THIS is the story of the worst hair disaster ever in my life. You might think that the pic isn't so bad, but keep in mind that photo was taken after my hair had grown out for almost a whole year! After all of that time, it still wouldn't all fit up in a scrunchie - how sad is that?!? Even sadder is the fact that I'm wearing a scrunchie at all, but that's besides the point.
Back to the story...
When I was a freshman in high school, my best friend's sister, Carolyn, was in cosmetology school. DON'T ASK ME WHY, but for some sick and twisted reason, I decided that I would let her bring me with her to class so I could get a spiral perm (and ultimately become a "don't let this happen to you" for all of her classmates to learn from).
Carolyn didn't take into account that I'd bleached my hair blond several weeks before this fateful day, so she left the chemicals on my hair for too long. When she started to pull the curlers out, my hair came out with it. She brought over her teacher to try and help, but it was too late to fix it. What's worse is that the chemicals turned my once pretty blond hair to the color of rust. The teacher then brought over all of the students to take a look at what would end up to be my social demise in school until it all grew back almost two years later.
And my husband wonders why I spend a small fortune on my hair!
Monday, April 10, 2006
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Pictures???? You poor thing. I overbleached my hair and my scalp ulcered.
I'll be bald for the both of us. =)
I'll have to see if I have pics somewhere. I know I have one of my hair about a year later, when it was still trying to grow back. That one, I might be willing to share online!
When did you do this, Kate?!? YOU poor thing! That doesn't sound good at all. :( Sending hugs your way!
Oh. No. You. Didn't.
Ok... I hate to be a copycat, but now I have to tell my experience that mirrors yours from high school!
I think I have a photo, too!
Once again, I feel (felt) your pain.
xoxo
I shaved my head for St. Baldricks.
When I ulcered my scalp 5 years ago, I wore a lot of hats. I wanted to have white blonde hair like Natalie from the Dixie Chicks.
I met you when you looked like that picture. Minus the flipped up collar and scrunchie of course. Ah, the good old days.
Hey, I'm diggin' the colors of the shirt in that pic!! :o) Just teasing.
Actually I have a perm now; it's much easier for a person who has no clue what to do with her hair when she's extremely lazy and has a very active toddler. :o) But I paid someone to perm it! The one and only time I let a student perm my hair was when I was in the 6th grade, and Michele was in cosmetology school. She was working with virgin hair, and nothing bad happened. I looked like a dork... but then that's to be expected when I was a kid! :o)
OH. MY. GOD.
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