"In seventh grade, I had lots of fluffy little baby hairs, so I couldn't pull my hair back in a ponytail without looking like I had wispy '80s bangs. I had a brilliant idea one day, and decided to use chemical hair remover on my forehead! It burned my scalp and I now have a reverse widow's peak because my hair won't grow back there anymore." -- hbenv via Reddit

"It was right before my senior year of high school began. I wanted nothing more than to have beautiful, golden beachy waves. So I went to my stylist and asked for a loose perm. She said, "Okay, but your hair will be a little more damaged than it normally is after bleaching it!" Naively, I agreed to it."

"My stylist didn't tell me, however, that perming bleached hair is literally the worst thing you could ever do to your locks. When it was done, it looked like ramen noodles, kind of like Justin Timberlake's hair way back when. When I showered, it would break off in my hand, and it felt like very, very weak elastic. I had spent about two years growing boob-length hair, and it was ruined in an instant. So, right before school started, I had to chop it all off. What remained was a fried, frizzy, brittle bob, which, by the way, did not suit my face shape at all. I had that bob in all of my pictures from my senior year." -- tarogers24 via Reddit

"The people who make the DIY waxing kits need to burn in hell. I decided last minute that I was going to save a few dollars and use the DIY wax right before my wedding/honeymoon. I tried the patch on my ankle and had no problems, so I cancelled my appointment and the night before (because I wanted to be fresh for as long as possible for the honeymoon) I started trying to use the wax kit.

Well, let me tell you: I got one leg and half my vag done and was so tired and sweaty and teary-eyed that I gave up. But guess what? The skin was too sensitive and I couldn't finish waxing my vag. I ended up shaving my other leg and calling it a night.

The next day I had no time to finish the job, so on our wedding night my husband 'unwrapped' me and was so startled that we spent about 10 minutes laughing hysterically before sexy times commenced." -- TailoredChaos via Reddit

"I cut and dyed my own hair for ten years. Then, before my wedding, friends encouraged me to treat myself and go to a salon. So three days before the wedding, I went in for a bit of a trim. I had shaved my head eight months earlier and my hair was nicely starting to grow back at that point."

"The stylist didn't listen to me. She promised me she was a professional and could do something amazing with the little bit of hair I had. Then she gave me a mullet. Like 1970s hockey hair. THREE DAYS BEFORE MY WEDDING. When all I asked for was a trim. I quietly paid the $60 and ran to my car. I spent the next twenty minutes crying on the steering wheel and ended up at a salon a few blocks over. The woman there fixed it as best she could, free of charge.

I wore a wig to the wedding." -- Renfurly via Reddit

"I used duct tape to hold my wedding dress up, then after three hours of having it on, I ripped it off, taking two layers of flesh with it and spending my honeymoon with big bandages under each arm. Totally not my best moment."
-- Erin Dobos on the Total Beauty Facebook page