Your Hair, Don't Take It For Granted
Judy Ramsook
March 03, 2006
Hair, from an early age one learns how to wash, comb, and brush it. Some persons say it’s one of the things that continues to grow after one has died, the other are the nails.
In addition, one only needs to take a glance at the wide variety of hair products in a retail outlet, to see what an important part of us our hair is.
Some people wear it long or at least past their shoulders, others may prefer to wear it short because it is easier to manage or it makes them look better.
Some people have even claimed that waiters or club ID card checkers might first look at their hair for signs of gray strands before requesting to see their IDs when ordering that alcoholic beverage or trying to gain admittance into whatever club.
No matter how many ways we comb it, brush it or style it, it is a distinct part of who we are. Moreover, it is such an important identifier that when some one starts losing clumps of it to say a side effect of chemotherapy, that individual can be devastated.
Now there are quite a few men in our midst who are bald by choice because they prefer that look, and if they are happy with that, it’s fine, but for others who are losing their hair due to medical reasons, the mere fact that these persons are losing their hair might not be such an easy thing to accept.
For they are losing a part of who they are. Certainly, such individuals might no longer have to bother with trips to their favourite hair salon, or thinking of which hair colour they should experiment with next, or which way to style it for certain social engagements, but maybe they miss having to do all those things.
Maybe such individuals enjoyed taking those trips to the hair salon, or even lingering in the hair products aisle of the store wondering whether they should try a new shampoo just for fun or keep using the one their hair stylist has recommended.
Then there are some persons who just take their hair for granted. Such individuals may not have cancer or need chemotherapy treatments. They may be blond(e), brunette or red heads, but it won’t be uncommon to hear such a person complain about setting aside a certain amount of time for washing and grooming it for whatever occasion.
Nevertheless, our hair is a constant part of who we are. Those who are healthy and are blessed to have it should not take it for granted. As for those persons who are losing their hair for medical reasons, maybe one day there will be a treatment whose side effect will not be hair loss.
In addition, one only needs to take a glance at the wide variety of hair products in a retail outlet, to see what an important part of us our hair is.
Some people wear it long or at least past their shoulders, others may prefer to wear it short because it is easier to manage or it makes them look better.
Some people have even claimed that waiters or club ID card checkers might first look at their hair for signs of gray strands before requesting to see their IDs when ordering that alcoholic beverage or trying to gain admittance into whatever club.
No matter how many ways we comb it, brush it or style it, it is a distinct part of who we are. Moreover, it is such an important identifier that when some one starts losing clumps of it to say a side effect of chemotherapy, that individual can be devastated.
Now there are quite a few men in our midst who are bald by choice because they prefer that look, and if they are happy with that, it’s fine, but for others who are losing their hair due to medical reasons, the mere fact that these persons are losing their hair might not be such an easy thing to accept.
For they are losing a part of who they are. Certainly, such individuals might no longer have to bother with trips to their favourite hair salon, or thinking of which hair colour they should experiment with next, or which way to style it for certain social engagements, but maybe they miss having to do all those things.
Maybe such individuals enjoyed taking those trips to the hair salon, or even lingering in the hair products aisle of the store wondering whether they should try a new shampoo just for fun or keep using the one their hair stylist has recommended.
Then there are some persons who just take their hair for granted. Such individuals may not have cancer or need chemotherapy treatments. They may be blond(e), brunette or red heads, but it won’t be uncommon to hear such a person complain about setting aside a certain amount of time for washing and grooming it for whatever occasion.
Nevertheless, our hair is a constant part of who we are. Those who are healthy and are blessed to have it should not take it for granted. As for those persons who are losing their hair for medical reasons, maybe one day there will be a treatment whose side effect will not be hair loss.
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