 Britney Spears's downward spiral has been so shocking because it's been quite public.
If you're going to have a nervous breakdown, it might be best to not do it IN FRONT OF THE PAPARAZZI!!!!!
The baldie's bizarre behavior and recent (all-too-brief) one-day stint in rehab, leaves many questions unanswered.
But, our friends at Us Weekly try to take us into the psyche of a very troubled girl, worn out from far too much pAARtying and devastated by a complete lack of self.
Us spoke with Esther Tognozzi, the owner of Esther's Hair Salon in Tarzana, California, where Spears took clippers to her head and sheared her scalp bald on Friday night.
Says Tognozzi, "She just looked in the mirror and said with tears in her eyes, 'Oh, my God, I shaved it all off. My mom is going to be so upset with me.'"
Tognozzi says that prior to shaving Britney complained that her extensions were "very tight and uncomfortable." Tognozzi, who waived her normal $20 cut fee for Britney, adds that, other than the tears when she looked in the mirror, "Britney had a blank face and showed little emotion whatsoever."
"We have no idea how she found us," a salon worker tells Us. "She just walked in and said she wanted to shave her head. Esther has been in the business for 30 years and said, 'I'm not doing that.' But Britney was set on having her head shaved so she started doing it herself."
But why did Brit decide to go bald?
The salon source says, "I don't know what's going on in her head, but she obviously is not very happy deep down, but she thought it would make her happy to have her head shaved. She didn't say if she liked it or not, but she thought it would make her happy to do it so she did."

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