Fashion trends always come back around. Bell-bottoms, baggy jeans, chunky sneakers, and now apparently the hairstyle that made every guy in a boy band look like he lost a fight with a bottle of bleach.

Frosted tips are officially making a comeback. Yes, Michigan, it's time to dust off those cargo shorts, dig out your old CD collection, and prepare for the return of hair that looks like it got dipped in vanilla frosting.

Remember *NSYNC's Lance Bass? He's been helping lead the charge, bringing back the frosted tips last December. He even joked that all he needed was a Walkman and some cargo pants to make it feel like 1997 again.

And honestly, if you're old enough to remember 1997, you probably still have a Walkman somewhere in a basement storage tub next to a stack of VHS tapes and a snow brush that hasn't worked since the Clinton administration.

From Boy Band Disaster to Fashion Statement

Back in the day, frosted tips were practically a uniform. Every guy wanted hair that was dark on the sides and looked like someone sprinkled powdered sugar on top.

Justin Timberlake had them. Lance Bass had them. Guy Fieri apparently never received the official notice that the trend was over.

For years, frosted tips were considered an embarrassing relic of the late '90s and early 2000s. Now, somehow, they're cool again.

Fashion experts say the comeback may be connected to the buzz-cut-and-bleach trend from the early 2020s. Someone buzzes their hair, bleaches it, and lets it grow out. Before long, they've accidentally recreated a hairstyle that used to come with a free TRL countdown.

It's less polished than the salon-perfect frosted tips of the old days. Think less boy-band photo shoot, more "I got a haircut and forgot to finish the job."

Michigan Is Ready. Probably.

Here in Michigan, we understand that everything eventually comes back. Road construction returns every spring. The potholes return after every winter. And apparently, hairstyles we spent decades trying to forget are getting another shot.

Picture a guy walking into a Saginaw barbershop and asking for the Lance Bass special. Somewhere in the back, a barber quietly puts down his clippers and wonders if this is what the career has come to.

Or imagine pulling into a Flint gas station and seeing a dude with frosted tips, a tribal tattoo, and a pair of cargo shorts big enough to carry groceries for a family of six. You wouldn't know whether to compliment his hair or ask if he still has a working Motorola Razr.

And let's not forget Michigan winters. Frosted tips might actually be practical here. When it's 12 degrees outside and your hair is already white on top, you can save money on a winter hat. Just tell everyone it's a fashion choice.

Should You Bring Them Back?

If you rocked frosted tips the first time around, congratulations. You're now old enough to experience your questionable decisions becoming vintage.

If you're young enough to be trying them for the first time, just remember that fashion has a long memory. Somewhere, a friend has a digital camera, and someday that photo will resurface at the worst possible moment.

So go ahead, Michigan. Grab the bleach. Find the cargo shorts. Put some 98 Degrees on the stereo.

Just maybe leave the spiky hair gel in the cabinet until we know whether JNCO jeans are coming back, too.

We've got enough things to worry about around here. We don't need to bring back every hairstyle from the era of dial-up internet.