Kids: Today, despite my protests and warnings, my mother-in-law decided...

By bald baby - 02/12/2018 05:00

Today, despite my protests and warnings, my mother-in-law decided to chemically straighten my bi-racial daughter’s very curly hair. Hours later, not only is her scalp is raw and red, her hair is stringy completely fried and coming out in huge noticeable clumps. Fml

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By notquitejuliet - 04/07/2015 00:54 - United States - Gibsonia

Today, I decided I wanted to bleach my hair, so I asked my mother for help. Apparently, something went wrong, because clumps of my hair started falling out. Now I'm half blonde and half bald, and my mom is just laughing at me. FML

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By sexxibxmami - 19/02/2010 18:24 - United States

Today, my mom came over to visit and permed my hair. Ten minutes after she started, I told her it was burning. She told me to suck it up because it doesn't hurt that badly. I now have scabs all over my scalp, hairline, and nape. FML

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By stumpy - 31/07/2019 18:00

Today, we were running late because my hair got tangled in the curtains. My mother-in-law got so angry, she hacked at it, leaving me with a bald patch, then went and sat in the car as though we were still going anywhere with her. FML

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By Anonymous - 16/06/2022 10:00

Today, my girlfriend asked me to straighten her hair while she did her makeup, even though I’ve never straightened hair before. I burned a length of it off, because I had no idea what I was doing. It’s super obvious from the back, but she’s gone out already. I’m a dead man when she gets home. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/03/2016 14:52 - United States - Dallas

Today, I made the decision to lighten my hair from dark brown to blonde. I thought the stylist knew what she was doing, but I ended up with my hair fried off and orange. FML

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By random - 06/05/2009 08:57 - United States

Today, I got my hair dyed at a fancy salon. While the stylist was pulling out the foils in my hair I sat up and started screaming in pain because the hot foils were burning my scalp. All she said was "oh, you're fine". I went back home to find an oozing burn wound on my scalp. FML

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By missedout - 05/02/2013 22:48 - United States - York

Today, while my mother-in-law visited, I asked if she wouldn't mind watching my son for 10 minutes as I had run out of baby shampoo. I came back home to see she had shaved his head completely bald. That was his very first haircut. FML

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By hairdresser - 18/10/2009 15:27 - Thailand

Today, my mum started yelling at me for leaving scissors on my desk, which my five year-old sister found and chopped all her hair off. She had a lump of hair as proof. After three minutes of her yelling, me crying and apologizing, she laughed and said she was joking. She'd just given my sister a haircut. FML

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By goodlord12 - 17/01/2013 07:53 - United States - Branson

Today, I let my friend bleach my hair, which resulted in it falling out in clumps. I spent $150 at the beauty salon fixing it and cutting most of it off. I sent the pictures of my new hair to my friends, and I got the same reply from each and every one of them: "That better be a wig." FML

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By badhair - 13/09/2009 03:12 - United States

Today, I went to a salon. As soon as I walked in, someone ran to me and inspected my hair and said, "We can fix this." I was there to get my daughter's hair done. FML

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Sunday 2 December 2018 5:55

If your mother in law cannot respect your decisions, she should not be allowed anywhere near your child again, period.

kricket5 19

Sunday 2 December 2018 5:18

Protests and warnings?! There’s no way that woman would’ve gotten anywhere near my daughter’s hair unless she was 18 and could make her own decisions. **** your daughter’s life. Her father & grandmother are both clearly incompetent.

Comments

chosha_fml 26

Sunday 2 December 2018 13:40

Be stronger. Your daughter needs you to be.

AmbrosiaFan 18

Sunday 2 December 2018 15:02

More details... Was she staying over there and she did it? How old is daughter? I'd be rolling her ass, that's for sure. What has spouse done regarding the bitch MIL? Hopefully you both are reading her the riot act and making sure she is never alone without one of you present until you can trust her enough (which will be never IMO)... She needs to apologize to your entire family and pay for anything to help heal her scalp and repair her hair.

Mungolikecandy 19

Sunday 2 December 2018 15:54

As she is the grandmother and not the parent then you should not have warned and protested but said no.

onceuponatime456 16

Sunday 2 December 2018 16:05

Charge the b*tch with assault and make sure she never sees your daughter again! Your daughter will be better off without that in her life!

Phillycheeze 20

Sunday 2 December 2018 16:11

You should have stood your ground. I've had so many rescue calls with people having chemical burns because of hair straightening at home by rookies. Somethings are better left to the pros. I hope your daughter is ok.

404wan 19

Sunday 2 December 2018 16:27

what are you talking about warning and protesting? you are the parent and are responsible for the health and safety of your child. learn to be a parent and draw a damn line.

acmariner99 25

Sunday 2 December 2018 17:05

Is it sad that I think it’s nice to know that there are other parents out there dealing with irrational, harmful grandparents that can’t respect your boundaries?

tounces7 27

Sunday 2 December 2018 17:08

Why did she get to make that decision, and not you? Whose kid is it?

Eric Henning 7

Sunday 2 December 2018 17:19

Never trust hair advice from someone wearing a hairhat

ViviMage 38

Sunday 2 December 2018 18:02

Did your mother-in-law do it herself or take your child to a salon to get it done? You could sue for damages/medical treatment of your daughters scalp. That sounds less like an oops and more like a chemical burn! How old is your daughter? And what is wrong in Bi-racial? Is your mother not accepting of this and it trying to make your baby more her race? Let your beautiful daughter be herself! Heck I have crazy curly hair and it caused me some grief around puberty but I learned how to live with it instead of fighting it!