8/16/2019 Hair Reflective Essay

1/3

Singh 1

Meheak Singh

Ms. Gardner

English 10H/ Period 4

22 January 2015

The Endless Rier 

!"our hair is gorgeous# $% $ had hair like &ha&' $(d neer )an& &o *u& i& o%%#+ s&rangers o%&en

gushed as ,y ,o&her -ea,ed roudly. $ s,iled &i,idly a& &he &i,e and &hanked &he,' no& ui&e

unders&anding )hy eeryone )as so o-sessed )i&h &he glossy s&rands lying a&o an eigh&year

old(s head. heneer $ s&ared a& ,ysel% in &he ,irror a%&er)ards' $ ea,ined &he &hi*k ,ess o%

kno&s and sli& ends %ra,ing ,y %a*e' and $ i,agined &hey s&ood %ir, like &iny da,s res&ri*&ing

&he %lo) o% ,y silky hair. 3s $ s&ruggled &o &a,e ,y ,ane eery ,orning' $ )ondered again and

again ho) anyone *ould enoy s&yling i& eery ,orning.

 $ gre) u )i&h long hair' ,os& o%&en %ound in &)o &igh& -raids on &he side o% ,y head.

My aren&s al)ays %ro)ned uon shor& hair on ,e' and )heneer $ asked &o *u& i&' &hey )ere

ui*k &o ans)er )i&h a %ir, !o.+ Mu*h like !Sa,son+ in &he 6i-le' in $ndian *ul&ure )e -eliee

&ha& our hair gies us s&reng&h. Many eole neer *u& any o%% a& all' -u& ,y ,o&her and $ al)ays

)en& in &o ge& li&&le &ri,s.

  $ al)ays needed ,y ,o, &o s&yle and hel ,e )ash i&' ,aking i& di%%i*ul& %or ,e &o

learn ho) &o handle ,y &hi*k rier o% hair. hile $ had learned &o loe eery&hing a-ou& i&' &he

leng&h' &he *olor' and &he lo*ks *as*ading do)n ,y -a*k' ,y hair s&ill -o&hered ,e &o no e&en&.

$& *ons&an&ly go& s&u*k on &hings' and )earing i& do)n )as no& an o&ion' *onsidering ho) ,any

leng&hy hairs $ shed. The hair loss )as s*ary enough &ha& $ de*ided &o resear*h i&. 3s a resul&' $

%ound !-e&)een 50 and 150 indiidual hairs are shed %ro, &he s*al eery day+7Rogers8. So

8/16/2019 Hair Reflective Essay

2/3

Singh 2

)hile $ re,e,-er ,y -ro&her(s reulsie eressions as he *on&inually %ound long s&rands o% ,y

hair in rando, la*es in &he house' $ also re,e,-ered i& )as *o,le&ely nor,al' and $ )as no&

su%%ering %ro, aloe*ia.

3s $ aroa*hed &he si&h grade' $ had hair do)n &o ,y )ais&. 3& &ha& oin& $ ada&ed &o

ge&&ing *o,li,en&s and hearing all &he !ooh(s+ and &he !ahh(s+ -u& $ s&ill s&ruggled &o handle ,y

hair. $ regularly heard eole *o,aring ,e &o !Raun9el'+ and $ al)ays laughed i& o%% -e*ause

!Tangled'+ had al)ays -een ,y %aori&e :isney ,oie any)ays.

hen $ %ound ou& &ha& &he si&h graders )ere all going &o ;a, aarro %or a )eek $

*onin*ed ,y aren&s &o %inally le& ,e *u& ,y hair in an e%%or& &o ,anage i& ,ore e%%i*ien&ly and

 -e*o,e ,ore indeenden&. My %riends go& hair*u&s all &he &i,e' so %or &he, i& )as no -ig deal.

6u& %or ,e' *u&&ing o%% &)ele in*hes o% ,y s&rea, o% hair )as *olossal. $& )as like *u&&ing o%% a

li,- 7only $ had &he reassuran*e &ha& ,y li,- )ould een&ually gro) -a*k8.This reassuran*e )as

)ha& ul&i,a&ely ,ade ,e de*ide $ )an&ed &o *u& ,y hair' -e*ause &he eerien*e %or*ed ,e &o

 -e*o,e ,ore sel%relian&' and een i% $ didn(& like &he &he look' ,y so%& -ris&les )ould al)ays

gro) ou& again.

$ re,e,-er si&&ing on &he rough &e&her-all &ire' lis&ening &o ,y -es& %riends Gra*e and

E,ily &alk a-ou& &his )onder%ul organi9a&ion &ha& dona&es hair &o eole )ho *ould use i&. Sin*e $

de*ided &o *u& so ,u*h o% ,y hair' $ also de*ided &o dona&e &o

8/16/2019 Hair Reflective Essay

3/3

Singh ?

3%&er &he *u&' ,y hair re,ained *onsidera-ly long and ooled around ,y el-o)s. 6u& as $

s&ood in Serenity’s' &he li&&le salon )here $ go& ,y hair*u&' holding ,y -raid o% hair %or dona&ion'

$ *ouldn(& hae -een haier. My ,o&her s,iled and &hanked &he hairs&ylis& gra*iously' -u& in &he

ne& )eek $ no&i*ed her s&ealing longing looks a& ,y shor&er &resses' )ondering i% i& )as &he righ&

de*ision &o *u& i&. $ didn(& ,ind i& &hough' -e*ause $ kne) &ha& so,e)here ou& &here' so,eone

)as loing &heir ne) ,ass o% s&rands us& as ,u*h as $ )as loing ,ine. $ learned &o naiga&e and

loe i& een ,ore &han $ had loed ,y hair -e%ore. These e,o&ions -e*a,e )ha& heled ,e

reassure ,ysel% i& )as &he righ& de*ision. hen ,y rela&ies no&i*ed &he *hange and said' !The

hair looked -e&&er longer'+ or )hen &hey said !"ou should hae ke& i& long.+ $& didn(& ,a&&er

any,ore' -e*ause $ )as &ruly hay )i&h ,y hair.

Re*en&ly' $ go& a hair*u& )i&hou& anyone &here &o hel ,e %igure ou& ho) shor& &o ge& i&. @% 

*ourse' $ )an&ed i& shor&er &han $ had go&&en -e%ore. hile ,y -ro&her and $ &hough& &he look )as

%or &he -e&&er' ,y grand,a and ,o&her &ried and %ailed &o ,ask &he eression o% dis&as&e on

&heir %a*es. $(e learned &o unders&and i& &hough -e*ause $ &oo ,iss ,y long hair so,e&i,es. My

hair is so ,u*h ,ore &han i&s leng&h. o)' as $ eole' so does ,y hair. $(, *ons&an&ly s*rolling

&hrough ,y hone' looking %or ne) &hings &o &ry on ,y hair. 3ll &he ne) *olors' &e*hniues' and

*u&s %as*ina&e ,e' and $(e -een &oying )i&h &he idea o% ge&&ing -alayage' a =ren*h &e*hniue o%

highligh&ing hair in your na&ural *olor alle&&e' -u& $ haen(& -een -rae enough &o &ry any&hing

dras&i*. My dark' ,uddy -ro)n lo*ks are no longer a *hore &ha& $ hae &o deal )i&h in &he

,orning' -u& are ins&ead a reresen&a&ion o% ,ysel% and ho) $ %eel.

orks ;i&ed

Rogers' i*ole. AHair My&hs and =a*&sB 3sk &he Hair Heal&h Se*ialis&s on e-M:.A WebMD.

e-M:' 1C Jan. 2012. e-. 24 Jan. 201C.