
Reader Submission
This reader didn’t write to us about a dramatic makeover.
She wrote because, for the first time in a long while, someone truly saw her.
What happened in that salon chair stayed with her far longer than the haircut itself.
The following is her story, shared with permission and lightly edited.
I didn’t go to the salon expecting anything special.
Honestly, I almost canceled.
I’m in my late fifties, and going to places like that has felt uncomfortable for years.
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