I regret my new haircut..

July 24, 2012 5:03pm CST
Hello all! I know this is not the biggest crisis in the world but I totally regret getting a new haircut . I had just ended my relationship and of course, being the girly girl that I am, I decide to try out a new look. I'm sure I'm not the first one to do this . Did you ever get a haircut and regretted it immediately? How did you cover it?
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13 responses
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
25 Jul 12
Oh, if that style is not suitable with your face, you can find a good salon and they will revise it for you. I used to be in that situation, i was not happy with that style and then i went to another salon...after that i was pleased with my new hair cut. All we do to have a new hair cut..is it makes us more beautiful right?
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
30 Jul 12
umh, i used to cut my long hair...and got a short hair cut. my friends asked me that i was in broken love or what ..and then cut my long hair. however at that time i like my short hair, it makes me more active..
27 Jul 12
Haha yes ,principally and it is suppose to boost our confidence as well! Have you ever gone through something like this and opt to change your look drastically?
• United States
24 Jul 12
Thankfully I have only regretted 3 hair cuts in my life. The first one was when I was 7 I got my hair chopped off to a bob! I hated it and looking back at pictures of it I still hate it. I had super long hair(it went past my butt) and the reason I wanted to chop it all off was because kids in my school would pinch my hair between my chair and there desks so I let that get to me enough that I made a huge mistake. Another mistake I made was cutting my own bangs when I was in the 5th grade. I wanted the trimmed and my grandma didn't get to it in time for picture day so I did it myself. It came out so bad, they weren't straight and I had to pay for it in my class photo,lol And the last mistake I made was getting what some people call the emo bangs. But mine wasn't how I wanted them, they where blunt and too short, they didn't tapper how I wanted them too. I had to keep them bobby pinned back all the time because they where constantly getting in my way. oh ya I almost forgot, I also had hair dye disasters when my mom dyed my hair from blonde back to brown and it turned my hair a splotchy brown blonde mess and when my cousin dyed it to be purple with darker purple streaks, it turned out a smokey violet grey! I never really hid my mistakes besides the dye mistakes i hid them with bandannas and hats but the haircut mistakes never got covered up. I am just glad my hair grows fast so I was able to fix them quite quick.
• United States
26 Jul 12
That's why I am really glad that what we do to our hair isn't permanent. It can always be changed later.
26 Jul 12
Hello sassy! Thank you for your response! Lucky you that your hair grows fast.I totally understand where you are coming from and I guess these things that we do to our hair, its part of who we are. We like updating our look, gives us a quick boost doesnt it. I remember cutting bangs but my mistake was that my hair is wavy and not the well-kept wavy. It was just messy. So I had bangs that were wavy. Big mistake as you can see bangs that work well or look good, are straight . Even if the persons whole head is wavy, the bangs would still have to look straight. My mistake, I came to school with my classmates laughing because I looked silly. Oh well.
@Jshean20 (14349)
• Canada
27 Jul 12
I've never really had the guts to try anything really drastic with my hair, I wish I had the courage since it is just hair! I did put red and blonde highlights in it once, but as far as drastically changing the length of it, I've never done that. Did you end up getting used to your new hair in the end? Sometimes it just takes getting used to the change doesn't it?
27 Jul 12
Hello! This is what I've been doing, tying it up in a bun hopefully no one noticing how ridiculous it looks if it is let go on its own. The only time I ever let it loose is in the shower and before going to bed. Oooh, I hope to get blonde highlights soon once this blows over!
@Suggar (3606)
• Bulgaria
25 Jul 12
I know this feeling. Every time I ended a relationship I needed to show myself that I am getting little bit different, something like I built up little more knowledge, but it also has been a way to cheer up myself. I have never being sorry about a new haircut. I have been with very short hair, different colors, if you start from orange and reach black color, when my natural color is brown. I haven't tried only blonde. Don't feel sorry about the change. We are changing all the time. At least you will know for future that this hairstyle doesn't fit good on your face.
25 Jul 12
Awwwww, thank you for changing my perspective into a more positive one. You are right, I should not feel sorry about the change. I should feel liberated as I was the one that wanted some change to lift my mood! I have straightened my hair at the salon 6 7 times ever since I was 8 and each time I felt like a different person. I have also dyed my hair a lot of times, about 10 times in the past 2 years, so you're right. I shall embrace this new odd haircut!
• India
25 Jul 12
Oh yes it happened with me once. Infact it was school days when I got hugely embarrassed due to my haircut. Though I was small that time but prestige does not see how old are you. I was afraid of what impression I will create on girls, not because of my foolish haircut but for being so careless with my choices. It was barber's fault and I was shocked the moment I discovered that I will living my 20 days or so with so ugly look. But then after few days everything got settled down when everyone was used to it and got some other topics to talk upon.
