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As a Sikh girl, I've been looking around at the gurdwara and noticing that so many people have started cutting their hair. It makes me wonder how I'm supposed to love mine when even people within my own community don't always keep theirs. Even famous people like Diljit Dosanjh trim their beards. It just leaves me feeling really confused about what I'm supposed to do.

The truth is, I hate my hair. I know people say things like, "Be grateful for what you have," but that doesn't make the insecurity disappear. Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed by the hair on my legs, arms, stomach, back, everywhere. It feels suffocating. I look at myself and all I can think about is how ugly it makes me feel.

I've avoided so many things because of it. I hated the hair on my arms so much that I stopped wearing T-shirts, and I've never felt comfortable wearing cute tops because I'm always worried they'll show my arm hair. I see other girls wearing whatever they want without thinking twice, and I wish I could do the same. Instead, I'm constantly thinking about whether people can see my hair, even when nobody has ever actually said anything about it.

Nobody has ever called me disgusting or made fun of me for it, but I've still avoided wearing shorts since I was eight years old. Ever since I started growing body hair in third grade, I've hated it. Watching other girls walk around with smooth legs and feeling comfortable in their bodies makes me wonder why I can't feel that way too. It makes me feel different, unattractive, and honestly just exhausted.

I don't know how to love something that has been the source of so much insecurity for me, especially when it feels like even the people around me are moving away from it. I just don't know what to do.

I really want to start removing my hair and get some cute face framing layers. I feel so guilty wanting this. Even writing this post i hate myself but I hate my body more.

Please help

One thing that honestly annoys me about K-pop culture is how some fans treat any criticism like a personal attack. If someone says a song wasn't good, an idol had a weak performance, or a company made a terrible decision, people immediately jump to calling them a hater. Not every comeback is going to be amazing, and that's completely normal. Music is subjective, and everyone is allowed to have different opinions.

I think a lot of this comes from how emotionally attached fans become to their favorite groups. People spend years supporting idols, buying albums, streaming songs, and defending them online, so criticism can feel like criticism of themselves. But supporting an artist shouldn't mean acting like they can never make mistakes. In every other genre of music, fans openly discuss what they like and dislike without it turning into a huge fan war.

Sometimes K-pop fandoms create this pressure where you have to love everything your group releases or else you're considered fake. That's unrealistic. You can dislike a title track, question a concept, or disagree with management decisions and still be a loyal fan. In fact, being honest is healthier than pretending everything is perfect all the time.

At the end of the day, idols are people, not flawless beings that need protection from every opinion on the internet. They grow, improve, experiment, and sometimes fail, and that's okay. A fandom that allows respectful criticism and open discussion is much stronger than one that attacks anyone who thinks differently.