I remember one morning when I was around seven, my grandmother was braiding my hair. She always braided my hair every single morning in this beautiful french braid. But this morning was different than any other morning. She had noticed a bald spot. She didn't tell me right away but I noticed that she had stopped braiding my hair. After I had asked her why she stopped, she told me that I had a small bald spot. The naive, seven year old self that I was, I asked her if that was a good thing or a bad thing. She, of course, said it wasn’t good. The next couple of years went by like a blur. Between countless doctor visits and numerous tests, I pretty much gave up trying. No one knew what was wrong with me. By the the age of 9 I had lost more than 60% of my hair and my eyebrows starting falling out as well. I was in elementary school at the time and as many know, that is not a great time to have health problems. Many kids are mean and pick on the weakest. When I decided I had enough of that, and I asked my grandmother if I could get a wig. She was quite reluctant at first but then we found a wig that fit me quite nicely. The kids of course did not agree with me. They …show more content…
My mom had a friend who introduced me to a doctor in Hungary (I should have mentioned I lived in Romania at that time) who had finally given me an answer to what I needed to know; what was wrong with me. He told me I had Alopecia Areata. It wasn’t a life threatening disease, it was only very annoying. The doctor gave me certain vitamins and told me to come back every two weeks. Every two weeks after that, I took a train with either my mom or grandmother to Hungary to get treated. These treatments had help me get back almost 60% of my hair. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever experienced in my life. Not only was I spending time with my family but I saw that people loved me and supported me no matter
Everyone faces varying degrees of peer pressure at least once in their lifetime, but what matters is how one reacts. In Bad Haircut—a collection of short stories—the author, Tom Perrotta, examines the effect of peer pressure on the main character, Buddy, in a comical yet informative light. Buddy faces peer pressure consistently and ends up associating with the wrong people, due to a lack of backbone. Yet Buddy is different and a better person than those who he associates with because he is compassionate and able to recognize that he is a follower; therein lies the irony that only the reader sees Buddy’s merit while the other characters only see the results of his friends’ poor judgment.
By the time Sarah was in her late thirties, she was dealing with hair loss because of a combination of stress and damaging hair care products. After experimenting with various methods, she developed a formula of her own that caused her hair to grow again quickly. She often said that after praying about her hair, she was given the formula in a dream. When friends and family members noticed how Sarah's hair grew back, they began to ask her to duplicate her product for them. She began to prepare her formula at home, selling it to friends and family and also selling it door to door.
Feminism is an ideology that focuses on women being treated as equals to men in life. “Hairball”, by Margaret Atwood is a feminist story because it illustrates one woman in control of multiple aspects of her life that many women seem to struggle with or lose to a man. It demonstrates the reality of pride hindering success and consequentially suffer loses. In “Hairball” Kat, a middle aged woman, demonstrates control with her health, as she acquired treatment promptly for a health concern involving the female reproductive system. Intimacy, as she controlled her own sexual endeavors, her relationship as she had an upper hand and Identity, and lastly as she controlled her image. Let’s proceed to the first observation I’ve made while reading this short story of demonstrating the importance of health.
In the vignette titled “Hairs”, the narrator, Esperanza, compares the diverse hair found in her family. For every member, their hair is unique and individual amongst others. Her fathers is wild, her own is untamable, her brother Carlos’s hair is straight, her sisters Nenny’s is smooth, and Kiki’s is furry. However, her mother’s hair is special. To Esperanza, her mother’s hair is comforting, sweet, and soothing. The way Esperanza views her mother’s hair, is similar to the way a child in general views their maternal figure-- a loving, warm, and caring presence. Through this excerpt of the novella, it is seen how much Esperanza loves her mother and how she, and the rest of the family, are associated with pleasant memories. Another side of Esperanza seen in this section, is how she
In the may of 1771 a girl sent a letter to the Boston Gazette telling of a woman with the coiffure. The girl had been walking down the streets when a woman driving her carriage had been thrown from her seat. The woman was alright, but the hair piece was completely torn from her head. Inside of the complicated hair piece was tallow and horse hair, to keep the good locking hair on the outside stiff.
