topic Re: Hair Horror Tale in Mom to Mom

Hair Horror Tale

grandma2pkmh — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 23:17:21 GMT

If you have ever had a little girl with long hair, this is one of your worst nightmares as it pertains to her hair.

It took the women over 20 hours to remove 150 velcro like toys from her daughters hair.

https://people.com/parents/mom-combs-bunchems-out-of-daughters-hair-20-hours-photo/

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godi — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 23:19:08 GMT

Oh my! 😳

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NicksmomESQ — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 23:22:59 GMT

OMG!! That child is lucky she had such a patient mom.She could have lost all her hair. Glad it worked out.

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haddon9 — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 23:23:08 GMT

Wow! Glad to hear that they didn't have to cut her hair which is what many parents would have done. I hope they trashed those toys!

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FastDogWalker2 — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 23:51:45 GMT

I saw that article and I was horrified! I was so thankful that never happened on my watch as a pre K teacher or a grandmother!

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NYCLatinaMe — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 05:56:36 GMT

Sounds like a terrible experience for the child. I am sure there were tons of tears. I wonder if the mom saved the hair for the child or for herself because mom likes it long. A good thing about hair in this type of situation is that we have no reason to think the child's hair wouldn't have grown back. The child might have been less traumatized with a haircut.

My hair is naturally gray due to aging, I stopped coloring my hair last January, and all the permanent color dye has now grown out, with my hair cut to just past the shoulder. I am in my 50s, and my hair is not as thick as it once was. I tend to think the child's hair would have grown faster than mine, so she would have done well with a hair cut, unless she really like that long hair. I don't know that 6 year olds care that much about hair length.

ps, I am pretty sure I'll color again! I was curious what it would look like and the "shutdown" gave me a chance to see. Time for experimentation...

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Peaches McPhee — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:41:07 GMT

Crazy. The only thing I would do is reach for the scissors.

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ECBG — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 22:57:00 GMT

I was a child with long blonde hair. My issue was sand!

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CelticCrafter — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 15:07:58 GMT

This is not a new story, I remember seeing it a few years ago.

I would have gotten the scissors!

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happycat — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 20:40:02 GMT

That poor little girl, hurts my head just thinking about it.

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chrystaltree — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:55:16 GMT

Oh my goodness, I don't know what I would have done after I finished crying.

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SunValley — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 19:24:10 GMT

I can relate. When my daughter was 9 or 10 she decided to use my bristle curling iron on her very long hair. It was of course hopelessly tangled near the scalp. She then tried some self help by adding first raw eggs and then peanut butter to the mess. I got about half of the hair out but had to resort to scissors to get the curling iron free.

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GoneButNotForgotten — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 15:34:45 GMT

@SunValley wrote:
I can relate. When my daughter was 9 or 10 she decided to use my bristle curling iron on her very long hair. It was of course hopelessly tangled near the scalp. She then tried some self help by adding first raw eggs and then peanut butter to the mess. I got about half of the hair out but had to resort to scissors to get the curling iron free.

wow! how short did you have to cut her hair?

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SunValley — Sun, 04 Apr 2021 11:53:50 GMT

@GoneButNotForgotten wrote:
@SunValley wrote:
I can relate. When my daughter was 9 or 10 she decided to use my bristle curling iron on her very long hair. It was of course hopelessly tangled near the scalp. She then tried some self help by adding first raw eggs and then peanut butter to the mess. I got about half of the hair out but had to resort to scissors to get the curling iron free.

wow! how short did you have to cut her hair?

About a inch from the scalp. It was thankfully just a partial layer of her very thick hair so it could be somewhat hidden, but it took quite a while to look totally normal in that section.