Does seeing other people abuse their hair (2024)

It doesn't make me cringe. If anything seeing other people abuse their hair makes me understand the importance of taking care of my own hair.

It does make me cringe also. Going to the hair salons or braiding shops I tend to noticed things that I want to say something. One time I went to a braiding shop w/ my friend and there was a woman getting a weave done. She was talking about how she relaxed her hair and put a texturizer in her hair all in one month b/c it grows so fast. Her hair was barely ear length and she put a permanent dye in her hair. Her edges were broken off but wanted her hairline braided up tight b/c it will look better. I'm listening and I'm talking to my friend about haircare and what help me grow my hair in hopes indirectly this woman would listen. I don't know if she listened or if she cared but listening to her made me cringed so bad.

no it doesn't make me cringe.....It makes me pay a little more attention to my own. But maybe if it was someone really close to me like a sister or someone I might...I haven't experienced this so not sure how I would feel...But I have seen random people that I work with etc be harsh on their hair and it really doesn't phase me to be honest

Nope. I don't really care if folks abuse their own hair.

lol yea. one of my friends was ripping through her wet hair with a small comb and a blow dryer and i was like omg what are you doooooooooooooing lol. she said its the only way i can get thru it. her hair is all chewed up btw

I don't cringe at them abusing it right then and there, I cringe at the aftermath.
So if someone was dragging through their hair with a fine-tooth comb and later I see their hair broken up or I guess more broken up than before with uneven pieces just looking a HOT MESS, yes, then I will cringe then run away to give my hair some serious pampering.

It REALLY bothers me and makes me uncomfortable I have been known to volunteer to take over styling...just so I don't have to witness someone giving themselves a setback.

Definitely. My Mom is a self hair abuser no matter how many tips I give her she continues to do all the WRONG things to her hair. Consequently she is going bald...it's tough to watch but "meh dun chat"

yuppp, its like watching somebody grind their teeth!!!!

I hate it! Especially when its one of my close friends or family members... but I've learned to shut up about it because it seems a lot of people are stuck in their ways when it comes to hair...

Happened to me this weekend. I got my daughter's hair braided for camp; afterwards, I visited my sister and she asked if I could buy my neice a perm. I told her I couldn't and she didn't need a perm cause her hair is heavily damaged.(I mean, super dry, ragged,and breaking in certain spots) She was like, "well, I"ll just get her one tomorrow." I showed her my daughter's hair and offered to pay to get the neice's hair braided like my baby's. She obliged, but I'm scared she's not gonna take care of the braids(moisturize and covered at night).

Yes it makes me cringe and leave the room. No matter how many times show my daughter the proper hair care techniques she insist on doing whatever. She doesn't care.

I don't care when grown women abuse their hair, because at the end of the day that's a grown woman. She's capable of doing better. It really, really bothers me though when I see young girls with abused hair.

Yep. I hate it. My boyfriends picks out his fro dry. He refuse to put any type of moisturizer on it. Then there are little curly broken pieces all over the entire house. He wonders why he has been growing his hair out for almost a year and ive been transitioning for 4 months and my new growth is almost as long as his.

It doesn't bother me too much. When people decide they want to do better they will. It's up to them. I use to be one of them until I wised up. I hate to see kids with hair unkempt and isn't being cared for. I usually give the mama the side eye. If you don't care about your own hair that's one thing but when you don't do anything with your child's hair you're just setting her up for low self esteem.

There's a natural lady on YT who combs through her hair like a madwoman and when I saw it, I literally recoiled and had to shut her tutorial down. When I read her comments, others had noticed, too. She didn't seem to care at all.