Does anybody know how to restore extremely damaged and fried hair?

Cut some of it off, and keep getting trims until the damaged part grows out.

Stop heat styling.

Rich conditioners.

No more dyes.

I use Humectress conditioner by Nexus. It's really amazing. Work it into the ends and leave it in. Your hair can't be repaired, it's not alive, but this stuff will make your hair feel 100X better until the damage grows out.

Personally I also wash my hair at night, and let it dry while I'm sleeping so I don't have to use a blow dryer, which did a lot of damage to my hair. Then you just have to use rollers or an iron the next day to make it lay right.

You won’t “unfry” it but you don’t have to cut it either. A trim will definitely help both the appearance and to prevent further breakage though. Otherwise, faithfully do the following:

1. Take Biotin! It promotes hair growth

2. Wash your hair as INfrequently as humanly possible and as follows:
a) wash with a super gentle cleanser, no sulfates or silicones or whatever
b) use aphogee keratin repair immediately after shampoo, leave on for at least 5 minutes then rinse (it reeks but its effective)
c) condition, leave it on at least three minutes
d) rinse hair, comb out with a wide tooth comb gently while still in the shower
e) after showering, squeeze water from hair very gently using a towel and do not ruffle the towel around
f) apply Nexxus Pro-Mend (less than $20)
g) avoid heat styling whenever possible, but if you must, apply a heat protectant first and try not to exceed 350 degrees

3. Get a silk pillowcase. Lots of damage happens while you toss around in your sleep

4. If it’s long enough, try to frequently wear it in a protective style that avoids tangling, like a loose braid

5. Get regular trims to keep the breakage at bay

6. Get nylon hair bands with no seams if you wear your hair up

If you do these things and use the two hair products I recommended, you will see definite improvement. It won’t be perfect but it’ll help a ton.

Motorsheen wrote: »

caco_ethes wrote: »

You won’t “unfry” it but you don’t have to cut it either. A trim will definitely help both the appearance and to prevent further breakage though. Otherwise, faithfully do the following:

1. Take Biotin! It promotes hair growth

2. Wash your hair as INfrequently as humanly possible and as follows:
a) wash with a super gentle cleanser, no sulfates or silicones or whatever
b) use aphogee keratin repair immediately after shampoo, leave on for at least 5 minutes then rinse (it reeks but its effective)
c) condition, leave it on at least three minutes
d) rinse hair, comb out with a wide tooth comb gently while still in the shower
e) after showering, squeeze water from hair very gently using a towel and do not ruffle the towel around
f) apply Nexxus Pro-Mend (less than $20)
g) avoid heat styling whenever possible, but if you must, apply a heat protectant first and try not to exceed 350 degrees

3. Get a silk pillowcase. Lots of damage happens while you toss around in your sleep

4. If it’s long enough, try to frequently wear it in a protective style that avoids tangling, like a loose braid

5. Get regular trims to keep the breakage at bay

6. Get nylon hair bands with no seams if you wear your hair up

If you do these things and use the two hair products I recommended, you will see definite improvement. It won’t be perfect but it’ll help a ton.

Naughty 😁

I went platinum blonde once and that really dries me out...I did a weekly deep condition that I left in for two hours from Lush—it kinda helped...but in the end I needed to chop it and let it grow out again—that took a few years

19TANYA90 wrote: »

I used to bleach my hair platinum blonde its ended up where is had to stop dyeing my hair I cut it short I was actually crying in the salon I was that upset about getting a bob I left it a whole year with out colouring and using any heat on trimming every month taking hair and nail tablets I found that the supermarket ones actually worked best use Moroccan oil really helps hydrate ur hair I still now haven’t used any heat on it in 3 years I do dye it bright red but no heat and still use the Moroccan oil it makes my curls look fab so don’t need to straighten now and it’s loads better now but a lot more hard work as need to keep up the regular trims take the tablets and still use lots of Moroccan oil to keep it healthy

A prenatal vitamin will help grow healthy hair and nails a bit quicker too!

Biotin works for some people, but it gives me really bad acne, so just a heads up - sounds crazy but its actually one of the common side affects.

I agree with everyone saying cut it, and then be nice to it while continuing to trim. I have naturally black hair, and wanted to transition to a black to charcoal ombre in January 2018. It turned out horribly, I never got there, and was left with fried almost blonde hair.

Some products have helped me along the way, but ultimately I needed to keep trimming the damaged hair and let healthy hair grow back.

While doing that I have used:

- No heat, except an occasional (like, once every 2 months) blow dry and straighten. When I do that, I use a heat protectant spray.
- Sexy hair shampoo and conditioner, it's sulfate free
- rinsing hair in cool water
- wet shampoo massager - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CWQ5CZ4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
- some type of moisturizing hair mask about once a month
- braids when i need to tie my hair back
- healthy diet with plenty of fats incorporated
- silk pillowcase
- wet brush and detangler ( I use the Garnier one with aloe, its also made for people who air dry their hair)
- I only wash my hair 2-3 times a week, and use dry shampoo otherwise
- see my hair stylist every few months for a trim


The formula to get your hair healthy again will be different for each person, but mine has made a full recovery in a year and half. Good luck!