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My mom has a bald spot in the middle of her head from dying it
My mom tried to dye her gray hair and now she has a bald spot in the middle of her head. The dye made her hair more gray too and didn't even color it. It looks like maybe her hair is burned off, idk. What can she do?
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If mom never had female balding beforehand and this spot is there now right after a hair coloring, then you can pretty count on it being caused by that.
I colored my hair a lot when I was younger just for the fun of it. However after one time I left it on too long, it burnt my hair so that chunks were coming off the ends with each stroke of hairbrush. In a panic, I turned to a professional hairdresser friend who said to stop using a brush. Use a comb and even then, limit the amount of combing, limit the amount of shampoos, anything action that you could take involving the hair, don't do it. Let it rest. Nothing could be done but wait for the hair to grow out. She told me that once it was grown out two inches, she'd take 2 inches off the bottom all around to get rid of the worst of the burnt hair.
I never did perms or coloring of my hair after that, not even professionally. Even the milder stuff is still not good for you.
What awful timing with the holidays coming! The best thing to do is cover up with a hat. She could wear a Santa hat indoors as part of her festive get-up so others don't see. I don't know how brittle the rest of her hair is and she wouldn't want more breaking off in trying to cover it. But if it seems pretty stable for the hair around the spot, she might look for ladies hair piece, either on a comb or clip on, that come in various shades and combo's to match ever hair coloring. To get the best shading and real human hair, may be expensive. I once bought an add on ponytail type piece to wear for a wedding. and I got at at one of those booths at the middle of a mall. It wasnt expensive and came close but not exact to my hair coloring. No one noticed.
Whatever she does, she should NOT recolor at this point to change the color just because it isn't what she wanted. She risks losing ALL of her hair and being totally bald by applying any coloring again now. She should talk to a beautician to find out how long she must wait to color again and if she doesnt like the color, she may want to retain the help of a hair dresser at that time who can use something not as harsh to help change to color. This is not the time to try to save money and do it your self.
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