Originally Posted by laura127 Oh you poor chicken! Could you not tie it up but make sure its not too tight?? I'd never be able to manage my wavy hair if i had to leave it down all the time! Hey, I used to wear my hair in a ponytail every single day for high school sports practices (and it was much longer and heavier then), but the past few years it's been giving me headaches most of the time I try, unless it's in a very loose, low ponytail (which my hair is too short for now). But my hair dresser said she's had several of her customers complain that ponytails give them headaches now and they didn't use to so I'm not the only one. In addition, I still get headaches from my allergies even though I am on allergy medication (though not near as many as I used to before the medication), and having my hair up pulling on my scalp just makes the allergy headaches worse so I don't like putting it up anymore. I even had to wear an updo for a friend's wedding (I was a bridesmaid) recently, and I had a terrible headache long before the wedding even started, even though I took Tylenol every 4 hours. This is why I blowdry my hair straight, it keeps it out of my face. (And my hair's short enough and my dryer's hot enough it only takes 15 minutes so it's no big deal.)
Trust me, if I could wear ponytails, I probably never would have cut my hair.... But please don't call someone "chicken" until you hear the whole story. I do wish I could wear my hair up but it's just worth the trouble anymore.