Yes…that is from the musical, Hair. Most of my posts have been pretty miserable and depressing lately, so instead, let’s talk about hair instead. But don’t worry, I’m sure I can make this post miserable and depressing, too (joking!).
To be frank, I need to cut my hair off. Right now, I have medium-length hair. I’ll even show a picture…this was before I got sick six months ago. I have so few pictures of myself, because I’m not a fan of the way I look. But..here we go:
Why do I need to cut my hair off, you ask? FIRST of all….thanks to my medications, my hair is falling out in clumps. And I mean CLUMPS. I may be dating myself here, but every time I get out of the shower, it looks like the Dee Snyder from Twisted Sister was just in the tub:
Soon, it’s going to be very obvious my hair is getting thin. Also, because of my extreme heat intolerance, blow-drying it kills me. My other option is to let it air dry, and while my hair isn’t THAT long, it literally takes hours for it to air dry…I have no idea why. These are all good reasons to get a nice, cute pixie cut. This is what I’d like:
I love Halle Berry’s hair! Cute, but a little funky and messy. How perfect. Here’s the problem…I obviously don’t have her facial structure, and I am CERTAINLY not her size. I HAVE had relatively short hair in the past, and that’s one of the reasons why I’m so nervous about this…..I didn’t really like it because I felt it made me look masculine. When I had short hair, from behind, someone once said, “Can I help you, sir?” and that traumatized me!
I felt like my short hair made me look like a fat, masculine, pin-head! I like the way my hair looked, but I didn’t think it looked right on my frame. But I just can not do long or even medium length hair any longer. That picture of me above is a rarity, because I never wear my hair down any more, because I can not stand it in my face or on my neck. At all.
I need to get rid of this hair, but I’m afraid I’ll look more like this than Halle Berry:
Decisions, decisions!! (I have to admit, the warthog above makes me laugh!)
I cut my hair shorter a few months ago. I love the fact that I only have to dry the very front and the back can do whatever it wants to do. Since I cannot see it, I am not so worried about it. My philosophy is that it will always grow back. Let us know what you decide.
I cut off all of mine when my auntie told me that she had cancer and while I hate it being short, it is so freeing! No styling. You’re head and neck are lighter. It’s just no maintenance and easy. I have horrible issues with frizzy static hair, but products help with that. Good luck! I cut mine again after it was growing out because I couldn’t shower with a cast on my leg. I can’t stand not being able to pull it back, though.
Suggestion…try bangs first! Your hair length looks a lot like mine from the picture. I considered cutting mine (mine is falling out too; I’m praying its a winter thing and not my meds, still crossing my fingers). I decided before I cut it I would try bangs first to see if I could handle it that short…I even let her layer it a little in the front. I leaned from the bangs that nope I couldn’t so it. I need to be able to put it in a little pony in the back to keep it on my face and neck. Otherwise I will go nuts about my hair too (my symptoms are enough frustrations). My hair seems to be getting less healthy which bothers me. Despite repeated conditioning treatments it still feels dryer than it use to be. I am hoping this is a winter thing as well. I drink more water than I ever had in my life but my skin, hair, nails are more brittle than ever before! I use to try to stay a blonde (3 different shades with low and highlights) but now I went more to my natural color just trying to not have to put chemicals to my hair hoping that would help. You noticing anything like this?
OMG! I can’e believe you mentioned the SAME hair stuff that I’m going through! About 6 months before I got really sick, my hair started to become unhealthy…dry, thin, reddish-tinted, etc. And like you, I’ve tried new products, vitamins, drink a lot of water, etc. Nothin’
I tried the side-swept bangs and I HATED them. I can not deal with any hair in my face AT ALL. All I do is pull my hair back, but it’s so thin and dry, it always comes loose from the elastic and I can’t take it. That’s why I’m going to cut it very short so there’s NO hair in my face and no bangs. I’m sure I’ll hate it, but my hair is starting to look ridiculous like this and it’s a pain to take care of.
I’m so sorry this too is happening, let us know what you decide to do.
I cut my hair. Wellbutrin makes it fall out, but helps me a lot so I decided it was worth it. Rogain actually kind of helped counteract the hair loss even though it was medication induced. The problem is, you aren’t supposed to lay down within 2 hours of using it because the product will get on the pillow and when you lay your face on the pillow, it will get on your face and cause you to grow a beard. Fun! So I had to stop using it. My hair fell out so badly that it was EVERYWHERE in my house. All over my pillow… It’d get tangled in Emma’s fingers while playing on the floor. I cut it from down at my chest to my collar bone and hated it so so much. I rarely go anywhere or do my hair much, but I really missed my long flowing golden curls when I did! After I cut it, it slowly quit falling out so much. I think this was probably a coincidence. Now it is slowly getting back to its old length. I have to brush it 3 times a day to decrease the amount of hair everywhere… Something interesting a doctor once told me is it takes about 3 months for an even to cause your hair to fall out. I don’t know if it is true or not. She said if someone is extremely stressed for a long period of time or gets really sick, it will take 3 months after that start of the stressful period for it the hair to respond by falling out. Also, you’re beautiful! Take more pictures of yourself. Sorry you’re having to think about cutting your hair
As if all of this isn’t bad enough…