When India Arie released “I Am Not My Hair” and featured Akon on her track, it swept the hair care world by a storm and her message was clear, saying that hair did not define an individual and should not determine their status in life. She expressed her passion for hair and how it was to generate her own happiness, and not the satisfaction of others, similar to when we spoke about Madam CJ Walker in class and her passion for hair. Being that Madam CJ Walker was subjected to the treatment that people of color was given, she used hair as an outlet. India Arie brought light to the fact that people of color are generally judged by their appearance and put into a separate category, such as when she mention in her song: “good hair means curls and waves, bad hair means you look like a slave. At the turn of the century, it's time for us to redefine who we be.” In addition to her statement, Akon’s approach was similar and touched on the fact that young black males are often discriminated upon, denied jobs, and struggle in society overall the same as when people of color were discriminated upon during the Harlem
It was around the middle of September when I was in my last year of high school. The sun had set and the air cooled down a bit to let some critters out. I laid in bed, minding my business on my phone while my dad prepared dinner for the family. Then I heard an excited screamed, "Big Hero 6!" from the kitchen. It got me curious because of the excitement from my younger siblings. Unaware that I would fall easily into the world of Big Hero 6 that gave me inspirations and motivations for college, I quickly hopped out of bed and speed walked toward the kitchen.
Donald J. Herzog is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School. He is the author of “The Trouble with Hairdressers,” an article that was published in 1996. His main argument was basically asking the question of why do hairdressers have to demonstrate equality in order to have ethnic fascination. The positions held by hairdressers made it easier for them to be demonized.
“Listen as your day unfolds. Challenge what the future holds. Try and keep your head up to the sky. Lovers may cause you tears. Go ahead, release your fears. Stand up and be counted. Don't be ashamed to try.”
I remember it all as if it was yesterday. I woke up one morning with a bump in my groin, not sure what it was. I went to the doctor and one said it was an ingrown hair and would resolve itself, another told me it was nothing and it was not anything to worry about. A few days later it grew bigger and became painful. I hated going to the doctor more than anything. After seeing all sorts of medical professionals and being told I just had to live with it. That was not the answer I wanted to hear. I was fourteen years old that had clothing restrictions. No tight clothes and breathable material. That is not an easy task in high school when all I was worried about is how I looked.
Often, women walk down the beauty aisle of a grocery store and see all types of merchandise, but not many really know what is right for them. They see products that promise to rejuvenate dry, damaged hair, volumize limp, and flat hair, straighten curly hair, and regenerate thinning hair. With my hair being a kinky curly, when I was younger, I would ask my mother if we could buy relaxers and do them at home. She would give me the same answer every time, “This should only be performed by a professional if you do not want to ruin your hair.”
Sloane starts losing her hair and gets diagnosed with alopecia areata. “A pile of hair came out when I showered.” (Langston49), Sloane got frantic and nervous when she noticed an abnormal amount of her hair falling out. She checked to make sure that she did not have any bald spots, however she did in fact find three. She went to a specialist and
Through an interview with Paula Mathews, a cancer patient whom experienced hair loss, a light was shone on understanding how this side effect affects women experiencing this loss. “I felt like I was not who I used to be, how society wanted me to be. I would get so much unwanted attention. I kept
At home, I never realized anything was wrong with me, because no one ever pointed it out. I used to think it was strange that I couldn’t keep the toothpaste in my mouth when I brushed my teeth, and how I seemed to drool, but no one else did. My parents wanted to protect me, so they never told me. At the age of 5, I entered kindergarten, and I was quickly made aware of my condition. It was picture day, and I was standing in line with the
One winter day, Maricela came to class with her hair tied in braids, just like her mother and grandmother. “Who did your hair”? Kian asked Maricela. “My