Help! Got highlights and lost my curls

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• Therese1 Registered Users Posts: 2,563 Curl Virtuoso

  September 2017

  Have you tried doing a protein treatment? You can either buy a dedicated protein treatment or else buy a protein-rich conditioner and leave it on your hair for, say, 20 minutes. Protein-rich conditioners are often labled "repairing" or something similar.

  Low poo: Intelligent Nutrients (IN) Harmonic; Oribe Cleansing Creme
  RO: IN Harmonic
  LI: CJ Beauticurls; Jessicurl (JC) Gelebration Spray
  DC: JC Deep Conditioning Treatment; Weleda Rosemary Conditioning Oil
  Stylers: JC Confident Coils; IN Volumizing Spray; IN Perfect Hold Hairspray; John Masters Sea Mist; Bumble Bb. Gel; Kenra Firm-Hold Gel; Sevi Blue Yarrow Sea Salt Spray
  Low-porosity 2a/b baby-fine hair

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• HederaHelix Registered Users Posts: 3

  September 2017

  Sounds like the chemicals damaged your hair. You'll need to deep condition those areas weekly. An occasional hot oil treatment may help and it's possible that a protein or repairing treatment may be needed as well. Your hair may yet bounce back depending on how extensive the damage is.
  
  I learned the hard way that I absolutely cannot color my hair. My 3a canopy (I was covering silver hairs) became a 2a/b canopy when I got highlights done. The stylist overprocessed my hair and I was devastated.
  
  I grew my hair out for one year and had almost 8 inches of new growth. Then I had to do a big chop. My hair was below BSL and now it doesn't touch my shoulders.
  
  I still have straight bits throughout the canopy from heat damage, but that is recovering. No more blowing out my hair straight either! I had to do it a lot more than I would have liked, but those bits that were fried straight absolutely would not curl any more, so it was either straighten it all or curl the straight bits.
  
  I will just patiently keep cutting the ends until all the heat damaged parts are gone. The good news is that my roots are 3A so I know I have my hair back eventually. It's just gonna be a few years until it's long again.
  
  Good luck to you!

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