Dear AMS,
     I suffer from rather fine, limp hair, so in order to make it fuller, I have started using those velcro rollers.  Everything seemed to be fine until one day when I just couldn't get one out!!  I'm far too vain to cut the roller out, but it's starting to get more difficult to hide!  I do believe this nest of hair that's protruding from the side of my head is starting to house things too! Just the other night my boyfriend asked, "Whoa, is that the piece of filet mignon you couldn't finish at dinner the other night?!"  Oh Suz, do you have any suggestions of how to remove this roller that's slowly ingesting my hair?!  And what can I do in the future to make my hair bigger?  You being from Texas, I'm sure you'll have some suggestions!!--
Sincerely,
Tangled up in Knots possibly near Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Dear Tangled,
       I’ve had that exact same problem.  Short of waiting for it to rot out of your hair, I think hiding it is the best solution. What I did to hide my curler was wear an opaque shower cap over my head. You’ll find most small animals won’t live under plastic…too hot and too hard to breathe! This may also speed the rotting process. Fortunately for me I no longer have the curler. My cat, who enjoyed digging under my cap and playing  with it, got his paw adhered to the velcro one day and, bolting away, ripped the curler from my head.  Although hair will no longer grow in that spot, I still have plenty left to work with. You see ‘big hair’ is merely an illusion. One trick is to roll your hair with empty paint cans. This makes massive curls which you can keep stiff with hairspray. The ‘beehive’, a Texas standard big hairdo, involves ‘ratting’ the hair into a peak, inserting a empty papertowel tube, and styling around it. Then slowly pull the hair outward into a bigger look using plenty of hairspray until your hair is as sticky as cotton candy and you resemble a cross between a Pekingese and Lhasa Apso.

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