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Early in my career, I learned a valuable lesson about the importance of checking for strong growth patterns — cowlicks so outrageous, for instance, that they can stop traffic. An impulsive young hairdresser working next to me was doing a man’s business cut. I glanced over and noticed that his hair was lifting up slightly at the crown. I looked over two minutes later and his whole crown was standing on end. I sat there, staring at this scene unfolding with morbid fascination. Soon, his front hairline joined in by becoming so erect that it looked like it had been electrified. The hairdresser didn’t say a word, and oddly, he remained stoic even though his hair gradually looked like an angry porcupine. My only guess is that it wasn’t the first (or probably the last) time he’d fallen victim to an impetuous hairstylist. Carefully analyzing the growth of the hair before snipping a single end can avoid this type of embarrassing — okay, horrifying — situation.

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FIGURE 4-2: This young person has double cowlicks and double the trouble when trying to alter their natural directions.