You will recover with a vengence don't worry! Especially since you feel confident without your hair. It will be back before you know it!
Here's my "tragedy"...
In Nov 2004 i went to a "professional" to have my hair relaxed (never been relaxed before). However she did not have th brandi wanted (affirm) and made me wait ALL DAY. So she said she will straighten it with GHD's for free. Well first she blowed it out almost like a dominican blowout, then straightened it, no heat protectant just keracare essential oils.
My hair looked ok but i've had it straightened way better before. A few weeks later i washed it and my hair began to break TERRIBLY. patches and everything, bold spots etc. Some of my hair stayed straight, it looked like a hada mohawk. I tolerated it up until 2005 when i let secondary (high) school. I had a little cut and weaved it, i made a little progress however this damage was not going anywhere.
I always spoke about how i would love to cut myhair and start again. Well March 7th 2006 i went to the barber and got it cut off. I kept it faded up until May 12th this year. My hair is the healthiest it has ever been (well healthiest since i was about 4yrs old lol). My hair is eve and breakage free!Its growing nicey to, itsjust over3 inches but under 4 - im on track in regards to average growth rate. I know if i took my vitamins for more than a week a time and actually used my sulfur mix it would grow faster - im starting those things up again consistantly now! In a sense im happy this happened or else i would not have such a healthy head start!
Heres my album
http://public.fotki.com/Crissi/
I haven't updated in a while my hair is a bit longer than what you see.
Crissi, x