Does lemon juice make your hair lighter?

loads of people say that if you apply lemon juice to your hair and go and sit in the sun it will go lighter so -if you only apply it to the ends of your hair will only the ends of your hair go lighter/

I'm a recent graduate of cosmetology school and I've come to learn that the acids in lemon juice will penetrate your hair and the heat from the sun will open up the cuticle in your hair causing it to gradually lighten. So, yes, lemon juice will lighten your hair.

yupps!! I've tried it before and it works like a charm =) from rich dark black hair, my hair has gone brown!! my friend who had dirty blonde hair did the same thing and now she has sandy blonde hair... she soaks her hair in lime juice tho... and sits in her back yard, then she says she dives into her pool to wash the lime juice off!! - and the chlorine in the pool must do something, cause it makes her hair lighter too!! =P

I've never tried it but my friend says it works so ya I would try it!

Yea it would. I havent tried it too but I would like to try it some day...

ronggg! sorry evry1 but that is really bad 4 your hair. it dries it out there4 making it more brittle and making even likly to snap off. it you want your hair lighter get it proffesionally done dont waist time and hair folicles messing round with hair potinons that don't really work. you may also have an allergic reaction 2 it and there is a chance your hair could come out in clumps and in the worst case scenario you could get cancer. im begging you dont do it, it may work the 1st few times but ir makes your hair much much weaker. From,
Caring and annoying hair freak

yep it does
but I dyed by hair black and tried the lemon juice thing a couple of weeks later and nuthing happend
maybe its because I dyed it black
or maybe it was just my hair
or maybe I just did it wrong...

haha well to all the princesses of the world, I use lemon juice and vinegar at the same time!!! I know its bad for your hair... but... I have a moisturising conditioner and I leave it in for 1 hour - 2 hours a week then wash it out. my hair was never very strong to start with but funnily enough its getting stronger even though I straighten it and use lemon juice. I've heard you can comb through oil aswell- dont know whether I wont to try that one though. is it true that heat and lemon react to make your hair blonder because I dont have time to sunbake anymore???

mix All purpose windex, lime juice and 1/4 tablespoon of baking soda. mix together...place on hair. leave in for 20 minutes then rinse out. turns like black hair ttly blondish brown. it really works!!!

Lemon juice does make your hair lighter. but it could turn it to a weird orange-ish color if you leave it in for to long. what I do, is I mix lemon-juice and water in a spray bottle, spray it alll over my hair and then wait in the sun for like 10 minutes. then I wash it out. I would recomend you use a bit more conditioner then usuall, because the lemon juice CAN end up making your hair a bit dry. but please, dont do the lemon juice thing every week. it will ruin your hair! I recomend only once. good luck!

what if it gives me cancer