The Dumbest D!#n Hair Advice You've Ever Heard (given or received)

[Extremus]

that the clothing detergent, TIDE, will 'wash' the relaxer out.

she swore up and down the relaxer was no more. she's bald now.

I could see why my mom thought this- we did know a lady whose hair grew long with a jheri curl. I bet her dry-cleaning bill was out of this world, though.

 

[brittdadutchess]

I would like to also agree on ones where people believe black people NEED grease or there hair will fall out is a bunch of mess. I remember a cousin saying this to me who's hair seems to be the same length it was 2 years ago. I haven't used hair grease in almost a year now thanks to various hair educating sites. And my hair is thriving!

 

[lilsparkle825]

Girl please don't suggest this , I don't know if you were here then but there was thread on some dominican whale sperm/ sperm whale (we haven't quite figured it out) conditioner that was hilarious!

my friend from HS swore by this.

 

[that_1_grrrl]

No one told them that. THEY do not wash their hair while it's in dreads, so they assume it's the same for everyone. Seriously, take one look at a White person with dreads. Those things are nasty.

HAAA!!! and what's worse... Many White people think that folks do not wash braids or dreads. They ask all the time. Someone Told them.....

 

[that_1_grrrl]

Oh, I had someone tell me that I needed to use grease to flat iron my hair because it activates the heat.

 

[C@ssandr@]

I was told by a stylist that I needed to relax every 6-8 weeks because perm is food for the hair and if it doesnt get what it needs it will break off.

I never let that lady do my hair.

 

[remilaku]

Being a hair stylist, I have heard alot of these. It always shocks me when people with no hair on their heads want to tell you how to grow yours long!!

 

[remilaku]

I have dreads and I wash everyday! Why would someone get a style that could not be washed is beyond me.

 

[BostonMaria]

that the clothing detergent, TIDE, will 'wash' the relaxer out.

she swore up and down the relaxer was no more. she's bald now.

: lachen :

 

[Ivonnovi]

Bumpity

(why? cause I felt like it)

 

[mikimix]

To cut split ends cause it will travel up....that never happened to my split ends. Honestly, who has really scientifically followed the progression of a split end to come up to such conclusion. Everytime I find a split end, I would leave it alone and nothing tragic never happened to my head of hair. I dust like twice a year just to refresh my ends. I did have short cuts in the past, just because I wanted to and that had nothing to do with split ends or unhealthy hair. I think stylists made that up to keep our hair and purse down to a certain level

woah woah woah this isn't true?!
i know Im going to sound like an idiot but if this isn't true then this is the best news i've heard this week

 

[LexaKing]

I had a stylist tell me in order to get smoother ends you have to keep the flat iron on the ends of your hair for 5 seconds in each section....

^I'm glad I never followed this because I'd NEVER retain length!!!

Also "white" people hair products do nothing for my type of hair...erplexed

 

[PersuasiveBeauty]

woah woah woah this isn't true?!
i know Im going to sound like an idiot but if this isn't true then this is the best news i've heard this week

I do believe that on this forum many people are split on the opinion of split ends and weather or not they travel up the hair shaft.. I personally don't believe it. But others do. To each their own. But if I was to be trimming away my hair that often....I'd never be nearly as long as I am now.

 

[LexaKing]

Being a hair stylist, I have heard alot of these. It always shocks me when people with no hair on their heads want to tell you how to grow yours long!!

remilaku I know right?!? Im sorry but the first indicator on whether or not I'm gonna trust someone with my hair is whether or not their hair looks good or jacked up. If a someone can maintain their own tresses and they have healthy looking hair than I listen. So many times people have tried to give me hair "advice" and they look crazy erplexed

 

[darlingdiva]

I was told by a stylist that I needed to relax every 6-8 weeks because perm is food for the hair and if it doesnt get what it needs it will break off.

I never let that lady do my hair.

Wow! I've heard a lot of reasons that one should get a perm, but this one is truly unique.

