Down to here, down to there, down to there, down to where it stops by itself

Lots of bloggers have been posting photos of their bad hair, probably inspired by a Flickr group, Flashback Friday. And not content with that, the photos have been accompanied by discussion on a whole lot of hair related issues.

I of course want to join in this fun. Hmm, let's see...

Maybe there's the bad perm photos. I certainly did the whole perm thing. But when I went to look at my permed hair horror photos, I really couldn't find anything too terrible. Maybe it's because I don't have very thick hair, maybe because there's a hint of natural wave in my hair anyway, but on the whole my perm days weren't too awful. Not wonderful either I hasten to add, but not tragic. The look I really didn't like was the half-grown out perm; half-straight, half curly. Which was predominantly why I stopped getting them.

Then there was the my hair was too short when I was young and people thought I was a boy. That didn't happen to me because I had girl-length hair as a child.

I made the decision to have all my hair cut off at about 17 to embrace the idea of punk culture (hey, better late than never!) and that was a mistake. I don't seem to have many photos of this time, but I can't say I'm particularly sad about that! A part of me wishes I could be like Posh Spice and look fabulous with short hair, but sadly I don't have the right sort of face.

Maybe to deal with the whole being-ugly-with-short-hair I took to growing the fringe long and just getting it permed. Yeah. There's a look. Accompanied by multiple sets of very dangly earrings, a lot of eye-liner and very bohemian clothes.

And then I had the perm to help me grow my hair out. And even though these shots are from the nearly-grown-it-out stage, you can see, can't you, that short hair is not my friend?

The main issue with my hair was coming to terms with its colour, and acceptance really came at around 17 when I decided I was comfortable in my skin being flat-chested and red-headed. (Not so well-adjusted that I eschew the fake tan or the lash&brow tints however!)

So, hair issues? Not so much- not me-myself-personally. But having read of other hair-related scarring I am slightly worried about what I am inflicting on my young son.

When he asks of me in 25 years time what I thought I was doing making him look like a girl, will he accept my excuse that he just looked too beautiful with his cherubic gold curls for me to cut them off?