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Can I get my natural hair color back? How long do I need to wait?


 

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Michelle at thasweetone18@yahoo.com asks:

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I dyed my hair a light copper brown and got some blonde highlights. I highly dislike the haircolor choice because i wanted a darker brown rather than what I actually had done. I was wondering if there is any possible way I can get my natural color back which is a medium brown, and how long should I wait to get it dyed to my natural color?

Have you dyed your hair and are unhappy with the results? When it comes to corrective hair coloring, each case is unique, because no two hair genetics are exactly alike.In Michelle’s case she will be doing a tint-back which is an easier process than correcting a hair color that is too dark, but still tricky. These questions need to be answered:Do you have regrowth ( roots ) showing?

  • Yes? Then the roots will need to be treated separately from the rest of your hair. It helps for a hair colorist to see about an inch of regrowth Hair colorist needs to see about an inch of regrowthin order to match that as closely as possible. Seeing that you want the color darker, the hair colorist would use a formula that will work best for tinting back the color that exists now. It takes some know-how to get this right, not only in the formula, but also in the application. You could do a lot more damage by trying to correct this yourself. The condition of your hair can only be assessed by someone taking a look at it. My guess is it can withstand a color back at this point.
  • No? Then you may be able to get help by calling the company hotline on the back of the box of color you bought. They will ask you a number of questions regarding your hair history and it’s present state. They will advise you on the best route to take from the information you give them. Don’t do anything unless you are clear that the advice you gave them was correct.

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    13 Comments »

    1. ok so my natural hair colour is brown. over the years i have been getting blonde highlights. about 6months ago i decided go to dark brown. now i really want to go to platnium blonde…like paris hilton’s colour. is this a good idea? what should i do?

      Comment by Kelly — May 25, 2006 @ 6:08 pm

    2. If I have had my hair weaved for years with highlights and low lights, can I use a store bought product for all over color?

      Comment by Julie — August 25, 2006 @ 4:16 pm

    3. ok. my hair is dark blue, and i want to get yellow, purple and pink streaks. how do i get the hight of yellow to show up?

      Comment by Roberta — September 1, 2006 @ 5:14 pm

    4. I want to have streaks of grey hair to match my roots (out one and a half inches). My hair is long and colored blond. Is this possible? I think grey hair is not a bad look, and I want to do streaks first and let it grow out. My natural grey hair is mixed, mostly white but some dark grey. The closer to my face the lighter it is.

      Thanks,

      Kerry

      Comment by Kerry — October 16, 2006 @ 2:38 pm

    5. My hair is a natural dirty dish water blonde and i dyed my blonder but then this yr i tryed 2 darken it and my hair turned grey so i tried 2 cover it up by putting a dark brown in it but now its dark brown and it still has grey in my hair i dont know what to do plz help me!!

      Comment by Kristy — January 5, 2007 @ 6:41 pm

    6. Like Kerry, I want to let my natural (almost pure white) hair grow in. I have very healthy, coarse-textured fairly long hair that I have been coloring honey blonde for years. Is there a way to match this bright white hair with some kind of streaks or highlights? Lately — on TV — I have been seeing young men with beautiful white or silver hair, so it must be possible — surely they could not have gone completely white/grey at such an early age! A couple hairdressers have suggested bleached highlights — but they say they cannot achieve a match with the white that is my natural color — it will just have to grow out, they say. Is this true? What do you suggest I do, especially to avoid damaging my hair?

      Comment by Laura — January 18, 2007 @ 7:19 pm

    7. I have dyed blond hair with about 1 inch of root growth a much darker brown. I would like to return to my natural color. I am tired of touching up the roots. Can I do this my self by just matching my root color to a home coloring kit?

      Comment by cindy — October 22, 2007 @ 11:29 pm

    8. i dyed my hair with sun in and i hate it! is it safe to dye my hair back to dark brown ? will my hair eventually go back to my natural colour if i dye it back?. and will it look healthy when it is growing back?

      Comment by christine melnike — November 5, 2007 @ 2:03 pm

    9. I have brown hair and have been getting light brown/blonde highlites as well as lowlights for a couple of years now. Recently i got completely bored with my hair and decided to dye it. i dyed it a dark golden brown but it went horribly wrong. my roots turned bright orange. so to fix it i dyed it an espresso dark brown, now my roots are brown with an orange undertone and my ends are realllly dark. i’d like to go back to my natural brown hair colour. what should i do? help!!

      Comment by Lailah — January 23, 2008 @ 2:13 pm

    10. i have natural medium ash brown hair and have been trying to get it back to its natural color and out of these red brassy tones! i dyed it a med ash brown and it looked awesome but then it faded to a brassy light brown! how do i fix this?!

      Comment by nicole — March 20, 2008 @ 2:35 pm

    11. Nicole,
      Good question, you are not alone!
      I wrote an answer to your question that should get posted today! Look for it shortly.
      Good Luck!

      Comment by Barb — March 21, 2008 @ 3:55 pm

    12. hi i dyed my hair brownish redish color (herbal estances) but it turned out to be really red on my roots but the rest of my hair turned out brown with red “high lights in it kinda” what are some things i can do to lighten the dark red roots with out damaging my hair is there any thing i can use at home? please help…….!

      Comment by brittany — April 5, 2008 @ 10:53 am

    13. hi, is aloe vera good for rubbing on the hair?
      and why?

      Comment by JJ — August 19, 2008 @ 10:08 am

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