Same here! This thread helped me realize that the reason I spent hours straightening and then curling and dying my hair in college was because I was struggling with intense acne. I was obsessed with making my naturally curly/poofy Italian hair sleek and wavy because it was the main thing I could control during that time when my skin was …
Same here! This thread helped me realize that the reason I spent hours straightening and then curling and dying my hair in college was because I was struggling with intense acne. I was obsessed with making my naturally curly/poofy Italian hair sleek and wavy because it was the main thing I could control during that time when my skin was having a huge impact on my self esteem. (side note: I definitely got more male attention/compliments when my hair was "conventional model"-looking ie straight and long with a bit of waves. It literally felt like a switch I turned on and off when I wanted to be looked at vs not....yikes). Now that I've accepted that my skin doesn't have to be perfect (and treated most of the underlying conditions of my acne) I do nothing to my hair and have gained back so much time in my life - plus I feel like "myself" all the time, which is really the best feeling ever.
Same here! This thread helped me realize that the reason I spent hours straightening and then curling and dying my hair in college was because I was struggling with intense acne. I was obsessed with making my naturally curly/poofy Italian hair sleek and wavy because it was the main thing I could control during that time when my skin was having a huge impact on my self esteem. (side note: I definitely got more male attention/compliments when my hair was "conventional model"-looking ie straight and long with a bit of waves. It literally felt like a switch I turned on and off when I wanted to be looked at vs not....yikes). Now that I've accepted that my skin doesn't have to be perfect (and treated most of the underlying conditions of my acne) I do nothing to my hair and have gained back so much time in my life - plus I feel like "myself" all the time, which is really the best feeling ever.