#i had more than one friend (cis and trans) who couldn't brush their hair for whatever reason or couldn't wash it properly or didn't want to | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

bitegore · 2 years

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GOD i wish it were socially acceptable for kids who didn't want to take care of their hair to get their heads shaved regardless of gender. My brother had his hair cut pretty short because he wouldn't shower and it was gross and greasy. I did the same thing and just got the extremely fun experience of being chased round the house and literally pinned to a chair ao my mom could brush the knots out of my hair like once a week. 1 buzz cut would've fixed that (my hair grew in NEARLY STRAIGHT and VERY SILKY after i buzzed it! It doesn't tangle any more!) but we can't have little girls looking like little boys, right? Right?

I was like, 6-10 in this story, i got my first short haircut at 11 and ~mysteriously~ the godawful tangles went away. I still had hair so full of grease you could've used that shit to polish wood until i got it cut very short though bc i could not be bothered taking care of it

#also ppl kept telling me to use less shampoo so i didn't know how much to use #i only found out how to degrease my hair like this year (age 21) because someone was finally like. you should try just using more shampoo #and only using conditioner on the last inch of your hair #now my hair has a really nice texture and it feels very soft #some of that is because the texture changed when it grew back in but some is that i can fucking wash now #red rambles #i know i am not the only one who had shit like this happen #i had more than one friend (cis and trans) who couldn't brush their hair for whatever reason or couldn't wash it properly or didn't want to #(i am super okay with kids not wanting to brush or wash their hair! its boring and frustrating!)#(i dont think that's a failing on their part! they should be allowed to not want to!)#and it would've saved all of us a lot of stress if we could've just had 'boy haircuts' that could be finger brushed #plus like you can then DECIDE to grow your hair out. the minute you are doing it on purpose those tasks take on a different meaning

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