{"id":1794744,"date":"2026-02-26T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1794744"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:05:00","slug":"why-does-grief-make-us-want-to-get-a-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1794744","title":{"rendered":"Why does grief make us want to get a makeover?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/211-0-2702-1801\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438631.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/beauty\/article\/69737\/1\/post-grief-makeover-overhaul-our-appearances-trauma-loss-psychology\" data-article-id=\"69737\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.66\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4485-2\" class=\"img\" height=\"1802\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1400\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438631.jpg\" width=\"3000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">A Good Person<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-02-26T13:05:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"26 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"26\">26,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - beauty\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\">Beauty<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/feature\">Feature<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\">Beauty<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/feature\">Feature<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>Why does grief make us want to get <span class=\"nowrap\">a makeover?<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>It\u2019s common to feel the urge to radically change your look after experiencing the trauma of loss \u2013 here, we unpack the psychology behind the <span class=\"nowrap\">post-grief makeover<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-02-26T13:05:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"26 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"26\">26,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-02-26T13:05:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"26 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"26\">26,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/SerenaSmith\">Serena Smith<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>21-year-old Horatia\u2019s father died in March 2024. \u201cIt was sudden and completely unexpected,\u201d she recalls. \u201cWhen it happened, I think my mind and body just shut down for months [&#8230;] <\/span><span>I felt like I was having an out-of-body experience,\u201d she says. \u201cI had lost something foundational to who I was, especially as I was a teenager at the time.\u201d It\u2019s still hard, Horatia explains, to \u201caccept that he won\u2019t be there for the big moments\u201d in her life: \u201cthe milestones, the things you instinctively imagine sharing with a parent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After her father\u2019s death, Horatia\u2019s sense of self was shaken to the core, and she felt in desperate need of <\/span><span>a way to \u201creassert\u201d her identity. Having grown <\/span><span>up in a \u201cconservative\u201d family, where dabbling in \u201calternative\u201d style felt off the table, she decided to shake up her appearance.<\/span><span> \u201cI had urges to just shave all my hair off,\u201d she recalls. \u201cBut there was no way I would go through with that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the end, she opted for layers and a fringe. Then, three months after her father\u2019s passing, she got a Sacred Heart tattoo on her arm, modelled after a necklace he had given her shortly before his death. Since then she\u2019s also gotten a small tattoo of Woodstock, the bright yellow canary from the <\/span><em><span>Peanuts<\/span><\/em><span> comics, as a tribute to her father\u2019s love for music.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-tiktok\" data-id=\"7321080092937997601\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Horatia isn\u2019t alone in changing up her appearance after experiencing grief. There\u2019s an abundance of posts on TikTok and Reddit from people in mourning who have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@iftheshoefitswearit\/video\/7321080092937997601?q=grief%20shave%20hair%20off&amp;t=1771943845344\"><span>lopped off inches of their hair<\/span><\/a><span> (the idea that \u2018hair holds trauma\u2019 is popular online), <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@londonhughesy\/video\/7481071070783491370?q=grief%20first%20tattoo&amp;t=1771944033015\"><span>got inked<\/span><\/a><span>, or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GriefSupport\/comments\/1ozxxfy\/does_anyone_else_change_themselves_because_of\/\"><span>else totally overhauled their style<\/span><\/a><span>. There are myriad reasons why so many people feel compelled to make drastic changes to their looks: some no longer feel bothered to adhere to beauty standards when faced with brain-altering trauma, whereas others are keen to forge a new identity and symbolically mark a new era of their lives. