(794) The length of the fringe

I am going to state an observation and try to come up with possible explanations.

Have you noticed two broad categories of female hair styles: severe styles with not a single strand of hair anywhere near the eyes and hair that may cover up to half the face? We tend to associate the severe style to librarians, food workers who need to wrap or cover their germ-filled hair, and serious types. Of course half the teenagers have lots of hair covering whatever part of their face that they fancy.

I have a friend who decided to keep long hair after age forty five. She has her hair styled in such a way that strands of it have a tendency to poke her eyes. When that happens, she may rub it repeatedly in an unconscious manner until that eye becomes red. Then she would dig out a hair accessory from her hand bag(pocket book) to capture the errant hair in a pony tail. I have seen it often when I spend time talking to her. Then a friend asked her why she does not clip it or tie it always to prevent the eye rubbing routine. She admitted she looked a lot nicer when her hair hides her rather prominent forehead. For the sake of beauty, she puts up with the irritation.

That brought to mind a senior specialist doctor I know in Silver City who cuts her bang very short like more than one inch above her eye-brows. She does look unusual rather than fashionable. But because she holds such an important post that nobody dare comment on the ground breaking hairstyle. Two of my daughters cope with this problem in two different ways: one cut the hair on top of the forehead so short until they stand up, the other uses hair clip the minute her fringe touches her eye-brows.

Until my friend mentioned above talked about it, I haven't given it much thought. She claimed that she had read somewhere that those who are extra sensitive to having flying hair irritating the eyes are the ones who display learning differences. For that, I don't want to disagree. But I do see the possibility that girls may model after their mothers or aunts unconsciously. What do you think?