Good for you, bad for you: Parting hair

By Amy Johnson

Thursday, August 20, 2009

People are generally wary of change, which is probably why it’s so hard to alter our look. But is keeping our hair parted on the same side just an innocent desire for some consistency, or is it damaging our hair?

Chelsea Brown, hair stylist at Shoshin Salon in Kansas City, Mo., says clients who keep their part on the same side for long periods of time start to lose life in their hair, and the hair begins to thin out on one side. Brown says changing a part creates more volume and gives people a whole new look.

Worried about ending up with a goofy cow-lick post-part flip? Training a part takes time says Brown, and using a blow-dryer is crucial to how the part will lie. She recommends doing a “tornado blow dry,” a technique where there is no focus on a part at all. Hair is shifted from the right side to the left side while drying, creating a messy look. When hair starts to cool down and is about 95 percent dry pick a part and let hair cool in that one spot.

If hair-thinning isn’t incentive enough to make the change, think of this: the more often you change your part, the more often you’ll change your look, and the less often you’ll need to pay for a haircut.

Verdict: Bad for you

 

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