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What Did My Hairdresser Say About My Hair? (Week 4 of the Hair Experiment)

October 8th, 2007

Kerri Hair experiment at 3 weeks and 3 days

Apprehensively, I went to my hairdresser, Bron, on Saturday to get my hair cut.  Here’s a pic just before I got my hair cut and you can see the ends look a bit whispy and fly-away. I was somewhat concerned at what my hairdresser might say because I’m 4 weeks into my hair experiment and it is very controversial, striking up a virtual firestorm of comments online about hair being greasy (that’s the mildest remark).

My hairdresser Bron is the owner of a very busy, award winning hair salon and is a classic Aussie who tells me exactly what she thinks, no holds barred.  This time I was just getting my hair cut, no color and not even my usual wash and styling.  I didn’t want to have any products put into my hair, not even shampoo.  Bron quickly noticed while handling my hair that it had changed. She kept running her fingers through my hair and commented that it was getting thicker and looked very good.  Such a relief she didn’t think it was greasy or oily. If she thought that, she would definitely have told me.

My hair has been baby fine for years now but remember as a kid that I used to have thick, shiny hair.  Baby fine hair can be good, it’s cooler in Summer and I’ve adapted to style it to suit me but I never forgotten the hair I had as a kid. I remember how much shinier and full my hair was when it was long. My school girl ponytail would bounce against my back rather than the feathery soft fine hair that tickles, a different sensation all together.

I shared with Bron that people have told me over the years that hair doesn’t change and that I must be mistaken. She said in her no-nonsense way that was rubbish and that she had seen people’s hair change. I thought about it and remember how lots of women say their hair changes during and after pregnancy.  I remember my mother’s hair going glossy and having rich red highlights when she was pregnant at 34 years of age. So this gives me more evidence that hair really does change.

I like having long hair but thought that because it was fine, it looked a bit stringy or lanky at times. Bron has always encouraged me to consider those funky new fake hair  additions to give my hair more body.

I shared with Bron that I am doing a few things differently to my hair without divulging the details other than to say that for the 5 previous days I had been taking essential fatty acids (Udos Oil).  She said she could definitely notice the difference.  She pointed out that my hair was healthy and shiny for most of the length and pointed out the last third didn’t look quite as good but said she was only going to take all of it off, just a bit of the ends. Bron explained we’d let the other part grow out. 

The changes I’ve made have only been for 4 weeks so I know that it’s more than just the hair that’s grown during that time that’s changed. I was so excited after I left at the great feedback that I rang my friend Emelisa who knows about this experiment and has been interested in the results.  She has quite short thick hair and said she definitely didn’t want her hair getting any thicker but does want shinier hair. I’m delighted she is so intrigued and is considering doing this experiment too.

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