Hair Exensions Breaking Hair!!!!
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Topic: Hair Exensions Breaking Hair!!!!
Posted By: clsyldy715
Subject: Hair Exensions Breaking Hair!!!!
Date Posted: March 11 2008 at 10:44am
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Help please!! I have had extensions for approximately 8 years. I went into them because of a bad hair cut and I wanted my hair back. I can't get out of them. Each time we take them out, we find that my hair has gotten shorter.
I have curly hair and hate it so I straighten it out with a blow dryer and round brush. It's chemically treated so that adds damage too.
I have Great Lengths extensions in. My first thought of why my hair is shorter each time is that when the hairdresser puts the extensions in and goes to blend them in with my short hair, she cuts my own hair even shorter with the layering. I'm thinking it's either that or something is wrong with my own hair. I re-do the extensions every 8 - 10 weeks because I can't handle when they just hang and get stringy looking.
I can't just take them out and have short hair.... I really freak out when I see how short it is and just can't endure short hair for as long as it takes to grow out. I can't handle how dry and gross my hair has been looking lately. I've tried probably every product out there to "repair" (which I know there is no such thing) and to condition.
Has anyone else gone through this and if so, what can I do to get my hair to grow and be soft?
Thanks in advance for your help!!!
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Posted By: malibu
Date Posted: March 11 2008 at 1:29pm
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Hey there, welcome! Here's what I did since my hair is curly and I've been straightening it for years... I let the Yuko grow out and gave into my curls. Believe it or not, I'm really enjoying my hair!! I've been hiding these curls like it's taboo. I went with the sew in method. It's been great for me. Some people really like it and some don't. I think it has to do with how it's installed but there could be other variables. I got curly hair to match my curl and there it was!! I love it. I get out of the shower and put curl keeper on and let it air dry. I've never been able to air dry my hair but the curl keeper is great. Ms. Honey recently told me about IC gel. That will be my next purchase. Here's a video on the curl keeper: http://curlkeeper.com/How-To-Styling-Video.htm%20 - http://curlkeeper.com/How-To-Styling-Video.htm Since I've been leaving my hair alone, no heat or color, it's been growing!! I used to have a lot of split ends and breakage but it's not doing that anymore. edit: latest install:  ------------- |
Posted By: Divavocals
Date Posted: March 11 2008 at 2:43pm
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These three
things you said stood out for me.. I think much of your damage is not from the
extensions themselves but from the styling techniques you are using on your
natural hair.. Blowdrying & chemical straightening can be damaging to your
hair. Either one of these styling techniques could be a factor in how your hair
will behave. However, the combination of the two can be potentially deadly to
your hair.. If you are for example blow drying your chemically straightened
hair more than 2 times per week, you are killing your own hair, and could be causing
the damage you see. If you add permanent color to the mix, well.. I don’t know
which kind of chemical straightening you are doing, but some are more damaging
and drying to the hair than others. The bottomline is you should really step
back and re-evaluate your haircare routines.. I also wonder what your stylist
says and/or is doing to help your hair recover and get back to a healthy state. ------------- Check out the 5th So Cal offline luncheon?? For more info: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com/lunch.html Links to my fav vendors & hair albums + Weave 101 information: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com |
clsyldy715 wrote:Posted By: clsyldy715
Date Posted: March 11 2008 at 5:20pm
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Thank you for your reply. I don't chemically straighten my hair... it's just highlighted every six weeks with bleach and color. My natural color is light brown and I add 2 different blonds to it so it's mostly blond.
I know I need to lay off of the blow dryer and the curling irons. I did away with the straightener after I noticed that was completely frying my hair!!
Is there anything you can recommend to make my hair at least softer and more manageable until I get my new extensions... I think I will try the curly ones and see how that goes. I just have to have my bangs and top of my hair straight or I hate it.
Thanks again!!
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Posted By: malibu
Date Posted: March 11 2008 at 5:46pm
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Have you tried coconut oil?
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Posted By: Divavocals
Date Posted: March 11 2008 at 7:08pm
The hot hair appliances are not helping for sure.. I would suggest laying off of all the heated appliances, and look for a style instead that flatters you and works WITH your curls.. With the right style, you may find that you can still love your hair while laying off the heat.. ------------- Check out the 5th So Cal offline luncheon?? For more info: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com/lunch.html Links to my fav vendors & hair albums + Weave 101 information: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com |
Posted By: Athena
Date Posted: March 11 2008 at 8:09pm
| Same damage happened to me. My hair is fine and straight. I was getting the bleaching and toning done by a stylist, but did not really need the bleaching because my hair is naturally light. GUESS WHAT! At a party, after my stylist had a few drinks, she said, "Your hair is soooo damaged! Next time you come we will really have to deep condition it!" Can you imagine my own stylist telling me this? She was the one who damaged my hair. Needless to say, I have not been back to her. |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: March 11 2008 at 9:47pm
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I used to highlight and color my hair too. And I never seen any growth, in fact it was very slowly over time getting shorter and thinner. The problem was that my hair was brittle and breaking off. About 2 years ago I quit highlighting and just color my roots now. I am not as blonde as I used to be, but I have alot more hair now than I have had for years.
