckily, I could put out the flames before it burnt my scalp or skin. Can someone give me tips on how I can handle it or take care of it?

Like, right now the tips of my hair are ashen and a lot of portions seem kinda melted(im not sure how to describe it) A lot of it is also breaking and coming out in chunks, which is kinda expected i guess? it also seems a lot drier and fragile and like really dry grass..

Would really appreciate it if you could please help me because I'm kind of panicking

Hair caught on fire


I was blonde for 10 years absolutely no problems bleaching it ever. Almost no breakage ever. I go to someone I don’t know because I had a thing to go to and I said “only roots because I don’t want my hair to fall out” said it multiple times she said she understood. I didn’t watch her, I was not facing the mirror. Fast forward she’s drying it and I see hair falling out, she brushes it with a paddle brush, IT LOOKED LIKE YOU SHAVED A POODLE. Half of my hair was gone. I don’t pay for it go, home, cry and see I have a bald stop on the top of my head, and a big portion of hair closest to my neck looked like she just cut it short with scissors. I am so careful now, don’t wash it much at all and only use a comb. My hair will not stop falling out and it’s been months. Started with small chunks now it’s just an unnatural amount every day. Anything else I can do? Or am I too far gone lol.

Over bleach hair, won’t stop falling out.


I have straight, fine hair but it’s always been pretty healthy. In November I started pulling huge chunks out in the shower and not just one chunk but multiple. I thought maybe it was stress but then I realized I had just switched shampoo to the green shave bottle. Has anyone else experienced this with this shampoo? Is there a shampoo I can use to thicken my hair back up?

Suave causing hair loss?


Been suffering with hairloss since I was 13 and now I'm 20... It's too late to now know the original reason for the hair loss because as my derm told me, it has become a chronic loss due to untreated acute hairloss. I was prescribed minoxidil and I didn't like it. I'm just so fed up with the minimal coverage, my hair density is as thick as one finger circumference. AND I AM SICK OF THE CHUNKS FALLING OFF EVERYDAY. And I dread wash days and any combing activity.

Do you think it would help if I shave it off and start from scratch with hair oils and some good haircare products? Will my hair type/qualities change if ai shave it?

Product recs?

Help ;(

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Thinking of shaving off my hair


I've been on Amazon for the last hour and can't decide what is best for my situation. I bleached the hell out of it (to blonde).. BUT I didn't touch the roots (thank God, otherwise I could probably pull it out in chunks. So, at least the foundation is stable. Anyway, is there anything I can get or do that would..Shield? Strengthen? Limit the amount that breaks off? That kind of thing. Any help MUCH appreciated!

Damaged hair from bleach..help?


Recently someone is attempting to shill Monat on this sub. First, it's an MLM, but whatever. However, the real issue are the reported problems with the company and products: [https://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-challenges-remain-for-multi-level-marketing-company-monat-20200920-yykg3urfkveojmwa6xtkigil2e-story.html](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-challenges-remain-for-multi-level-marketing-company-monat-20200920-yykg3urfkveojmwa6xtkigil2e-story.html)

My sister personally sold it for three weeks before her hair started falling out in chunks. Monat reps will claim this is the scalp "detoxifying." This isn't true nor does it scientifically make sense.

Please Be Wary of Monat


When I scratch my head I get these greasy/flaky chunks-- what should I be doing to prevent it? I've been reading a lot on this reddit but I'm not sure if t-gel or nizoral or something else would be better as it doesn't seem quite like dandruff (only comes out when I scratch scalp) thanks!


For the past 3 weeks I’ve been losing an abnormal large amount of hair. I’m not sure why and it’s making me so anxious. Every time I run my fingers through my hair, chunks of hair come off straight from the root. I thought maybe it was normal and that it would stop falling but it’s been 3 weeks and yesterday I checked the back of my head and the spacing between my hair strands is sooo noticeable. I’m scared that if it keeps falling off I’ll eventually have noticeable bald spots. Does anyone know why or what can help me stop the hair loss? I’m freaking out.

