From Breakage to Growth: My Hair Recovery Routine That Actually Worked

I struggle with anxiety, and a few months ago, it was so bad that I began pulling at my hair. It started as just little bits here and there, but then it just kept getting worse, and at night, while I was sleeping, I would pull out chunks of my hair unconsciously and would wake up with chunks of hair in my hand and all over the bed. It was bad. 

Not only did my anxiety feel out of hand, but now my hair was suffering from it, and I had a lot of breakage and damage from the constant pulling of my hair. 

My amazing hairdresser tried her best to help make it look better by trimming it, adding more layers…but it was still looking pretty bad. Finally, she recommended we cut a lot of my hair off and get rid of nearly all of the breakage. So my hair was cut into a short bob cut, which, looking back on now, was super cute, but at the time was very traumatizing. 

I felt so embarrassed that my anxiety was so bad, and now I felt even worse in my body because I always thought I looked bigger with short hair. But after several tears and lots of appointments with my therapist, we not only worked on my anxiety, but I also stopped pulling my hair and found peace with my new cut. 

I began not only taking care of myself again, but also my hair, because it also needed a lot of extra love. 

So I went back to the basics. Back to my favorite products and back to truly doing what I needed to do to take care of my hair. 

Now, my hair is growing so long again, and it is also thicker, longer, and so much healthier. Yay! 

So I wanted to share the products I used to help me nurse my hair back to health again! 

Here are some of the shampoos that I am loving. 

Then I use a deep conditioner hair mask and leave it on as long as possible. I stopped using regular conditioners and only used the deep conditioning mask when I would condition my hair. (per my hairdresser’s suggestion) 

Then, after my shower, I use this detangler and heat protectant.

Next comes an added heat protection, hair oil, and a scalp treatment. 

I use the purple line since it is great for blondes, but all products from this line are amazing! 

So there you have it. Here are not only my favorite hair products but also what I am using to get my hair healthy again and keep it healthy. It is only growing back stronger, just like me! 

Xoxo
Jacqueline

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