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    OK. I've always had great hair. People always mention it and it was what I was known for as a dancer. I bleach it, but otherwise baby the shit out of it. It's really thick and coarse so it stands up to the bleaching with very little damage.

    Last week I used a new bottle of Abba's Recoup for the first time. After my hair dried it felt soft and mushy (kind of like cotton candy), but kind of dry in places also. Like it was super damaged. It was really frizzy as well. I didn't do anything differently. I've rotated Recoup in my protein lineup for years.

    I didn't realize it was a brand new bottle at first and since it suddenly seemed so damaged I used it again the next time I washed, but followed with a hydrating mask and some Ojon oil as a leave in.

    It felt even worse. It started breaking off all over the place and a bunch of my hair has fallen out. For the first time in my life my I can now put the fingers of one hand around my ponytail (so I know it's not in my head).

    I'm really freaking out here! I went to check the bottle and it smells fine. Maybe I'm a little paranoid but I wondered if something was put in it. I had a dancer put some acetone in my bottle of leave-in condish I kept in my dance bag once. Luckily she got caught.

    What the fuck could have happened. My hair was in good shape on minute then wham!, it's all fucked up.

    I've now tried leaving a moisture mask on for a couple of hours (didn't help), Aphogee (didn't help), K-Pac (didn't help) . I resorted to buying some Pantene to glue it back together. I know this is bad, bad, bad, but I am NOT gonna cut all my hair off without a battle and dammit, Pantene makes it feel sorta like real hair again.

    Any advice? Anyone had anything like this happen before?

    so confused......

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    I don't have any good advice, but I wanted to say I'm sorry

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    oh no!

    Maybe go to a professional and see what they say? And ditch that bottle of Abba if you think it's the culprit!

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    I successfully bleached my hair for 5 years straight with barely any problems..then one day it just went to shit. It started breaking off at the back of my head and near my temples.. In the end it was two inches short on the back and even shorter in the front. I dyed it red and never went back.
    I miss being a blond though and I totally feel what your going through.
    Maybe a salon can help?

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    I used to have thcik but very silky hair. I dyed it occasionally, but nothing drastic. I never had to blowdry my hair, never straightened it, etc. It would just dry all beautiful and perfect. I would wake up, perfect hair. All of a sudden, at about 23-24, it just went to shit. Started drying all wavy and frizzy. I thought maybe it was damaged, so I cut a bunch off ... like maybe 8". So at that time, the only hair I had was naturally brown, it had never been dyed, etc. Still frizzy, wavy and awkward looking. I had to buy a blow-dryer and straightener for the first time. Now my hair gets described as "coarse" by my hair chick. It just changed, just like that, for no rhyme or reason. I've tried pretty much every product under the sun, and I'm coming to terms with the fact that I have coarse frizzy hair with a ton of fly-aways. :-(






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    http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/

    Check this site out if you haven't seen it yet. They have all kinds of ideas.

    Personally I'd cut my washing down to as little as possible... maybe twice a week at most. Throw it in some braids with some coconut oil and otherwise leave it alone for as long as I could stand it. See if that didn't get it looking a little healthier before doing anything else to it.
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    Damn, that sucks! I'd head to a salon, ditch the potentially offensive product, and yeah, don't wash your hair except with conditioner, and put tons of oil in it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by red red red View Post

    Check this site out if you haven't seen it yet. They have all kinds of ideas.

    Personally I'd cut my washing down to as little as possible... maybe twice a week at most. Throw it in some braids with some coconut oil and otherwise leave it alone for as long as I could stand it. See if that didn't get it looking a little healthier before doing anything else to it.
    Muchas gracias for the link!

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    Thanks for the responses girls. I'm gonna try the condish wash. I currently wash 3X a week with Abba or Mastey products which contain no harsh sulfates or silicones, but I think I'll grab some Suave condish today (it's recommended for condish washing on makeupalley).

    Gonna have to start visiting longhaircommunity. I've known about it for a while, but with my chemistry background it's pretty easy to dissect the product labels and decide if I like something or not, but apparently I'm in WAY over my head with this problem.

    I've moved up my next hair appt. It was in a couple of weeks, but she got me in early next week, so hopefully that will help.

    After I thought about it I'm wondering if the toner that was used last time had something to do with it. My hair was a little frizzier and more fly-away than normal after getting my roots done, which was a bit unusual. Normally after my appt my hair feels like silk and looks incredible for a couple of weeks. It looked a bit worse than it normally does right before it's time for a retouch.

    Since she used the normal Aveda damage remedy stuff, I'm wondering if it just took a couple of weeks for the damage to really show? This did happen about a week and a half after my last color appt, so probably like 4 washes.

    Dunno, but the Pantene is helping, if I could just stand the waxy feel it leaves on my hair. I don't usually use any kind of styling product or silicones, so I'm not used to it. My stylist bitched when I told her what I was using, but I don't really care. Silicones may be bad for my hair, but not as bad as having it all break off.

