I AM VERY HAPPY TO PRAY FOR YOUR REQUEST. I HOPE GOD GRANTS YOU THE HAIR YOU DESIRE. I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING THOUGH -- I HAVE VERY BABY FINE HAIR AND ONLY A MEDIUM AMOUNT. THIS IS IN CONTRAST TO BOTH OF MY SISTERS, WHO HAVE GORGEOUS, THICK HAIR. ALL MY LIFE I SPENT MONEY GETTING PERMS, ETC., TO MAKE ME LOOK LIKE I HAD THICKER HAIR. I EVEN WORE WIGLETS AT ONE POINT. THEN I JUST TOOK A STEP BACK -- I TOLD MY MOTHER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF WHAT TO DO WITH MY HAIR. THE ANSWER WAS THERE ALL ALONG: STOP FIGHTING IT AND STOP TRYING TO BE SOMETHING I AM NOT, i.e., A WOMAN WITH BEAUTIFUL HAIR. LOOK AT MY PROFILE PIC. I THINK I LOOK BETTER THAN I EVER DID SINCE I CUT MY HAIR SHORT. (AND NOW I EVEN HAVE A PIXIE.) I FEEL SO FREE AND UNFETTERED. AND AS FAR AS THE SKIN COLOR THING GOES -- SAME WITH ME: I ALWAYS WISHED I WAS DARKER COMPLECTED, LIKE MY SISTERS. KNOW WHAT? I NO LONGER CARE. HONEST. I ACCEPT MYSELF FOR WHO I AM. I FOCUS ON WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT MY APPEARANCE -- GORGEOUS NOSE, GOOD BONE STRUCTURE, FULL LIPS. I AM BEING REALISTIC ABOUT MY APPEARANCE, ACCENTUATING THE POSITIVE AND DOING MY BEST WITH THE HAIR AND COLORING I DO HAVE. AGAIN, I HOPE GOD ANSWERS YOUR PRAYER. HOWEVER, I ALSO PRAY THAT IF HE DOES NOT, YOU WILL JUST CUT IT SHORT AND BE HAPPY. LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WORRY ABOUT THIS STUFF. AND ENVY WILL MAKE YOU MISERABLE. YOUR SISTER IN CHRIST, ###.