Hairstylist Bailey Lavender made waves on social media after encouraging customers who don’t feel like talking to ask for silent appointments at their salon. Attending a hair salon appointment usually means enduring an hour or more of small talk and casual conversation with the stylist. For those who just don’t have the bandwidth to talk that day or who struggle with anxiety, these conversations are sometimes difficult, uncomfortable, and harder to manage. To make the experience more enjoyable, some hairstylists are offering silent appointments to make client experiences easier and less anxiety-inducing. Hairstylist Bailey Lavender is encouraging clients with anxiety to ask for a ‘silent appointment.’ foto_and_video | Shutterstock Bailey Lavender posted a video to TikTok in December 2021 about her silent hair appointments. In Lavender’s video, she pretended to be a client who had asked to have a silent appointment because of “stuff going on.” Lavender then posed as herself, a hairdresser, and said, “I would love you either way,” and that “it was okay.”  The video was as simple as that, but it made a huge impact on …