Hair falling out?


I'm a girl who struggles with depression that has long thin, fine hair that's been severely matted for 2 weeks now. When I say severely matted I mean one side of my head is one mass and the other parts are in chunks bunched up to my scalp that look kinda like dread locks. The chunks are so extremely hard that a metal pick is difficult to stick through to the other side. I've tried different types of conditioners, olive oil, leave-in conditioners and a serum too. I'm embarrassed to go to a hairdresser and I don't think they can even do anything or me. Will I have to get my head shaved?

Need advice for severely matted hair.


I'm experiencing a lot of breakage currently. I have some breakage normally, but it's ramped up a bit.

I am using OGX extra strength argan oil products, which I've been using for a few months. I use a generic head and shoulders about once a week because I have light to moderate flaking sometimes.

I don't usually wash daily, but my hair gets pretty greasy at 36 hours, so I use dry shampoo. The only styling tool I use is a revlon one step hair drying tool.

I should note that my hair is naturally curly, but I wear it straight. I haven't dyed my hair in over 2 years, and all that remains of the color is about a half inch on a few chunks of hair. My hair is VERY dense. The last time I got my hair cut/styled, I was told it was healthy and very silky (to the point most styling tools won't hold, just slide right out), but that was before the breakage started.

I feel like I'm doing something wrong with my hair, but I don't know a lot about how to care for it.

Hair dilemma - Am I using the right products?


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Hair is falling out in big chunks rapidly. Cause?


So, despite my many many years of purchasing all sorts of different beauty and hair products, I've never been able to really figure out hairspray for day to day use. My hair is extremely fine, does not hold shape, and needs to be combed/brushed regularly throughout the day to avoid turning into a tangled mess. Is there an effective hairspray that will give me decent hold, but still let me brush my hair without it either turning into gunky chunks or disappearing completely?

I have to give a virtual presentation to the public on Thursday so I'd love to find something to try, ideally something I can pick up at Ulta.

TIA!

Hairspray advice?


I’m (23F) someone who was born with more than enough hair. I’ve always had really thick dark hair and a lot of it. I’ve never really had a big problem with hair loss until I was 19 and was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. It cause my hair and my eyelashes to fall out but I soon recovered after changing my diet & taking medication.
Recently I got a hair cut and the my hairdresser recommended I try Ameka products because of how good they are. I took her word for it and have been using the shampoo & conditioner for over a month now. My thyroid is fine and my eyelashes are long and full but my hair has been falling out in hives chunks!! I’m so concerned because this has never been so extreme. When I say chunks- I mean chunks !!! Could it be the Ameka products? If so is there any advice on how to to help it grow back :(

Edit: it’s Amika* sorry

Intense hair loss after using Ameka products ??


For the past 2 months I’ve had this. Within the past month, I can “peel” my hair off like in the pictures. Went to the dermatologist and they said it was scalp psoriasis and gave me Ciclopirox shampoo and Betamethasone Disproportionate lotion. That was 2 weeks ago and this is still happening (pictures taken today). Should this still be happening or should I go back to the dermatologist to get reassessed?

(https://i.imgur.com/NGUAP28.jpg, https://i.imgur.com/w5Bk5Se.jpg, https://i.imgur.com/DkEhpvi.jpg, https://i.imgur.com/nPECQif.jpg)

A lot of white flakes and hair's peeling off in decent chunks


Sometimes when i wash my hair, after a few hours when it dries out i notice some "wet spots".Those "wet spots" randomly appear on my hair and it usually calms down after a few hours. I also had dandruff for at  least 8 years and i never found a solution for it. Nothing helped me. Sometimes i get bigger chunks and sometimes it's really small but flaky, sometimes it's yellow and looks like a scab.
It looks like it's water but it feels more like some watered down oil,  it doesn't  have a smell. I've tried looking for it online but i can't figure it out because my english is not that good.

