Under normal circumstances, coming out of your hairdresser’s salon with hair that looks worse than it did when you walked in should set off alarm bells, especially if you’ve just handed over £250 for the perk. Even worse, leaving in tears is a sure sign that you’ll never be able to return. Still, I would classify Hari’s final haircut as one of the best experiences of my life, and that’s no exaggeration.
The depth of our emotional connection with our hair is rarely understated, but Coco Chanel’s famous phrase “A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life” and Anya Hindmarch’s The book titled “When in doubt, wash your hair” gives two well-known examples. Trichotherapy (not officially called “energy haircut”) takes this relationship a step further.
Founded by former L’Oréal professional and Wella ambassador Jill Andrew, Trichotherapy brings a more holistic approach to haircuts. Hair health is the main focus of the 90-minute, three-step process, which focuses on eliminating toxins, restoring shine, and boosting vitality. Surprisingly, the product was never used. Instead, the cut involves whipping a combination of water, a razor, and a small Japanese sword called a tanto around the head, cutting off only the smallest thimble-shaped strand of hair.
Although trichotherapy is primarily aimed at hair health, “it’s more than just a treatment, it’s a real encounter with yourself, beyond your hair,” Andrew declares. After all, “hair is an important source of information about us,” says the senior stylist at her HARI salon in London, and one of her 400 hairdressers trained in this field. explains Sabrina Picot, one of the. “As it grows, it picks up things in its blood and sweat, leaving behind exact traces of what its owner has eaten, swallowed and smoked. In fact, if you take a 6cm piece of hair, it’s a sign that its owner has lived. But unlike other parts of your body that can sweat out unwanted toxins and substances, your hair has no natural way to shed them.
The treatment begins with a head massage, but not in the style you’d expect from a standard shampoo and conditioner. Trichotherapy also touches on craniosacral system therapy (CST). This practical technique stimulates the back of the head and pineal gland (also known as the “third eye”), prepares the body for the detoxification process, and helps heal both physical and emotional trauma. It is said to be helpful. But before Picotte can continue, my body almost ceases to function, unable to move or utter a single word. My reaction was certainly not unexpected, as I have previously tried somewhat unconventional health methods by undergoing Reiki, sound healing, breathing exercises, and even dabbling in tarot cards and psychic mediums. Although there was, there was little cause for concern.
According to Pico, Tanto moves hair quickly upwards without crushing it like scissors, and “sends vibrational waves through the hair scales and into the hair bulb to boost life energy.” It is then sealed all over the hair shaft with a razor. However, unlike a regular trim, you can physically feel each hair being cut from the root of your head. It is worth noting that, despite the sharpness of the tool, not all hairs come out easily. I am told this because this is an important sign of emotional resistance.
In my case, this resistance was on the front right side of my head. According to Mr. Picotte, this has to do with our first sexual experience, which I would like to forget. Digging deeper, “the right side is all associated with masculine energy, and the left side is associated with feminine energy.” We hold memories in the back of our head that we don’t realize are stressful, The frontal region holds memories that we are already aware of but have not let go of. In theory, trichotherapy can bring up long-forgotten memories in some people or bring back haunting traumas, encouraging people to face these feelings head-on, no matter how uncomfortable they may seem. Masu.
A single tear rolled down my cheek, and the connection between hair, body, and mind that Pico and Andrew talked about became clear. Together, we realized that the feeling of blockage inside my body reflects the feeling of being controlled in my current life, and the resistance in my right front is from a past sexual experience that I have already tried to cure with traditional therapy. It was related to a physical experience, and he estimated that the violent screams caused six months of severe pain. It was such an emotional feeling that every part of my body felt incredibly heavy, including my hair.
Unlike traditional treatments, trichotherapy is not a cure, but rather a means to enhance your path to self-healing. The combination of CST, detoxifying my hair with Tantõ, and removing the “negative energy” I picked up from the strands of hair on the floor made my mind, hair, and heart all feel a little lighter. Not to mention, my hair looked stronger and more bouncy. And it shines brighter than before.
