A German woman’s dream holiday took a distressing turn as she was forced to hack off all of her hair due to a snorkelling mishap.
Julia Fehst, 23, was enjoying a vacation in Croatia with her boyfriend last fall when her snorkelling trip caused unfortunate consequences to her scalp, Jam Press reported.
Having gotten hair extensions put in before the trip, Ms Fehst said she was careful to braid her hair before heading out for the water excursion.
But when she went to take a shower after snorkelling, she found her hair severely matted to the point she couldn’t comb her hair through it.
Ms Fehst said she spent eight hours trying to detangle the extensions from her natural hair, to no avail.
She was ultimately forced to cut off “two-thirds” of her hair, leaving some chunks just 2-3cm long.
Julia Fehst, 23, was enjoying a vacation in Croatia with her boyfriend last fall when her snorkelling trip caused unfortunate consequences to her scalp
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She explained the mishap in a TikTok video that went viral, racking up more than two million views and 49,300 likes.
“I totally panicked and it just kept getting worse,” Ms Fehst told NeedToKnow.online, of the moment she realised her hair wasn’t detangling. “For over eight hours, three people put coconut oil in my hair, and the tape extensions had to be cut out.”
After removing the majority of her hair, Ms Fehst said: “I cried a lot. The vacation was over for me.”
“I have naturally very thin and fine hair, which would never grow long on its own,” she explained.
“Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve dreamed of having long, full hair. This dream came true with the extensions. The extensions also significantly increased my self-confidence, which was destroyed after the extension accident.”
Julia Fehst’s severely matted hair is seen following her snorkelling trip
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Ms Fehst said she shared her experience online in hopes of getting advice from others who have been through a similar experience.
“I shared the video on TikTok as I was very desperate,” she said. “During the disaster with my extensions, I scoured the Internet for exactly the same thing that happened to me.
“That’s why TikTok came to my mind, to maybe get in touch with people who had the same thing happen and to get advice that I couldn’t find on the Internet.”
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