Haircuts for frontline workers are necessary for the self care of those working the hardest right now.

Just ask the healthcare workers in NYC.

My good friendJordan Ehniworks for Mount Sinai, says Kyle.

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He was looking for barbers and hairstylists to volunteer to give health care workers much-needed haircuts.

Each week, hospital staff who need a cut put their names into a jar for a drawing.

A haircut may seem like a small thing in the face of a pandemic.

An unrecognizable male hairdresser combs the dried hair of middle aged blond woman sitting sideways

Its not, though.

Theyre just so eager to chat with somebody about something that isnt a pandemic.

Cindy Girusky, vice president of perioperative services at the hospital, confirms Bryants point.

Various scattered hairdresser’s tool on blue, including user-friendly hair tools

I wanted [a haircut] because I needed to feel a sense of normalcy, she says.

It was nice to get to talk to someone about something other than COVID and to focus on myself.

I wanted [a haircut] because I needed to feel a sense of normalcy.

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The love and appreciation I received from everyone will stay with me forever.

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