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Scalp Massage
Tuesday, February 15, 2005-5:11 AM
Natasha, her mother, her aunt, and I visited the hair salon this afternoon. Instead of just waiting for Natasha and her aunt to have their hair shampooed, I got a shampoo, scalp massage, ear cleaning, and shave.
I didn't expect the scalp massage. About fifteen minutes into the shampoo, the woman started using some advanced scalp massage techniques that I've assigned Chinese names to including:
Shaolin Temple Forehead Massage-Using the index finger and middle finger of both hands, she massaged my temples.
Flying Dragon Thunder Thumb Jab #1-Resting her finger tips on the side of my head, she gently but rapidly jabbed the back of my head with her thumbs.
Flying Dragon Thunder Thumb Jab #2-Similar to FDTTJ#1. Instead of using both thumbs, she only used one to massage the back of my head in a circular motion.
Lotus Flower Silent Finger Snap-She put both her hands on the top of my head, withe the index finger above the middle finger. Then she built up pressure on her index finger until it slipped off her middle finger and hit the top of my head.
After she finished the shampoo, massage, and ear cleaning, a guy, about my age wearing a jean jacket, black-framed glasses, and a baseball hat on backwards gave me a shave while two or three underlings observed.
He didn't use any lather. He (or one of his assistants) intermittenly applied a moist towel (like the one they gave you on airplanes). He had a lot of trouble with the area below my nose.
I knew this part would be difficult. When he started to shave it, it had already dried out, so he had one of his apprentices reapply the moist towel.
I was struggling to maintain my composure. As he got closer and closer to the center, my eyes started tearing up until I had to close them because I could barely see.
When he finished, he left one small cut below my nose. Finally, he applied some sort of moisturizing cream to my face (with his bare finger, right over the cut), and it was over.
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