This poor lady.

[laceandlouboutins]

I just spent the last few hours trying to untangled a round brush from this woman's hair. She was playing dress up with her daughter, and when her daughter tried to do her hair she got the brush so tangled that the woman could not get it out. She called in a panic needing help, and after trying everything I could to get the damn thing out she started crying and told me to just cut it because she had to get going.

She was almost sobbing the entire time I was cutting and styling. I felt so bad that I had to cut it because she was devastated when she realized that was probably her best option. I don't know what that child did with that brush to get it so tangled, but it was bad.

[melindafelinda]

That's... kind of funny. Right?

[alicenelson]

I did that once with my own hair--not so bad that I had to cut it out, but I did have a moment of panic. That poor woman.

[julez]

Oh, this would suck so hard. I believe it, though - my hair is so fine and thin that even the slightest thing gets it into horrible tangles. Those round brushes are the worst.

[bex1973]

May 2, 2013 13:48:47 GMT -5 melindafelinda said:

That's... kind of funny. Right?

This is where I am as well...

[cleo29]

I am chuckling thinking about what she looked like driving to the salon with that brush stuck in her hair.

The situation itself is pretty sucky.

[Deleted]

i did this to myself, twice. once as a kid and once trying to use a hot circle brush/comb thing in law school. in law school, i called my then-boyfriend, now-husband, hysterical, and he came over and spent 2 hours watching a movie and untangling it. he had to cut all the little tines off and free them. he's a good man.

i was so hysterical because as a kid, my mom just cut the hell out of my ALREADY SHORT, fucking dorothy hamill hair.  ugh.

[laceandlouboutins]

May 2, 2013 13:50:12 GMT -5 carrotsmakemefat said:

I assume you are a hairdresser? I'd feel so bad cutting myself!

On an unrelated note, do people talk to you like they would a therapist?

Every once in awhile some of my regular clients do. I don't mind it.

[Deleted]

Years ago, I had one of those curling irons that had the brush bristles.

It got a whopping ONE use before it got ensnared by my hair - the very first attempt at a curl - and after 15-20 minutes of painstakingly (emphasis on the pain) to entangle it, it promptly went into the trash. Luckily, except for a few strands of hair and an sore scalp, I was none the worse for wear.

[oliviapope]

I have come very close to having to cut a round brush out of my hair when I was younger. I hate round brushes!!! My hair does not play well with them.

[cleo29]

May 2, 2013 13:53:45 GMT -5 cville said:

i did this to myself, twice. once as a kid and once trying to use a hot circle brush/comb thing in law school. in law school, i called my then-boyfriend, now-husband, hysterical, and he came over and spent 2 hours watching a movie and untangling it. he had to cut all the little tines off and free them. he's a good man.

i was so hysterical because as a kid, my mom just cut the hell out of my ALREADY SHORT, fucking dorothy hamill hair.  ugh.

Childhood hair twins!  My sister and I had matching haircuts too.

[luckyval]

That is kind of funny, though I'd be freaking out too.

Were you able to style it so it's not one big chunk out of the side of her head?

[snickers]

Oh no!

[laceandlouboutins]

May 2, 2013 13:50:14 GMT -5 jjwritergirl said:

OH no. Seriously, I avoid those things like the plague. I cannot keep those things from getting totally caught.

I feel terrible for that lady. How short did you have to chop it off?

Because of where the brush was stuck I had to cut off quite a bit. It was pretty drastic.

[julez]

May 2, 2013 13:57:56 GMT -5 luckyval said:

That is kind of funny, though I'd be freaking out too.

Were you able to style it so it's not one big chunk out of the side of her head?

The haircut dubbed The Amanda Bynes!

[melindafelinda]

May 2, 2013 14:00:23 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

This is why I don't use round brushes.

I don't either. I leave that to the professionals and just have slightly crappy hair on my own.

[bcv513]

I'm laughing even though I feel sorry for the poor woman

At Easter, someone gave my two year old niece a cheap plastic spinning toy. She was bringing it around to show everyone, and when she got to me she stuck it right in my hair. I panicked for a second, but I got it out with some finagling

[laceandlouboutins]

May 2, 2013 13:57:56 GMT -5 luckyval said:

That is kind of funny, though I'd be freaking out too.

Were you able to style it so it's not one big chunk out of the side of her head?

Luckily, it was in the back. I cut her hair into more of an angled bob so there isn't a noticeable chunk missing.

[karmasabiotch]

Someday that will be a funny story for her. I would be crying right now too if I was her and I have sucky hair.

[LeggsBenedict]

Round brushes scare the shit out of me.

I have childhood trauma.

[papie]

Did you try olive oil? I did this to myself as a teenager, and my mom poured an entire bottle of olive oil on my head. The brush came out.

[TrickyBob]

Round brushes are the devil. I am envious of seeing people on YouTube use them. I always got them stuck in my hair as a kid, it was terrible. I had LONG waist length hair and my Mom cut it to above my ears so I would stop getting shit stuck in it!

That poor woman.

[cleo29]

My hair would look like ass if I had not figured out how to work the round brush. I love boar bristle brushes for the shine they bring out.

[angelaa73]

Adam did this to my hair. Nothing half a bottle of super diluted biosilk couldn't undo.

After that we decided to try it on all the my little ponies and other random dolls. Magic!

I read liquid fabric softener does the same thing..

sent from my posse's on broadway

[verycontrary247]

This happened to me as a child, except it was a comb that got perma-stuck in my bangs. My mom had to cut them Frankenstein short. Those were dark times.

[muffin0]

I used to get my moms round brush in my hair every single time I used it.