Hair Woes

About a year ago I did a dreadful thing....I cheated on my hair dresser of 10 years.

I decided to try something/someone new. I told the gal to go all dark, cover the highlights. I was dark. After a month of being dark I wanted to be blonde again. So I strayed again and went to someone new. Turns out highlights were not this new gal's strength. I turned brassy. I went to her 2 days after the highlights for a "fix". It was a terrible fix. So I grovelled back to Michelle Pennings, best colorist in all of San Diego County, my first and only true hair dresser. Michelle fixed me and dutifully warned me I would have "a chemical layering effect" aka breakage from all the stress I put my hair under. Fast forward a year, now I am trying to grow out all color and go back to my God given roots. Truly He knows what color looks best on me, right? (If my God given turns out to be gray, you betcha I'll be going back to bottle, that's why God created hair color, right?)

The problem is....take a look at the picture above...this was in May, you can only guess what the root growth looks like now. What is a girl to do? Should I shave my head bald? I ALMOST grabbed the clippers and did it today. Michelle, bless her heart, said if I get tired of the trailer trash look I can have a toner put on, but I fear more chemicals will lead to more damaged hair.

HELP! Between the chemical layering effect and the roots I fear the worst is ahead!