Dear, Tyra

I am 12 years old and I am going into seventh grade. I think I have america's worst hair! I comb it and it has no knots, yet it continues to poof out absoulutly HUGE!!! I am mixed, but I definitly haven't gotten my mom's silky smooth hair. It is somewhat course,very thick, and I have ALOT of it. Now when I say alot, you have no idea, because what you are thinking about when I say alot, it is probably ten times more than what you are picturing! Oil products make my hair ALOT worse. I use sprays, snd recently I have gone to the hair dresser's where they straightened my hair, but I went swimming a few days after and it is worse than ever, since I had to cut over 15 inches off because my mom said I couldn't handle it being long. I debated this because of the fact it wouldn't weigh down anymore If I wore it curly, and guess who was right as soon as it did go curly? Me. So now I have hair that is a gigantic poofball and no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to straighten it myself with a straightening iron! Please please help! I really am having alot of trouble handling it on my own, and I am not aloud to get it chemically straightened, even though I would really like that, my mom says it will make my hair fall out? Is this true? Or should I have a reason I should get it relaxed? It would really help if you could let me know, I need your help!

from,
Victoria

Miss Tyra Banks, please fix my poof!

I was born with something stylists like to call "ethnic hair" (and I am the least ethnic person out there!) I have more hair than any five people could ever need and it's absolutely huge! The left side is curly, the right side wavy, the middle is a bush, and it's all dry and massive.

I've tried expensive hair products but they don't make much of a difference, and with my amount of hair, I can go through a $50 bottle of conditioner in a week! Straightening helps a bit, but the process is ridiculous. I take about 2 hours to fully straighten my poof, I then sleep with my hair down, and straighten my hair again in the morning. Even after all of this, my hair still looks frizzy, kinky, and just plain unhealthy.

I feel most confident with my hair loose and flowing, but getting my hair to that point takes so long and the process isn't always guaranteed to work, so it's almost always pulled back and boring.

Please help me nurish my hair and find a quick and easy fix to my poofy woes! I promise you, my hair is bad. If you pick me for worst hair, you will not be dissapointed!

hi tyra i would like to know how you get your hair so smooth and straight, i have corse hair that is breaking all the time, it frizz all the time and i use straightning irons but i think its makeing the state of my hair worse. please help

hi Tyra i died my hair on may 15th and its tuesday August 12th and my hair is very very extreamly dry and every time I brush hrough it it gets even more dry and notty and I get so fustrated I do not know what treatments would help me at all! I am going innto the 6th grade and dont know what to do!what should I do sighned your friend Jazmine

hello tyra!

i really need your help. my hair is very thin and fine. but it is also very poofy and curly. I started straightening my hair in about 6th grade and everyday since then. I am now going to be in highschool in the 9th grade and my hair is even thinner then it used to be! And it is also fried and it wont grow!! I tried using straightening balm before straightening but it doesn't seem to work. Also I talked to people about getting my hair relaxed so i wouldn't need to straighten it but I hear it ruins your hair! I don't know what to do because I can't leave my hair natural and if I keep straightening it, it will just get even worse! please give me tips how to get straight hair or something i can do about it!

hello tyra!

i really need your help. my hair is very thin and fine. but it is also very poofy and curly. I started straightening my hair in about 6th grade and everyday since then. I am now going to be in highschool in the 9th grade and my hair is even thinner then it used to be! And it is also fried and it wont grow!! I tried using straightening balm before straightening but it doesn't seem to work. Also I talked to people about getting my hair relaxed so i wouldn't need to straighten it but I hear it ruins your hair! I don't know what to do because I can't leave my hair natural and if I keep straightening it, it will just get even worse! please give me tips how to get straight hair or something i can do about it!

hello tyra!

i really need your help. my hair is very thin and fine. but it is also very poofy and curly. I started straightening my hair in about 6th grade and everyday since then. I am now going to be in highschool in the 9th grade and my hair is even thinner then it used to be! And it is also fried and it wont grow!! I tried using straightening balm before straightening but it doesn't seem to work. Also I talked to people about getting my hair relaxed so i wouldn't need to straighten it but I hear it ruins your hair! I don't know what to do because I can't leave my hair natural and if I keep straightening it, it will just get even worse! please give me tips how to get straight hair or something i can do about it!

hello tyra!

