9 Types Of Hair Limbo

Introduction - 9 Types Of Hair Limbo

Although Limbo is not an official doctrine of the Catholic Church or any other Christian denomination, theologians from medieval times loosely defined Limbo as a temporary state a soul might enter before being green lighted into heaven or hell.

Many people experience their own form of Limbo when it comes to their hair challenges.

There are 9 types of hair limbo many people may experience at some time in their life.

Although there is not a historic or official term for hair limbo, in general, it means a time when your hair is on the edge of heaven and hell.

Hair Fringe - A Type Of Hair Limbo

A good example of a type of hair limbo is the forehead fringe.

When a fringe is first snipped into place, cut correctly it can snuggle perfectly against the forehead and fall in beautiful harmony with the eyebrows.

When a fringe grows past a certain point it is on the edge right before it extends to the point where it becomes a type of bang hell. The fringe may take on a life all its own and become increasingly difficult to control.

During the time the fringe is in hair limbo, hard decisions must be made regarding whether to have them trimmed or suffer the hair hell of growing them out.

Growing out a long fringe to the point where it merges with the rest of the hair can literally take many months.

List Of Hair Limbo Situations

Although I'm sure there many hair limbo situations besides the fringe limbo, listed below are some of the most common:

1. Hair color limbo

This type of hair limbo occurs when gorgeous custom created hair color grows out. 

The limbo occurs when the roots have emerged to the point where they are just days away from sliding into the bad root re-growth zone.

There's also the limbo time when the roots progress from borderline to over-the-top bad.

The key is to figure out when the roots have passed out of the limbo zone into hard core hair color hell.

2. Chemical straightening and/or relaxing limbo

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3. Growing out a horrible hair cut

4.When fusion hair extensions are getting stranded

Even the biggest celebrities such as Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson haves suffered through the embarrassment of leaving behind a trail of falling strands.

The key with hair extensions is to figure out the best way to maintain them so they last as long as possible without slipping into a type of hair hell.

5. Transitioning to natural hair texture

Whether this means learning to embrace natural curls, coils or kinks, the transition time can be an ongoing hair limbo.

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For some, hair limbo may even feel like a type of hair hell, until the transition period settles in and a new care system is established.

6. Going gray

Gray hair limbo may be challenging for some people.  This is because gray hair root growth may be a long and tedious process.

For most people, their hair grows 1/2 inch per month. Gray hair may also grow in with a rainbow of colors rather than just one primary hue.

Some people decide to speed up the gray hair transition by asking their hairdresser to color their hair a shade which blend with the incoming gray.

Others decide to hang in there and just patiently wait it out.

7. End of hair product life cycle

The actual period of hair limbo may begin when every last drop of the hoarded hair product is gone. At that point the long and challenging process of finding a substitute product begins.

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As a result, some people may find themselves in an extended hair limbo while searching for replacement lines.  I've been there myself and it really is a challenging time.

8. Hair loss

Hair loss can occur due to a wide number of reasons ranging from aging or hormones to chemotherapy, thyroid disease, or drug side effects.

There may or may not be an instant or easy cure. During the time a solution is being sought, the hair is definitely in limbo.

9. Recovering from hair damage

Damaged hair may be in a limbo state for months or even longer as the strands slowly heal and recover.

Summary

Hair limbo is usually a temporary state.  It occurs when people have strands which are transitioning from one state to another.

Original Publication Date: 07/03/13 - Revised Publication Date: 05/29/21

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