Going to the hairdresser

Giving up your lengths, having short hair is never an insignificant decision. Christine Margossian decrypts that action which aim to be in harmony with oneself. Interview.

Daphné Malan

What's the impact of going to the hairdresser ?
A visit in a hairdressing salon touches our image and the idea of oneself or what we want to show to others. Indeed, a woman with a perfect hair illustrates more a self-confident person, well dressed, who takes care of herself.
On the contrary, when you look like a careless person, that means that either you need an absolute relaxation - laughter- or you're a bit weakened at a given moment. And when our image is weakened we need a visit at the hairdresser's to put some order in our head from a narcissistic point of view. But I didn't talk about hairdressing salon psychology! Taking care of oneself, having a positive image contributes to be confident.

What does mean a haircut ?
The symbolism is strong. The gesture refers to the history of the person ! Cutting your hair is the sign of a change of life would say Coco Chanel !
Cutting with ones/ a past. Today, we can also associate that gesture to a fashionista searching for a new fashion accessory.

Should one have a short haircut when one gets older ?
It is true that long hair refers to the little girl with braids to the eternal teenager or to a male perfect model… but long hair can lack of dynamism for some women; short hair is often associated to maturity, a transitional phase or to an androgynous side. anyway for the unconditional ones, a biweekly care is essential to avoid a careless aspect.
I think also that the influence of the hair collections and the communication around them push women to change regularly their hair. This wasn't the case a few years ago.

What to say to the persons who don't like going to the hairdresser ?
Indeed, the hairdressing salon is a strange place. A very private act takes place in a public place: contact with your hair !
However, few persons can touch your hair apart from your close relation. This can even be frightening. And many persons don't like to be touched by a stranger.
Any physical contact creates a good or bad sensation and in psychology hair is reported to be a sexual zone. Furthermore, we can think about the women closed to the Germans during the second world war... shaved heads weren't a coincidence !