Fred Connors Talks About Haircuts that Wow, Whatever Your Size

I think that when it comes to hair, one of the biggest challenges that people with bigger bodies face is proportion. Curvy bodies require curvy hair, that's just the way it is. The shorter or flatter the hair, the smaller the head becomes in relation to the rest of the body. So, if you have a full figure, there should always be fullness in the hair. There is no prescribed hair-do that is best for someone that is bigger, but certainly the relationship between the shape of the hair and the body needs to be considered.

Your Body Dictates What Your Hair Can Do

One of the reasons that the participants end up looking so great on the show, is that I always take in to consideration what their body says that their hair can do. Typically this means that the hair comes out from the face instead of into the face which is softer, a lot more flattering, and sexier. The hair always moves around and has fullness.

Typically, if there is a lot of weighty hair, it creates thickness in the neck area, so hair needs to be very soft there. What happens is women that have too much hair and a full figure with a large bust line end up looking like a head and two boobs - you can't really see anything in between.

One of the biggest mistakes that people make is to get very short cropped hair, which makes them look like a head on a big round body.

Great Hair Boosts Self Esteem

Often people that are struggling with their weight are struggling with the image that they are projecting as well, and so they get to a point where they think, why bother? Why bother getting a decent haircut when I can't make the rest of me look good. Well, we all deserve to have compliments, whether that compliment comes from a great haircut or the lipstick you are wearing, compliments make a huge impact on your self-esteem. Because of that, I think getting a great haircut is one of the best things you can do if you are on a weight loss journey, it gives you something to feel good about. It is an immediate boost: It only takes an hour to get that haircut and a lot longer to lose 10 pounds.

Nima, the Perfect Example

One of the biggest changes on the show was with Nima, from season 2. Nima wore her hair very long, in a pony tail and always felt like she had beautiful hair, like "I've got beautiful hair so I'm just going to grow it long and it will be even more beautiful", but it stopped being beautiful and just looked like long creepy hair. (Scroll over Nima's picture to see her hair before Fred worked his magic for her reveal.)

Nima wanted to project an image that was more youthful and sexy, even though she wasn't overly successful on her weight loss journey. She was able to project an image that was more consistent with how she wanted to feel on the inside, and if her hair hadn't been cut to better reflect her height and size, she wouldn't have been able to do that.

A hairstyle that looks like you've invested a little bit of something in yourself, instead of rolling out of bed and looking like you don't care, says a lot about who you are. Participants going through a weight loss journey are typically doing so because they want to start feeling better about themselves, and they need to start communicating that to people around them by projecting an image that reflects their desire to do that.

This post is a repeat, but look forward to more original content to come in the future.