i really need your help. my hair is very thin and fine. but it is also very poofy and curly. I started straightening my hair in about 6th grade and everyday since then. I am now going to be in highschool in the 9th grade and my hair is even thinner then it used to be! And it is also fried and it wont grow!! I tried using straightening balm before straightening but it doesn't seem to work. Also I talked to people about getting my hair relaxed so i wouldn't need to straighten it but I hear it ruins your hair! I don't know what to do because I can't leave my hair natural and if I keep straightening it, it will just get even worse! please give me tips how to get straight hair or something i can do about it!

hello tyra!

i really need your help. my hair is very thin and fine. but it is also very poofy and curly. I started straightening my hair in about 6th grade and everyday since then. I am now going to be in highschool in the 9th grade and my hair is even thinner then it used to be! And it is also fried and it wont grow!! I tried using straightening balm before straightening but it doesn't seem to work. Also I talked to people about getting my hair relaxed so i wouldn't need to straighten it but I hear it ruins your hair! I don't know what to do because I can't leave my hair natural and if I keep straightening it, it will just get even worse! please give me tips how to get straight hair or something i can do about it!

Hey Tyra :)
Im a 15 year old girl from scotland and having to go through school can be really bad and no matter how long i stay in a shower/bath to get shampoo /conditioner out the back of my hair is really greasy , but at times if i straigten or curl my hair it looks like a hay stack ; could you help to find the perfect tamer for the frizz and help me to find tips how to get conditioner out properly ?

thanx tyra ( totally love your show !! )

Sam XxX

Hello Tyra,

I am Black, and I have beautiful hair, but no tame control, it's pretty when it's wet a mess when it's dry, I shampoo it, blow dry, and flat iron it, it also holds curls very well, but I have a thick head of hair and am looking for something to control the puffiness, please help...

ur crazy dude

hey tyra, :)
i need ur help,okay so i have natural wavy hair,(kind of) and i LOVE ur show,and my straigtner works good and all but my hair is getting on my nerves!!! the bottom of it is all fried and frizzing out,it looks unhealthy at some points,but what i dont understand is my underneath my hair is healthy and shiny looking,but i get tired of getting my hair cut and two three days later its back to its bottom frizzies!!!! ITS DRIVING ME NUTS!!! ive done hair products,and so on but ive asked people at hair solons and they dont have a CLUE! i might not have americas worst hair,and i do have my good hair days,but i get sick of buying expensive hair conditioner,and so on when my hair isnt healthy,or silky.i also have problem with baby hairs,there to short to do almost anything!!! what should i do??? i just get tired of it,and ive died my hair so i know that made it worse,plus im 13,but im letting my roots grow back out,i had died it almost bleach blonde,but whent back brown,and now im letting it grow out, PLEASE GIIVE ME ADVICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello tyra

I am asian have really curly, puffy hair. i hate my hair i alwayz put it in bun. I really need your help. I am from canada.

Hello tyra

I am asian have really curly, puffy hair. i hate my hair i alwayz put it in bun. I really need your help. I am from canada.

I NEED HELP.MY HAIR IS SO THIN THAT IT IS PUTTING ME IN A DEEP DEPRESSION.
I SEE YOU TALK TALK ABOUT YOUR HAIR WEAVE AND YOU LOOK SO BEUITIFUL,IM WONDERING IF THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION FOR ME?

Dear Trya,

I'm 13 years old and when summer ends I'll be going to high school. I used to have thick shiny hair. In 6th grade i started to straighten my hair because it was puffy, but it was healthy. I continued to straighten it every year after. At about the end of 7th grade my hair was completely BURNT. It was dry and extremely dull and DEAD I hated it, but when i didn't straighten it it looked even more dry so kept straightening it until the end of 7th grade. Summer came and i decided to not straighten it at all during summer. I stopped straightening my hair for the summer before i went to 8th grade, but as soon as i stopped it started FALLING OUT. I didn't know what to do i was always crying and my mom felt so bad because there was nothing she could do so i acted like i didn't care. after ever shower i took my hair fell until it had a tiny ball of hair in my hand. Luckily it never fell out unless i was in the shower though. It fell out a lot but the appearance of it wasn't that bad. It was a little thin and had a tiny thinning spot on the top back of my head. Luckily it stopped a few months before 8th grade and started recovering (thank god). I started straightening my hair again in 8th grade after it became healthier and luckily it didn't fall out. By the end of 8th grade i had BURNT hair again. all my ends were dead and dry but it still looked a little shiny and healthy at the top. i got it trimmed many times during 8th grade so the damage wasn't that bad. Now, 8th grade is over and once again, im giving my hair a break for the summer. My hair isn't dry, but it has dead/split ends.

