Growing Pains.(getting a haircut)

Byline: Nathan Englander

Long-haired men get stopped by security, called "Ma'am," and mistaken for Kenny G. One man confronts his Samson syndrome.

When I look at Michael Jackson or Patti LaBelle in any photo from the 1980s, I think, This is what happens when you're so powerful and so isolated that no one can help you with your hair.

Back when Patti was sporting those giant fins on her head, I, too, was under the impression that hair height equaled hair success. It's the abundance-of-anything-is-better formula. The error in logic goes something like this: If a big boob is more appealing to you than a little boob, then surely a disfiguringly ...