Hair Horror Stories and Vents
I am sure that you have experienced hair horror story at one time or another in your lifetime. I am also sure that it is something that you'll never forget! Do you ever just want to vent about it but don't have anyone who'd care enough to hear it. Or maybe everyone is tired of hearing it. Well, here's a place just for you. Vent your little heart out. Want to scream and yell because everytime your hair starts growing, you mess it up with hair color. Or maybe you're sick and tired of people telling you what to do about your hair. Here's the place to give them a piece of your mind.
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Experienced a Horror Story with Your Hair?
Have you experienced something horrible having to do with your hair? Accidentally burn it with a flat iron? Have a stylist cut it too short? Have it turn green in the swimming pool? Get it off your chest and share your story.
What Other Visitors Have Said
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Using Too Much Protein
I was trying to strengthen my hair and used Aphoghee 2 Step Treatment for 6 straight weeks. The bottle said 6 weeks to stronger hair and I thought I had ...
Oh Brother! What have you done now?
When I was younger I used to wear my hair in long beautiful braids using extensions, and when not doing so I would wear it in some other cute style. Each ...
baldroomie
As a college freshman, I was told that I could get a girl on the hall to relax my hair for ten dollars before homecoming weekend. She was supposed to ...
BC Nightmare
In the spring of 2007, I decided to go natural and get my hair braided with extensions while I was waiting for it to grow. I was new in town and had a ...
JC Penney Salon-A Huge Don't!
In January of 2008, I went to a JC Penney Salon for a relaxer touch up. This was supposed to be a treat for myself, since I had been doing my own relaxers....
Wig-A-Boo-Doo
Two years ago, I began transitioning my hair from relaxed to natural. If anyone has experienced that transitioning phase, you know how challenging styles ...
My not so bangin' day
After completing my homework, I walked into the kitchen to see what was cooking, but, to my terror the island and kitchen sink were spotless- and there ...
discoloration isnt only for your skin
When i was sixteen i decided to do something different to my hair. My hair has always been long and thick.
I went to my local beauty supply store ...
Hot Head Warm Heart
When I was about twelve years old I went to get my first relaxer, my mother being old fashioned had started getting my hair pressed by a little lady who ...
From queen to mr clean
Hello my name is Laqueena and man do I have a horror story for you.
It all started a couple of years ago when I decided to put some tracks in my hair....
Electric Shock Therapy
I wore my hair in pigtails until I got my first relaxer at age 8 (I'm now 46), by 9 my hair was pressed every week, never seeing hair grow past my chin....
Why Me???
This is so hard for me to do. My horror story begins when I tried to look for a stylist that promoted healthy hair. So, I decided to ask around; I asked ...
Wait...my hair can melt???
I've always had long hair. In part because I hide behind it. I've always been the girl with the pretty face...yeah you know, that one. The chubby girl ...
Chopped and Screwed
I saw this picture of Rihanna in a magazine, and her hair is always cute, new, hip, and fresh to me, so I decided that I wanted my hair like she had hers ...
Orange is Not the Business
At the tender age of 17 I learned the hard way to never ever let an untrained and certified friend do anything chemically altering to my hair. I wanted ...
Worms Aren't Just For Fishing
I am a first grade elementary school teacher. In the teaching profession (as everyone knows), I educate diverse cross sections of children. Prior to teaching,...
Gone in 60 seconds!
I had decided to go all natural after relaxing my hair for 3 years. I had fully grown my relaxed hair out and was fully natural. This lasted for about ...
Matted and Mad
In November 2001, I decided to get micro braids because I was tired of doing my shoulder length hair. They were so cute, dark brown with blonde ...
Long to Gone
I found out this story from my mother. She told it to me when I expressed my desire to get my hair down to mid chest level. She told me it used to be,...
I'm depressed but I have hair!!
I have suffered from Depression for most of my life, and never really did anything professionally to help myself. My finances didn't allow it or I was ...
How to Lose a Close Friend
It was the Sunday before school and I was desperately in need of a fresh press. The hairdresser I normally use was on vacation and the only other one that ...
