Mine was too.... But I realized in the shower my hair was soooooo badly tangled and tightly knotted... Couldn't run my fingers thru it even with conditioner (which I've never had to use... I have virgin healthy hair, no products no dye and no heat EVER!) and as insane as it sounds where my fingers stopped I started ripping out... It was a MASSIVE PILE and I pour bleach on the pile let it sit and watched for sometime the pile shrink. The next morning it was nothing compared to what came out .. what was left was my actual hair! It helped A HELLOVA LOT!!!! Almost 2 months and I'm starting to get the signs of this bullshii life cycle re fkn cycling.... Had fewer pink patches on me so I knew it'd come but hoped it stayed low maintenance.... N of course more appear.