AAAAAAAACK!
*breathing*
So tomorrow (well, today, actually) is the big day.
I am cutting my hair.
I haven’t even trimmed it in nearly 5 years.
It is well past my butt when straightened. I am used to it this way. It’s me.
The ends are an unhealthy mess and it’s been a pain to deal with. It is thinning out because of its length and it tangles like crazy. The curls are weighed down. Fortunately the curliness is enough to hide the icky split ends that shoot inches up my hair.
Anyway, at 2pm I have an appointment to cut off enough to get rid of all the split ends and cut even more to donate to Locks Of Love. The minimum to donate is 10 inches. I don’t want to give them the useless split ends, so it’s going to be much more than 10 inches that are cut. I figure that I will end up with hair that is just a couple of inches below my shoulders.
I can’t do above my shoulders. I think that I would lock myself in a room until it grew long again. I’m serious.
It sounds silly, but me hair is me. It is how people recognize me. It is the only part of me that I have ever considered pretty.
It needs to be cut though.
I told Josh, my parents, and my best friends that I have a doctor’s appointment as an excuse for my trip to Dartmouth (there is only one person that I’ll let cut my hair, and that’s where she is). I want to see their genuine reaction. This should be interesting.
I know that Josh and my Mom will be happy. They have both been telling me for years to cut it.
My co-workers and many online – folk know. I’ve gotten mixed reactions to my plan.
I really hope that I’m not going to regret this...
(I know, hair grows back... but this is going to take a long time)
Do I really need to cut it?
But it looks good with wings…
(not that I wear them for anything but oct.31st... lol)
See?
I’ve been upbeat about it all day, but I’m not sure I’m ready to do this…
I guess the ends are bad.
…and is going to someone who needs it more than I do.
Plus, it will be easier to care for.
I hope it grows back fast!
*breathing*
So tomorrow (well, today, actually) is the big day.
I am cutting my hair.
I haven’t even trimmed it in nearly 5 years.
It is well past my butt when straightened. I am used to it this way. It’s me.
The ends are an unhealthy mess and it’s been a pain to deal with. It is thinning out because of its length and it tangles like crazy. The curls are weighed down. Fortunately the curliness is enough to hide the icky split ends that shoot inches up my hair.
Anyway, at 2pm I have an appointment to cut off enough to get rid of all the split ends and cut even more to donate to Locks Of Love. The minimum to donate is 10 inches. I don’t want to give them the useless split ends, so it’s going to be much more than 10 inches that are cut. I figure that I will end up with hair that is just a couple of inches below my shoulders.
I can’t do above my shoulders. I think that I would lock myself in a room until it grew long again. I’m serious.
It sounds silly, but me hair is me. It is how people recognize me. It is the only part of me that I have ever considered pretty.
It needs to be cut though.
I told Josh, my parents, and my best friends that I have a doctor’s appointment as an excuse for my trip to Dartmouth (there is only one person that I’ll let cut my hair, and that’s where she is). I want to see their genuine reaction. This should be interesting.
I know that Josh and my Mom will be happy. They have both been telling me for years to cut it.
My co-workers and many online – folk know. I’ve gotten mixed reactions to my plan.
I really hope that I’m not going to regret this...
(I know, hair grows back... but this is going to take a long time)
Do I really need to cut it?
But it looks good with wings…
(not that I wear them for anything but oct.31st... lol)
See?
I’ve been upbeat about it all day, but I’m not sure I’m ready to do this…
I guess the ends are bad.
…and is going to someone who needs it more than I do.
Plus, it will be easier to care for.
I hope it grows back fast!
- Current Mood:
anxious
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Comments
I'm just hitting the inevitable panic time.
c'mon, all your friends are.
thanks.
But it is true that Locks of Love is a wonderful cause - and you're wonderful to donate your hair to it.
... such beautiful hair too... *sob*... I tell ya, you're a braver woman than me!!
How much are you gonna get cut off? To your shoulders, higher, what?
Good luck! ♥
I'm not sure how much it will end up being.
It will definitely NOT be above my shoulders because I can't handle that. Hehe.
I'm thinking of leaving it just a couple of inches below my shoulders.
Basically, I am going to make sure that I send about a foot to Locks of Love and that none of that is trashy split ends.
I figure this may end up being 18 inches cut off? I haven't exactly measured what that would leave me with. I'm going to talk it over with the person who will be cutting it and see what she thinks.
No doubt, you will look as pretty with shorter hair!!
Pascal
My hair was down to my waist and I cut it in a pixie cut, it was quite a change. It's nice and light though and if you get headaches now, you may find they won't be as frequent. Good Luck!
Natasha~
xo
Thanks! It is good to hear from someone else who has done this.
~lau
i have known you for eleven years, and this is absolutely THE most out of control your hair has been! you're right. it's got to go. i have recurring nightmares about my hair being cut, so i know it's pretty terrifying. my hair has thinned out a lot since i let it get long, too! i thought there was something seriously wrong, etc
ok.
also. honey, you are looking WAY too thin in those pictures. when am i seeing you ?
You're sweet, but I know that I've gained weight and it's driving me mad. I finally ditched the Pill a month ago. I hope that helps.
You worry me, though. I hope that you are well.
It is good to know that I'm not going bald! I thought that there has been something terribly wrong, too. I mean, seeing handfuls of hair in the tub is pretty traumatic! I hope that stops with this move. I hated how thick it was when I was younger, but now I really want that back!
how tall are you? you better be above 110! i'm 5'4" and i weigh around 120 right now, but i'm also a lot of muscle from the gym, which is making me happy. i don't really have many eating issues anymore, more of...obsessive working out.
yes, you do have reason to worry about my health. i know i worry! my seizures have returned, and i'm going through the whole changing medication thing again...unfortunately there isn't any cure, per se for epilepsy.
Plus, no more getting stuck in car doors (or any doors for that matter), coat zippers, on someone 2 feet away, etc.
I am only 5'2". Don't worry, I'm having some eating issues again, but the scale hasn't moved at all (other than going up a bit since the winter holidays). I have been terribly lazy about working out for nearly a year so I am ridiculously unfit. I pretty sure that once I finally get my lazy ass back into exercising better, I will be able to let up on the food insanity and scale monitoring because I'll feel better.
Yes, I worry about you a bunch. Goodness, girl, you deseve a break from all this health chaos! I really hope that the medication change helps.
I head over there in TEN minutes. Yikes!
I know it's scary but I think you will feel much better after!
BTW: Yer so pretty! Your hair is beautiful, but you are too.
They take hair donations of 10 inches or more and they use them to make hairpieces for children who have lost their hair due to chemotherapy.
If they can't use it, they sell it and use the profit to further their cause.
Thank you so much. *blushing* You're very sweet.
I don't remember that (but then again, I was 8).
I know what you mean by, "My hair is me" but that's not true. You are SUCH a beautiful person (inside and out) and you will remain that way with shoulder-length hair. I'm so glad to hear you're donating it, too. ♥
anyway its great that youre donating it to such a great cause.
and like the general opinion i believe that you are beautiful inside and out just because you are willing to do something so unselfish.
i hope that everything works out.