What I lost in the Fire
I always get a little upset when I tell this story but sharing it helps me get my frustration out.
I am mixed with Filipino and African American so ...
PERM BURN
When I was a teenager, a friend told me that I needed to try something new called a perm. I have never heard of a perm because I was getting my hair ...
Larry Stooge Edges
Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk!
That has been my hair chant for the past three years. Ever since an relaxer application went awry, I have joined forces with my ...
Clipped Ends or Hair Cut?
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I had an encounter when I went to the salon to get my ends clipped. There is a young lady I know who works at the salon who clipped my ends. I sat in the ...
A Mess
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I have always (as long as I can remember) had very long hair (to my waist). Recently I was ill with the flu, tried to wash my hair, and went to bed with ...
I thought you had a license????
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Where do I begin? I relocated from the south to the mid-Atlantic a few years ago. I knew that I was going experience some stress because of different ...
Highlights??? No, the darkest days of my life.
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After moving to a new city from Washington, DC I had the need to find a new stylist. My hair was past my shoulder blades, and being in the military at ...
Relaxer Nightmare
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Hi, I'm 16 years old and when I was younger I had EXTREMELY curly hair that I didn't appreciate as much as I would now. They were really pretty and long ...
Bee where it wasn't supposed to be!!
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I always had trouble dealing with curly hair when I was younger. The most embarrassing and unforgettable incident was when I was in the firth grade and ...
Long Layers... are you sure?
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Ok, so I've worn my hair long and (yes, I dare say it) with fringe since was a kid. My hair is very fine and slightly wavy (though not enough to be carefree-...
Mom does not always know best
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My horror story starts when I was a very young girl. My mom who has extremly strong thick short hair decided that I needed to get my first perm at the ...
I Burnt my hair with a hot comb
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I was upset at my hairstylist who was not providing me with good customer service so I decided to do my hair myself and I was overdue for a relaxer so ...
Don't experiment the day before school
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It was the day before my first day of high school and I still had not gotten my hair done and it looked a mess. I hadn't gotten a relaxer for the whole ...
All Colors of the Rainbow!!!
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My hair is naturally a "dusty brown" hue. Well when I turned 30 last year I decided I was grown enough to have the sexy, shiny black hair that we all ...
Hair Gone Bald
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My horror story involves me trying to save money by relaxing my own hair. For several months, I relaxed my own hair and continued to leave it on even though ...
Dr. No Miracle
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I was in search of a hair conditioner that would help some of the itching that I was experiencing on my scalp. Here I am on my lunch at the Kings Beauty ...
"Super" Size Me!
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When I was in college, I went home for one of my breaks and decided to put in my own relaxer. I had done this before while at school so I felt confident ...
MY GLORY ALSO SEEMED INVISIBLE
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"I'm going to the Africans!" is what I was telling my sister as we shouted through the telephone.
It was a nice, cool day and I got up early to make ...
Not Enough Product,Too Much Time
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My horror story for me was my cousin, which is not a licensed beautician was applying a relaxer on my hair. Because I have always had alot of hair I never ...
Choppy Roots
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I spent a week getting braids put into my hair. Naturally the person left the middle for last. By the time I took out the braids the middle of my hair ...
The Patchwork Head!
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My mom was not the most savvy in caring for her own and our hair. For the early years of our lives (up to 4th grade), we endured the horrible Jerry Curl ...
All Torn Up
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Being from a mixed background, my white mother started relaxing my hair at the age of 8. Because I had no one to teach me about how to care for my hair ...
Mend it
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During my first pregnancy, I keep my hair braided (micros). I would get them touched up every month and a half, until my six month of pregnancy. I had ...
Burnt to a Crisp
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I called myself trying to go natural a few years ago back when I was still in college. I wanted to wear my hair straight that week, so I decided to go ...
COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL NIGHTMARE
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I love to wear my hair in braids (micros, cornrows, etc.)because my hair is very thick and it takes 30 to an hour to blow dry or flat iron it. One day ...
Horror Mum.
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I had very short and dry hair. It was a nightmare. I browsed the web continuously for any remedy to at least find something that will make my hair grow....
