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What's the most drastic change you've ever made to your appearance?
Submitted by Laurie.

By the time I was 10 years old, I'd never had my hair cut, not even trimmed.  I had to wear it in braids all the time because it got tangled and knotted so easily, and I could only wash it once a week because it was a two-person job, usually in the bathtub or in the laundry tub.  When I played basketball, I had to tuck my braids down my shirt because they were lethal if I turned too fast.

So, in the fall of my 10th year, I got my hair cut.  Short.  Short short - like, three inches long.  I went from having hair down to my knees (no kidding - my mom took a picture of me the night before it was cut when it was out of the braids) to looking like a boy.  I didn't tell anyone at school I was doing that, and when I walked in the next day, no one recognized me at first.  I remember walking into the classroom, and everyone's jaws falling open and the expressions of shock on their faces.  For weeks afterwards, people who didn't know what I'd done would walk past me until they realized who I was and what I'd done.