It feels intimate because the serotonergic response turns you on - serotonin makes people horny I don't see why any of this is controversial - thats why it feels intimate and awkward.I personally find it sort of awkward, because it seems like a very intimate thing for a stranger to be doing, but that's just me.
So once again, we nitpick my videos to counter what we can see with our own eyes. You say the scalp is sensitive but why is it sensitive ? probably because the sensory receptors at the end of the hair follicles send signals to the brain which is what I'm saying - yet what Im saying is ridiculous, ok.Those kids aren't wincing in pain and stressing from the scalp massager -- they're shivering or shuddering from an abrupt sensation on their delicate scalps. One of the girls even says it feels good. It's a pleasurable sensation if you know what's coming and you're comfortable with it being done.
And that girl isn't crying bc the haircut is causing her physical distress. She's obviously very emotionally attached to her hair, and is sad to see it go. Come on.
As for the cornrows vid, I didn't watch the whole thing, but I had them put in my hair when I was a kid and yea, it HURTS. Because the hair is being pulled very, very tightly to get the braids to sit very close to the scalp. It is not pleasant. How is this at all relevant to someone brushing their hair?
The scalp is very sensitive. I have waist length hair and I've kept it long for almost my entire adult life. I don't have a special routine for brushing it, but I brush it whenever I have to put it up in a bun/ponytail and I want it to lay smoothly. I only wash my hair every 3-4 days now, and I don't always brush it daily, sometimes using my fingers is enough. But brushing it briefly once a day has never, ever affected my hair thickness. In fact, I am starting to get into the habit of daily scalp stimulation (with my fingers and rosemary and castor oil) to see if that has any effect on hair growth. Combined with a daily pre-natal multivitamin, I definitely see my hairline getting thicker, with new little baby hairs appearing. This is consistent with most hair growth advice -- stimulate your scalp, increase blood flow to your scalp.
The only thing that has ever led to noticeable hair loss has been rapid weight loss/long term calorie restriction. Normal, light brushing it totally fine, and almost necessary if you have hair of a certain length.
You can look up any video on YouTube and see the same response - have you ever seen a video of a girl getting her hair messed with and looking genuinely happy ? I haven't - seems it doesn't exist.
Since you are a woman, I imagine you are already very resistant to hair loss for the reasons I listed earlier in the thread