 

[candy626]

Wow. It's amazing some of the ridiculous things you guys have heard.

I went to a beauty school once to get my hair washed and set. When I told the student to comb my hair with conditioner in it, the instructed barged into the conversation and told her that she absolutely should not do that. She said that doing that would leave too much residue on my hair and scalp. She then proceeded to tell me that all I needed was a little Blue Magic grease in my hair to make it less tangly. I was like huh?

I left out of there with wet hair. There was no way that session was going any further.

 

[Lilmama1011]

Cut your hair on a full moon or your hair won't grow, superstitious people, my hair grow regardless!

 

[DarkJoy]

1...dandruff from another person's scalp (ewww) will make your hair grow
2...@&%!? from a guy will make your hair curly
3...only cut your hair when the moon is full, burn it so that birds won't use it in their nests and give you a headache.

This one is from waaaaay back. My keyboard had a nice shower of orange juice when I read this.

On #2, I heard it will make your hair grow faster too!

#3 was just...just...

 

[felic1]

my mama said, are you reading about hair again? are you getting a masters in nursing or a masters in hair? both!!!

 

[KurlyNinja]

I was told by several people that conditioner is for white people.

 

[prettybyrd]

My old Sunday School teacher said that unless black people use grease on our scalps our hair will fall out.

I remember reading an article about AHBAI (American Health and Beauty Aids Institute) and telling my mother that unless a product has "The Proud Lady" on it we shouldn't use it. It is a symbol that is more about marketing the product as being black owned and manufactured, but it doesn't mean anything for the quality of the product.

None of the other crap I told her when I was 15 stuck, but that ain't going anywhere. It's like pulling teeth to get her to try new products now.

Jheri curls make people's hair grow!

Now that I know about baggying and GHE I suppose that was the real culprit behind those long heads of jheri curled hair.

 

[DrC]

-Apply a new relaxer once a month.
-SMOOTH and COMB the relaxer on hair out from scalp to ends so the hair can get straight..with a rattail comb because it makes it straighter.
-Scrub your scalp with your fingernails to get the perm out when rinsing/neutralizing.
-A relaxer will eat up dandruff.
-Walking around with nappy hair is not normal. A woman is supposed to have a relaxer.

And shortly after , I went to Cosmetology School and got my license to banish out the lies, and spread the true words of how to take care of hair, but nobody wants to listen. Fried died and layed to the side continues to exist. erplexed

 

[DarkJoy]

My dad's sage advise:

No man wants a girl with short hair.

He was beside himself when the phone kept ringing with calls from boys who were dying to take out his short haired daughter. Ha!

 

[HighAspirations]

Cutting your hair every two weeks makes it grow

 

[CurlsBazillion]

My good friend told me his aunt believes motor oil grows your hair. Now I don't know if when she was younger she used real motor oil but its synthetic now. I asked him well how long is her hair? He laughed and said she is bald will a few patches of hair. I wonder how many people followed her advice.

 

[trendsetta25]

*Trimming your hair will make it grow faster
*Black people can't wash their hair everyday
*Sleeping in wet hair will make it rot.

"if you wet your hair too much you will wash your perm out"

 

[Godyssey]

I was told that washing your hair in beer could turn your relaxed hair back to it's natural state.

 

[CrissieD]

^^ I heard that too

 

[melissa-bee]

"Black people need heat!"

Lol, this was told to me when I was relaxed and I started experimenting with rollersets. I told my friend that I am trying to limit the amount of heat I use on my hair. Then she said that.
I'm thinking... I'm relaxing my hair to get it straight so why an earth do I need heat when I can set it straight.

 

[Southern Belle]

You gotta leave the relaxer in until it starts burning so bad you can't take it anymore, because that'll be a good perm!

Even beauticians be like "is it burning yet? No? Well let me know when it starts to burn so we can wash it out."

Ah, the good ole days....