After a lady tearfully confirmed viewers tufts of her hair falling out from a foul bleach job, a hair salon supplied to fly her out to repair it without spending a dime

• A TikToker went mega-viral claiming a bleach job that went terribly improper made her lose most of her hair.
• She has posted a number of updates, together with one explaining how she used shade remover earlier than the bleach.
• A hair studio in Los Angeles has supplied to fly her out later this month to attempt to resuscitate the scenario.

A girl drew sympathy and shock after she mentioned she misplaced most of her hair from a bleach job that went terribly, terribly improper. The video attracted a ton of consideration, together with two hair stylists and influencers based mostly in Los Angeles, who’ve supplied to fly her out to them to assist restore her hair.

Within the unique video, which was posted on Could 6 and has been considered over 62 million occasions, the TikToker @thestephseries confirmed herself sobbing as she pulled clumps of broken hair off her head. 

At one level, she confirmed herself within the bathe, yanking out massive knots of hair and putting them in a pile on the wall. She was left with stringy brief hair by the tip of her video.

“I used to be so glad that my hair was getting so lengthy, and I do not even know what it is gonna appear to be,” she mentioned within the video. “I’ve a party to go to tomorrow.”

She had not initially defined what about her bleach course of had gone awry. Nonetheless, in a follow-up video posted the day after, @thestephseries mentioned she used a shade remover earlier than making use of the bleach as a result of her hair was a lot darker this time than when she had beforehand bleached it.

“After I used the colour remover, my hair seemed like this,” she mentioned within the video, exhibiting an image of her hair trying completely clean. “It positively did not really feel unhealthy by any means or like my hair was gonna break off.”

However after the bleach sat in her hair and he or she rinsed it with cleaning soap and water, she realized one thing was improper, and “that it was all going to return off,” she mentioned.

@Thestephseries didn’t disclose the precise merchandise she used, so it is unclear what chemical property or interplay triggered her hair to disintegrate (Insider has reached out to her to study extra). However a number of commenters mentioned she ought to have waited longer earlier than bleaching since most shade remover merchandise advocate towards bleaching instantly.

Based on an Attract article concerning the security of shade removers, folks ought to keep away from utilizing shade removers when their hair is freshly washed. Consultants advocate ready at the least 48 hours since their final bathe. The article additionally famous that it is best to get the method accomplished by an expert hairstylist. 

Different websites advocate ready at the least per week after utilizing shade remover earlier than bleaching to forestall hair injury.

“I extremely don’t advocate shade remover, particularly in case you are planning to bleach it after, that’s what fried my hair fully,” a commenter wrote. “Do not use it.”

Most commenters felt for the person, showering her with sympathy and inspiring her to chop her hair into a classy pixie. Her video went so viral it caught the eye of a Beverly Hills-based hair-styling duo over the weekend. Alfredo Lewis and Alex Pardoe, who’re additionally TikTok creators, shared a video providing to fly her out to their salon in order that they may work on her hair — without spending a dime.

She mentioned sure, and in accordance with their newest TikTok, they plan to satisfy her on Could 23. Insider has reached out to Lewis and Pardoe.

“We all know how traumatic one thing like this may be … cling in there,” Lewis mentioned.

In that very same follow-up video, Steph additionally mentioned that a number of folks supplied her wigs. She mentioned she plans to simply accept them, present them on TikTok, after which give them away to individuals who misplaced their hair to circumstances they could not management.

Steph mentioned she plans to vlog her expertise in LA and proceed updating viewers about her hair journey.