Wednesday, 5 February 2020

Natural State of Hair and beard Part 3

  • This is in continuation of earlier blog post Natural-state-of-hair-and-beard-part-2 and Part-1 earlier to that.
  • Hopefully I will conclude here in Part 3.
  • Because this is a topic I am not too familiar about and am venturing new into this.
  • First we need to have a background as to how things have led to this.
  • Since my school days (Year 1992) when I met a tuition master Mr Raghuram from a Computer Institute (in which my father happened to be owner) told me to have "head bath" daily, I always been having head bath.
  • My 'head bath' exercise was solidified in Mumbai where I heard from a fellow who was doing CA Articleship as me and used to stay in Kalyan that when he used to return everyday he used to have "head bath" after reaching home.
  • Now I never bathed twice daily but every morning I used to have the "head bath".
  • Again, I have observed for more than 25 years that if I keep my hair even a little bit long I mean this long that you can hold it or grip it (maybe 2 inches perhaps) and then I have head bath then I feel feverish and my head spins around. I feel giddy and unwell.
  • So I have been keeping my hair short so short that when we try to grip it you can't.
  • That has been the norm ever since I have been going to saloon alone.
  • Perhaps since 1990 or 1991 I have been going to saloon on my own.
  • Earlier to that my father used to take me to the saloon.
  • I remember an incident when my head was infested with lice and the barber at the saloon got alarmed when he was cutting my hair after seeing the lice and then he paused for a bit and then waited for my father who had gone to purchase groceries and after my father returned complained to him and then probably completed his work after sulking and convincing by my father.
  • After that I have been going to saloon on my own and making special effort to keep my hair short, very short.
  • So short that my grandmother used to say that I looked like a "Bihari" and my uncle used to say that I have become bald.
  • For keeping this short I used to visit saloon several times.
  • If one saloon will not do the job then I will visit another maybe 1 or 2 days later.
  • If it is that short then no need to visit for almost a month.
  • My indication was that if my head started spinning as I used to have head bath daily, then it was time to go for haircut at saloon.
  • Now August 2013 was a landmark moment when a family friend, my fathers friend, an uncle asked me to procure a "Moser hair Clipper/Trimmer". 
  • Till that time I had never heard of Moser company or brand and all I had heard of was Moser-Baer which used to supply CD's and DVD's.
  • I then ordered one online from Ebay after I failed to find it in shops and malls.
  • But he could not take it as he left for his native place by the time the product arrived.
  • Then I began to use it myself.
  • And I must say that it was my dream to cut my hair myself.
  • I had made the attempt in Mumbai as well when near Santacruz (West) station I had bought a trimmer in 2001 which was actually for beard and not hair of head.
  • I used to shave completely during that time and was never aware that people would opt to trim beard and not shave (it felt so unnatural to me). I mean shaving was a natural thing to do I felt at that time.
  • When I found that trimmer was not working for hair, I returned it complaining that it was not working and not useful and the shopkeeper showed demo on his hand by trimming some of his hair of the hand but I said I still did not want it and I brought a soap (Camay soap) in exchange. He gladly gave it as it was definitely beneficial to him.
  • Looks like Part 4 will have to be done. I will continue in next post.

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