A couple months ago Stylist @StylebyBonita on Instagram had the daunting task of removing a woman’s weave that was left in her hair for 9 months. According to the post, the client was disabled suffering from a broken arm and could not remove the weave which was left in even after the arm had healed.
This was the caption the stylist had on one of the photos:
This is the result of a sew-in weave left in for 9 months on #naturalhair . It is important to note that dandruff, product build-up, mold, and fungus, can reside in your hair and on your scalp without proper hair care.
Shampooing sew-ins without sitting under the dryer to fully dry it, will also result in moldy hair. I advise anyone who wears sew-ins not to go past 2-3 months with their install. Matted hair cannot always be detangled, in this case, I cut it off, cleansed and treated the hair and scalp. I was happy to give this client a luxurious treatment.
watch the video:
Even though the stylist was able to help this lady and save most of her hair, we have to admit that we have seen way too many similar stories on social media.
The truth is, if you want to wear a weave whether it be for aesthetics or as a protective style, you absolutely cannot leave the hair in for longer than 8 weeks.
Wearing a weave as a means to forget about your own hair or just as a band-aid for a deeper problem will eventually catch up with you. Sweat, sebum, dirt all covered up on top of your scalp is very unhealthy and should not be treated lightly.
If you like wearing weaves but cannot afford to switch things up every 8 weeks, try wearing a wig* for awhile, getting braids or anything that will give your scalp a break.
Do you wear a weave? How often do you get it re done?
Just Nasty!!
Just sad, who does that? I know her smelled of everything.
Ew!!
Omg wow nasty
Is the hair that’s pulled in half her hair or the weave??
I’ve seen this at my aunt’s salon many times. It was both shandelle her hair was dry,LOC,& matted. In the IG video you can see her hair was already locking her hair. She had fungus in it.
Looks like it had to be cut out
All that hair, heck no. Thanks for the feedback ladies
WOOW….. this is beyond NASTY!!! Your harm is broken???? Call someone to help you remove it! I can only imagine the smell!
I’m surprised it lasted that long. After 6 weeks my tracks start to loosen.
Wow… I don’t wear sew ins but I wear crochet braids and I never wear them longer than 8 weeks.
Disgusting
The weave had a dread lock attached to it…
The Dread loc was her hair
C’est vraiment dégueulasse, y’a des meufs qui sont vraiment crades c’est pas possible
Ok lemme go wash my hair now.
Man that’s a job for the PetSmart groomers……
Joyclelyn Girl you almost made me falll down the stairs had to grab the banister ????????????????
Haaaaaaaaaa!
Your comment had made me lol , i was thinking the same, oh my lord.
This comment was hilarious….LO
I thought it was a before and after of an abandoned pet, lol
That’s just nasty as hell Sj Wooten
Gross
9 months?!?!? 6 weeks or 8 at the very longest! Just EW!!
Look at this Tiffany Robinson
Kristine Diane smh
Ugh that’s nasty
Tragic
That’s disgusting. No reason for her to keep that in so long. I know she stunk up everywhere she went.
I hate doing my hair but even I know better. Smh
All this cause either you hate your natural hair or just lazy and nasty!
Eww I know it smelled bad
Where are her friends? Why didn’t anybody tell her?
Somebody! Somewhere! Some how!
No no no just no excuse “even after the arm had healed it was left in” just plain ole nasty if she was someone I knew I wouldn’t eat from her just plain ole nasty ❌❌❌
Ewwee! A damn shame.
Unbelievable!
She’s lucky the stylist was as talented as she is, and that her hair wasn’t TOTALLY shaved off!
She should be ashamed of herself. Broken arm, or no arms…she should have asked for help. My goodness, what was on her head looked like a matted dog. Just plain nasty.
That was disgusting. Almost made me throw up. I know it was stinky. She was washing it, probably excessive sweating and it wasn’t drying. I’ve left a weave in for a little over 2 mos and this has NEVER happened. I also wasn’t saturating my hair with water. I would dry shampoo the places I could every so often and rinse or lightly wash the weave BUT I also didn’t use products in my hair to have to wash it often. My sebum did whatever it could and I was cool.
I know women that keep their weave in this long.they also go back to their stylist for a wash and to get it tighten.i know her hair smelled.
What is the matter w ppl? Her pillow cases need to be burned at this point ugh!
Ewww
Absolutely not….this is just nasty!!!!
We as black women must love our natural hair that is the only way we’re going to love ourselves.
Ewe
How could you let your hair get like that
I can’t go a month without taking my weave out! Don’t no weave last 9 months that’s just gross
The stylist is a miracle worker!
OMG ????????
That’s just Nasty she would have got a #1 a Michael Jordan #A bald head #a naked head I would have taxed her ass for that
Keela Collisha I knooo ????????
That is so sad no way should that should have been still in her hair after arm healed. I had surgery on my shoulder. I still have serious issues doctor instructed not to do things like fastening bra from back washing hair. Etc. But I would never leave my hair that long and not take care of it hygiene
Hey did you have a torn rotator cuff? Im asking because I was told that mines is torn.
Is like a dead animal on her head , im surprise the stylish didnt shave her head off, jezz nasty as hell no excuse for been dirty .
This is just trifling….I cannot find another word to describe this. Your a grown ass adult woman if your hygiene is this bad don’t wear weaves.
I’m at a loss for words. This stylist deserves a 100% tip, plus some.
Wow. This stylist worked her magic.
Give me a moment!
Nope!!!!!! Not I. That’s beyond nasty I would have been scared something was gone crawl out on me. Lady bye
Maybe the person who that wave come from possessed hair head and therefore she couldn’t remove it.
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WTF HOW
Absolutely DISGUSTING! NO EXCUSE!
Imagine how long she shower or clean her house
Clients don’t listen and stylist that don’t care
This is just nasty
This looks very DIRTY and NASTY!!! Only a women with a very low self esteem can just walk around with this smelly trash in there head!!!
Jessica Johnson nawww
That stylist deserves a $100 tip, maby even more.
Zania Black-King yo stylist famous
Omg Bonita Applebum you everywhere now.
I’m the stylist thankyou
that stylist deserved a HUGE TIP..cause i would have worn a bee keeper suit before i dealt with that mess, not knowing what would fly out..but honestly if you can afford to maintain don’t do it, 9 months???? Really???
A bee keeper suit that you would throw away afterwards. Can you imagine the smell?
Only lord knows what was jumping out of that
Fungus!!!
!!!wow!!!
I would’ve touched that
Made my skin crawled
Grosse
She’s lucky cause not many hairdresser would have touched this ….no excuse…for this being this trifling
Omg
What did her pillowcases smell like??
Mental illness is real
That’s gross
I had mirco braids in my hair and had to have surgery ON MY SCALP! I left the braids longer than I should have but as soon as my wound started healing I was taking those braids out which had started to loc. I had the sense to know they couldn’t stay in and mine were only in between 3-4 months.
Unfortunate for her that she “maybe” had no one and KUDOS to the stylist for working a miracle.
She performed a miracle