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2158244013485093\"><span>Research<\/span><\/a><span> affirms that \u201c<\/span><span>stressful life events\u201d may trigger changes in appearance<\/span><span>, and that \u201c<\/span><span>intentional changes to one\u2019s physical appearance\u201d can often act as an external expression of an internal sea change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>21-year-old Jacinta lost a family friend several weeks ago. She describes grief as a \u201cvery powerful emotion, as it makes you do things you might not conventionally consider\u201d, adding that, like Horatia, she felt an urge to change up her looks after the loss. \u201cMany people, when experiencing grief or extreme distress, go to change their hair,\u201d she says. And so she dyed her hair from a soft brunette to jet black.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere\u2019s something so liberating about drastically changing your appearance,\u201d she continues, explaining that she wanted to do something to signify her entering a new phase of life. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to look the same way I looked when I was going through so much anxiety and sadness,\u201d she explains. \u201cI wanted to step out of how I looked when I initially received the bad news, and almost step into a version of myself that can deal with things differently.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This chimes with registered psychologist <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolynekeenan.co.uk\/\"><span>Dr Carolyne Keenan<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cGrief can disrupt identity. When we lose someone important to us, we are not just losing the person, we are losing a version of ourselves in relation to them,\u201d she explains. \u201cThat can feel disorientating and, at times, unbearable. Changing our appearance can become a visible marker of an internal shift \u2013 it can symbolise survival, reinvention or maybe the need to feel different in ourselves when everything already feels different around us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cChanging our appearance can become a visible marker of an internal shift \u2013 it can symbolise survival, reinvention or maybe the need to feel different in ourselves when everything already feels different around us\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>A dramatic makeover can also be a way of reclaiming some agency in the face of grief, an experience which can floor us with a profound sense of powerlessness. \u201cYou can\u2019t undo what has happened. You can\u2019t negotiate with it,\u201d Dr Keenan says. \u201cAltering your hair, your clothes or your body can restore a small but meaningful sense of control. Even if we can&#8217;t change anything about the loss we have experienced, being able to feel in control of something can feel stabilising.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For some, an appearance change can also be a means of feeling closer to the person you\u2019ve lost. For Horatia, getting a fringe was a way of harking back to her childhood \u2013 a period when her dad was still very much in her life. \u201cIt was the first time I\u2019d had [a fringe] since I was five years old. I guess I was rekindling with my inner child in some way,\u201d she says. More generally, she says, transforming her appearance was a way to prove to others \u2013 and maybe to herself \u2013 that she wasn&#8217;t \u201clost or broken.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meera*, 27, lost her aunt in 2019. <\/span><span>\u201cThe months after her passing really changed me,\u201d she says. \u201cGrief changes you, whether you like it or not.\u201d A<\/span><span>\u00a0few months after her aunt\u2019s death, she got a tattoo for the first time. \u201cI know some people don\u2019t think too much about tattoos, and just get stars or hearts or a smiley face or whatever, but I always thought if I got one it would have to be meaningful [&#8230;] But I could never think of something so meaningful that I\u2019d want it on my body forever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-tiktok\" data-id=\"7600154057239530774\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>She knew something in memory of her aunt would always hold meaning, and so a few months after her passing, she decided to get a small pair of angel wings on her upper back. \u201cI know it sounds very clich\u00e9, but they\u2019re deeply symbolic. People often get them when they have gone through grief, as a reminder that there\u2019s a higher force or that the person you loved is still with you,\u201d she says. She adds that the pain of getting the tattoo was therapeutic in its own way, too: \u201cI felt alive again. It was a reminder that I was human and that it\u2019s OK to feel pain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Is it possible that a big physical transformation could be a helpful way to process grief? It\u2019s complicated, says Dr Keenan. <\/span><span>She warns that if someone\u2019s physical changes are \u201cimpulsive, driven by numbness, self-punishment or a desire to escape overwhelming feelings\u201d, they may be in need of further support. But in other instances, a post-grief \u2018makeover\u2019 can be helpful. \u201c<\/span><span>Symbolic acts can help the brain make sense of loss, they can create a boundary between \u2018before\u2019 and \u2018after\u2019, which is an important part of integrating grief rather than being overwhelmed by it,\u201d she says, adding that research suggests \u201cpeople who find ways to construct personal meaning around their loss often adjust more adaptively over time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Of course, there\u2019s no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to grief. <\/span><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Some people change their appearance dramatically, others hold tightly to familiarity. Neither response is inherently healthier,\u201d Dr Keenan says. There are as many ways of reckoning with loss as there are people on earth. For Horatia, Jacinta, and Meera, though, there was some solace to be found in changing up their appearance \u2013 and it\u2019s a grieving ritual which has helped people for centuries<\/span><span>. <\/span><span>Native American Choctaw men and women traditionally shave, cut, or clip a lock of hair when a loved one passes away, for example, while <\/span><span>wearing black to signify a period of mourning, which is a ritual that dates<\/span><span> back to the Roman Empire.