Dying hair has become something of the norm in the beauty world. It's an easy way for women and men alike to make a change without having to commit to anything too permanent.
After all, it's just hair, and it will grow out soon enough, right?
That's easy to say because I have never had any truly terrible nightmares when it comes to my hair dye stories. The only time my hair has turned green was when I was a sophomore in high school, and I dyed it electric green on purpose.
Sometimes, though, things do go horribly wrong. Mixes aren't always guaranteed to come out as they look on the container, and hairdressers aren't perfect all of the time. They are human and make mistakes, too, even if you are paying them more than $100 to get it right.
Have you ever had a hair dye horror story, whether it was at home or at the salon?
Please SHARE with your family and friends on Facebook to see what kinds of crazy stories they have, too!
1.
"I did a doozy as an apprentice. In the color range we used we had these two colors, 22-0 was black. Aaaaand… 0-22 was matte (means green) concentrate. My genius boss had them pretty much next to each other.
"Lady comes in to have her white as snow roots touched up. Guess which tube I grabbed in my inexperience?" – Ghastlycitrus
2.
"Getting my haircut next to a woman in foils talking about her wedding the next week. Her hairdresser tries discreetly to wave my hairdresser over. The bride-to-be is oblivious to the 'Oh shoot' moment they are witnessing as they check the foils. My hairdresser apologized but asked if she could pause my haircut while she helped the other girl out.
"I felt so bad for this poor woman by the time I left. Essentially she had given her a chemical cut right where she folded the foils, so not only was the woman left with orange/yellow tie-dyed hair since they had to immediately remove the bleach, it was at least 6 inches shorter than when she came in.
"I don't know the final outcome but you could mop the floor with everyone's tears." – CTRickycallsmeJamie
3.
"So, a few years ago, a friend of mine did a color correction for this woman. She had gone to a salon to get the bottom layer of her hair red. Well, it didn't turn out well (I think it was like kinda red and splotchy) so she lightened it to apply a vibrant red. When she went to rinse the color, the hair was destroyed.
"I was a senior director master stylist and required to handle matters. When I went over, the hair was completely breaking off about 2" from the scalp. I explained the situation expecting her to lose it and she just started laughing.
"She went with it and shaved it off." —MayWeHaveAnother
4.
"About a year ago I went to get my first bleach ever, and the hairdresser messed up and gave me a third degree chemical burn. It felt like getting my hair ripped out for two straight days, went to the ER and they confirmed a third degree. Now, I have a huge scar." – ladycoleopterist
5.
"I am a hairdresser and this lady wanted a purple fringe so I lightened it and mixed up the purple cocktail adding extra purple. Washed it out and it was red. I was so embarrassed I apologized and gave her a discount. Not using that cocktail again. She forgave me though." – bionicbambi
6.
"When I was assisting, I used a code phrase with my boss to have her come check something without freaking the client out. It was, 'Do you think we should tone this?'
"It's a really common saying in the salon so the clients don't think anything of it, but her and I both knew that if I was asking, it basically was my way of saying, 'Oh, shoot.'
"One day, I take a client to the bowl to shampoo her and start pulling out her foils.
"Her hair was coming out with the foils. Like every piece that was in a foil was disconnecting from her head. I was panicking. So I said it. 'Do you think this needs a tone?' And of course, this would be the one time where it didn't click with her and she casually says, 'No, it's good.'
"I'm literally sweating. I don't know much about hair, but I know it's supposed to stay attached to the head. So I say it again, but more direct. 'Hey (boss), are you sure? Do you want to check this? I think it needs a tone.' And again she brushed it off. Finally, I was like, 'I REALLY THINK SHE NEEDS A TONE.' Then the boss took over.
"It's been a few years since I assisted, but my old boss still gives that chick free extensions." – Shuriesicle
7.
"Victim of a coloring disaster. I was 15 and wanted my hair dark red for my semi-formal (dance). Semi-permanent dying went just fine, until it came time to rinse the dye off and my scalp was stained fuchsia pink. No amount of washing would shift it and the dance was that night.
"My mother had also paid them to style my hair. Some was curled and some was twisted and pinned at the front, exposing my bright pink scalp for all to see. Needless to say I smelled like chemicals all night and didn't have a very good time." – phantompath
8.
"I had blue hair that faded to a really really light blue almost white blonde, but I wanted to have a natural color so went to a hairdressers to have it brown, $130 later and I walked out of the hairdressers fighting back tears with this baby poo green/brown colored hair, it was the most disgusting color you could imagine, when I got into the sunlight it was even worse." – Dogswearingsocks
9.
"My mum is an ex-hairdresser and once accidently dyed someone's hair pink because a tube of color was marked wrong. She apologized and fixed it, of course." – jess58
10.
"My mom bleached my sister's hair. Left the bleach in too long. My sister lost clumps of hair." – UpsetUnicorn
Have you ever had a horror story like any of these? Maybe you've had one worse! Let us know in the comments and please SHARE with family and friends on Facebook!
These stories are based on posts found on Reddit. Reddit is a user-generated social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website where registered members submit content to the site and can up- or down-vote the content. The accuracy and authenticity of each story cannot be confirmed by our staff.
