Dear all,
many apologies for killing your thread with my horror story.
Thankfully it's now well into the new year so it ain't on my mind.
It taught me a few lessons about people though.
Keep smiling in the quest to avoid scissor-wielding maniacs!
Stone dread forever!

Kate;
Growing out bangs must be the most difficult part of growing out hair.  I'm glad I figured it out real quick when growing out my pixie that I did not want to have those bangs to deal with later.

When I was 16 my hair was about midway down my back. I was getting ready to go on a cruise to the bahamas so I wanted a hair style that would look nice for the trip. I had my aunt do it and she sugested that I get extentions to make it look better or something and so I just agreed cause I figured she knew what she was talking about. Well any I go on the cruise and every time I would get my hair wet the extensions would begin to slide out. I kept having to rebraid them and finally i just said o well if they fall out they just do. I was on my way out of my room this one time and as I was walking this little boy came up and handed me a piece of my hair, I was so embarressed. This also happened while I was on deck and the wind was blowing, an extension just blew out of my head across the deck and into the ocean. Finnally when I got home I went to take them out and discover big clumps of my hair are coming out. Come to find out I didnt wash all the salt out of my hair and it was braking  my hair off. My hair was all uneven and short I have never gone in the ocean since then I am very afraid 

I don't have a horror story of my own, but I have one that happened to my sister.
When she was young, she had hair about to the bottoms of her shoulder blades. She didn't know how to properly take care of her hair, so she only brushed the front parts. This, surprisingly, resulted in a knot a little bigger than your fist! My mom tried getting it out and couldn't do it, so she took her to a salon. The girl there tried for a while and then just cut the knot off and worked from there. The result was a bowl type of cut that was a little longer than ear lobe length in the front and got shorter in the back!  It was awful.
The worst part was my sister has a grey spot in the back of her head. You really can't see it, but with short hair it's very obvious! A 10 year old girl with a grey spot. Poor girl. It took quite a while for her to grow it back to a normal length.
Meg

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Jojoba oil typically has no real scent of its own, only the scent of what might have been added to it.

Yellow jackets buzzing you can be scarey.  Hope yours finds a new home, far, far away.

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I feel for you all getting bugs in your hair, especially icky bug juices, but what really stands out about your story, Bardic Love, is that you were barefoot to boot!
As a consumate barefoot person, I had to chuckle at that.

That is an interesting concept...Barefeet and long hair. I personally cannot stand to wear socks. I always tell people I am "anti-sock". My thoughts come down to this, I pay a lot for my pedicures...I want to show off my pretty toes. lol 

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I too, am anti-sock. In fact I'm anti-anything-that-covers-my-toes. Around the house I'm barefoot, in public I wear sandals or flipflops. Anything else is just uncomfortable.