Who's hair am I borrowing?

I almost backed out. Tuesday night I started getting really nervous for the following morning because I felt like I was betraying myself. To men, I'm sure this sounds ridiculous, but to women, most of us know that your hair is you. Well at least for me, it is half of my personality. The way I style my hair represents how I am feeling that day. If I wear it back in a ponytail, you know I feel lazy that day and don't really care what other people think. If I wear it straightened with curled layers, you know that I am feeling confident and ambitious that day. So as I laid in bed Tuesday night, I seriously contemplated cancelling my appointment.

But in the end, I decided that if I didn't do it I would regret it. I arrived at the salon at 9 AM, and Crystal (hairstylist) started brushing through it and putting on a pre-treatment spray. She washed my hair and then put on the first box of goop that would break the disulfide bonds in my hair. I couldn't move my head and had to allow 30 minutes to let it soak in. It smelled like Nair was on my head and I was quite certain I was going to vomit from the fumes. I started having an anxiety attack but I talked myself through breathing so I didn't pass out. She did hair wash #2 on me and as she was brushing my hair lightly, she told me that right now my hair was so fragile because all of the broken bonds that it could essentially break off if she stroked it too hard. AHHHH! It was really weird to look at my hair after hair wash #2 because there were no curls left at this point. It looked like Sarah's hair after she washes it...a little wavy with some body but ultimately straight. Crystal put on a second think of goop that would seal bonds back together. She took little pieces of my hair and brushed it on, and I couldn't move my head again at all because if I did, any kink my hair fell into would be permanent. This took an hour for her to put it on, and another 15 minutes of letting it soak in.

After hair wash #3 and going into hour 3 or 4 of this process, we blow dried it and straightened it again. (At some point before this she blow dried it and straightened it but I don't remember when that was, it's all a haze now) It only took about 15 minutes to dry it and it was straight. Like...actually straight just from blow drying it. Crystal used a straightener on a couple pieces because it has to be perfectly straight for the next 48 hours to let the chemicals set in. When she finished we almost hit hour 6, but I had to leave to go to work so I went back in the next day to have her trim the ends.

Here is what is looks like right now. It's REALLY straight and almost too flat, but again, it has to be stick straight right now for it to work.
This is after the first wash. It was trippy. So sleek and smooth.
And this is 9-10 minutes later. Yes, you heard me right...NINE MINUTES LATER!!! I can hear Laura screaming with jealousy all the way from NYC.
I should probably go over it with a straightener so it's not fuzzy at the ends, but I think I am too in shock to do anything to do it. I am amazed, and would definitely recommend it to anyone. I can go 6 months to a year before I do it again, I will just have to straighten some roots on the top as it grows out.

Now my roommate and I are going to Costco to buy a flat screen for our house. (Her dad is paying for it) And I figured out how to do wireless internet in my house and just got an adapter for my Tivo so this is a happy day!!