<\/span><span> \u201cHumans have always used physical change to mark transitions,\u201d Dr Keenan surmises. \u201cModern expressions may look different \u2013 but the psychology behind it is ancient.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Name has been changed\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! 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Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>21-year-old Horatia\u2019s father died in March 2024. \u201cIt was sudden and completely unexpected,\u201d she recalls. \u201cWhen it happened, I think my mind and body just shut down for months [&#8230;] <\/span><span>I felt like I was having an out-of-body experience,\u201d she says. \u201cI had lost something foundational to who I was, especially as I was a teenager at the time.\u201d It\u2019s still hard, Horatia explains, to \u201caccept that he won\u2019t be there for the big moments\u201d in her life: \u201cthe milestones, the things you instinctively imagine sharing with a parent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After her father\u2019s death, Horatia\u2019s sense of self was shaken to the core, and she felt in desperate need of <\/span><span>a way to \u201creassert\u201d her identity. Having grown <\/span><span>up in a \u201cconservative\u201d family, where dabbling in \u201calternative\u201d style felt off the table, she decided to shake up her appearance.<\/span><span> \u201cI had urges to just shave all my hair off,\u201d she recalls. \u201cBut there was no way I would go through with that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the end, she opted for layers and a fringe. Then, three months after her father\u2019s passing, she got a Sacred Heart tattoo on her arm, modelled after a necklace he had given her shortly before his death. Since then she\u2019s also gotten a small tattoo of Woodstock, the bright yellow canary from the <\/span><em><span>Peanuts<\/span><\/em><span> comics, as a tribute to her father\u2019s love for music.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-tiktok\" data-id=\"7321080092937997601\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Horatia isn\u2019t alone in changing up her appearance after experiencing grief. There\u2019s an abundance of posts on TikTok and Reddit from people in mourning who have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@iftheshoefitswearit\/video\/7321080092937997601?q=grief%20shave%20hair%20off&amp;t=1771943845344\"><span>lopped off inches of their hair<\/span><\/a><span> (the idea that \u2018hair holds trauma\u2019 is popular online), <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@londonhughesy\/video\/7481071070783491370?q=grief%20first%20tattoo&amp;t=1771944033015\"><span>got inked<\/span><\/a><span>, or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GriefSupport\/comments\/1ozxxfy\/does_anyone_else_change_themselves_because_of\/\"><span>else totally overhauled their style<\/span><\/a><span>. There are myriad reasons why so many people feel compelled to make drastic changes to their looks: some no longer feel bothered to adhere to beauty standards when faced with brain-altering trauma, whereas others are keen to forge a new identity and symbolically mark a new era of their lives. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2158244013485093\"><span>Research<\/span><\/a><span> affirms that \u201c<\/span><span>stressful life events\u201d may trigger changes in appearance<\/span><span>, and that \u201c<\/span><span>intentional changes to one\u2019s physical appearance\u201d can often act as an external expression of an internal sea change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>21-year-old Jacinta lost a family friend several weeks ago. She describes grief as a \u201cvery powerful emotion, as it makes you do things you might not conventionally consider\u201d, adding that, like Horatia, she felt an urge to change up her looks after the loss. \u201cMany people, when experiencing grief or extreme distress, go to change their hair,\u201d she says. And so she dyed her hair from a soft brunette to jet black.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere\u2019s something so liberating about drastically changing your appearance,\u201d she continues, explaining that she wanted to do something to signify her entering a new phase of life. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to look the same way I looked when I was going through so much anxiety and sadness,\u201d she explains. \u201cI wanted to step out of how I looked when I initially received the bad news, and almost step into a version of myself that can deal with things differently.