Pregnancy gives me cankles, heartburn, and a few other nasty things, but I’ve realize it can also be a nice scape goat.
“Why did you put the milk in the pantry?”
Pregnancy brain
“Why are you crying while watching this CSI episode?”
Hormones
You get the picture.
And so I blame pregnancy for my recent adventures in hair mutilation. I was in the bathroom getting ready, and I wanted to try this hairstyle I had recently seen on someone involving a braid along my forehead, something kind of like this.
I achieved a braid that looked okay, pinned it back with no bumps, and began to curl the ends. A close look at my forehead revealed a mass of unkempt wispies. Those 1@*!@ wispies, I’ve been fighting them all my life, and they never grow longer than a few inches.
I reached in the cupboard, pulled out the scissors, and
snip! I cut them as close to the scalp as possible. It looked bad. Maybe it would be better in a few weeks though?
Need a closer look?
Nice.
As you can see, it looks awful, and I feel like a naughty child.
If you are going crazy due to the wispies, I would not suggest this solution. Bad, bad plan.
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December 5th, 2009 on 9:36 am
I have horrible wispies that stand straight up. The absolute best cure to getting them to lie down flat? Mascara! One swipe with the wand and they lie exactly flat where I want them. Since I have super dark hair, I just use my regular mascara once it has expired, but you should try either some clear mascara primer, or eyebrow gel. Wet and Wild used to sell super cheap $1 clear eyebrow gel in a mascara tube that I used to use before I discovered I had a use for my old mascara.
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December 5th, 2009 on 10:06 am
Aw, I feel you with the wispies! I have always had what my mom callled “baby hair” all around my hairline, and when I was younger and I’d wear my hair back in a pony tail I would have this halo, almost like a wispy lion’s mane, around my head, and I hated it! Now that I’m older I’m grateful for my thick hair, but growing up it made me sooo mad. And don’t worry, at least in the pic you can hardly tell, and thanks to pre-natal vitamins, your hair is probably growing 4 inches a month, haha. It’ll be back in no time.
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December 5th, 2009 on 10:15 am
I have them too! I think we have all tried to chop them once or twice!
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December 5th, 2009 on 10:25 am
Oh man, I feel your pain. I’ve always been one to lose a lot of my hair every day, but during my pregnancy that essentially stopped. It was awesome! My hair was thick and I loved not having to unclog our bathroom drain every few days! BUT, a few months after Eli was born, whatever hormone that was keeping all that hair in disappeared and I literally was pulling out clumps and clumps of hair every day for a good month or two. It was nasty. I thought THAT was bad, but now all that hair that I lost is growing back and I have patches of inch-long wispies everywhere, especially right in the front. I’ve heard this is pretty common after pregnancy, so consider yourself warned for even more wispies in your future.
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December 5th, 2009 on 10:39 am
Lol. I don’t believe I have wispies up on my forehead like that. Unless they just match the rest of my hair. Which is likely.
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December 5th, 2009 on 10:58 am
Wispies can be the bain of my existence! However, my cousin’s husband likes another set, the longer, more bang-like variety that hang closer to the chin and frame the face. He calls them “man catchers” for their sex appeal
I consider them the OTHER kind of wispy-the good kind!
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December 5th, 2009 on 11:06 am
i have those wispy bangs too and hate them!
Pretty sure i’ve tried to cut them off at one point or another in my life too
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December 5th, 2009 on 1:13 pm
I had a friend that cut off her widow’s peak. It grew back straight up like a unicorn horn until there was enough weight to pull it down. OOPS!
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December 5th, 2009 on 1:20 pm
Wispies are an enemy of mine as well. But I never really do anything with my hair, so I’m kind of apathetic towards them. haha.
