Outdated Hair Trends From The 2000s We're Terrified To See Make A Comeback

Ah, the 2000s. What most millennials would do to be able to relive the era of Lizzie McGuire, Blockbuster, gadgets like the Gameboy Advance or the Techno robot dog from Radio Shack, and wear chunky thong sandals without getting weird glares. Luckily, the Y2K era, or the aughts as others call it (or the naughty aughties if you're fun), has appeared to be making a bit of a resurgence.

Low-rise jeans, jelly sandals, cargo pants, ballet flats, trucker hats, mini skirts, tube tops, track suits, and other styles are trending among Gen Zers and Millennials alike. In addition to clothes, hairstyles that were popular at that time are also getting new life. Baby braids, high pigtails, spiky buns and more. Celebrities like Haley Bieber, Zoe Kravitz and Zendaya have embraced the comeback, which has been all over social media. And as much as we love to see it, there are some things from the 2000s that we wouldn't mind leaving in the past.

Christina Aguilera is one of the most talented artists of the 2000s, but we have no idea what was going on with those dark extensions. They make chunky highlights almost seem like a minor fashion offense. Aguilera was certainly not the only celeb who rocked this look during that time; Nicole Richie was another IT girl who was seen with the style.

Not only were they egregiously longer than the wearer's natural hair, but the contrast in and of itself was a trainwreck. If we could lock this style up and throw away the key, it would only be too soon. 

If you have never seen the iconic "Bumpit" infomercial, what are you doing?! The commercial showed young women placing a large rounded clip at the front of their hair, using more of their hair to cover it to create a bump effect. This style had us in a chokehold and carried us from the aughts into the 2010s because of its versatility. You could wear your hair down, half-up, or in a high ponytail with a bumpit secured at the front.

Rihanna, the cast of "Jersey Shore," Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, and even our queen Beyonce had all fallen victim to the style. And I think we are all entitled to some sort of compensation for the cringe we participated in and endured due to the Bumpit.

Though we can kind of see the vision, the look is better left where we found it.

Hair gel has been a staple in our culture since the 1950s and it has made for some truly amazing waves of hair fashion. Spikey hair, however, was not one of those moments. Ryan Cabrera was one of the worst offenders during the 2000s, and although many of us probably imagined him singing "True," to us on our wedding days ... we will never forgive him for how hard he went with the hair gel.

Spikey hair became a whole personality trait for a lot of rockers at the time, including Travis Barker, Benji Madden, and even Pink. And while the look was certainly impactful, it may not have been for good reasons.

Rachel Green, we need you to come to the front. As iconic as the "Rachel" haircut was during the late '90s and early 2000s, the chunky highlights that came with it should have been outlawed. Immortalized in tabloids, so many celebrities sported the offending highlights on red carpets and at events, and it was so popular that we couldn't even escape the trend at the movies. The most iconic iteration of chunky highlights had to be Lindsay Lohan in 2003's "Freaky Friday." As cool as we think Anna Coleman is, we don't want to see those highlights in the sequel.

Sorry Beliebers, but we believe that the infamous Justin Bieber swoop needs to be buried in a time capsule and subsequently covered in cement. This style was so popular that it was hard to escape it not only at school, but even when you turned on your TV. Stars like Zack Efron and Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boy looked like they had just been standing in a gust of wind that blew their hair in one direction. Rihanna also sported an adaptation of style when she dropped "Good Girl Gone Bad," chopping her hair and leaving a very prominent, sideswept bang.

Crimped hair was all the rage in the era of Y2K. The look can be achieved by using a hot crimping tool that creates a crinkle effect in the hair. As cute as the idea was, the execution was a completely different story. One of the worst offenders of this was the hairstylists on the set of Disney's "Lizzie McGuire," because why did they have to do our girl Hilary Duff like this? There were times where Lizzie, played by Duff, had random crimped hair mixed in with straight hair, or hair that was crimped at the root, but not down to the ends. Look, it's no secret that the Disney Channel dressed its actors in a way that can be only summarized as "quirky," but let's spare the next wave of child stars the outdated hair damage.