Help me figure this out.


hey! not sure if this is the right thread but have been searching for some help for awhile

I have long ish hair (maybe a few inches below my chest area)

it’s colored with full high lights

it gets tangled everyday to the point where i have huge knots and end up pulling chunks of hair every day out and it’s so frustrating

are there any products or tips?

i brush it 2x a day and yet am in tears everyday bc it gets so knotty throughout the day

any help is appreciated

knotted hair everyday


Let me tell you about the things that saved my scalp & transformed my hair

I had seen this tiktok video on IG, for people with curly hair and I tried it, with a twist.

The recipe is Aloe Vera & ACV

I bought an Aloe Leaf for like $3 at Sprouts and the ACV at target for $6

I cut the leaf in 3, removed the top layer of the leaf, and scrapped the goo with a knife. (PRO tip: dont scoop the goo out and try to whisk it any other way. You'll get chunks of it on your hair. If you do get tiny chunks in your hair, they come out pretty easy after your hair dries.)

I mixed 1 1/2tbs of acv in with the goo, and applied to my scalp and the remainder on my hair.. i left it in for an hour.... shampooed and conditioned right after

my hair has never felt smoother or silkier, and the itching of my scalp completely went away.

TRY IT!!!

Aloe Vera Hair Moisturizing Treatment


I received olaplex no. 3 as a sample from Sephora; I put it on damp hair, left it in for 10 minutes and then washed it out. As the product washed out, it took huge chunks of hair with it; I’ve never seen so much hair go down my drain. It’s like it just kept going. I am just beside myself. I lost so much hair that parts of my scalp are now visible through my hair. Has this happened to anyone else? What caused this?

I have fine, thin, frizzy, virgin hair. Maybe 10% of it is currently in my shower pipes. Before using the olaplex I used the briogeo scalp revival (but no hair was lost when I washed that out). Maybe it was the combination of the two? My hair was thin enough to begin with and now I look like a witch :(

I think Olaplex 3 caused me massive hair loss


I usually bleach my own hair, and I redo the roots every few months or so. I just did so earlier and a bunch of my hair just started falling out in clumps. I'm using a brand I've never used before because I heard some good reviews and I left it in for less time since it was 40 developer. It was Jerome Russell bleach and I left it on for about 30 minutes.

Then when I went to wash it out, a bunch of my hair just came off in my hand in big chunks and I'm not sure what to do. It's quite a lot of hair, but sort of unnoticeable if I tie it up.

Now I'm just thinking about damage control. Should I shave it all off? Or is there a hair treatment I should be doing. Any advice would be appreciated!

Bleached Hair Fell Out, What'll Happen?


I posted about this before on here, but I am only 16 and ever since about 11, around when I started puberty, my hair has been falling. My hair used to be extremely think and now it’s leaning towards thin. I pull think chunks of strands from hair hair in the shower, every time I take out my ponytail there’s so many hairs in the hair tie, I feel lost. It isn’t just in my mind, my family has noticed as well.

I have been taking biotin daily for about 5 months and I have gotten my blood checked and gone to a derm, all he recommended was rogaine 5%. I have been using it for almost 3 months now but it’s done absolutely nothing, the derm didn’t seem to hopeful either when I saw him last week.

WHAT DO I DO??? I have no idea what to take, what to use, nothing! I don’t know why it’s happening and why I’m probably losing more than ever. My hair itself is very healthy, vegan but the follicles just give up on me.

Please, what can I do? What do I use? I’m so desperate at this point as nothing seems to work, help?

16, female.

Losing hair since 11, now 16. It’s gotten worse.


So, I got my hair dyed blonde about a week ago (this was my second time getting it blonde, since I also had to get the roots touched up as well. Also, my hair is originally brown.) And I've been noticing some falls out whenever I run my hands through it. It doesn't come out in chunks, just about 3 or 4 strands. Is this because I just got it dyed recently or could it be something more serious?

Why is my hair falling out a little?


