As the Chair Turns - September 2022

How’s it going?  
Are you having a nice Summer?

I have.  I've had a nice Summer so far.  I’m still lying low so I haven’t been out and about much.  Even so it’s been a good Summer. 

I think a few of you will have some Summer travel stories to share me when I see you next. I’m looking forward to hearing about what you did this Summer.

Next week I’ll be taking a few days off and heading to Colorado.  I’ll be away September 8th thru the 17th.  You still have a little time, just a little, to get in for an appointment before I head out.  So, let this be your reminder to book an appointment.

This was completely unintentional. I swear. There is a little bit of a theme with this month’s newsletter. Stress has a tremendous impact on our health, our hair, and impulse decisions we make with haircuts.

There is no denying that it's a crazy world out there.  There are stressors and stressful situations everywhere you turn.  Stress shows up in our bodies in so many different way.  We physically feel it with aches and pains.  Our head throbs from tension headaches.  Some feel it in their gut.  Even our hair can’t take chronic stress and says I am out of here.  The fight or flight hormone, cortisol, if prolonged,  has a negative effect on our bodies.  Scientist now study hair samples as a way to spot chronic stress.  I have a couple articles for you below on that research.

We’ve all had those moments in our life when a dramatic haircut or bold new haircolor would make everything better.  Am I right.  “Some respond to stress by grasping for things they can control since life feels so out of control: Cue the new haircut and color.”  Sometimes these emotional new looks work out just fine, but there are other times when that impulse decision can leave us with feelings of regret.  It’s hair and it will grow. But, if it wasn't a good impulse decision you’re going to have live with it while it grows out. Thank goodness getting a hair cut or new color isn't permanent like a tattoo, right.  I have an article for you on “Why Emotional Haircuts Feel So Cathartic.”
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One thing that’s for sure, you and I need to continue practicing good behaviors to alleviate and reduce any prolonged stress.  I have some helpful tips to help with that, too.

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This month have articles for you on Autumn hairstyle trends, debunking some men’s hair myths, a dude’s guide to conditioner, oiling mistakes that can ruin your hair, and ways to embrace growing out your gray hair.  Other articles focus on how stress can cause us to make emotional hair decisions and how an old medication is being prescribe off-label to treat hair loss.  Oh, and I have a baseball related article on lifting the lid on players hair secrets. 
All that and more so please check it out!

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As always, I am available by email, text or phone if you have any questions or concerns.

Looking forward to seeing you soon!
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Be Well and Take Hair!

What's Inside This Month

• Trust Us - These 9 Autumn/Winter 2022 Hair Trends are Going to be Everywhere
• Why Emotional Haircuts Feel So Cathartic
• Stylist-Approved Hairstyles for Receding Hairlines
• 10 Men's Hair Myths Debunked
• Oiling Mistakes that Can Ruin Your Hair
• A Dude's Guide to Hair Conditioner
• Lifting the Lid on Giants and A's Hair Secrets
• 5 Secrets for Growing Out Gray Hair
• Episodes: The Art of Listening
• Scientists Can Tell How Stressed You Are by Looking at Your Hair
• 3 Tips to Manage Stress and 15 Simple Ways to Relieve Stress
• "Follically Challenged": An Old Medicine Grows New Hair for Pennies a Day
• What's Cookin':  Lasagna Stuffed Garlic Bread Ring
• The Story of Hair: Madam C.J. Walker, the first U.S. self-made female millionaire, Gets Her Own Barbie