Hair Styles For the Pandemic

A wash and comb is all that's needed!

One of the latest things humans are worrying about during their stay-at-home isolation is their hair. That's what they call the funny little patch of stiff fur on their heads. They are worried that they cannot cut it, style it, or color it as they would wish. 


It's a bit hard to understand this. For one thing, surely a good washing and combing is all anyone's fur needs, isn't it? 

Styling human hair

For another thing, it's not as though human fur is all that impressive, so it's hard to see why they attach such meaning to it, rather than to a body part for which they really do stand out--like their hands. Even human females, who often have more of this "hair," can't match the glory of any feline coat, never mind the delicate stripes of a tabby or the rich color palette of a calico. (Full disclosure: I am both tabby and calico). It takes a whole family of humans, I have observed, to match the color range of a single calico cat. (I am told that some human families are all the same color. I have never observed this phenomenon--can anyone confirm this for me?)

Reaching out to be of help

Despite the strangeness of this hair fixation, it presents one further way we cats can help our humans in this time of crisis. After all, we have a lot of experience in the art of personal grooming. We can comb and style with the best of them!