Stress is a you know what. I'm no stranger to stress. I am a tax accountant. Three and a half months out of every year is filled with deadlines and stress, but after over ten years in the industry, I feel I manage it quite well. Wedding and emotional stress, however, is a new beast.
I knew that planning a wedding would be stressful at times. Our engagement was was just over 15 months long and for the most part, I handled the crazier moments quite well. It wasn't until the week before the wedding that I realized I was holding on to some major stress, and obviously was not managing it at all.
I, like many, many other brides, grew my hair out for the wedding. One week prior to the 31st, I took a shower and noticed I was losing more hair than normal. I've been using the
Wen hair care products for a few months now and I use a comb in the shower to work the product through my hair and untangle any knots. Well, I ran the comb through and it came out FULL of hair. It completely freaked me out. I thought maybe it was a fluke, but the next time I washed my hair, the same thing happened.
I was trippin' big time so I reached out to my fellow Bees to see if anyone else had experienced this. While it was unfortunate that they had, I was so relieved to discover I wasn't alone. Many a bride before me has faced this terrible side effect. My hair is quite thick, so as long as it wasn't noticeable to anyone and I didn't develop any bald spots, I could live with this temporary issue. The last thing I wanted to do was worry about walking down the aisle looking like this:
