Did You Ever Have a Hair Monstrosity?
By Terri Doss
@gtdoss (1013)
United States
August 13, 2022 4:17pm CST
My mother had curly hair, and when she was a child, my grandmother would shape it into ringlets just like Shirley Temple. She was adorable!
However, when I was a baby and toddler, my hair was a little wavy but otherwise straight. No Shirley Temple child for my mother. So my mom would perm my hair as a toddler (2 through 4 years old) to try to get it to be curly. I look like a clown in my little girl pictures, LOL!
Oh, well. What's funny is that, now that I'm getting older, my hair is going crazy curly!
Do you remember or have pictures of any weird haircuts or perms that a relative might have given you?
Image by Flybynight from Pixabay
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@DaddyEvil (137720)
• United States
13 Aug 22
Yes, I do... Am I going to post them on myLot? Nope! You can just use your imagination...
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@DaddyEvil (137720)
• United States
14 Aug 22
@gtdoss My avatar was actually made from a picture of me when I was around 25 or so years old. And I'm willing to show you a picture of me with decent haircuts... I did sport a mullet from the time I was 18 until I'm not exactly sure when... I've shown this photo on myLot before.
Photo is mine.
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@RebeccasFarm (90523)
• Arvada, Colorado
15 Aug 22
Nah we just had ringlets, all of us.
Mama used the pipe cleaner type curlers to curl our hair.
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@gtdoss (1013)
• United States
14 Aug 22
Oh, no! I guess hair does change as we get older. I kind of like the curly hair I'm having now!
@Deepizzaguy (104278)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
13 Aug 22
Any pictures of my childhood with any weird haircuts were lost when Hurricane Katrina hit south Louisiana in 2005..
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@Deepizzaguy (104278)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Aug 22
@gtdoss I know that images of my younger days are gone are painful.
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@celticeagle (168420)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Aug 22
I don't recall anyone in my family having curly hair. I did like to get perms and curls for a while.
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@kaylachan (71931)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Aug 22
My hair used to go down to my butt, and it would catch in my wheelchair and knotted up a lot. No pictures.
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@gtdoss (1013)
• United States
14 Aug 22
Wow! I always wanted long hair like that, but I never had the patience.
@gtdoss (1013)
• United States
14 Aug 22
Oh, yes. Ye old crewcut! They were very popular when I was very young!
@BloggerDi (3113)
• United States
14 Aug 22
My hair is the opposite of yours, sort of. I had wavy hair until I was a teenager, then it got extremely curly/thick! I'm 59 and it is thinner now and just wavy again.