I've hit my head twice from skating and gotten a concussion and it did rattle me, but I'm not convinced that helmets for figure skating is as much of an answer as some think. I do think it's a good idea for lower levels, maybe until a skater enters the lower freestyle levels. It's when you're learning to skate when (and I'm talking anecdotally) it seems far more likely that you'll clip your blades or lose balance or fall unexpectedly, and a helmet could be very useful.
The thing is, helmets can also hinder when you're skating too, and I actually think I would prefer not to use one now, because I feel like my senses are marginally dulled and my field of vision is impaired. I would be more paranoid going into jumps because I would have a bigger blind spot, and I'd feel like my sense of hearing might also be compromised. And hearing is very important on crowded freestyle ice, since I often hear a skater behind me before I'll see them and a split-second can be all it takes to evade a crash or be too late.
So there's that.
The thing is, helmets can also hinder when you're skating too, and I actually think I would prefer not to use one now, because I feel like my senses are marginally dulled and my field of vision is impaired. I would be more paranoid going into jumps because I would have a bigger blind spot, and I'd feel like my sense of hearing might also be compromised. And hearing is very important on crowded freestyle ice, since I often hear a skater behind me before I'll see them and a split-second can be all it takes to evade a crash or be too late.
So there's that.