Forget Trims

     Hi Chargersgirl19! You a Lance Alworth fan? He was #19, and in the football Hall of Fame, of course. My bro' Mike was and is a Chargers fan.
     I'm sorry that you had gotten the shoulder length cut last year that you seem to regret. I know that the growing process is exasperating. The good thing to remember is that this could be the last time ever that your hair will be this short. It's all up to you! The only magic pill is one of perseverance. My wife went 25 months w/o a trim a few years back, and she proceeded from shoulder blades to tailbone in that time. She's 5'3".
     One last suggestion is that you keep a photo of your disappointing cut in your purse, or on your bedroom wall to remind you that the next time you see a great looking bob or other cut on someone that you think about emulating, that short hair does not feel like you. And the momentary thrill will not last for you. Congrats on your success thus far!  Bob

    

Jojoba oil is supposed to be the closest to our natural scalp oil. My scalp is very dry too, and sometimes I use jojoba or coconut oil on my scalp.

For the jojoba, I use it after I wash my hair. I put a drop on my finger and then dab in the two areas where I get the driest. It takes more than one drop though. I can only get a few dabs from one drop because it soaks into my scalp pretty fast. It works best (gets more moisturized) for me if I do it before my scalp dries, even though it's hard to part my hair to get to the scalp areas when it's wet. Sometimes I do it when it's dry too because my scalp will still get super dried out just a few days after washing it. For some reason oiling my dry scalp doesn't work as well as oiling my wet scalp, but it's much easier to part. Next time I might try misting it down a little before oiling it. Hopefully since it wont be soaking wet it will still be easy to part but at the same time the scalp will be kind of wet.

And sometimes before I wash my hair I'll massage coconut oil onto the whole scalp the night before, then it gets washed off the next morning.

Edit: I forgot to add that since I started doing this, it hasn't helped my hair grow faster. I've always had a dry scalp, but it has always grown very fast. So it might be different for you. But for me all it does is give me relief from a dry uncomfortable scalp.

Edited by Miss Burgundy - September 09 2010 at 11:53pm

I'll stay on topic. Use Sharp shears! Micro trims ONLY, AKA dustings, only when split ends appear. By a trusted guy friend who tells you, "Don't cut off your beautiful hair!" The fat girl with a bad bobbed chop, wants to see you hacked as well. Not the person to ask how you should cut your hair. When you hear, "You would look really cute with a short haircut", that is reason to walk away from this jealous "phony" friend. Like a wing man doing her own tail gunning act at the your expense. She looks better if you screw up your great looks. Give it time, it will grow, you WILL LOOK FABULOUS! JMHO!