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You know it. You have it. And given that it's just dead cell matter, you may spend a surprising amount of time fretting about it. "We color it, perm it, shave it, implant it, braid it, wax it, highlight it, mousse it, gel it, brush it and brush it and brush it," says Diane Simon in her new compendium of follicular phenomena, Hair: Public, Political, Extremely Personal. Simon spent 18 months researching the subject in interviews and visits to hair emporiums as varied as a Moncler Jackets Outlet braiding salon in Harlem, a Hasidic wig shop in Brooklyn and Penthouse for Hair Recovery in Manhattan (which she calls "a place where men can let their hair down and take their hair off").

Simon, 30, the curly-haired daughter of straight-haired parents, says she has been plagued since childhood by a condition she suspects is common  hair esteem." A Brooklyn-based writer with degrees from Columbia and Yale universities, Simon combed through the subject http://www.moncleronsales.com/ with correspondent K.C. Baker.

Why are women so obsessed with their hair? Why does it exert so much power over our lives?

You might think it's just an extension of the general concern about appearance, but the fascination runs deeper: Hair is inextricably linked to how we feel about ourselves as sexual beings.