Be careful if you have a cut or scratch on your scalp, because openings in the skin are a prime target for infection. Also avoid sharing hats or any other type of clothing that might come into contact with your head -- some scalp conditions are easily passed from one person to the next [source: Berman ].
If there is a color that symbolizes denial it would be gray. Gray is not really a color but just a value of white mixed with black. Gray is commonly used as to represent the unknown. It is a symbol of questionable morality. Designers use gray to make something fade into the background. When a person is in denial, they may relate to the color gray, because they may be wrong/bad, but they feel as if they are right/good.
Kubler-Ross's 5 Stages. The first stage in the Kubler-Ross model is denial. During this stage, the initial (and most common) emotional response to the knowledge of impending death is denial. People in this stage say, 'No, not me. It can't be!' According to Kubler-Ross, denial serves as a defense mechanism.