You invest a great deal of money, time, and expectations into your hair, and end up wanting to shroud your head in a sack. Sometimes the aftershock is so great that you are tempted to sue the hair dresser, the manufacturer, the beauty parlour owner. A severely dis-tressed lady who lost her hair after a priced rebonding procedure, have actually gone to court with before and after pictures, for redressal. Whether or not she wins her case, one thing's certain: It'll be a long, long time before her hair returns to its pre-styling status - if at all, that is. Sometimes the damage is permanent.

After Straightening, EEKS!

Your hair is limp, lifeless or frizzy

• Because of over processing or going beyond the stipulated time,

• Not following the User Instructions. Each product has slightly different formulations and rules which make all the difference in the finished results.

• OD-ing the chemicals. Your mane has been coloured and highlighted to death.

Your hair has fallen out in patches

• Because the solution has touched and soaked into your scalp instead of being 1 to 11/2 cms away from it. It can trickle into the scalp even while the hairdresser holds the top of your head while she is working on, say, the back. This kills the roots, the only live element of your hair, and result is the fallout. The silver lining is that your hair will grow back.

Tip:

Protect your hair line at all times. The front and the nape of the neck are the weakest and the first to show the strain of over – processing and over – coloring – frizzing and falling.

Your hair is unnaturally limp, poker straight and flat on the top

• Because you've used a rebonding solution.

Your ends are split and ragged

• Because the solution has not been applied properly to the ends.

Rescue Measures

• Have a good hair cut and lop off all the uglies.

• Curly roots have to be retouched or blow dried.

• Use a professional restructant after the treatment to prevent ends from splitting.

Get Wiser

If your hair is curly, wavy or frizzy, stay away from rebonding because the roots spring out in their original avatar. Relaxing is a kinder option. It keeps your hair looking relaxed, gives it bounce and volume, and makes it easier to manage. Results last for 3 months to a year.

TLC

• Use shampoos and conditioners specially formulated for relaxed hair.

• Have an oil massage using just 1 tsp of oil. More oil means more shampoo means dryness. Massage for at least 5 minutes to loosen your scalp, till it moves. A hot towel or steam opens out the pores. Keep on overnight or at least for one hour.

• Avoid blow drying, hot irons and dandruff shampoos.

• Have a monthly deep conditioning treatment.

After Perming, EEKS!

Your hair has broken and fallen out in clumps

• Because of over processing or rubber bands used during treatment were too tight.

The ends have split; the rest has frizzed

• Because of badly wrapped ends.

The curls are frizzy, limp, without spring

• Because you or the stylist forgot to take into consideration that it is coloured.

The curls are too tight

• Because of faulty technique, quantity.

The scalp has burned

• Because it is sensitive or the skin is broken. Rinse out immediately. Rescue Measures

•Cut off the ends.

•Wait for three weeks and relax the frizz professionally.

Get Wiser

If you need volume for wispy, fly-away or straight hair, an end-only perm is a better option.



TLC

•Use a shampoo and conditioner for processed hair.

•Have a weekly oil massage (See 'After Straightening').

•Dry with a defuser attachment on your hair dryer.

•Deep condition once a month.

•Use a curl saver mousse.

•Don't shampoo, condition or vigorously style for at least 3 days to give your curls time to set.

Tips:

Before your hairdresser treats your hair s/he mush examine and check for

1. Elasticity – to see how much each strand can stretch and spring back.

2. Texture – coarse, give, medium

3. Porosity – how much liquid the cuticles can absorb. After the diagnosis s/he will choose the correct solution to suit your hair.

After Coloring, EEKS!

The shade is too light, too bright...

• Because you made a bad selection,

• Kept it on too long

It looks like a haystack

• Because the solution went into overtime.

You broke out into a rash

• Because you're allergic to the product even though you've used it a zillion times before. Take an antihistamine stat. You have the frightful frizzies

• Because when you tried to touch up your 1 cm-roots, you went beyond, creating a colour and overlap buildup, causing hair to lose elasticity.

You're highlights make you look like a striped tiger

• Because the bleach in the light areas is way too strong.

Your highlight colors sit prosaically in blocks, rather than aesthetic strands

• Because they were applied too close together; the stylist has a heavy hand

Your jet black mane shows up strange and stark against your face

• Because you failed to take into account that "young" hair doesn't team well with a mature face.

Rescue Measures

• Use hair mascara which comes in different colors - silver and gold is especially dramatic - and can be combed out.

• Recolor after a week.

• Use a brown dye stick.

