I have hair on the brain lately. Maybe it’s the cold weather that always slows down hair growth, but I am going crazy waiting for mine to grow!

Throughout my life, I have had pretty good experiences with hair salons. And haircuts in general, actually (except for that time I let my college roommate cut my hair… Bad idea).

About a year ago, though, I had the worst, most horrifying experience at a salon. And all you lucky readers get to hear about it.

My hair used to be long and blonde. I naturally have brown hair, but I had been getting highlights for a while.

You know how the story goes, my roots were getting out of control, so I made an appointment to get my hair highlighted.

After hours (yes, literally hours), my highlights were done, washed out, and the stylist started blow drying my hair.

We were just chatting away when I noticed something unusual… My hair was falling out! Every time she brushed it, a huge chunk would fall off and land on the floor.

I was in a panic but pretended not to be because she was telling me some story about when she worked in California. Blah blah blah, Ashton Kutcher, blah blah blah. Hurry up, woman! My hair is FALLING OFF OF MY HEAD!

When she started trimming, I thought that maybe I had overreacted a bit, but over the next few months, my hair kept breaking off. In the morning, there would be a little pile of it on the floor after I finished styling it.

So what did I do? Well, I might have panicked again, bought a box of brown color so that I could grow it out and then accidentally turned my hair blue.

Long story short, my hair is now short and brown, just waiting to be healthy so that I can be a blonde again.

In the meantime, I wait for my hair to grow out. So the question becomes: Is there anything I can do to make my hair grow faster?

Well there just might be. Here are some tips I found after doing a bit of research about hair growth:

• Stay away from caffeine, nicotine, alcohol and drugs
• Don’t stress! It will stunt your hair growth
• Get enough sleep
• Drink enough water
• Eat nutritiously
• Take a multivitamin for hair growth
• Take coconut oil, which promotes hair growth
• Don’t wash your hair every day
• Massage your scalp daily

And there you have it! Happy hair growth to all you fellow hair horror story victims!