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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 6:35 pm
I FINALLY got my hair color done today. I had about 1 1/2 inches of root showing - and on my short hair, that's a lot!! P.S. -- I swear by Terax Crema conditioner. Can only get it at specialty stores, but I love it.
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 7:11 pm
Thank you for all the good info Mocha. DIL is going to start with the Nature Cream.

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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 3:45 am
Yay Yanks!! 'mom if you have scalp sores you may want to see a dermatologist. Biloxi let me know how it works out.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 4:21 am
I straightened my hair this past weekend. Used Ogilvie since I couldn't find Curl Free which is what I usually use. The top of my head the hair is very straight but also lays down completely to my scalp. No poof in the front top like I usually wear my hair. I'm going to wash and roll it a couple more times and hope it eventually goes back to normal. If it doesn't I'm not sure what to do about it. Any suggestions?
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 7:25 am
Mocha - Kemi Oyl is great! Many many years ago when I used to spend summers at the shore, I had a perm and fried my hair. Should have known better and covered up. Kemi Oyl rescued it. Zmom - I agree with Mocha. If you have scalp sores, please see a dermatologist. This past year I developed rashes all over, itchies, and scalp sores. My kidney doc referred me to a dermatologist to have everything biopsied and diagnosed. Luckily it wasn't the disease I have, just reactions to the meds and the sun. I now have to use a prescription shampoo Loprox. Itchies, rashes, sores gone.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 7:38 am
Sorry Twinks I can't think of anything cept to do what you're doing which is to keep rolling it. Maybe use smaller rollers? Retired, I love the smell of Kemi. Hah yall should see all of the products I have in my bathroom, in the boys' bathroom, and in the downstairs bathroom... lol.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 8:34 am
My hair is frizzing and for some reason it's developed a permanent wave on the bottom. (Why is it doing this?! I always had straight hair. And it happens whatever the weather may be.) I can't stand it anymore. My hair is very, very thick, length is about to the bottom of my shoulder blades. I had it trimmed and, for the first time, thinned, a couple weeks ago. The thinning did not help with how bushy it can get and in fact has made it even wavier. I'm so upset. I just want straight, normal hair. If I cut it much shorter, that just makes it pouf out even more. Even my hair dresser (granted, it's a salon that specializes in long hair) agrees that I need a certain amount of length to weigh it down. Any advice for my dry, frizzy, why-the-h*ll-is-it-so thick hair? I'm getting desperate. Could diet play a part?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 8:51 am
Maybe try Twinks' Ogilvie? Wayy up in the archives I think someone mentioned a product for frizzy hair.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 11:15 am
Calamity, are you getting up there in age? Are you taking or stopped taking any hormones? I think the hormones definitely affect the hair. I always had very curly hair, and it was a blessing. After menopause it went straight. Well, not totally straight; it still has body, but not ringlets. I finally figured out that it is probably the hormones I started taking to quell the hot flashes, that straightened my hair. So, whether you are putting some extra hormones in or losing some old ones naturally, I think that probably affects the hair properties. Weird, eh? Of course, I have been banned from the hair thread for many years, and shouldn't even be in here.

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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 11:31 am
Lol
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Grannyg
Member
05-28-2002
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 12:55 pm
hahahaha cablejuju!!
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 1:00 pm
Juju2bigdog is innocent!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 7:28 pm
Zmom, have you had your thyroid (and that lump) checked yet? Thyroid can greatly influence your hair and skin. And hormones, as Juju said. And OT but hope the endorinologist will do a FSH level so you will know if you are peri, pre, etc.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Friday, June 02, 2006 - 8:26 am
Well now I'm depressed, lol. My hair's just getting old? I was kinda hoping I had at least another decade or two before I had to really start worrying about that! But I guess maybe not. I don't know what to do about hormonal levels though - for the most part I've had a very amiable relationship with mine. I've never suffered from PMS or such other maladies. So this is how they're going to turn on me? But more than anything, it's the thickness that has always plagued me. As a kid I'd want to hide when my mom brought out the brush and comb because it hurt so much. And I still get frustrated when combing it. And then there's the broken barrettes, snapped hair bands...A few weeks back I saw one of my dad's cousins and an aunt. "You have such thick hair, all the (Family Name) do." Well, lucky us *sarcasm*.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, June 02, 2006 - 10:37 am
Lol. Well there are people out there that would kill for thick hair...
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Friday, June 02, 2006 - 10:50 am
If they only knew...lol. (Least I seem too shallow, I did have chemotherapy as a kid and have volunteered with cancer patients so I know some people can be very sensitive to this. I just have to have a hair meltdown every once in a while! The venting may keep me from shaving it off, lol.) Now I get to leave the office early today. Yea!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, June 02, 2006 - 11:19 am
Yay! And I totally understand Calamity. And I have shaved most of mine off lol.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, June 02, 2006 - 11:30 am
Calamity, try the Olgilvie if it comes to that but first try Pantene conditioner for dry or damaged hair. Its the best conditioner I've ever tried and believe me I've tried them all! LOL After you put it in your hair brush it through real well before rinsing it out and leave a tiny bit of it in your hair. Don't rinse it completely out.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 11:27 am
Thanks, Twinkie. I've heard of Olgilvie before but have a couple questions. Is this an actual straightening treatment, like a reverse home perm or something ('cause I really wouldn't trust doing that myself!) or just a type of shampoo that smoothes hair? And is it sold in stores or do I have to get it at a salon? I wish I could find the Infusium products from a damaged hair kit I picked up a few years ago but, alas, they don't seem to be available. They have moisturizing shampoo & conditioners but they're not the same as the ones in the kit plus the kits also had a couple extra treatment products. They really made a difference! P.S. I took a picture of my hair this morning on the crazy notion that I would actually post it online. Of course once I was fully awake I realized that was never going to happen, lol. Although I did once post a partial pic of me and my cat Trixie. As I recall, my hair was a mess in that photo too!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 5:53 pm
Calamity, Ogilvie is a hair straightener. I've been straightening my hair for years...by myself. Its easy and comes out great and saves a TON of money doing it myself. But if I were you I'd still try the pantene conditioner first and see if that helps. Good luck! OH! Hair straightener can be bought in most big stores like Wal-Mart or Target. Either Ogilvie or Curl Free. I've used both.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 1:08 am
Score one more for the the good guys. I called Visible Changes Saturday (is that a national chain or just a Texas one?) and said "I am a new client, I am short, old, fat and in the middle of a nervous break down and you have to make me tall, skinny and beautiful TODAY!" I went in and got highlights and a short new sassy cut..look fantastic, but I am still short, fat and old..but the nervous break down is seemingly over and I do look almost beautiful!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 5:59 am
Rofl Annie! And you are not fat and old, I've seen your picture.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 7:31 am
LOL Annie! You are hilarious, honey, and certainly not old or fat! Woo Hoo my poofy hair is back! I guess it just needed one more washing and rolling. Now it looks fabulous! The only good feature I have. LOL
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 7:42 am
Thank you, Twinkie. I will try that! And I'm glad to hear you're happy with your own hair again.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 9:50 am
yes, but they are very old pictures! LOL
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