Redditor's Decision To Shave Off Her Niece's Super Curly Hair Starts A Conversation About Hair Care And Struggles

"I tried to fix her hair, it’s just matted. I couldn’t fix it."

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• June 11, 2023

Taking care of curly hair might occasionally seem like a science that requires perfecting. To achieve defined curls, it's a game of trial and error where everything must line up precisely.

It's no secret that dry hair needs a moisture boost to look and feel its best, but choosing the right products can be difficult if you have curly, dry hair, especially in the winter. Low humidity caused by cold air naturally draws moisture from your hair, leaving you with parched locks.

Not to mention, dry curly hair's inherent dullness, limp curls, and uncontrollable frizz can exacerbate the situation. Curly hair is more challenging to maintain since, in contrast to straight hair, it frequently lacks moisture and dries out quickly.

Meet u/Fancy-Judgment-4041, the OP, whose sister has a four-year-old daughter named Lexi. Lexi has super curly hair and needs her hair to be taken care of constantly.

The husband of the OP's sister ended up in the hospital, and she has been a wreck. The husband has been there a week, but OP's sister is all messed up and has stopped brushing Lexi's hair.

The OP offered to take Lexi for a bit so her sister could focus on her husband. The OP tried to fix her hair, but it’s just matted.

Took her to the saloon, but the price was just outrageous, so she decided to shave her hair off. 

The story's title

OP's sister wasn’t doing well so she offered to take her daughter for a bit so she can focus

To make things more clear, the OP added this edit

The Reddit post went viral with over 2k comments and we've gathered a bunch of them for you to enjoy below

The kid's hair was in pain

People aren't thinking about the child's well being

Matting can be dangerous to one's health

OP's sister had three days to respond to all the calls and texts

It would have been pure torture for the little girl

She just wanted her hair to stop hurting

Maybe they thought it was just tangled

She was in pain and the hair will grow back

The kid just wanted the pain to stop

The OP did the best she could for the little girl

The mother doesn't have time for kid

It takes no time for it to get tangled

The child depended on her and she didn't provide

It sounds like she wanted the OP to fix her problem

The OP saved the child from the pain of it all

The mother didn't respond for three days after all

Matted hair is a sign of child neglect

This Redditor doesn't blame the OP for her decision

The OP reveals that it's 2c hair

The niece's hair was hurting

Contrary to hair that is straight or wavy, curly hair has its own special set of problems, such as frizz, breakage, and dryness. The struggle to take care of curly hair is real, and once it gets matted, it becomes war trying to untangle it.

The OP tried her best to fix Lexi's hair, but it just wasn't working, and redditors could relate to it. The OP was declared, not the AH.

Maryjane