healthy hairdresser

#redhairdressers for National Wear Red Day

See some of the entries we received for our #redhairdressers Instagram hashtag to raise awareness for heart disease in women on National Wear Red Day!

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Michelle Gruver: Germaphobes Unite!!

Healthy Hairdresser of the Week Michelle Gruver asks stylists how they stay free from colds and flu in wintertime.

Become a Psy-Cosmetologist

A new method from Dr. Lew Losoncy and Raylon's Howard Hafetz targets hairdressers' overall health through raising self-esteem.

Take a Winter Walk!

Walking can lengthen your life, according to City of Hope, and walking outside in the wintertime can keep your fitness goals intact through the colder months.

Protect Your Creative Hands

Hand contact dermatitis is the second most commonly reported occupation skin disease in women. As a hairdresser, your hands are constantly exposed to irritating hair salon products, bleach, prolonged glove wearing and frequent water use.

Stand and Deliver: Four Things to Know About Healthy Feet

Four things every hairdresser needs to know about healthy feet.

4 Tips From Aveda for Soothing Stress

Studies show that stress can sabotage even the best efforts to be happy and healthy. Aveda has compiled a cheat sheet of simple, proven steps to alleviate anxiety and put us all on the path toward greater well-being.

Editor's Note: Be a Healthy Hairdresser

In addition to adding monthly articles on health education, inspiration and peer profi les to the magazine, this January we will launch a Healthy Hairdresser resource center on modernsalon.com, a Healthy Hairdresser Tuesdays e-letter and Healthy Hairdresser tips and encouragement on our social media, all designed to help you maintain a healthy body, healthy spirit, healthy mind. We are also planning expanded sections on key wellness topics, a special MODERN SALON Healthy Hairdresser guide and a Healthy Hairdresser challenge.

Back Pain? Advice From Back Pain Expert Jesse Cannone

Jesse Cannone offers sound advice to salon and spa professionals on how to best keep the back in perfect working order.

Unlocking the Dandruff Gene: Scientists ID Fungus

Scientists at P&G Beauty have studied the nature of dandruff for years, and recently brought their investigation right down to the molecular level in sequencing the genome of the fungus that causes the flakes.