I miss my hair

I did a very silly thing. A week or two ago, in the middle of a heat wave, I decided to chop off all my hair, thinking it would look cute.

And, to be honest, it does look nice. If I saw my hair on somebody else, I'd think, "Gee, that's nice". But...I miss it! It doesn't feel right. I miss the length, I miss the *feel* of it most of all.  I miss taking it out of the style du'jour and having it fall down upon my bare back (usually before bed or shower or whatnot). I misss seeing it blow around when I'm driving it the car. I miss singing, off key, to the musical "Hair" and thinking, "that's me!" Why didn't I tell myself, "it's summer. It's hot. It'll be hot no matter what the length of your hair is.  Don't cut it into two inch layers because of the freaking weather!"

But I didn't, and now I miss it. It was so much easier than short hair. I could shower in the evening and simply braid it during the day when it was long, giving me extra sleeping minutes.

Well, I'll just have to grow it out. I *will* have a waist-length braid someday!

Hi

Sedorna, I'm so sorry about your hair.  In a more positive vein, you are free from all those darned split ends that so many people have!

you could do extensions yourself in the mean time. they have clip in ones that wont damage your hair if your afraid of that. I have extensions for yrs. i chopped all mine off and put them in grew it all back and took them out : ) of course i was dumb and played with the bleach again so no yup..back to hair extensions lol

On the positive note you get a fresh slate to grow your hair out healthier than before. The only thing I messed up on when I cut my hair is that I caught up in the process of trying to dye, fry and flat iron my hair to get it to look good short and that's what the salons want you to do so you come in for more trims. Just don't fall into that trap and your hair should grow out nicely.

      Sorry, Sedorna! I've always thought of a summer haircut to beat the heat as effective as putting a bandaid on a gaping wound. The hair is gone, but the heat remains. Esp. , these guys who shave their heads, and now have a waterfall of sweat running down their faces, which their hair used to absorb! When I had lots of hair in summers past, I enjoyed the feel of the freshly washed hair on my neck.

     Well, your hair *will* grow, and you will be much wiser next time! Plus, I'm sure it looks fine, and you can enjoy some of the fun styles you haven't had in a while as it grows. (No perms, tho'! lol) Happy growing! Bob 

Hey, Sedorna,

Edited by horselover_1625 - August 06 2006 at 11:54am

Your story about cutting off your long hair during the heat reminded me of a Miss Universe contestant -- an Asian woman with waistlength hair -- cutting off her long hair because of the heat in Las Vegas or wherever the TV program was being recorded that year. Needless to say, she didn't win.

Sedorna, so sorry to hear  you're missing your hair. It would be great, though, to "start fresh" and grow healthy new hair! Post pics when you get a chance, and show us some update lengths at various intervals. I'm not all that long either, so we can all grow long together!

Thanks SpecialKitty and Dave.

The hip replacement itself went well, however, I developed a couple complications post-surgery that are slowing me down a bit. So resuming "real life" will take a bit longer, but maybe that's not so bad.

As for the hair... I still need to have a well-trusted friend who knows how to trim hair come and even out the back. I'm procrastinating because I don't see the back and I don't want scissors near my hair again!