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    man, that sucks. i wish i could give some advice, but i don't know enough about hair. i started lightening mine about a year and a half ago, and a couple months ago the lightest parts started getting really mushy and tangly, and it made me miserable, cos i'd always had amazing hair. i blame the cheap crap i started using when money was tight. then i got sick and didn't wash my hair at all for probably a week. and when i did, i put conditioner nearer to my roots that i usually do since greasy hair is better than tangly breaking hair, and it became soft again.

    i used vive pro nutrigloss conditioning treatment the first time, and i've been using my usual glossy volume conditioner since then, closer to the roots, and i think it's really helped.

    outside of hair products, though, i can recommend methionine and biotin if you aren't using them already.

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    I'm not familiar with that product, but I do know there are some protein products that you can't use alone on your hair ie I use Enjoy reconstructing spray and the hair stylist at the spa I work at made me swear to always use a hair mask over it. It sounds like you've used it before with no problemo tho, but that's just a thought.

    To nurse your hair back to health I recommend/swear by CHI kretine mist and silk infusion (it's just like biosilk silk therapy, same company but the infusion is a little thicker than the latter) Just liberally spray the mist on your hair after you get out of the shower and follow with a bit of the infusion. I dry my hair then use a smaller amount of it before heat styling.

    I TORTURED my hair in beauty school, got it back on track then was a hair model for my best friends finals in bs. It looked good but was so brittle and nasty, the CHI stuff was the only thing that salvaged it!

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    Oohhh.. I finally have something useful to add. I use this shampoo and conditioner, I got it at a chain grocery store here for $6.99 for each and it's done wonders! I think it's even better than the Joico K-Pax restore I was using. The brand name is Organix.


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    ^^oooh. I've seen that stuff and it smells delicious... Now I have a good reason to try it.

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    I think you gave your hair too much protein which can cause it to be brittle.

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    ^^ Maybe, but it's not just brittle. It feels mushy and soft and fuzzy. Like I've heard seriously damaged hair gets. I'm trying moisture only now though... Cause the protein seriously did something bad, bad, bad....

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    This stuff is great and will work. http://www.aveda.com/templates/produ...CT_ID=PROD9029
    I have the regular Damage Remedy conditioner and love it. Anytime I do a chemical service on a client I always condition with the Damage Remedy. The Intensive Restructuring treatment should do the trick though.

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    I love the Redken Extreme line - I use their shampoo, conditioner, CAT treatment (is a protein treatment, so maybe not for you right now), Rescue Force, Deep Fuel, and the Anti-Snap leave in treatment. I alternate what I use but have had a lot of great results with this line.

    Also, I love Nexxus Keraphix, which is also a protein treatment, but has worked for me in the past. I heard a nasty rumor they were going to stop making Keraphix...I hope this is not true!

    You may also want to start treating your hair from within, so to speak. Maybe try a hair vitamin, or Biotin supplement? This might at least encourage new growth. Found this hair vitamin regime that sounds interesting:

    http://www.salonweb.com/37/shop.htm
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    that is so so odd? Discontinue all your products and pick up pureology, it has done wonders for my hair.

    As far as a deep conditioners, philosophy has a great one.

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    It's getting better! Yay!

    Today I clarified to get the silicones off. Then I used my Mastey Superpac Reconstructor and followed with the Moisturee Hydrating Treatment. Feels almost back to normal now. I'm not blowdrying or anything though. Just letting it rest.

    Thanks for all the advice girls. I really appreciate it!

    Jasmine

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    Too much protein can make the hair dry and brittle and it will break off.

    My hair was the same way and I freaked - what? 2 weeks ago maybe? Now it feels a lot better. Did the same as you. Lots of hydrating products and started washing every other or every 3 days...

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    I don't know what to do for your hair,but start taking biotin supplements.Go to Kmart or a vitamin shoppe and get the 5000 mgs biotin.I take ten a day,once in the morning and once at night,both times with food,or I space them out a bit more,like 3 pills 2x a day and 4 at night.The biotin will strengthen your roots to keep your hair in your head longer while it grows out.I hope this helps a little bit.

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    Question .... where does one purchase coconut oil to use in your hair?






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    I got mine at the health food store...

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    holy lord .... i had no idea this coconut oil was so fabulous. I haven't rinsed it from my hair yet, but it smells sooooo good and my skin has never felt smoother and smelled so good. I had no clue that coconut doesn't actually smell like the manufactured coconut smell. I am now on a mission to find a light summery perfume that smells like this .....I LOVE everyone here for mentionuing coconut oil in this thread and a few others.

    /end of zee threadjack. sry!

    Oh ...yeah that's where I found mine too, at a little health food place.






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    Quote Originally Posted by loveandluxury View Post
    Oohhh.. I finally have something useful to add. I use this shampoo and conditioner, I got it at a chain grocery store here for $6.99 for each and it's done wonders! I think it's even better than the Joico K-Pax restore I was using. The brand name is Organix.

    This stuff is the fucking win!

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