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Posted By: malibu
Date Posted: March 11 2008 at 10:38pm
Oh that's really crappy!! I've had many stylists say my hair was damaged and it literally ruins my day. I also have fine hair so it's prone to damage. I think letting it be is the best thing. Try to find curly hair and go for it. There's a learning curve but you'll figure out the best way to do your hair w/o a lot of heat. ------------- |
Posted By: Sofiaone
Date Posted: March 12 2008 at 3:17am
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you might want to also consider only styling it when you go out and wearing your hair in a ponytail with it's natural curl/wave. Also, sometimes I use clipins between extension appts to give my hair a break and only wear the clipins when I go out but at home, I let my hair be and use that break to use oils/ deep conditioners/etc which you cannot really use when you have hair extensions as it will damage the bond or cause the extension to slide out (depending on the strand by strand method you selected). I stopped highlighting my hair and found my texture improved tremendously. My sister had tremendous breakage from over-highlighting (she doesn't wear extensions) and had to stop. her stylist took her back to her dark roots and worked on conditioning the hair....its been six months and her hair has stopped breaking off and is looking healthier. I would agree with Diva vocals, that it probably isn't your extensions causing the breakage but the bleaching coupled with the styling tools. Also if it was only the extensions, you would still see healthy and longer (growth) hair to the sections of your hair where there were no extensions attached. So if your breakage and shorter length is overall, its probably the tools and bleach. |
Posted By: fakeizme
Date Posted: March 12 2008 at 12:54pm
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Wow...I think everyone has given you some great advice! Very smart knowledgable women here. Malibu: your hair is gorgeous!!!
OK...so what I will say is this...get yourself some good protein treatments. For eg. Aphogee Treatment for Damaged Hair,Nexxus Emergencee, Sebastian Penetraitt or Grund Reconstructor. These are all awesome and have helped me get my hair back into shape.
I think the styling of your hair mixed with the method of extensions you have (GL) is what's damaging your hair. I also colour/bleach my hair, but the condition has still improved with treatments. Once I changed from highlighting to all over bleaching (roots monthly), my hair started to retain length. You CAN colour/highlight and have long healthy hair, BUT you really have to baby it.
Start doing the treatments every week and follow up with a deep moisturizing conditioner. YOu will notice a difference --- just stay away from your bonds. Really hope things improve for you! ------------- Love clip-ins and tape! |
Posted By: clsyldy715
Date Posted: March 13 2008 at 8:28am
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Thanks so much for your advice! I think I will try curly extensions next time and get some curl keeper. I just don't think that I can go back to my natural color of light brown. Maybe I will just have my hd use color only and no bleach. That should help a l ittle. Your hair looks gorgeous!
Thanks again!
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Posted By: sexibeach
Date Posted: March 13 2008 at 8:37am
| this isn't the first time i've heard great lengths has caused damaged, i've this mention more than a few times on other boards.. |
Posted By: fakeizme
Date Posted: March 13 2008 at 12:54pm
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^^^^^True Sexi, true. I wonder if it's the weight of the GL on the natural hair? Or perhaps it's the removal method being used and hairdressers in a rush. I sometimes think why bother with such an expensive method when there's a huge risk of hair damage? ------------- Love clip-ins and tape! |
Posted By: Divavocals
Date Posted: March 13 2008 at 5:30pm
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I also REALLY have to question why the stylist is not actively working to minimize hair damage and why she's not correcting the damage that's already been done. Yet she is continuing to install extensions over damaged hair..
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Posted By: sexibeach
Date Posted: March 13 2008 at 5:35pm
good point b/c it ain't cheap, they need to find a better way of removal, and that's what i heard its the removal that's causing the damage..
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Posted By: Divavocals
Date Posted: March 13 2008 at 5:50pm
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Honestly I think more of her damage is coming from the excessive use of bleach and heated applicances.. Even if you took Great Lengths out of the equation, I think she would still suffer from unhealthy hair.. ------------- Check out the 5th So Cal offline luncheon?? For more info: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com/lunch.html Links to my fav vendors & hair albums + Weave 101 information: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com |
Posted By: malibu
Date Posted: March 13 2008 at 7:24pm
When I first started learning about extensions, the stylists I have spoken with about GL made me feel like GL was the safest method. ------------- |