Work during the Nine Days
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Question
I am a hairdresser and I wanted to know if I am allowed to perform hair straightening tasks (dividing ponytail by lengths) during the Nine Days. Also, is it permissible to apply a restorative product on a wig + heating with a blow dryer, and wash it after the Nine Days? Thank you very much.
Answer
Greetings and blessings
Washing a wig is considered like laundering, and using a 'blow dryer' for styling the wig is considered like ironing. Preparing the wig is sewing, and all these tasks are prohibited for Ashkenazim from the beginning of the month, and for Sephardim during the week in which Tisha B'Av falls.
Other actions performed in preparing the wig are not prohibited.
Therefore, hair straightening, applying products, and the like are permitted.
Attached is a file with instructions from our teacher, the Gaon, Rabbi Avraham Fried, shlita, for hairdressers.
Source
According to the instructions of the Gaon, Rabbi Avraham Fried, shlita, for hairdressers.