I've asked my mom if i could get my hair chemically straightened/straight permed so i wouldn't have to straighten it. She said okay but i've heard many stories about how sometimes they go completely wrong and ruin your hair. i've heard that if you have some-what soft hair and you get your hair chemically straightened/permed it may ruin your hair forever and makes it rough. Also i've heard sometimes it makes your hair fall out! but usually i hear these stories about curly hair perms or home-done perms. Im so scared i don't want to go through the falling out again or have to live with RUINED hair when i could have just continued to just straighten it and have less damage. My hair is puffy, but it's soft. and has split ends, but it's still a litlle shiny. Im worried about if i should get my hair chemically straightened. I dont want it to make my hair fall out because i know what that's like and its HELL, and i don't want it to ruin my hair or dry it out more than it would if i just straightened it. Soooo trya PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me! I NEED you help! You are so beautiful and i look up to you sooooooooooo much i hope you'll be able to help me.

i love you.

email: babyy.cakkess@yahoo.com

Hi tyra, I have the worst hair ever. It is really thick and curly but not the nice curls the fat frizzy ones. My hair h=gets so frizzy that it collects at the top and curls out and there is no way to tame it. I am middle eastern and I need help!!

Dear Tyra,
ever since i was young at 2 my hair was down to my rib. Then when I got older my hair broke off to the tip if my ear.I was 10. Nobody helps my when I ask for help caue they don't know whatt to do with my hair. Now I am 13. when I go to school everybody makes fun of my hair. They say I'm the ugliset girl in the school. Except my friends. They make me cry everyday. I want to believe that i'm beautiful. And don't wear a hoody were ever I go. PLEASE HELP ME TYRA!

HEY TYRA,
THIS IS AMBER AND I'M 15 AND I SUFFER CURLY HAIR THAT IS ALWAYS DRY, FRIZZIE, AND POOFS OUT INTO THIS HUGE PYRAMID ALL THE TIME I NEVER GO ANY WHERE WITHOUT PACKING LOADS OF GEL IN MY HAIR MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY SAYS IT LOOKS AWFUL BUT IF I DON'T USE IT IT MY HAIR TRYS TO EAT EVERYTHING. MY FRIENDS TELL ME TO SRAIGHTEN IT BUT I'VE TRIED AND IT JUST DON'T WORK AND I'VE TRIED EVERY PRODUCT OUT THERE. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey ms tyra
well my name is jesssica i am a born jamaican i love your show.i am fourteen and next month the 19 i will be 15.wel i am far from what they call of havin beautiful hair .growing up it was constant naps, perms would make my hair fall out it was a constant struggle with my hair. being that i was young i didnt see the importance of my hair. but as i grew older and then i did. going through school it is a constant hassle just to make ends meet with my hair. i am next year attending the academy at my school and my confidance is at its all time low. i love music and i love to sing and dance but my appearance lets me feel as if i am not even worthy. people also judge me of the way i look and wont even give me a chance.my parents have tried alot and i am thankful for that but i am just frustrated with my hair sometimes at night i just sit and cry about it . my family has made fun of my hair and its very hard when everyone in my family has long beautiful hair and i dont.no one understands me they think i am being sensitive. but on the bright side is that i am very ambitious and i ......in the future is working very hard to become a r&b singer and own a few business of my own like your self. yeah like you but thank you soooooooooooooooooooo much for this and i knoe that one day we will be sitting some where talking about this and laughing because i made to where i wanna be thank you so much

love *~laydie jea~*

Why are you wearing your hair like that and displaying it like it is a fashion insult. It is artistically and fashionably beautiful.

hi tyra im a little young (im 11) I was born whith two parents who have the worst frizzy curly hair ever and
people call me the frizzy hair freak but im already made fun of because of my pig nose but thats not the point all the hair prodect that my mom buys for me doesnt work. I dont get it old people love my curly hair but its just a pain to me its hard to brush through. so my mom bought me a straightner but it just dries my hair out. can you help my please i need ideas to find something that doent drie my hair out but works.(sorry if my spellings off) thank you ur show rocks

Hi Tyra
first id like to say i love yor show and you i really look up to you and you are favorite celeberty you are really really pretty and i love your smile. And i am so envious of your hair its so gourgues and mine is really frizzy where i strighten all the time. uh i HATE IT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

hey im 12 years old and i need HELP tyra i have puffy, frzzy,and curly hair i need HELP