Letters to the Editor
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deface?
ummmm.... since when is shaving one's head or getting a tattoo considered "defacement" of one's body? granted, she may have not been in the best frame of mind to choose these actions, and may have regretted the choice after the fact, but it is unfair to point at the two actions as "defacement" in and of themselves.
frankly, i was surprised to read such a knee-jerk reaction to aesthetic choices that have only become more and more mainstream among women. i've shaved my head and i've sat for 50 hours of tattooing. both choices were adornments of celebration, not desperation.
by no means could a shorn head or a tattoo be "defacement" but to the most close-minded of people. unless you're also opposed to boob jobs, hair coloring, ear piercing, body sculpting support hose, makeup... ok, you get the idea.