About two months ago, I was also forced to take a medical leave from my seven-month cosmetology program. It seems my body, especially my back, wasn't quite as prepared as my mind was for my big change from sitting behind a desk at the MTV offices to standing behind a chair playing with hair for eight hours a day. I developed pretty severe sciatica, and my nearly nonexistent neck and shoulder muscles essentially crapped out. This made for a very cranky hairdresser. So I took two months off from school. I started going to physical therapy 3x a week, lifting weights, eating healthier and going to a chiropractor. I'm proud to say that I've made some progress, but I definitely have a long way to go before I'll really feel strong enough to do this all with ease.
Today was my first day back behind a chair full-time. This doesn't mean I haven't been doing hair during my leave (in fact, I managed to get quite a few fun hair gigs, including a hair and makeup job for an all-girl band photoshoot that I eagerly await evidence of). However, I must say, I am beat from my first full day of continuous hairstyling. Maintaining proper posture while you're hustling to service clients quickly is hard! My back is killing me, and I'm about to retire into my little cave of a bedroom with an icepack and some Motrin, but before I do that, I thought I'd mark the momentous return to school with a quick little update here.
And, because you can't maintain a hair blog without pictures of HAIR, here are some photos from a favorite of my more recent haircuts, performed on my friend Devlin a few days ago...
She had a grown-out pixie cut that was starting to look rather mullety (...sorry Dev!) in the back.
I gave her an assymetrical bob with short round layers in the back that would highlight her curls and frame her face.
What do we think?
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