No.
If you're a teenager, highlights makes you look like one of the mothers. IMO
I've done my own comparison during the festival when two teenagers were seated next to their moms. We couldn't tell which ones were the teens and which were the mothers. Except they're both giggling & texting, but their hairs are similar to their moms.
So if that was what you're trying to do is to look older, go for it!
Same comparison with older women, me for instance, one of my cousins told me I should dye my natural streaked hair, so I can look younger. Doesn't long hair make one younger, already? How many women my age have hair down to their knees, and can easily style their hair in an up-do style?
I'm in my early 60's, should I look like I'm 15 again? If you're old and you dye your hair, you're still old, IMO.
You can buy a variety of comb-in hair extensions at Claire's they're more fun and easy to do $5 than dyeing and change them anytime!
Example of one who highlighted their hair from YA: Before going on holidays this august i applied highlights that contained bleach on my fringe only and my hair started to fall out and bits of my hair looked burned. now i have holes of bald patches and had my fringe cutted off shorter.
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/ucm118527.htm
Playing with chemicals is not like playing with clothes, there are penalties for playing chemicals in the lab. Even hair color experts at the salon are not rocket scientists, they do a bang up dye jobs to their clients or their own hair.
I've responded to many girls (guys now too) under 15 experiencing in hair loss since 2009, due to hair straightening, relaxers and hair dyes. Women 60-90 have those same symptoms but it took them years to get there. But for 15 & under, giving advice here? They can't predict the future of their hairs, until they're in their 30's, but 15 & under with hair loss? C'mon! I've responded 7 in 2 hours 9-3-10 alone.
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudien…
One example found from YA HAIR: "i am 17 yrs old. i had a curly perm when i was 13 years old . im thinking of going to a dermatologist to help me with my hair loss. what can they do
to help with my hair loss. its so embarrassing has anyone had help from dermatologist…."
Hair protectant doesn't protect hair 100%. Like using sunscreens, you still get sunburned. Same with hair.
When it does that, it is too late to do anything about it. That's another reason why the hair industry is a billion dollar business, their main job is to make tons of money and they do not give money back guarantee for damaged hair or hair loss, due to 'abuse'.
One example of hair loss on a 16 years old.
I'm 16 years old, i don't really die my hair that much i probably died it like twice this whole year. well i lose soooo much hair EVEY SINGLE DAY, i lose soo much, that I'm literally almost bald :,( my doctor said she thinks its some kind of hormone change, then my hairstylist says its because its waaay to dry, but idk what it is because it wont stop falling out!!! It might be because i use to straighten it when i had mouse in it, but that was like 2 years ago.. helpp!!!
Another example, ? about her age:
"I recently decided to dye my hair. I didn't like the first color so I dyed it again a week later. Then I permed it 4 weeks later, now its really dry and brittle and falls out everywhere, it comes out in chucks when I comb it or even wash."
Google hair dyes & cancer spec. black hair dyes which is made from tar. Some people smoke & tan all their lives and do not get cancer. But there are 2nd hand & 3rd hand smoke who are now carrying their oxygen tank so they can breath or have cancer. Same with hair dyes. I've responded 3 in the last 15 mins. 9-26-10. If you're not affected today, or next month, you may never be affected and you're one of the lucky ones. It doesn't take overnight, it takes years of hair experimentation with hair dyes.
http://www.webmd.com/skin-beauty/hair-dye-faqs
Here's a new article I found re: henna, which is supposed to be better for you than reg. box dye. It's a good read!
http://www.hennaforhair.com/ppd/pjackson.html
One example on someone who had re-bleached her hair now they're falling out.
https://answersrip.com/question/index?qid=20100717233532AAFk6f9&r=w&pa=AptqD2bwHTHc6eiPYKA0tpdDGjt2NBPtjz3M.sEZY.iYLg--&paid=voted
http://www.webmd.com/skin-beauty/hair-dye-faqs
Source(s):
I know hair. I have over 4 decades of hair know-how. I have silky, shiny, soft, smooth very healthy hair down to my knees. Previously damaged by perming & dyeing in the 80's & 90's. I've known people in their 30's whose hair stopped growing from ironing their hair in the 70's.