Fear of getting a haircut.

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I need a haircut, badly. One of my greatest causes of anxiety is getting a haircut, and having to sit in the chair for 20 or so minutes while having to struggle through small talk or looking at myself awkwardly in the mirror. Recently I've solved this by going to a lady that doesn't speak much engish and generally doesn't talk to me that much, but even now this is causing me great strife. I'm considering just shaving my head. I wish shops had contracts that they will not place me in front of a mirror, or talk to me at all, and in return I'd accept any haircut they give me.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 20:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Things you'd rather your hairdresser (or other trained professional) not say while doing work for you

― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

omg me to thread.

it's less the anxiety but the fact that i always like my hair fairly long, but then when i gets to when i don't like it, it's REALLY long, and then I won't want to go to the hairdressers for fear that they'd laugh at my SHIT LONG HAIR.

i basically need to find a gf who will cut my hair for me.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 21:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I fear small talk with hairdressers. I don't want to seem like an asshole who's all "just cut my hair and keep quiet about it, bitch!", but I'm not very good at small talk with people I don't know.

I've also had some bad experiences -- see my story on the thread linked above. The last woman who cut my hair was really cool though.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 21:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't mind the mirror though. Actually I kind of like it.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 21:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Hairdressers never talk to me! I like try and start conversations and everything. Cabbies, ditto. I possibly smell or something.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 21:09 (twenty-one years ago)

The mirror is awesome! You have a ROBE and a THRONE and a MIRROR, what do you want, taxation without reprentation?

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 21:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't decide, the problem with long hair is some days it looks amazing and others it looks shit.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 21:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I hestitate to say "omg me too" but

OMG ME TOO

I usually manage by staring at anything but myself in the mirror, and they seem to catch on to the fact that I'm not a great small-talker, but that just means I get an awkward silence instead of an awkward conversation.

― Richard C (avoid80), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 21:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I dont mind getting my haircut, Im just incapable of making an appointment/getting off my ass and getting one. Im also constantly pushing the boundaries of acceptable long/shaggy hair at work. I think Ive passed it by now..

― Dude, are you a 15 year old asian chick? (jingleberries), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 21:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I generally have horrible luck with hairdressers. For a little while I went to this place downtown that was staffed almost entirely hot indie hairdressers, and yet I would consistently get this one hickish Southern dude who would only talk about sports and give bad haircuts.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 21:22 (twenty-one years ago)

It's just a shame that long hair looks shit on me. It always gets caught in my eyebrows and I worry that I look too feminine.

― Richard C (avoid80), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I wish my girlfriend would cut me hair.

Long hair on me is frizzzzzzzzzzy and poofy. I've never let it get too long, but i'm sure I could fashion some sort of fro out of it.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, I used to be AWFUL w/ haircut chit-chat back in the day (7-8 years ago), especially because the place I went to employed cute gurls / women that I was afraid to talk to for fear of getting eye-rolled and/or saying The Stupid Thing and receiving reprisal via a slip of the shaver. Of course, it didn't help that a good number of them wouldn't even bother trying to instigate a conversation - they'd just chat w/ their friends that stopped by or with other hairdressers. I've gotten over that, thankfully - if they don't want to talk to me, I'll just zone out & eavesdrop on their convos; if they wanna chat, that's great, schoomze ahoy. Nowadays, I go to a salon w/ an affable elderly woman, and we just yap yap yap.

A lot of my conversation "fear" probably had to do w/ the times my dad would drag pre-teen me to some barber he knew in the center of Bloomfield. Stocky bald Italian guy. Not much w/ the tact. Moved my head around like it was a knob attached to a jackpot lever. Talked to my dad. Had a loud smoker's laugh. Did the kinda unsettling "that's my boy" hair-muss every so often, like he wasn't some chatty old weirdo I didn't know from Adam. Best part - my dad didn't even like him that much!

Haircut conversations fascinate me. At this place I went to at a nearby mall (not Supercuts, but Supercutty), I had a certain hairdresser do her thing to my hair twice within 6 months. She did most of the talking, but she was sharing a LOT of personal info about her life and her kid and her divorce and night school and stuff. When I went back to that place, and got her again, we had nearly THE EXACT SAME CONVERSATION. It was like we had a map, and just decided to retrace our steps. Very strange, but also very interesting.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 21:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Ever since I got that weird unintentional homage to Amelie haircut I have just let my hair grow out. I'm afraid of getting it cut again and ending up with another horrible hackjob.

