Hair Falling Out...What Do I Do?

Hey, everyone

I posted a while ago about my hair being dyed too dark by my sister. I went to the salon and she stripped it, then dyed it and it was almost the same color I went in with. They agreed to try and fix it for me.

I went back 3 weeks later and she used a different product than the first time to strip my hair. The first time she used it, she used a color removal, and the second was a color-whip...I dunno what that means, but basically she said with the color whip, whatever color it came up, it came up. And we'd just have to see if she could take some of the color out. But that we wouldn't dye it after it was stripped.

Well, I went in and she applied the color-whip to my dry hair. I sat under the dryer for about 10 minutes and then she took a strand and wiped some of the stuff off of it. But none of it was coming off on the towel, even when she sprayed water on it. So long story short, this happened a bunch of times. I wound up sitting under the heater for a good 40 minutes. She finally washed it out and she said that my hair was really dry and she had to condition it a lot. I mean, gosh...you had me sit with this stuff on for 40 minutes under a dryer, what do you expect.

Well when it was all done, I didn't mind the color. It was definitely lighter, and redder..which was what I wanted. It definitely wasn't anything close to the color I originally wanted, but I was relieved that it was at least lighter. She told me to wait a month before even thinking about touching it, and to condition it a lot.


I notice that when I take a shower, I'm losing a lot of hair. I go a few days in between washing my hair, so I know that has something to do with it too. I notice that if I wait a few days in between washing, it seems like I'm losing more hair when I finally do wash. But I'm getting a little worried. :( How much is normal to lose in the shower? When I'm out of the shower I'll pull on it gently to see how much is coming out, and it's usually just a strand or two here and there. But in the shower when I'm washing it, it seems like a lot. I'm not sure if I'm just paranoid and looking for that, or if it's legitimate. The most recent color strip happened a week ago or longer so if I was going to lose my hair in clumps, wouldn't that have already happened? I'm a little worried.

She never used bleach on my hair and it's not mushy or anything. But we did strip it twice within 3 weeks of each other. I'm definitely not going to do anything to it anytime soon, but I'd like to know what you guys think. Do you think the hair loss is something to be concerned about? I don't really notice it unless I'm showering.

My hair isn't *terrible* or anything. But it definitely is dryer so I guess it's just fried. And I know that once it's damaged, it's damaged. But I also know there are some things you can do to at least improve the way it looks/feels. Deep conditioners, anything like that. I'm so lost when it comes to this stuff, and there's so much out there. Can you guys give me some suggestions? I try to find stuff but I get conflicting opinions and I'm so lost. I don't want to do the wrong thing and risk damaging it more.

Thank you so much! :)


Edited by ILovebryce - March 31 2008 at 12:56pm

Thank you for responding =) It made me feel better.

I'm still paranoid but I'm going to take your advice and not color my hair for at least 6 months.

Do you have any suggestions about what conditioner would be a good one to deep condition it with? Any advice would be appreciated.

get redken strength products....my hair was falling out and that stopped it pronto.....i was able to get my hands on the treatment strength and the ph phix...you could get it off ebay...but they have the shampoo and other products in strength that will help your hair....you just had too much done to your hair and it is breaking off.  good luck and this stuff should work for you.

It's probably just breaking off, there isn't anything you can do about that. Conditoning it will help make it seem healthier but it'll never go back to the way it was before.... it totally sucks when this happens!

How about a good trim? One or two inches at least should be helpful. Then, leave your hair alone for awhile and deep condition like the others suggested. I've had my hair ruined before too (too much coloring/bleaching/processing)and it just needs to grow out, unfortunately.

I wouldn't go back to that hairdresser. There are much gentler products and color removal methods. I don't know what she used or why you were under the drier for 40 minutes but it doesn't sound good to me.