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Containment:why are we fixing our hair at the moment?

But what do we have with our hair? What is this venomous passion that we have had with them since we had to confine. And all those quick trips to the bathroom to check that nothing is wrong with hair, cursing in front of that damn mirror that is usually friendlier. No, we have to come to our senses, it is not possible to attack our hair as we do; so if Jacques Dessange invented the disheveled hairdo, it is up to us to innovate and take on the disheveled hairdo.

Being and appearance

Impossible ?! To be good in your head, you have to be ON your head, the Belgian site dhnet.be asked Nicolas Pinon, doctor of psychological sciences:"It's very likely because it would help us to forge our self-esteem self, which is the set of judgments we make about ourselves, about our value in order to have a good opinion of ourselves. And which involves being but also appearance. The hair, which characterizes the individual, plays a role . »

And to develop his argument by recalling the "tyranny of images" that now rules us:"Today almost everyone has a 'digital self'. It is a screen identity which can be enhanced by filters (Snapchat…) and which show an idealized image of oneself, where we erase our faults and on which some become really dependent. »

“Some are more sensitive than others to this social validation »

An addiction to appearance because "behind all this there is the idea that we are social beings and that we need others to give meaning to our lives , to our actions, to our identity. Some are more sensitive than others to this social validation .

And what about those who do not bend under this dependence and who accept their hirsutism? "Probably because they built their 'narcissism' on other bases (their intelligence, their wealth, their humor…). But everyone tries to keep their self-esteem good to avoid narcissistic breakdown and therefore negative affects such as sad thoughts. To avoid this, we will therefore opt for a pretty disheveled bun during confinement, adequate to be sexy without appearing to be so...