Her Hairstyle Looked Great from the Front — Not So Much from Behind

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Inner color — where a section of hair beneath the top layer is dyed a different shade — has been a popular hair trend in Japan for years. The effect is meant to peek through when the hair moves, adding a subtle flash of color. When paired with pink that's faded over time and worn in a side ponytail, the results from the front can look effortlessly stylish.

The results from the back, however, are apparently a different story. A woman riding the train home got a surprise when her boyfriend suddenly burst out laughing and showed her a photo he'd just taken. The top of her head — where the faded pink sat over the darker inner layer — looked, to put it plainly, completely bald. She posted about the incident, and the replies came flooding in.

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Can I just vent for a sec?? My hair right now is inner color — lots of dark underneath, faded pink on top — and today I had it in a side ponytail. On the way home, my boyfriend suddenly burst out laughing and showed me this photo and… I look completely bald???? I looked like THIS the whole time???? I am NEVER doing this hairstyle again‼️

ちょっと聞いてもらってもいいですか？今髪色インナーが多めの黒の上が色落ちしたピンクで、今日サイドポニーをしてたんです帰りの電車で彼氏が急に笑い出して、この写真見せてきたんですけどめっちゃハゲ頭じゃないですか？？？私こんなふうに見えてたんですか？？？もう絶対この髪型しない‼️

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lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooo

ｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ

I genuinely cannot

ほまにやめてほしい

she is SO bald lmao

めっちゃハゲてるww

okay yeah that’s bald 😣

さすがにこれはハゲてる😣

but the first photo (from the front) is so cute though…

１枚目めっちゃ可愛いのに…

THE TOP OF HER HEAD I’M DYING LMAOOO

てっぺんがWWWWWWWWちぬWWWWWWWW

so it turns out I had a bald spot ◟( ᵒ̴̶̷̥́ ·̫ ᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀ )

てっぺんハゲだったみたい◟( ᵒ̴̶̷̥́ ·̫ ᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀ )

this is a textbook-perfect bald head

これは絵に描いたようなきれいなハゲ

a Dorifuto-style toupee in this day and age… (Dorifuto, short for “The Drifters,” was a legendary Japanese comedy group known for slapstick gags — their bald wig bits were a signature.)

令和にそんなドリフみたいなカツラを、、

Namihei or Kato Cha — you decide (Namihei is the famously bald dad from the long-running anime Sazae-san; Kato Cha is the Drifters comedian known for his shiny bald head gag.)

波平か加藤茶か

I laughed out loud. the color combo is just too perfectly unfortunate

笑っちゃった絶妙すぎる色味

I always thought this kind of hairstyle looked bald lol

この髪型ずっとハゲてるみたいだなって思ってた笑

it’s a total trap

トラップすぎる

wait lol I was literally about to do this dye job myself lmao

まってｗ私もこの染めやろー！って思ってたんだけどｗｗｗ

inner color can look bald depending on the angle, even though from the front (like photo 1) it looks super stylish. it’s like seeing someone in a beige outfit and doing a double take like “wait are they naked?!” — same energy. also she and her header photo are both cute btw

インナーカラーってハゲて見えるときあるよね、1枚目みたいに見るとオシャレなのに。ベージュの服着てる人見て一瞬「え？！裸？！」ってなる現象と似ている。てか本人もヘッダーもかわいい

inner color looks great when it’s down, but the moment you tie it up… this happens. when I got my hair done the stylist suggested it because it was trending, but I said no and went with highlights instead. good call, past me

インナーカラーって降ろしてるときは綺麗だけど縛ったときにこうなるから… 染める時「流行りだから」って美容師さんにおすすめされたけど断わって筋染めにしたんだよな

yeah inner color just looks bad when tied up, there’s no way around it — standard width looks like a turban, earring color alone looks like you’ve got rope around your head, no matter what you do it goes wrong the second you put it up

そうこれインナーって結んだ時あまりにもダサすぎるからできない、普通の幅もターバンみたいになってダサいしイヤリングカラーだけでも紐巻いてるみたいになるどう足掻いても結ぶとダサい

honestly even the reverse — bleach blonde inner with dark on top — looks bald from behind and I’ve always thought it looked bad

逆にインナーが金髪でも下がハゲてるように見えてダサいと思ってた

reverse version: saw a young woman walking ahead of me the other day, she had her hair half-up and I was convinced everything below her ears was shaved — turned out it was a two-tone, pitch black on top, blonde on the bottom

逆バージョンで、先日前を歩いていた若い女の子。ハーフアップで結んでたか忘れたけど耳から下がスキンヘッド！？とおもったら上半分真っ黒下半分金髪のツートンでした。

the front-to-back gap is WILD

前後ろギャップ過ぎるＷＷＷＷＷ

in a way, it’s gap moe (gap moe: the Japanese concept of being charmed by an unexpected contrast in someone’s appearance or personality)

ある意味ギャップ萌え

this is so cute and it genuinely cheered me up 😂😂😂 and a boyfriend who laughs like that with you is a keeper 😂

めちゃくちゃ可愛くて元気が出ました😂😂😂 こんなに笑ってくれる彼氏さんもよい😂

she looks so cute from the front though 🩷 this taught me the importance of checking the back too. thank you for this lesson 😳✨

前から見た感じはとっても可愛いのにね🩷 後ろも確認する大切さを教えてもらいました。ありがとう😳✨

everything except this particular hairstyle is absolutely adorable 😂

この髪型さえしなければ最高に可愛いんだと思う😂

if you look cute in the mirror, that’s all that matters‼️ 🫵

鏡で見える自分がかわいければ、ヨシ‼️🫵

My take

We don't usually think about how the back of our heads look — so when that reality finally hits, I imagine it's quite a shock. Impressive in its own way, honestly.

#Funny #Culture #Fashion

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