I would like to preface this by saying I will be seeing my derm, but my insurance is extremely limitting as far as options go and the ones I get to see are always booked almost two months in advance. Just wondering if theres any advice for minimizing my symptoms until then

I started out with the typical symptoms, lots of dandruff/grease/scalp irritation/chunks of clumped dead skin. The hair loss wasnt even that fast before I got it treated and it was fine for quite a few months with the Ketoconazole.
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About a month ago though, I just started getting extremely greasy out of nowehere. I can't keep my scalp dry for more than a couple hours after a wash any more, its just insanely greasy.

There also seems to be a constant layer of actual wax on my scalp now as well, I cant seem to wash it out and can only seem to wipe some off my scalp by forcefully dragging my finger across my forehead to rub some of it off. Soap seems to have no effect on the wax on my forehead either, its like it just needs forceful friction from something like my dry finger to be removed.

Lastly, my scalp is kind of numb and warm all the time now, which was directly followed by hair thinning across my entire scalp at an alarming and upsetting rate . Its not like the burning sensation I had when I was given my shampoo for seb derm, its more like theres a hot sun beating down on my head even in the middle of the night.

Im confused as to whether or not this is still seb derm since I have zero dandruff and I havent seen any references to seb derm that dont include the god awful dandruff I originally had. Nothing has changed in my hygiene by the way, same water/shower/products

Does seb derm evolve over time or give rise to other condition after being treated, or is this something else? I was fine for a while and things took a sharp turn about a month ago followed by extremely rapid hair thinning even using my prescribed Ketoconazole.


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Since I’ve started using this last month, I can now wash my hair 2-3 time a week without worrying about big chunks of dandruff. What a holy grail!


Hey all. First post here. I've put image and video links to my hair journal (dorky af, I know) at the bottom.

So, this is something that's really important to me, and I'd really like your help – I've been trying to grow my hair out as part of expressing my identity, but I always just had short hair growing up like almost everyone else who was raised as a man. And while I love having longer hair, and feel like it has a lot of potential, my hair just never seems to look good and it really bothers me and causes a lot of insecurity...it's such an important part of the image you present to the world that affects how everyone sees you, and mine always seems to look some ratty combination of frizzy, oily, and puffed up/sticking out all over the place and flying around in chunks at the slightest breeze.

After spending literally hundreds of dollars trying different shampoos and conditioners (regular, silicone free, sulfate free, salon brands, supermarket brands), silk pillowcases, co-washing/no-poo, various leave-in products, oil masks, pat drying with special microfibre hair towels, and even paying twice what I normally would to see a high-level hairdresser who does the hair for magazine photoshoots and fashion festivals/parades...I still can't get my hair to look consistently good or be consistently manageable and it drives me nuts. I feel like I've tried everything.

So I've finally had enough and decided to start keeping a visual record of my hair via photo and video to track changes and results that I can share to hopefully get some help from the fine folks of Reddit to get a handle on this frustrating problem.

So what I'm doing now: after trying many different shampoos and conditioners, I've found that none have given me markedly better results than the simple Garnier Fructis Coconut Water (Oily Roots, Dry Ends), although a Schwarzkopf Professional one that the fancy hairdresser recommended and cost about 3 times as much gave me similar results. I was just doing a regular wash and condition about 2-3 times a week, although after reading a tip someone online shared I've been conditioning before and after shampooing lately and that seems to help curb (a little bit) some of the dryness and frizziness. After showering I just towel-dry it (mostly pat-drying, special microfibre hair towel), and then basically leave it be.

The main issue I struggle with is that I tend to experience a lot of puffiness and frizz and dryness, and that my hair seems to puff up, stick out and go all over the place/refuses to behave...it generally doesn't have that healthy moisture and weight and shine that good-looking hair seems to have. But if it's not doing that then it seems to sit flat and greasy and I can't win.

It might not look all that bad in some of these photos and videos, but that's probably just because I'm actually looking at my hair at the time and have tried to pat it down and put it in place – usually when I'm just going about my day it just flops and flies around and sticks out everywhere :(

Anywho, if anyone has advice or a potential diagnosis/diagnoses of the problem/s, I'm all ears. PLS HELP ME!