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This chimes with registered psychologist <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolynekeenan.co.uk\/\"><span>Dr Carolyne Keenan<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cGrief can disrupt identity. When we lose someone important to us, we are not just losing the person, we are losing a version of ourselves in relation to them,\u201d she explains. \u201cThat can feel disorientating and, at times, unbearable. Changing our appearance can become a visible marker of an internal shift \u2013 it can symbolise survival, reinvention or maybe the need to feel different in ourselves when everything already feels different around us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cChanging our appearance can become a visible marker of an internal shift \u2013 it can symbolise survival, reinvention or maybe the need to feel different in ourselves when everything already feels different around us\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>A dramatic makeover can also be a way of reclaiming some agency in the face of grief, an experience which can floor us with a profound sense of powerlessness. \u201cYou can\u2019t undo what has happened. You can\u2019t negotiate with it,\u201d Dr Keenan says. \u201cAltering your hair, your clothes or your body can restore a small but meaningful sense of control. Even if we can&#8217;t change anything about the loss we have experienced, being able to feel in control of something can feel stabilising.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For some, an appearance change can also be a means of feeling closer to the person you\u2019ve lost. For Horatia, getting a fringe was a way of harking back to her childhood \u2013 a period when her dad was still very much in her life. \u201cIt was the first time I\u2019d had [a fringe] since I was five years old. I guess I was rekindling with my inner child in some way,\u201d she says. More generally, she says, transforming her appearance was a way to prove to others \u2013 and maybe to herself \u2013 that she wasn&#8217;t \u201clost or broken.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meera*, 27, lost her aunt in 2019. <\/span><span>\u201cThe months after her passing really changed me,\u201d she says. \u201cGrief changes you, whether you like it or not.\u201d A<\/span><span>\u00a0few months after her aunt\u2019s death, she got a tattoo for the first time. \u201cI know some people don\u2019t think too much about tattoos, and just get stars or hearts or a smiley face or whatever, but I always thought if I got one it would have to be meaningful [&#8230;] But I could never think of something so meaningful that I\u2019d want it on my body forever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-tiktok\" data-id=\"7600154057239530774\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>She knew something in memory of her aunt would always hold meaning, and so a few months after her passing, she decided to get a small pair of angel wings on her upper back. \u201cI know it sounds very clich\u00e9, but they\u2019re deeply symbolic. People often get them when they have gone through grief, as a reminder that there\u2019s a higher force or that the person you loved is still with you,\u201d she says. She adds that the pain of getting the tattoo was therapeutic in its own way, too: \u201cI felt alive again. It was a reminder that I was human and that it\u2019s OK to feel pain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Is it possible that a big physical transformation could be a helpful way to process grief? It\u2019s complicated, says Dr Keenan. <\/span><span>She warns that if someone\u2019s physical changes are \u201cimpulsive, driven by numbness, self-punishment or a desire to escape overwhelming feelings\u201d, they may be in need of further support. But in other instances, a post-grief \u2018makeover\u2019 can be helpful. \u201c<\/span><span>Symbolic acts can help the brain make sense of loss, they can create a boundary between \u2018before\u2019 and \u2018after\u2019, which is an important part of integrating grief rather than being overwhelmed by it,\u201d she says, adding that research suggests \u201cpeople who find ways to construct personal meaning around their loss often adjust more adaptively over time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Of course, there\u2019s no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to grief. <\/span><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Some people change their appearance dramatically, others hold tightly to familiarity. Neither response is inherently healthier,\u201d Dr Keenan says. There are as many ways of reckoning with loss as there are people on earth. For Horatia, Jacinta, and Meera, though, there was some solace to be found in changing up their appearance \u2013 and it\u2019s a grieving ritual which has helped people for centuries<\/span><span>. <\/span><span>Native American Choctaw men and women traditionally shave, cut, or clip a lock of hair when a loved one passes away, for example, while <\/span><span>wearing black to signify a period of mourning, which is a ritual that dates<\/span><span> back to the Roman Empire.<\/span><span> \u201cHumans have always used physical change to mark transitions,\u201d Dr Keenan surmises. \u201cModern expressions may look different \u2013 but the psychology behind it is ancient.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Name has been changed\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. 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