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by Christine Lennon, W Magazine
Michele Finessi was applying oils to my scalp so gingerly that but for the slight tingle, I wouldn't have noticed. "You feel a little fresh, yes?" he asked, referring to the eucalyptus in the cleansing oil, before massaging my head with the intensity of a faith healer. I'd signed up for Shu Uemura's Art of Hair ceremony at the Rossano Ferretti salon in Beverly Hills-but whether this ritual was actually helping my feeble follicles was debatable.
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Still, I needed the intervention: I've officially joined the growing population of women seeking treatment for "aging" hair. It all started on an elementary school tour last fall. Instead of listening to the advantages of Singapore Math, I found myself distracted by the back of the heads of three women in front of me. From any other angle they appeared young enough, suffering from only the usual parental fatigue. The view from behind, however, betrayed their
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