Why are we so afraid of the hairdresser?

We go to the doctor, the dentist, the opticians and we're more than happy to see anyone that's available. But the minute it comes to seeing the hairdresser, the mere thought of seeing just 'anyone' invokes fear and panic into our hearts.

Before today, I hadn't had my hair cut for 6 months. 6 LONG MONTHS OF SPLIT ENDS AND UNEVEN FRINGE... not at all because I tried to do it myself a few months back. When will I learn? My hairdresser is the best of the best. He's amazing at his job and for that reason, I don't ever want to try anyone else. So when I heard he was selling his salon and giving up hairdressing for a few months, I could have cried. Who was going to cut my hair? Who was going to make me feel fabulous? Who was going to give me that Cheryl Cole blow-dry?! Luckily, he's had a change of heart. PHEW!

There's always the fear that a new hairdresser will do something completely radical, like dye your hair pink whilst you're not looking. Or hack the whole thing off and laugh evilly as they run off into the darkness. Well not quite but you get the idea. But I honestly don't get why. It's hair. Dead cells growing out the top of our head that we style and cut and dye. And hair regrows, thats why we need it cut in the first place. So even if someone did dye it pink and then hack it all off, it would grow back!  

Hair is a reflection of ourselves. We style it to represent ourselves, our values, what we want for the future. You wouldn't go to a job interview with greasy straggly hair and expect to get the job. A radical style can reflect a radical view point. Think the long wavy hair of the 60's free love movement or David Bowie's Alladin Sane. It's who we are. 

So that brings me to today. This is my hair cut.

If you check yesterdays fashion friday, my hair doesn't look that different. I had some shaping around the front and tidying up of the ends (and a fabulous blow dry and curls). But I didn't trust anyone else to do that. It HAD to be MY hairdresser. 

We're so afraid that someone new won't be able to do what we want. But if we just loosen up a little bit, maybe we'll get a new style, a new way to present ourselves to the world and maybe we'll be better for it.

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