Physical pain associated with hair cuts?

Ok so many of us have heard about people who get their hair cut but it hurts so bad they are in tears. Is their a scientific name for that "disorder" (for a lack of better words!!) ?

Physical pain associated with hair cuts?

It is not the hair cut itself, it is the "pulling" done on the hair itself. Each hair on your head is put into a "follicle" that has a nerve and muscle attached to the root. That COULD cause pain, if the person who does the hair cutting is somewhat rough. A great many people have tender scalps and pulling on the hair causes discomfort. Actual PAIN is not really bad. Sometimes the brain reads it and senses the pain with much more intensity than is really there.

Physical pain associated with hair cuts?

Never even heard of such a thing!

Physical pain associated with hair cuts?

Your hair is dead cells as soon as it is visible above the skin. It's like cutting your finger nails.. It shouldn't hurt at all. However, it may be that the barber is pulling on the hair, and it's actually the scalp that is hurting. In that case, just tell them not to pull so hard. The only other thing I can think of is that it's a totally mental thing. Maybe it's like when a person has a limb amputated and can still "feel" it, even though it's gone. It's just the brain playing tricks on you. It's not actual pain, just percieved pain, and maybe some nerves randomly firing. But yeah, simply snipping a hair should not hurt at all.