Horrible Hairdressers Or Sad Salon Experiences, Is There Really A Difference?

Has your hairdresser or salon rejected you because your hair looks like this?

Earnestly or Anxiously ready to cut your hair because your hair looks like this?

Judged you because your hair is severely matted, tangled, knotted in a ball, matted in a clump, birds nest, or dreadlocked like this?

Well if they have- then be aware that simply cutting tangled, knotted or matted hair leads to depression.  Matted hair can also be  a manifestation of deep depression.

Even though an awful experience can trigger a depressive illness. When hair becomes seriously tangled or matted, most people become so scared.  They don’t want to cut their hair.

Some people go into denial by allowing their hair to stay this way.  They are so ashamed to go out in public or to even to their salon.  Inevitably their hair gets worse.

Although depression can be caused by a variety of factors, such as genes, personal experiences, environmental influences or psychological factors. Hair is a major attribute of every persons identity and when the hair becomes matted or severely tangled for long periods of time it affects the self esteem.  This is also compounded with the opinions and judgmental views of others.

Some hair extension, braid or dreadlock methods can last in the hair for 3 months, and up to 1 year. When these hairstyles are removed with homemade remedies it also causes serious damage, hair loss, and in some cases severely tangled or matted hair. 

Hair loss can cause depression as well, but very matted hair tends to lead to depression faster.  Its the shame,self blame and loss of self esteem causes most women to begin concealing knots or clumps of matted hair-this is what leads to deep depression and frustration. 

In society today self esteem seems to be generally lower than it should be and it is often accompanied by poor body image.  Research suggests that self-image and appearance are very much interchangeable.

While depression is highly treatable, medical research reveals that the sooner a person is treated the more effective that treatment will be. Studies have also shown that immediate treatment reduces the likelihood of recurrence.

Matted tangled hair must be detangled immediately, it can lead to changes in thinking or mood.  We are able to take down tangled matted knotted hair through and with the tangible touch of GOD.

13 year old with matted hair

The  back of my head has become matted due to putting in dreadlocks the wrong way (sectioning them horribly) It has been left uncombed for 3 months now and it is very curly. I live around Chicago and I wanted to know if you had any places around there. I have tried olive oil and lots of conditioner and none are good enough to get out the back of my head and when my mom took me to a salon all they told me was "put olive oil in or shave it off". Please respond - I really don't want to have to shave my head or chop a whole lot of it off.

in need of help.

after having a baby i didnt have time to take care of my butt length hair. i would just wash it and put it back up into a pony tail. in  june i noticed a matt in the back of my head near the base of my head. so since june ive been having several people work at it and it just seems to make the knots worse. i was wondering if there is anyone in pittsburgh pa that could help?!? i am prepared to shave my head it need be. i already bought myself a wig and everything i just came across your webiste today and figured id give this a try! 

thanks, sophi.

Matted hair after permanent colour in UK

Hi
Can you please help??? I am a salon manager in a training college and today  we had a client come in for a permanent root tint, she had a mixture of African Caribbean/ Asian hair, she had a baby 10 weeks ago and is breast feeding. She had a wella koleston permanent tint on her roots and it was shampooed with wella colour shampoo and conditioner.
When the student took her to the section it had matted into a huge box type birds nest clump!! We spent four hours using extra virgin olive oil trying to detangle it!! The client eventually became extremely head sore and wanted to go home we put it in a net and she is coming back on Monday to try again, she has long hair and the clump is in the middle she does not want it cut, can you please tell me what to do next? Very desperate for help ASAP
Regard

1 Year Matted Tangled Mess-Literally, a life-THREATENING hair crisis....VERY depressed‏

A warm friendly, but heartbroken "hello" from the United States...

Briefly, this is my situation that i've been attempting to deal with for a shocking looong humiliating, and v e r y SCARY year...

[honestly, i can't remember the last time i could actually let myself see my own reflection in a mirror...i avoid them at all costs...]

My waist length naturally curly and natural reddish blond/apricot colored hair has always been the ONLY part of my outward physical appearance i've ever really liked...ever since i was a young child people frequently made nice complimentary remarks about my hair...i would definitely "stick out" in a crowd since my hair has been a very unique color that i've NEVER seen on anyone else before...

definitely not auburn, not red, not blond, but kind of a bright apricot with light reddish/blond hairs...and very wavy...

i was so happy as a child that my mom never had to wrap rags around it for curls like all my girl cousins had to have done since my hair was already wavy and SO easy to take care of...while a bit on the dry side as most curly/wavy hair is, but i always took very good care of my hair so it's been real healthy...

Then about exactly one whole YEAR ago an illness/accident kept me hospitalized for nearly six weeks during which time nobody thought to comb/brush my hair...[i also had to remain flat on my back so perhaps the caretakers who bathed me everyday were afraid they might hurt me by fooling with my hair due to all the stitches, etc.]

As you can imagine i'm sure, this was a very VERY stressful time for me, and i worried non-stop as i had no health insurance and was quickly burning through my savings while i was unable to work. [i'm a fibre artist ] at any rate, after i was finally able to come home from the hospital, i was still pretty weak, and my hair had become quite matted...mostly in the back...and underneath and i tried for a few days to get it combed out to no avail..

then since i'd just noticed a small patch of gray around my right temple, i decided to get a box of hair dye [permanent] that i'd just recently seen that came so close to my own natural color...i figured it would also make my hair so soft from all the added conditioning that it would then be quite easy to comb through the mats/tangles....one of the most traumatic horrific decisions of my life that has caused me [please believe i'm not exaggerating or being overly dramatic, but the results have simply caused me unspeakable untold grief and loss...

After getting out of the shower that morning, my hair had instantly become one big GIANT dreadlock poking up and off the side of my head at a very odd and awkward angle...honest to God there wasn't one SINGLE strand of hair on my entire head that wasn't somehow inextricably wound...and wound T I G H T L Y around another hair...it was as if my hair had become "felted" nearly all the way to my scalp... to say i "paniced" doesn't even begin to express accurately what i was going thru...[aND STILL AM BUT MUCH WORSE A YEAR LATER]

here's the sad irony..."THE REAL h a r d KICK IN my BEHIND"...i had a date for later that night...and my VERY FIRST DATE in T H I R T E E N whole YEARS while i raised my son i'd adopted from an overseas orphanage...anyway, i'd just recently joined match dot com before my horrible accident, and had posted some really nice photographs i was a little proud of [i'm 57 years old and look much younger]my son had just taken for my online profile, and i was already getting lots of encouraging responses from seemingly very nice gentlemen...many of which specifically mentioned how it was the unusual color of my hair...or the length of it with all those waves is what initially caught their attention and got them to stop and read my profile...
can you begin to imagine my hysteria???

I rushed to the best salon in town where for several hours, 2 women who refused to apply any lubricating product [afraid of "blisters"] just aggressively poked and jabbed at my head with the sharpened metal point of a comb while alternately ripping out chunks of my hair literally by the roots while just breaking off other big pieces of hair sometimes within just 3 inches of my scalp [my hair was WAIST len gth]... i tried to remain calm [ knowing darn well i'd be losing much hair and more than likely was going to end up having to get many many inches [in length] cut off] while the pile of hair they were ripping out was growing at my feet larger and larger and larger...til i'd had enough of their "rough" unprofessional treatment and ever so slight insinuation that perhaps i 'd gotten a little lazy and just hadn't combed my hair in a long time causing the problem by "personal neglect"...i paId them [and an obscene amount] and cried hysterically all the way home, and literally trembled when i had to call my date, by then just 2 hr's from the time he was to pick me up, and CANCEL it...i was mortified...

One year later...i've tried every product on the market without luck...then i discovered your "take down" products which i just purchased. i also bought a "hebeutiful" hair steamer thinking it might help...any possibility I could be used as a model in one of your classes or commercials....i'm so far beyond DESPERATE, and would be your most grateful appreciative client ever!!! i'll also appreciate any comments you may have for me.....

many hugs,

debbie

I am a hairdresser in Tucson Arizona and I need some serious immediate help.  One of my clients came in today for a Ketatin Smoothing treatment, I clarified her hair in prep for the service and her hair matted!  Right before my eyes!  She's flipping out, I'm flipping on the inside but trying to be calm and professional for her sake.  We spent 4 hours and dropped the mat about 2 inches.  Forget the treatment. 

So, my question is, is there ANYONE in Tucson who has this product?  Anyone who will give me some, sell me some, loan me some, anything, anyone?  I'm desperate.  After looking online, I see that her mat is definately not the worst that's out there, but it is to her.  And so I'm willing to do what needs to be done.  Please help me.

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