The Hairs On My Head

Hair Problems

Hey everyone! Tonight I wanted to write about my hair. Most of you know that my hair is extremely precious to me. After a horrible haircut in 5th grade, I am incredibly possessive of my hair and only let two people in the whole wide world cut it now. Post-bad haircut, I grew my hair out for seven years and it was so long, thick, and beautiful. It went down to my butt crack and it was incredible.  When I graduated from high school I decided it was time for a change and I cut my hair to above my boobs. It was what I called my "big girl" haircut. I really liked it because it was healthy and easier to manage. Then when it grew back several inches, I decided to go for an even more drastic haircut last March and I cut it to my collar bones. It was an incredibly different look and I didn't really like it. It was just too different from my usual and much more difficult to style and fix. I have been growing my hair back out for almost a year now. It's almost back to the length that it was when I cut it at the end of high school. However, for the last two months or so, I have been losing a lot of hair. It has really been freaking me out. My hair has gotten much thinner, but there are no bald spots or anything like that, and it makes me really nervous since I am so protective of my hair. It scared me enough that I switched to a nourishing and strengthening shampoo and conditioner. My roommate also challenged me to stop using heat for a little while. I am really self-conscious about how my natural hair looks because it is curly underneath and straight/wavy on top. It has a mind of its own and I really don't like how it doesn't do one thing or the other. Regardless, tomorrow it will have been two weeks since I have put any heat on my hair! I can't tell much of a difference, but I am going to continue not putting as much heat on it. Although I already take a multi-vitamin, I might start taking some hair, skin, and nails vitamins as well. I know that the hair goes through natural phases, so it may just be going through one of those times, but it just freaks me out and I am doing the best I can to make it healthy again. Hopefully as my hair continues to grow longer, it will get stronger and thicker too. ~Em 

Right after cutting my hair March 2016

"Big Girl" Hair Cut 

May 2015 Before Graduation