Returning Long Hair to Natural Colour
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Printed Date: July 27 2025 at 11:40pm
Topic: Returning Long Hair to Natural Colour
Posted By: GoodGirl
Subject: Returning Long Hair to Natural Colour
Date Posted: October 28 2002 at 1:13am
I have relatively long hair. Actually I lost most of it a year ago due to hormones, but it did grow back. The top 6 inches is very thick and healthy, and the lower 12 inches is rather thin and a bit damaged. Ive coloured my hair for over 10 years and the lower part of my hair has a mixture of different brands of permanent colour and the top 6 inches is a non-ammonia semi permanent called Modiva by Garnier. My thought was to continue to use this Semi Perm colour and then when the upper 6 inches grows to about 12 inches to cut off all the bad stuff and let the "gentle" semi perm slowly fade to my natural colour. But Im growing impatient. Does anyone have any experience with returning long hair with permanent colour back to a natural shade? Im worried about the damage it may due to the lower portion of my hair that has permanent colour on it. Should I just cut off the lower portion of my hair? I really want to get back to my natural colour so that I do not have to worry about matching my roots any longer to the rest of my hair. The objective is to colour my hair back to its natural colour so that I never have to colour my hair again. Currently it is a medium auburn brown and my natural hair colour is a dark ash blonde.
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Posted By: wozziewoo
Date Posted: October 28 2002 at 4:45pm
Coloring hair is always a dangerous thing. Once you start it`s hard to stop. It is hard to match your natural color, & if the bottom part of your hair is badly damaged, then I`d suggest just cutting it off. This will get your hair healthy again & get it back to its natural color. Then, stop dyeing it, otherwise you will just be in the same situation again. I don`t think waiting for your hair to grow more will be good, because if it is unhealthy it won`t grow much anyway. Hope this was of some help, let me know if I can be of further assistance.
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Posted By: GoodGirl
Date Posted: October 28 2002 at 5:08pm
Siiiiigh....yessss.... I know. :-( Its inevitable. Just hard to imagine myslelf with short hair again after all those years of growing it out. To go from the hair I loved, to losing 50% of it, to having to cut if off completely. Short hair is nice, dont get me wrong, but its just that it took me 4 years to get to the point I was happy with it.... now having to start over. Well... just happy its going back I guess. Thanks for the advice! :-)
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