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December 5th, 2009 on 2:34 pm
I have to admit, I was definitely THAT KID who cut off her widow’s peak. I was 11, and the kids at school constantly made fun of me for it, calling me a witch and a vampire and such. I eventually reached my limit and decided to take the matter into my own hands- and I shaved my widow’s peak off. Obviously, you could still TOTALLY see it (some how I thought shaving it would make it invisible- not so!) and it was terrible. I had my mom cut bangs, which at least hid it a little bit, but it was immediately clear that the only real solution was to let it grow back, which was an incredibly awkward and slow process! For a couple of months the short widow’s peak sort of stuck through my bangs- awful. Whenever you see a kid with a widow’s peak, compliment her so she doesn’t make the same mistake! Too funny.
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December 5th, 2009 on 2:41 pm
Hahaha! Just ask Forrest about my pregnancy (and non-pregnancy) self haircuts. I am crazy! You are not alone.
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December 5th, 2009 on 3:14 pm
I did the exact same thing a few years ago. I had to use gel to get the wispies calmed down. Luckily they grew out relatively quickly! I have also tweezed wispies before. Now my trick is hairspray and a toothbrush. Always works!
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December 5th, 2009 on 3:56 pm
I can’t believe you did that! I’ve had hair wispies all my life and when I was younger my mom cut it once and it didn’t grow back any thicker! I still have them! just leave them alone
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December 5th, 2009 on 4:20 pm
Eeek! I’ve never attacked my wispies, but I’ve suffered many bad self-haircuts in an attempt to get rid of split ends when I’ve been too lazy or cheap to get a real haircut. I think eventually everyone learns the hard way to just leave well enough alone.
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December 5th, 2009 on 5:09 pm
I was that kid that always cut her bangs right before pictures. As in the night before. So I feel your pain every time I look at pics of me as a kid. LOL.
Use clear brow gel. It isn’t quite as stiff as clear mascara so it won’t look odd when compared to the rest of your hair but it will tame those pesky flyaways!
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December 5th, 2009 on 5:43 pm
Ugh I have totally cut off my whispies too-loving the suggestions for clear mascara, haven’t ever thought of that! Don’t worry, they grow out pretty quickly and with your dark hair, I could hardly even see them in the pic!
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December 5th, 2009 on 5:47 pm
Been there, done that! Even worse is my habit of cutting my own hair and leaving it completely uneven.
I have no solutions other than lock the scissors away and pretend like the wispies don’t exist!
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December 5th, 2009 on 8:28 pm
I have tons of whispies too! And they always drove me crazy! About 8 months ago I got bangs for the first time in a long time and now I rarely think about my whispies. Just one of the many reasons I love bangs
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December 5th, 2009 on 8:50 pm
So glad you posted this. I have the SAME problem. Did my wedding day hair trial, and they were driving me insane. 25 days out from the wedding and I am so tempted to whip out the scissors.
Thank you for saving me!
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December 5th, 2009 on 11:10 pm
I say don’t worry too much: I don’t think anyone will be staring at your scalp (I hope?). And if you still feel badly, you can just say that you are preparing yourself to be patient for when your baby is running around this world chopping at his/her own hair.
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December 6th, 2009 on 10:16 pm
I pluck my wispies with tweezers. Thankfully my husband has never found this out or he’d have me committed lol.
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December 7th, 2009 on 10:09 am
I have some whispies too. They’re right where my hair splits. I’ve noticed when I use a little bit of hairspray right out of the shower they seem to tame quite nicely.
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December 7th, 2009 on 1:56 pm
Dude, when I was in Japan I decided to shave my neck to get rid of whisps. BAD IDEA. I had put on my yukata for a summer festival or something and I thought that my neck fluff looked rather un-sophisticated so I got out my razor and started to shave them off. Needless to say, I got too close to my actual hair and ended up having stupid short hairs that grew out to look awful when I put my hair in a ponytail. AND I got ingrown hairs and razor bumps on my neck. Ugh.
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December 8th, 2009 on 12:48 pm
I’ve done this too – but I didn’t have the excuse of pregnancy brain to let me off the hook!
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December 9th, 2009 on 1:02 pm
Jeeze, those wispies are such a pain… as is the attack of the frizzball monster. I’ve got ‘em both and have bought a rediculous amount of “product” to try to tame them. No luck. If you ever figure it out, please be kind enough to share the secrets of success!
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May 6th, 2010 on 12:59 am
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