Thank you God for the Side Ponytail
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In high school, I wore my hair natural, and would press it every two weeks for a different look. Now, when I say press, I was using a hot oven with a ...
beauty schools
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I went to one of those beauty schools to get my hair done and they messed up my hair so bad...she was supposed to give me a hair cut and she cut all my ...
Burnt Patch
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Well it was my anniversary with my boyfriend of 10 months at the time. I was getting all dolled up, and I was in a rush that I just forgot to put in heat ...
working for the devil
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So I work in a salon for 5 years specializing as a chemical technician (color, relaxers, perms) and my boss who is like the boss in the movie the devil ...
Horrendous Highlights!
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My sister-in-law was once my stylist. Notice that I said, "once," as in previously and certainly not any more. Although she can style the heck out of hair,...
What did I see....It was a bald spot staring back at me!!!!!!!
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About a year ago I told my hair stylist to cut my hair in long layers but don't take off too much. She should have known what to do as she had cut it like ...
HAIR ON FIRE [LITERALLY}
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When I was a little girl, I went over my grandmother's friend's house for Halloween. I was excited because I knew she had plenty of Halloween goodies ...
I had a whole in my head
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The weekend before my Great Aunt's funeral I went to a hairdresser recommended by mom due to my lack of knowledge of how to transition from permed hair ...
The Tiger Skunk
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Big mistake going to a hairdressing school to go blonde... my bad.
I had tried it myself (with predictable pumpkin results) but figured if I had to let ...
Balding Eagle?!?!
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This happened about a few years ago. When I was in middle school, I had alot of trouble with my hair. So I cut it all off and got it tapered in the back,...
ilostitall
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One day i decided to be very spontaneous with myself. My hair was already bleach from the last time i attended my prom so i decided i would spontaneously ...
"Cluless and Colorful"
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About two years ago I decided to try coloring my hair at home (1st mistake)! I had a friend who was in beauty school who assured me it wasn't hard and ...
I made a boo boo
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Hey, I'll just call myself G. Yeah I've been to cosmetology school and completed, the whole 9. I went to do my buddy's hair and it came out from the ...
Shine Now...Cry Later
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Well my story stems form the need to always have shiny hair. Well a while back I went and had my hair braided professionally. I had got cornrows with extensions ...
Heat Happy
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Hey everyone my name is Jenn. I'm 16 years old and I want to tell my horror story. Well it all started when i was in 7th grade. my mother wanted to relax ...
"Oprah's Protege"!!
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I am currently 30 years old; and into my tenth month of transitioning. This is the first time in almost twenty years that I will be chemical free!! As ...
The human girl who went from beauty to a alien
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One afternoon I decided to perm my hair. I sectioned off my hair into four parts. As I began perming my hair it began burning as I put it in. My head was ...
Salon Hair Dryer!!
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My hair was past my bra strap. I went to a beautician that put a super relaxer in my hair and sat me under the dryer for 3 minutes. When she finished my ...
How I lost my wonderful Afro
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Hi,
Here's the story of my biggest hair disaster. It happened in 2004, when I went to study in Berlin for 6 months.
At that time, I was natural ...
Rumpelstiltskin turned Goldie Locks into Straw
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I always had long naturally curly hair and kept very good care of it. For a change of looks, now and then, I'd let my stylist blow dry my hair out straight....
My Least Favorite Haircut
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When I was little and it was shortly before school started in September. My sister asked my mom if it was ok to give my hair a little cut..
Somehow ...
Curly Afro
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When I was in the six grade (I was twelve) I had hair to my mid back, but smart me decided to get a SHORT HAIRCUT!!! Mind you my hair is severely curly....
"WHAT???" This is permed hair.
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I went to a stylist to get my hair styled so in order to avoid the large fee of getting a perm I permed it before going. After the stylist washed and began ...
Hair Horror - Tangled Hair
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I had just put a perm on my hair a week ago. I was home and was just going to unwrap my hair. As I was combing my hair my hair down, the comb got caught ...
I Burn No More
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My scalp used to burn so bad during a relaxer retouch that my hair would stick to my scalp. My scalp would ooze clear liquid and looked and felt wet for ...
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