• Use a color that is lighter than your natural shade, so that it looks softer against your face. This is especially essential for the 40+ crowd. Keep in mind that even dark brown goes black on Indian hair.

Get Wiser

Choose to go for colouring only if you are more than 20% grey. Youngsters who insult their manes with rainbow hues may look back and sob. If you must do and dye with less than 20%, gets a gentle light reflective change with a tone on tone product having 4% hydrogen peroxide, rather than the harsher 6%. For 20% to 40% grey, colour only the silvery portions, so that they merge with your natural locks, once in three months.

For over 40% grey, you can either grow grey gracefully or color every 6 weeks. Leave a touch of grey behind.

TLC

• Keep a gap of 2 weeks after straightening/perming or else the colour will run.

• Take a patch test, especially before you use a new product. Apply a little colour behind the ears and wait for 3 days for the result.

• Use shampoo and conditioner formulated for colour treated hair.

•Have an oil massage every week (See 'After Straightening').

After Weaving/ Extensions, EEKS!

Your real hair snaps and breaks with alarming regularity, when you're brushing it

• Because the roots and hair shafts get weaker as extensions are stitched into natural hair or glued with a hot iron.

Your scalp feels itchy

• Because it is smothered by a weave in which false hair on a net is tied up to your natural hair to cover your bald patch. The extensions feel loose

• And have to be tightened every two to three months. Rescue Measures Get rid of them!

Get Wiser

Go for extensions/weaves only

• If you want your short hair to look longer.

• If you want scanty or balding hair to look fuller.

• To cover a bald patch.

TLC

• Shampoo and condition the extensions and weaves, too.

• Gently comb out the knots for both the weave/extensions and your hair, being extra careful not to pull out your natural hair, which is weighed down by the extension/weave.

Tips:

Instead of investing in a huge bottle check out the smallest size of the product for a weak and watch how your hair falls, feels and fills out.

After Styling Aids, EEKS!

Your hair looks stiff, harsh and unnatural, scalp is dry and flaky

• Because you over binged on spritzes, sprays and gels which contain film-forming resins?

You're losing it

• A leave-in conditioner covers the hair shaft and cuticle, causes a build-up and loosens hair.

Rescue Measures

Avoid extensive use. Always shampoo out three times a week, to allow your hair to breathe. Then condition and wash both out completely. Or you'll have a new build-up to worry about.

After Tonsuring, EEKS!

Something ugly has popped out of your scalp

• Many men have a protruding occipital bone jutting out 6" above the vertebral column. Some men have ridges, too.

You have red patches on your scalp

• You are allergic to the perfume of your shaving foam.

Get Wiser

• Go for a baby-bottom bare look only if you have a shapely skull

•A close crop is sexy and easier to manage. The stubble can be Ό” to Ύ”.

TLC

Get a barber to take it all off the first time. After which you can shave yourself about twice a week, or graze the fuzz with a clipper that has a ½” attachment comb.

Lubricate with a hair grooming cream for a nice bald-pate shine. Wash condition and oil your stubble. You don't need any styling aids. Have a head massage.

Men’s Long Hair Aftermath

You look shaggy, greasy, messy, unappealing.

•Your Dad was right. Very few guys can carry off long hair successfully.

Rescue Measures

Get your mane shaped. Never grow go beyond the jaw line. Let it frame your face, with long ends around the head. Keep it off your ears or tucked behind. Then let it stay that way. Or pull it back in a neat pony tail.

Get Wiser

Go long only if you have

• Good bone structure

• The time and inclination for keeping it neat and gelled so that your features show.

TLC

• Shampoo and condition whenever it looks dull, limp, lustreless or when the scalp begins to itch, which could be daily, if you sweat a lot.

• Oil massage weekly (See 'After Straightening').

• Use hair grooming cream and styling aids suggested by your hair dresser.

After a Haircut, EEKS!

Your haircut is too short, uneven, funny, ha-ha!

• Because your barber was in one of his moods. It doesn't look anything like Jennifer Anniston's

• Because your hairdresser is unskilled and you are not Jennifer Anniston. It flopped after you washed it

• Because it is not wash 'n' wear.

Rescue Measures

• Use a bandana to match your outfit.

• Using Garnier would be a good option.

• Recut it even if it is very short, after three weeks. The good thing about hair is that it will grow out and you can change the style as often as you please.

TLC

Even an asymmetrical cut should have an aesthetic shape. Show your barber a picture of the style you want reproduced. Discuss it with him keeping in mind the shape of your face, your hair, your lifestyle your time. Yet with the best of intentions, accidents can happen!

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