A Single Shade of Gray: Aging in the Culture of “Young and Thin”Part 2

I’ve spent an awful lot of time this past week looking at women’s hair.

Yes, you might say I was a wee bit obsessed on the subject. But as I stated in my previous post, growing up as a young girl who was frequently told how ‘homely’ she was, my luxurious mane was my one claim to fame, the one thing people were most likely to comment on, and even envy.

In the past couple of months, I’ve lost somewhere between 1/3 to 1/2 of my previous hair volume. Some people would say this makes me about even w...