I need to remove black hair dye from my hair? HELP!!?

Question

I want to straighten my hair- also called relaxing or a reverse perm. Unfortunately my hair is dyed. I haven't dyed my hair for a year or so now, but it won't grow out quickly enough. You see they can't put the chemicals in your hair for straightening when you have dye or bleach in it because it causes a chemical reaction that begins smoking. How do I remove my dark hair dye, without bleach?

I want to straighten my hair- also called relaxing or a reverse perm. Unfortunately my hair is dyed. I haven't dyed my hair for a year or so now, but it won't grow out quickly enough. You see they can't put the chemicals in your hair for straightening when you have dye or bleach in it because it causes a chemical reaction that begins smoking. How do I remove my dark hair dye, without bleach?

EDIT: My hair would break with a stripping, I talked to a stylist and she said that stripping my hair (i.e. the malibu treatment) would completely fry it and that because my hair is naturally dry, the over conditioning won't work. Also, sarabmw, what mixture are you referring to?

EDIT: I once tried straightening my hair with one of those at home kits, called Curl Free, and even though it didn't straighten my hair, it got all the hair dye out of my hair (burgandy) does anyone know where I could find this?

Answer 1

You can't do it ; it has to grow out. You can forgo the hair straightening and go to a pofessional who can get rid of the black. Don't try it yourself your hair will just break off.

Answer 2

Shampoo your hair with this mixture, "kneading" the hair. Start at the roots and work your way down to the end, and then back up.

You should see the color disappear right before your eyes.

Black hair dye is a special case.

It's very hard to remove black hair dye from your hair completely, especially if it's permanent. Better to let it grow out and not bleach it. Bleaching with chemicals damages the hair it may make it so stretchy and thin that it comes out in your comb.

Likewise if black hair dye stains skin or fabric. The best way is to prevent it from staining in the first place by applying Vaseline around the hairline before dyeing.

If black hair dye stains fabric then using detergent and water quickly is a good idea - otherwise dry cleaning may be required.

Black hair dye stains can also be removed by rubbing cigarette ash over the stained skin, dipping milk in cotton balls and rubbing over the stained area, rubbing on WD-40 or even nail polish remover or hair spray.

Answer 3

Use green shampoo, any brand. My hair stylist told me about this over a year ago, when I bleached my hair and the blue dye I put in turned greenish. Something in the chemical in the green dye eats away at the fake hair color, but won't change your natural color. It really worked, too!

Answer 4

The only other way to do it would be to strip your hair of that color.. Even that won't remove all of the color, and it is terrible on your hair. If you have brittle hair, it will fall out. I would wait until your hair grows out.

Answer 5

Go to a professional stylist and ask them. They may tell you you have to wait for your hair to grow out.

Answer 6

i made the mistake of dying my hair black and tried EVERYTHING to get it out but the only option was to get it bleached. its not that bad really, you can ask the stylist about products to revive your hair and walla normal hair

Answer 7

go to hottopic.com and get the 'white out' it's not bleach, it works for me.
i dye my hair all differnt colors and this works all the time.
BUT, if you smoke, DO NOT use this white out **** while you are smoking, trust me, its VERY bad, i set my smoke down in this **** and it like all the sudden set on fire and like set this toiel in my bathroom on fire, so, yeah, dont smoke while you are doing tht.
anyways! DONT smoke at ALL. i'm 15 and i smoke, its stupid, DONT

Answer 8

Honestly, I hate to say this, but there is no other option.

If anything, I would go to your hair stylist and see what they can do.

Answer 9

try John Freda's shampoo and conditioner Sheer Blonde. my friend who has black hair used it and quickly changed it to blonde.