Help me help MIL!

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My MIL was in hospital for 3 months and, before she came home, arranged to have her hair permed. The idea was it was cheer her up and she wouldn't have to worry when she was home. Unfortunately the hairdresser completely ballsed it up and MIL now has hair like a brillo pad. Its coarse, dry and frizzy and sticks out all over the place as it was cut so short.

MIL understands that she's got to wait for it to grow but can anyone recommend anything to try and improve the condition, bearing in mind she's 96 and frail and has to have someone wash her hair for her and can't get out? I've given her a bottle of my beloved Kerastase serum to try and tame the frizz but this needs more than serum.

Thanks in advance.

Would it be long enough to use the smaller barrelled babyliss big hair to dry it? It might shape the curls nicely for her.

Sadly not - they cut it so it's above ear level so too short to do anything with. I feel so sorry for her - she keeps telling me she paid £40 to look like this!

Could you do a conditioning hair treatment for her? The best I've found is also the absolute cheapest - available in Home Bargains or lately also in Tesco, it's only £1 for a pot, which I get about eight treatments out of with long hair. It's a brown pot with a green lid and called Argan Oil hair treatment. You wash the hair, towel dry, then rub this in and leave for at least five minutes, then rinse - silkiest, softest hair I've had in years, and I have long hair which has been coloured a lot so tends to be dry. Other than that, take her to a good hairdressers and ask if they can do a short hair version of a Brazilian blow dry for her, as that seals in moisture and will take the frizz out completely.

I haven't got any great suggestions but had to reply because I feel so sorry for your MIL (and because it reminds me of my own mum). Could you give the hairdresser responsible a call? Not to redo her hair - I'm sure your MIL won't want her/him near her again - but they should be able to suggest some products to help and if they have any decency, offer a refund. Hope there will be other people along soon better ideas.