The makeovers also left some contestants traumatized, such as Michelle Deighton having open sores on her scalp after getting her hair bleached, or Brittany Hatch developing welts because of a weave, or Mikaela Schipani having to go to the emergency room off camera after receiving weave due to “a severe rash” and bleeding sores. She wrote on Tumblr that producers wouldn’t allow her to have her weave removed until she received a doctor-approved.

Aminat Ayinde said to Insider she said she lost her respect for host Tyra Banks after she was forced to get a hair relaxer despite being allergic. When she tried talking to the stylist, the stylist said “This is what Tyra wants–this is how we have to do” it. Banks also wasn’t on set that day.

“This is when I understood: Tyra doesn’t give a f—,” Ayinde said, adding that she went ahead with the makeover for fear of getting eliminated. But after she made it to third place in the competition and was eliminated, she removed the extensions that were part of the makeover and saw that she had a two-inch bald spot. She said it took her three years to grow her hair back, and that the expeirence “really left the most disgusting taste in my mouth.”

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