27 Jul 12
Haha oh yes school days. There is always something to talk about. In fact! It used to be a bad thing if they didnt talk about you. LOL. Well, sometimes we make choices that we think is right but turns out completely wrong like my decision to dye my hair red and it came out orange. All the best to you Gautam1002!
@Raine38 (12257)
• United States
24 Jul 12
I also experienced regretting a bad haircut, but its because I let someone else do my hair when my favorite dresser/stylist wasn't available. She totally did it wrong and its even cut way shorter than what it usually is. I just came back a few days later and have it re-styled by my fave stylist, she added some fringe just to take the attention away from the awful shape. It did the trick but I waited a long time to grow it back.
25 Jul 12
Oh my gosh yes the fringe/bangs are a quick way to save a less than satisfactory haircut. I too plan on getting a fringe to just soften the look because right now , with this haircut , I look too fierce. And yes, have you ever like, had a gut feeling, dont go on with this stylist because you dont trust him/her? I've tried to keep it to myself once in a while because it felt like such a hassle and did not want to hurt their feelings but my hairstyle came out a bit mediocre. LOL. I guess it is important to just say no, because the customer is always right!
@emdjay23 (1575)
• Philippines
24 Jul 12
Hi, I never had regrets on any haircut that I did, but you know what I always believe that cutting your hair during the times of depression or even after breaking up with your partner leads to bad hair cut and sooner you'll just regret it.. So I hope you can recover on it..
25 Jul 12
Hello emdjay23 ! Hahaha, a lesson learnt here indeed. I guess it was just one of those out with the old in with the new crazy ideas. Have you ever done a makeover transformation when you were feeling down , to fall in love with yourself again?
@ladygator (3465)
• United States
25 Jul 12
Hi there girly girl No you are certainly not the first to do this. its a very common thing for us to change something after a heart break. Haircuts are usually one of the first things that are thought of as a change to bring up a mood. why dont you like it? Sometimes it takes a few days and then it grows on you. I have had that happen before. Can you try to style it a different way?
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
24 Jul 12
The lesson here is "Don't get a new haircut if you are brokenhearted!" Of course that is just a joke dear. I myself have had the same experience of regretting my new haircut. One time I came at my favorite parlor but it was full-paced and my favorite hairdresser was occupied so I was requested to wait. But I was impatient and could not wait so I went to another parlor. But that was a big mistake because the hairdresser ruined my hair. I promised myself never to come back to that parlor again. And then another time, I decided I would try a very short haircut. My hairdresser asked me twice if I am really decided to have such a short haircut and I said yes. Well after the cut, it looked good but when I arrived home my husband did not like the short cut. I regretted having displeased my husband with my short haircut and promised not to have my hair cut that short from then on.
• United States
1 Oct 12
There have been many times when I have gotten haircuts that I regretted. When I was younger my mother always made me get my hair cut short because she loved short hair. I hated it because I always ended up looking like a boy. Before I married Randy I had been engaged (in 1999 and called it off in 2001), but broke it off because he lied to me and cheated on me. I was so upset and wanted to shave my hair, but my friend came with me and very quickly talked me out of it. Needless to say I cut my back length hair to my neckline and I hated that as well. It took a while to grow out and once it did I was very leery of going to get my haircut. Now when I want to get a haircut I tell the stylist what I want and I always make sure that I am in a good mood so I do not do anything drastic. I am starting to get a little gray and want to dye my hair, but I am not sure what color and am wondering if there are any temporary dye's I can use to try it.
• United States
24 Jul 12
I have had horrible hair cuts but I never really hid it even when I didn't like It I went around all day and acted like I loved it because acting like I loved a bad hair cut seemed better to me then covering it up and having to admit to people when they asked why that I mad a mistake like that.
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
24 Jul 12
Well, I must admit that in the past when I was a kid and I went to the hairdresser, often I was not happy with the haircut he gave me. However (and I think this is also true in your case), there was no other solution than waiting for my hair re grow again. Of course, maybe you girls I think you definitely strategies to fold your hair differently, so feel equally at ease. However, I regretted the fact that my hair was cut short too. I remember such a time, just out of the hairdresser and therefore with very short hair, I began to "curl" the head, to hide a cut, in my opinion indecent!
@doronk69 (91)
• Israel
24 Jul 12
Yeah that happened to me, to cover it I just shave off my hair to allmost none.. I don't know how girls react with this situation but, you can add stuff to your hair as a girl right? then you should be fine :)
25 Jul 12
Hello! It really is a funny thing. Lately I have been just staying indoors and if I must, must go out, a hat it will be. A bit carefree trait to being a guy I guess, to be able to just shave it off almost to none as in your case.