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3catwoman3

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13. Pretty much every picture of me from very early childhood...

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2025, 10:52 AM

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...thru at least 6th grade shows me with agonizingly short bangs, courtesy of my mom. As I got old enough to assert myself, that look became a thing of the past, and the bangs have never been short again.

I'm soon to be 74, and to this day, if they are not touching my eyebrows, they are too short.

After my mom died, I threw away some of the worst pictures.

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Looking back; what is the worst hair style you had. Mine was the Twiggy. Very short. took forever to grow out [View all] debm55 Tuesday OP

Upon bad advice from a stylist, I got a perm EYESORE 9001 Tuesday #1

HAHAHHAHHAH Thank you EYESORE 9001. I had my share of tight perms too. Would wash my hair twice a day to relax. Didn't debm55 Tuesday #2

Two months after perm EYESORE 9001 Tuesday #3

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHHAHHAH. That is so funny. Is that you?? debm55 Tuesday #4

No, that's the title character EYESORE 9001 Tuesday #5

Thank you very much. debm55 Tuesday #7

The "Flat Top" with a little crew wax to make the front stand up. surfered Tuesday #6

Thank you very much. HAHAHAHA, The Onion Head. debm55 Tuesday #9

Spiral perm wet look. Phoenix61 Tuesday #8

Thank you Phoenix61. My hair was down to the lower back. I remember that they had 3 people taking all the curlers out. debm55 Tuesday #10

i loved the shag but it too was hell when it grew out samnsara Tuesday #11

thank you samnsara. I had one in college. I remember that to get a cut to even out the layers. Took forever. debm55 Tuesday #14

Chemo bald Clouds Passing Tuesday #12

Thank you Cloud Passing. I am glad you made it. Love, Debbie. debm55 Tuesday #15

Thanks. Love you back debm55 Clouds Passing Tuesday #16

Pretty much every picture of me from very early childhood... 3catwoman3 Tuesday #13

Thank you 3catwoman3. I remember those short bangs.We used to get the Dutch Boy Paint hair cuts.Short bangs, hair debm55 Tuesday #17

layered surrealAmerican Tuesday #18

I understand. Thank you for sharing with us. I had a layered and I agree it took a long time to grow out. After the perm debm55 Tuesday #19

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