My Self Esteem is being lowers - hair

From Florida, 3 posts

First let me start by saying hello my name is Chris and I am 15 years of age living in the sunshine state of Florida and I have a couple of questions and a story. First off, when i was younger till the age of 10 I had extremely soft, straight hair with a nice mushroom cut but I don't know what happened and now it is what it is today which is kinda nappy, dry, curly, and (excuse my language) ****ty looking hair and it sort of destroys my self esteem. I listen to rock and I fantasize myself with long hair so when I play guitar or skateboard and stuff like my idols or even my friends at school I can feel like i fit in better with the mix but I can never do that cause of the way my hair is. Also, I want to be able to walk up to a girl comfortably but I could never do that because my hair is always bad. But to the point, I am not to intelligent upon the hair subject and I have a couple of questions.



Procedure I follow:



I get in the shower, wet my hair, use shampoo once every 2 weeks give or take a day (when i do shampoo i just spread shampoo thoroughly threw my hand), use conditioner once and sometimes twice a day (I shower in the morning and after I work out in the afternoon) and leave it in my hair for 2 minutes or 3 minutes then wash it completely off, get out of the shower, dry my hair down with the towel, see it curl in a couple of secs, and in a couple of minutes my hair becomes dry.



Questions:



1) What happened to my hair, why did it change from straight and soft to what it is today?

2) Will my hair ever get better?

3) What shampoo, conditioners, or even oils do you personally suggest I use?

4) How often do I shampoo or condition if my hair comes up to the middle of my forehead?

5) What else do you think I should do to improve my hair?

6) What is humectants and where can I locate that a shampoo, conditioner, or oil has this?

7) Will my hair ever be able to look good if i grow my hair out?

8 ) If I did grow out my hair how would you think it would look? (affro, straight hair, extremely curly, etc...)



Also, just inform me on anything I should do or know that I might have not asked already. I don't know if you will reply to this email because I do not even know if you still help out but if you do I would really appreciate it so much. Thank you very much and have a nice day!

5 posts

The same sort of thing happened with my hair and my hairdresser told me that your hair changes in texture about every 10yrs. So it might start off being straight then go curly then straight again - annoying I know! Also what you eat affects the health of your skin and hair. So if you're finding that your hair is courser than it was it could be due to that. Good luck, hope this helps!

From Florida, 3 posts

Overall I believe I eat pretty healthy because I am somewhat of an athlete (yeah I know mad skillz ) so I always watch what I am eating so my body fat does not go above 10% body fat.. Thanks so much for replying! I hope I see others too!

From Florida, 3 posts

Originally posted by hotttie on 9 Nov 2006 6:41 AM
The same sort of thing happened with my hair and my hairdresser told me that your hair changes in texture about every 10yrs. So it might start off being straight then go curly then straight again - annoying I know! Also what you eat affects the health of your skin and hair. So if you're finding that your hair is courser than it was it could be due to that. Good luck, hope this helps!



Also I forgot to add this in my post but I am not sure that applies to me because not only does my hair curl now it is not even near as shiny or i guess healthy as my hair when I was younger..