QuoteReplyTopic: Chem straightened and dyed hair - man needs help! Posted: December 12 2011 at 7:02am
Hi,
Firstly, thanks for taking the time to read this!
I am a Caucasian male, with extremely think, wiry and curly hair - I always get a comment from hairdressers about how they've never seen hair like mine before!
Anyhow, I've been straightening my hair with PhytoSpecific Index 2 - which apparently uses plant extracts to straighten like a chemical would, but is kinder to your hair.
I have two problems... the first is that although my hair is straight now, it is still very think and frizzy, and I can't grow it as long as I'd like. It's currently about 2 inches long, any longer than this and it becomes too 'big' and uncontrollable. Ideally I'd like to grow it to 5 or 6 inches. Is there anything else I can do to help thin it out and make the hair a bit more flexible?
Also, since straightening it, my hair has lost it's colour slightly. It was dark brown and it went light brown/ginger. In an attempt to rectify this I tried to dye it dark brown again, with a standard dye from the supermarket. Although it got darker, I now have a horrible red tint to it, which it amplified when standing under lights. It is really horrible! Is there anything I can do to keep it dark brown and stop the red tone?
As you can probably tell, I don't have much of a clue, so any help would be greatly received.
Well since you got no suggestions for your issue I’ll give
it a try...
To thin out your hair maybe you can ask your hair
stylist about trying another style? What about a cut that will thin it out a
bit?
You can try straightening it with a flat iron too, usually
that makes the hair look a bit smoother and sometimes flattened.
Your hair won’t grow very long if it is damaged though. Using
chemicals and dye on your hair isn’t good for it; it causes damage that can
stunt hair growth. So if you want it to grow you have to take very good care of
it.
For the wiry texture you also have to take good care of your
hair, use a very good deep conditioner and some oils this will help soften it
up a bit and help it become more flexible.
Use a good finishing product after you style your hair, like
an oil or serum that gives you moisture but is light weight and makes your hair
feel better and look smoother.
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