Week 1 imgur: [https://imgur.com/a/mz0fYyj](https://imgur.com/a/mz0fYyj)

Week 1 video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w78cGlFH74Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w78cGlFH74Q)

Finally had it with my hair, made a photo & video journal to get advice. PLS HELP!


Hi everyone, I need some reviews regarding shampoo! I read through a bunch of posts but none are specific really to my hair. I have rotated through so many and have not had a lot of success. I have 2A (maybe 1a?), gradually thinning (for no apparent reason) and fine hair. Up until age 15 my hair was extremely thick, but then I started losing chunks in the shower, and it has continued to gradually thin since even though not losing chunks anymore at age 22.

My hair gets oily really fast as well despite using sulphate shampoos (literally the night of/day after it doesn't look like I showered). I have seen a dermatologist and besides vitamin D and B deficiency, no obvious cause to my hair thinning.

**List of shampoos I have tried:**

\-Pantene voluminizing (used in high school, had the bulk of my hair fall out with this)

\-Nexxus Volumetress (used for a year, made my hair feel dry though and still had some hair fall out with it)

\-Marc Anthony's Dream Big Volume (only shampoo that doesn't make me lose hair. Its okay all around but never really gives me "volume," and hair gets greasy next day).

\-Not Your Mothers Curl Talk (made my hair feel pretty thick, but kind of made my eyes burn? May have also been the other haircare products in the line)

\-Maui Moisture Coconut Milk (only used once, made me lose hair in the shower, and made hair feel incredibly greasy)

\-Loreal Elvive Filler Thickening (tried 3 different times, made my hair feel voluminous but also caused a lot of hair fall in the shower, and hair still got greasy next day).

**Now, for the list of shampoos I am considering:**

\-Davines Dede Shampoo + Conditioner (read online that a lot of people like it for all hair types)

\-Davines Volu Shampoo + Conditioner (seems more dedicated for giving volume, lots of + reviews)

\-Davines Energizing Shampoo + conditioners  (lots of positive reviews and actually targets hair thinning)

\-Shea Moisture Manuka Honey + Yogurt Hydrate and Repair shampoo + conditioner (lots of people say its good for 2A, as I am trying to transition more into my waves, and a good amount of protein for thin hair is definitely welcomed!)

**Please tell me what you guys have used from this list, anything else you recommend that isn't on this list, and in general any other tips and tricks you have for fine, thin hair! Thank you!**

Shampoo recommendations for thin, fine hair?


I’m 19, female, and have experienced a lot of hair loss for the past 2 years. Like, losing almost half my hair it seems. A year ago I tested for low ferritin so I’ve been taking iron supplements ever since, but they have done nothing to improve my hair regrowth - my hair loss decreased but my hair was still getting thinner, so my dermatologist said I could try rogaine.

Given the whole quarantine situation I decided to give it a shot, and I have been using it for exactly a month (5% foam, every morning). My hair has been falling out like CRAZY. Like in chunks. If I brush it so much comes out, and throughout the day it just falls out and I can pull it from the ends of my hair. I know hair loss is a side effect of rogaine at first, but I’ve read it usually stops after 3 weeks. It’s been 4 weeks and counting and my hair loss hasn’t stopped, and my hair is MUCH thinner than it was before - like I can see lots of my scalp and there are gaps in the hair that falls on my shoulders. I want to keep using it with hopes that it will grow back thicker and fuller but I don’t know if this is normal??

Crazy hair loss with 1 month on Rogaine?? 19f


I cant seem to figure out what to do with my hair, its always so flaky/oily/gunky and itchy, ive tried every shampoo you can think of, do ACV rinse every now and then but my hair just keeps going back to how it was, I only wash my hair twice a week.

The back of my scalp is itchy and sometimes when i scratch it gunk is in my nails and sometimes there are big chunks of dead skin or something on the back of my scalp and sometimes there is even blood in my nails when i scratch the back of my my scalp.

