How can I get semi-permanent black dye out of my hair?

So, I semi permanently died my medium brown hair black. and it looks Horrible. no lies. so after crying for hours, I googled what to do and found some things to try. nothing has worked! heres what I've done to try and get back to my natural color :

I saturated it with lemon juice and sat in the sun for hours
I washed it with dish soap
I washed it with tide
I washed it with a strong head & shoulders ( like 7 times already)
I washed it with Prell shampoo ( again like 7 times already)

I really really don't want to bleach my hair, or take out my natural color, I don't want dead hair, because I've been growing it out all year. also I'm only 16 I don't want the roots problem to deal with.

it hasn't even faded, or lightened at all. I don't know what to do. my prom is in 3 days. HELP!!!

go to a saolon. thats the best thing to do. I dyed my hair permanent black, and it looked awful. so I went to a salon. they did it SAFELY without screwing up my hair. it might cost some money, but your prom is something you want to remember, not regret. so its worth it.

good luck =)

Those natural home remedies won't do a thing to get rid of black, sweetie. I'm a hairstylist, take it from me--go to a salon.

Firstly, by coloring your hair black, you have already "taken out" your natural color. It's gone, kiss it goodbye. Now let's work on the bright side and keep a positive attitude here. This isn't the end of the world.

Never, EVER do a major hair color change before a big event. Lesson learned, I won't drill that one into you any further.

The only, I reapeat, ONLY way to get black out is to have it stripped or bleached out. Then your stylist can add color to it to get it to a color that you want.

The GOOD NEWS is that you have only applied one round of black to your hair. It should come out fairly easily! It's when you've been coloring it black for months or years that the color becomes very difficult to remove. Since you've only colored it once, I bet after one bleach or stripping session, you'll have removed almost all of it.

When the stripper is rinsed off, you'll look a dull and rather spotty shade of light brown or blonde or even reddish. Don't expect your natural haircolor to come shining back. Then your stylist will have to tone the color to get somethign close to what you want.

It will cost between $150.00 to $200.00 not including tip ( I recommend a $20.00 tip--she'll be working on you all day). But it's worth every penny.

Do not go into the salon with a perfect vision of getting your old hair back. Just work with what your hair gives you and make your only goal to get the black out. Then go from there with your stylist.

Nowadays, it's simply not true that your hair will be damaged beyond repair when you bleach it. There are many good innovations going on to make color stripping not near as bad as it used to be.

After you have it done (it will take all day, so pack a lunch and clear your schedule), deep condition it with a salon brand conditioning treatment or something of the like. Sleep with baby oil in your hair the first night. Even if it comes out with breakage or damage, you can still tame it for prom night with a good stylist and plenty of good product and curling/flat irons.

Calm down--this can be fixed with something you're happy with. Let us know how it turns out!

I know what you mean I have that same problem try washing powder or try a hair colour remover that helped me a lot and that cost me £8 (yes I live in england)

I had that happen to me a few mounths ago, I asked someone from the haircuttry they said stripping and bleaching it I really didnt want to do that so they sugested putting highlights in sothat it would comaflage the roots,but I have dark hair and it worked pretty well and it was really cute!!!

im blonde and just got black dyed only underneath my hair 2 days ago and I want it blonde again : [. im thinking about going bk to the hair dressers in 8 weeks to get it stripped, is this a good idea?

Well that sucks.
But at least you dont have a hideous haircut like me thats up to your shoulders. I start 8th grade in 3 months and I really was looking forward to having long beautiful hair but now its ughh.

And It'll take a million years for my hair to grow down to my waist again. This sucks.

Put on a wig?
I guess the only thing I can think of is bleaching your hair. But that ..urg. So confusing.