Today, I was finally confident enough to buzz half my hair off into the style I've wanted since I was young. Turns out that I have a particularly large and angry-looking skin problem across my scalp that may well have been there for years. It'll take months to grow back. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I decided to try a new hairstyle. I ended up with a haircut that makes me look like a cross between a mullet head and a pineapple. My friends are planning on making fun of me for a few weeks, so might as well shave it all off. FML
Today, I had to accept the fact that I'm going bald, after I noticed the hair on my chest is longer than the hair on my head. FML
Today, after spending a week detangling my hair (It took a week because my hands have nerve issues) because it felt like my scalp was glued to my scalp from not being taken care of, I cut it all off. My hair got tangled in the device twice and eventually revealed a burn on my scalp. FML
Today, I have alopecia areata and I constantly have reappearing bald spots all over my head. I cannot properly grow a beard, and one of my eyes has no eyelashes. However, my nose hair seems to grow at the rate of an old man on biotin. FML
Today, I slipped and gashed my head bad enough that my head had to be shaved to be sewn up. Right after it had finished growing back from chemotherapy. FML
Today, I let a friend cut my hair. I soon went from having a 'fro to looking like I lost a fight with a lawn mower. FML
Today, I had my back waxed to deal with the uncontrollable hair growth. Afterwards, I broke out in numerous pimples where the hair used to be. Basically, a lose-lose situation. FML
Today, I looked at pictures of myself from 20 years ago when I was a teenager and realized I have only about a quarter of my hair left. I'm a woman. FML
Today, after weeks of dealing with a bad hair cut, my hair finally grew back to my preferred length. Today is also the day my roommate replaced my shampoo with hair remover as a prank. FML
Today, my wife is angry with me because after she'd convinced me to grow out my hair, it exposed my receding hairline. I shaved my head to the same appearance as when she married me, so I could feel more comfortable with my own body. FML
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ajh1800 25
At least now you'll be able to figure out what the problem is and properly take care of it before your hair grows back
ChibiChibi_fml 28
Unless the problem is less of a "problem" and more of, oh, say a birth mark. I have a relative who just under their hair, at the top of their neck, has a kind of strawberry marking that doctors said is nothing, just a natural marking on the skin. If the OP has not actually noticed a problem, has not felt any kind of rash or pain on that area which apparently could have been there for years, it is entirely possible that the "large and angry-looking skin problem" is simply that they have naturally red, bumpy skin there or something similar but not harmful.
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manb91uk 22
Well at least you know now! Don't do it again!
ajh1800 25
At least now you'll be able to figure out what the problem is and properly take care of it before your hair grows back
ChibiChibi_fml 28
Unless the problem is less of a "problem" and more of, oh, say a birth mark. I have a relative who just under their hair, at the top of their neck, has a kind of strawberry marking that doctors said is nothing, just a natural marking on the skin. If the OP has not actually noticed a problem, has not felt any kind of rash or pain on that area which apparently could have been there for years, it is entirely possible that the "large and angry-looking skin problem" is simply that they have naturally red, bumpy skin there or something similar but not harmful.
tranced_ 45
There's a great saying that'll boost your morale, "When the going gets tough, the tough gets going" ..keep it up OP you'll be fine :)
RichardPencil 32
When your hair grows back, you won’t be able to see your skin problem, so it will effectively be cured! Out of sight, out of mind, I always say.
Lobby_Bee 18
Spray paint your scalp to match your hair. Done..
thatslifeiguess7 16
Can't you go to a doctor to get the rash fixed?
ChibiChibi_fml 28
That's assuming it is a rash which is unlikely if the OP has probably had it for years. It could be something like a port wine stain which is generally considered a skin problem because it is red skin discoloration but is not curable in the way a rash would be.
mala_19 20
Why not just deal with the skin problem and you can keep the haircut? If you know how to treat it it's usually easy to fix.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
Because the skin problem may not be something that could be fixed easily. Port wine stains, for example, can maybe be fixed but the process is not simple and could cost an insane amount.
doodlesmcnoodles 18
It'll take months? Mine took a month to grow an inch.. and yes, it was shaved down to stubble.
Agent JPN 9
Ummm, maybe a good time to see a doctor and/or dermatologist to *Treat* the problem instead of just covering it up.. like alcoholism... or maybe sex addiction... I don't know your life story.