Overly Bleached Hair Repair?
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Topic: Overly Bleached Hair Repair?
Posted By: knowing_naivety
Subject: Overly Bleached Hair Repair?
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 12:19pm
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Basically my hair is totally fooked at the moment, due to too much bleaching. I tried to go blond from black in two days basically (still not quite there, kind of pale yellowy at the moment) and then yesterday after bleaching it for a second time (both times I left it on for 90 minutes) when it was wet and I ran a comb through it a load of it would just break off. It was really gooey and weird, then then it's dry it's frizzy and straw like. I still need to fix the colour, but I'm thinking that the quality is desperately needing to be upped. I've tried some deep conditioner yesterday (twice) and then today I covered it in normal conditioner when it was dry and left it on for ages. Naturally my hair's rather curly, but at the moment it's not even curly. I thought about getting it cut, but I suspect I'd have to have quite a lot off, and I don't want short hair again as I'd lose all my self confidence (currently I've got around shoulder length hair). Basically, is there anything I can do to repair it? Is it to far gone and beyond all hope or is there some way I can salvage and redeem it? Should I just get it cut or if I leave it and condition the hell out of it, will it regain it's normal good condition and go silky and curly again? |
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Posted By: chiquita
Date Posted: June 21 2006 at 3:00pm
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the same thing happened to me when i decided to highlight my dyed dark brown hair on my own (it took me three tries to get it right). the strands i bleached got gooey and stringy - like wet noodles. i did the same things you did, i deep conditioned, i slathered neutrogena triple moisture recovery mask on my dry hair, put it up in a bun and slept on it over a towel. but the BEST thing that could ever happen to my hair was that aphogee treatment. i read some reviews on it, and went to sally's and bought the treatment. it smells HORRIBLE - but i put it on my hair, it hardened, i washed it out and OH MY GOD my hair is SO SO SO STRONG now and shiny and voluminous!!!!
i have really fine hair and the bleached strands were snapping off all the time and i had horrible split ends. well, this aphogee treatment is pure protein that coats and seals the hair strand and makes it thicker. i swear, it was $8 and my hair is so strong - i am now tugging on a highlighted strand and it feels so healthy. go get some and it'll replenish your protein zapped hair. 
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Posted By: nursie
Date Posted: June 21 2006 at 7:08pm
| ooooo im cosigning on the Aphogee protein tx too, dont be afraid of its stinky smell........and when you put it on your hair be prepared to NOT touch it until it'd dried in well (i just use a hair dryer to get it set)....while its dried in your hair it will make your hair crunchy like uncooked pasta....but then rinse it out and use the Aphogee moisture tx and its soft strong and soooo much better....it definately works for me, i use it every 6weeks |
Posted By: knowing_naivety
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 4:31am
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Is there anywhere in the UK that I can get this? I've had my hair trimmed, and it's a LITTLE better, although it's still not curling. Will the natural curls come back with time and good condition? |
Posted By: meli
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 11:23pm
| I've been there. Since your hair is damaged, you'll want to use a demi-permanent toner (less damaging) to get your hair to a normal blonde shade...since you hair is so porous now, it will hold demi perm better anyway. As far as conditioner, use a deep conditioner twice a week and then once a week later when your hair improves. You want to get a protein rebuilding conditioner for everyday use to repar your hair and deposit mor protein for strength. You could use a little spray leave-in conditioner, but I especially like to use Biosilk (or some other brand) serum. It helps youhair feel smooth. |
Posted By: Alayney
Date Posted: June 24 2006 at 10:58pm
| I just want to point out that you need to give it a little TIME for your treatments to do their thing. By time, I mean days/weeks. You can't "fix" it overnight. Just do your "deep conditioning" AT LEAST once a week, maybe twice and condition EVERY time you wash your hair and you'll get it back in decent shape. Also, I'd go with the spray-in conditioners/serums like the one above said. I have bleached blonde hair -- it's in good shape -- but I use conditioner not only in the shower but before I comb my hair out I add MORE -- I use a color preserving conditioner and then yet TWO more kinds and then yet another leave-in after that. My point is that my hair is thirsty and all this stuff that I use doesn't make it greasy at all. It's nice and shiny and healthy looking. |
Posted By: caysee
Date Posted: June 25 2006 at 10:30am
| My hair is also curly and I have done everything to it, straightening, bleaching, coloring it all colors of the rainbow. But the other posters are correct. Your hair will only absorb so much conditioner at once doing it everday is a waste, deep conditioning once a week with a daily conditioner and a leave in will be best for you and in time the curl will come back as the condition of your hair improves. Using curl cremes can help coax the curls to come back. Jessicurl has a great line of products and they are available worldwide. |
Posted By: knowing_naivety
Date Posted: June 25 2006 at 2:09pm
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Glad to hear my curls should come back. I'd be upset if I had to wait 6 months for the hair to grow out to this length again. I always condition religiously anyway so hopefully it won't take all too long before it''s in decent shape again. |
Posted By: cinderella
Date Posted: July 05 2006 at 4:18am
| Colouring my hair sure zaps my curls, took me a while to realize what was happening! I am now using semi-perm hair colour, although its not too great at covering greys but less damaging. I wash my hair only once a week (its always been dry) and usually but spray in conditioner or serum on everyday. |