What's the most evil thing you've ever done to your hair?

**Hatsumomo** · July 31st, 2008, 04:22 AM

Come on, I want to know the worst thing you've done to your hair in your life! I don't mean to be anti-hair but thought it would be funny to see all the silly things everyone's done to their hair over time.

For me, probably the worst thing was when I watered down Domestos and shampooed with it, thinking that it would open the follicles and let the remaining dye come out of my hair. I left it on for ten minutes and was very lucky to only get an itchy scalp for the day and no hair damage that I could find.

I'd love to see if anyone can beat that

!

**EvaSimone** · July 31st, 2008, 04:24 AM

OOh!! Oooh!! Me next! lol

I used to flat iron my hair when it was damp with wax on it. I didn't think I got good results unless I could hear my hair sizzle.. eek!

I literally did this every other day for about 1 1/2 years.. maybe a little longer.

**theanti** · September 10th, 2008, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by EvaSimone

OOh!! Oooh!! Me next! lol

I used to flat iron my hair when it was damp with wax on it. I didn't think I got good results unless I could hear my hair sizzle.. eek!

I literally did this every other day for about 1 1/2 years.. maybe a little longer.

ME TOO! Sizzle is good right?! ha ha

**CavySong** · October 7th, 2011, 04:53 AM

While the worst I ever did was hot iron wet hair (shivers) once, I was helping my mom bleach her hair that was naturally almost black. What she didn't realize was that it was too soon after her perm. Her hair turned into a gelatinous mass and fell off her head in globs. She had been bleaching and perming for years but had some event she wanted to get rid of the dark roots for. Needless to say, she didn't go.

**Lunearia** · September 30th, 2013, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by EvaSimone

I didn't think I got good results unless I could hear my hair sizzle.

Yikes!

I used to brush mine very violently while it was wet with a ball tipped brush. After that I'd blowfry, straighten, spray and backcomb. This went on for quite a while.

**EvaSimone** · July 31st, 2008, 04:25 AM

Originally Posted by Hatsumomo

For me, probably the worst thing was when I watered down Domestos and shampooed with it, thinking that it would open the follicles and let the remaining dye come out of my hair. I left it on for ten minutes and was very lucky to only get an itchy scalp for the day and no hair damage that I could find.

I'd love to see if anyone can beat that

!

What is Domestos? It doesn't sound too hair friendly

**Hatsumomo** · July 31st, 2008, 04:28 AM

It's toilet bleach lol.

The wax and straightening sounds scary! My ex hairdresser was a believer in smoke too.

**EvaSimone** · July 31st, 2008, 04:44 AM

Originally Posted by Hatsumomo

It's toilet bleach lol.

The wax and straightening sounds scary! My ex hairdresser was a believer in smoke too.

wow that's pretty bad!!! I am glad you didn't burn your skin or your hair off. For some reason probably a small instinct of hair preservation I wouldn't touch bleach... yet I burnt my hair to a crisp nearly every day. Go figure

**Hatsumomo** · July 31st, 2008, 04:53 AM

Originally Posted by EvaSimone

... yet I burnt my hair to a crisp nearly every day. Go figure

I know the feeling...when mine was shoulderlength, I'd straighten it every day without any protectants.

**Arctic_Mama** · September 5th, 2008, 06:30 PM

I am tame compared to some of you.

I got a perm when I was maybe 12? It was loose waves and took my hairdresser like four hours to put in, because I had SO much hair and it was so long (she's been doing it for over 20 years and HER arms were sore!). She DISCOUNTED her services because we're friends and it was still over $300 - a lot of money for damaging virgin, lovely hair (she did protest to doing it, to her credit

).

Fortunately for how badly it COULD have damaged my hair, because I did it on healthy, virgin hair there was nothing but a little crispness to the last 4 inches or so, if I recall. Lucky me!