URGENT! NEED ADVICE!

10-26-02

Hello!

I had some questions, that I had hoped maybe someone out there would be able to help me out...my son, Ryan has a natural wave or curl to his hair, and ordinarily is a medium-to-dark brown tint...

This summer, Ryan decided to color his hair jet black with some just for men hair coloring and then the next day or the day after that he had someone attempt to straighten his wavy hair...

well, right after he had the hair straightened he could tell something wasn`t right...so, he tried to shampoo it out...then it was lifeless...flat to his head, no life to this hair at all...

there was only one option -- and that was to get it cut...so, i took him to the hair salon and they cut it short kind of like adam sandler`s...i could still see that my son`s hair was black, and not it`s natural brown color. so, i don`t think they cut it short enough the first time.

anyway, over the course of the next few weeks he didn`t get his hair cut and it grew, but it was still black in its appearance...and it still seemed to be affected, it still seemed fried.

he let his hair grow a little, then had it cut again...
had his hair grow a little, then had it cut again...

so, he`s had his hair cut like four or five times...and finally it`s grown enough to where you could tell it`s brown again...but, it still seemed to be affected by the straightener.

finally, he felt as though he were left with no other choice...so, he took a razor...like you would shave your mustache with and shaved his head with it...shaved it bald.

well, what i would like to know -- is if by shaving your head bald...would that eliminate anything that could`ve ever been done to his hair, or is there still a chance that it could always be messed up...and still not come in right.

will shaving his head cause him anymore damage? will it come back in the natural medium-to-dark brown and wavy/curly hair like it was before?

he shaved his head bald on october 9, 2002...so, it`s been like 17 days, and he hasn`t shaved it since...but, something kinda unusual seems to be showing now...

i don`t know if this is just the shape of his head or what, but now since he is letting his hair grow back from having been shaved bald...there appears to be almost like a cross type shape on the top of hair (what little hair has come back in 17 days) will the cross shape go away when the hair is longer?

he has been using shampoo and conditioner, but still he thinks his hair feels dry...what else can be done?

most importantly, will having shaved his head eliminate any damage that would have occurred from frying his hair with a mixture of black hair color and chemical straightener?

will it grow back in -- in it`s natural texture and shape? please let me know, i am very concerned about my son...and he is very concerned about his hair as well...he is seventeen years old...and always wants to look good.

The above poster got it right--your son`s hair will grow in the way it was before the processing.