Around my hairline is not itchy but it gets flaky, particularly on one spot for some reason and then the top of my head is just like normal, no flakes and not oily... its so weird.

Also anytime I use hair masks/conditioning masks things they always end up leaving residue in my hair even after standing there for ages washing it out.

I sometimes oil my hair but if I put too much oil in then I have to use more shampoo to get it out which just ends up defeating the purpose and leaving my hair dry.

My hair is not too thick but not too thin either, seems to be thicker at the back than the front, the ends of my hair are not really dry, just my scalp.

Tried no poo, didn't work at all for me.

I  bought this 'natural' shampoo where you hair has to adjust to it but like I used it for months and my hair wouldn't adjust at all and every time I washed it would leave my hair looking greasy.

My hair never used to be this bad, I eat very healthy and drink enough water, im a 24yr old female if that helps lol

Can anyone help me out :)

Im in the UK so if anyone wants to recommend products they need to be available in the UK!

Thanks

Flaky/Oily/Itchy Scalp... don't know what to do :(


Hello! I’m a longtime lurker and this is my first request for help. My (29F) hair is shoulder length, thin, fine, colored, and is breaking like crazy. Like, chunks of my hair break off in the middle in the last few months. I have always had thin, fine hair, and it got worse when I was pregnant, but my baby is now 17 months old and I can’t blame my bad hair on my postpartum hormones anymore. My hairdresser was shocked yesterday when I got a trim. She said I should get tested for vitamin deficiencies or thyroid problems. Well, I can’t afford tests like that. I just bought Nexxus Keraphix Damage Healing shampoo/conditioner. And I’m taking prenatals, and just started taking collagen and biotin. I also just ordered a satin pillowcase. Any other tips/advice for me? I don’t know much about the science behind proper hair are, but I want to learn. And I want to revive my hair!

Thin/fine/lots of breakage?


I’ve heard over and over on Reddit and elsewhere that olaplex (esp #3) is the holy grail for your hair.

I finally ordered it with a Christmas gift card and stumbled across hundreds of negative reviews.

Most of them say that it destroyed their hair with breakage at the roots (!!!) and chunks of hair breaking off. Or they say that it makes their hair so dry that they can’t get a brush through it. I’ve also seen many that say it did nothing at all.

How is there such a dramatic discrepancy between five-star reviews (*transformed my hair into silk*) and one-star reviews (*half my hair broke off!*)?

Now I’m terrified to try it. It is sitting on my sink and I’m just looking at it...and I just don’t know. Is there a specific hair type that olaplex 3 is intended for? Any hair types that should stay *away* from this product? I was under the impression that it was for damage, split ends, that kind of thing and hair type was irrelevant.

I have thin, fine bayalage-colored hair (that actually hasn’t been dyed in almost 2 years, but the bayalage is still on the bottom half. It’s long and is a little bit past my bra line. Because it is so thin, I get a lot of breakage and splits which is why the interest in this product.

Hundreds of bad reviews for Olaplex 3 on Sephora.com?


I have the worst hair ever. It’s thin and somehow heavy because it grows down. Worst of all it’s crazy oily.

I wash my hair before bed and it’s already oily in the morning. By the end of the day it’s noticeably oily. Hats absolutely destroy it, like it’s in chunks.

I think my oil production may be too high bc of either genes or overwashing. My skin is also oily and acne prone. I’ve been washing my hair everyday since I was 16 (4 years).

Whenever I search for advice online it’s mostly for women (i’m male) or contradictory, like “avoid sulfates” even though most anti-oily shampoos have them. I also don’t have access to a derma.

I’ve been trying to cut down washing my hair to once a week, but two weeks in my scalp is starting to hurt a lot. I’ve been considering just going bald and wearing hats until I can figure something out.

**Honestly I have no idea what to do.** I want to love my hair. I use Curology for my acne and it’s helped, wish there was something like that for hair.

I’d be so thankful for any help.

Hyper-oily hair