― Leon Bluth (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

"I need a haircut, badly. One of my greatest causes of anxiety is getting a haircut, and having to sit in the chair for 20 or so minutes while having to struggle through small talk or looking at myself awkwardly in the mirror."

OTM! i wish i could save money and cut my own hair, but the results of my experiments in that area have proved "inconclusive".

i have always hated, hated haircuts, barbers, etc.

― latebloomer: AKA Sir Teddy Ruxpin, Former Scientologist (latebloomer), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

The great thing about what happens if you get some dreaded Bad Haircut is that you can just go to a cheap barber and tell them to take a little off the back/sides/top and it's just bzzt bzzt fixed. I got a really ridiculous haircut on Rosebery Ave in London, I made the mistake of appearing open-minded and undecided, and ended up with a Fashion Mullet/Demi-Hawk (many, here, unfortunately, can attest to it!), a style of cut that is commonly attributed to a latter-days appropriation of an old 80s style fashionable in the rural Southern United States (but which I believe owes at least as much to UK punkdom) (not that the two are completely unrelated) (although maybe they are) so in any case, ironically or not, I got it "fixed" in South Knoxville, in the Vestal Barbershop to be exact. Bzzt bzzt. Five bucks.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 03:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I too share your fear.

― shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 03:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Cutty should open up a "Supercutty" like the one David R. just described.

― jill schoelen is the queen of my dreams! (Homosexual II), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 03:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I haven't had a haircut in months and my hair is ridiculously thick/long at this point. I'm too broke to aford a nice haircut (haha, nice=over $10) and to afraid of a shitty hack job.

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 04:22 (twenty-one years ago)

"afford", obv.

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 04:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not good at small talk either, and I hate that about getting my hair cut, but I figure if I smile a lot and I am polite, it shouldn't be offensive or particularly odd. As for the mirror, I tend to close my eyes or try to see who else the mirror reflects.

Last week I got a haircut, and it is FAR too short, since I can't put the top layers into a ponytail now. V. inconvenient. Oh well...hair grows back.

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 04:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I've worn glasses since I was 8. The only time (I take short showers) they're off for more than ten minutes is during hair cuts. For this reason I never get more than one or two / year.

― Remy Ulysses Q. Fitzgerald (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 04:46 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 04:49 (twenty-one years ago)

My barber never bothers talking to me. I need a haircut, but I don't want one. I have horrible inbetween hair at the moment.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 08:28 (twenty-one years ago)

i bit the bullet on friday. hate sitting there unable to see (no glasses) what a stranger is doing to my hair. hair was still longer when i left than 90% of the people arriving.

these things would be a lot better if they didn't insist on listening to the most vapid daytime radio station imaginable.

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 4 April 2005 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I hate it too. But it's got better now I've found a barber who cuts my hair well every time. I don't mind that we have the same conversation every time. It's easier than having to think.

― beanz (beanz), Monday, 4 April 2005 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I got a cut this weekend. I look like a 19 year old now.

― Dude, are you a 15 year old asian chick? (jingleberries), Monday, 4 April 2005 16:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I go to this place nearby where no one speaks english at all. I have to struggle through telling the guy what kind of cut I want, and usually I don't tell him much. "Short," I say, and he starts hacking away, and that's just fine with me. No need for goofy instructions like, "I want it layered in the back, maybe feather it a bit, and could you use a razor to..." blah blah blah. I'm a boy, see? I want the boy haircut. But anyway, so I sit there and watch Spanish soap operas and listen to barber shop banter in Spanish, which I do not speak a single word of, so it's great. Nobody tries to talk to me at all.

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Monday, 4 April 2005 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

one time i went to the hairdresser with some pre-prepared topics of conversation. The whole thing hinged on whether this early 20s girl had heard of 'NERD' or 'The Neptunes'. But she hadn't.

I went last week and stuggled to say anything other than answers to stuff she asked, which was a dead end because i could hardly say "hey...you're a hairdresser'. Then at the end when she was done she said "nice to meet you". WTF does that mean? We hardly spoke.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Monday, 4 April 2005 17:13 (twenty-one years ago)

it means she wants your bod.

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Monday, 4 April 2005 17:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Indeed.

I don't really have a problem with getting my haircut (my father's a hairstylist) and I don't particularly have a problem with being quiet...I'm sure they find it awkward in a way but I imagine they appreciate the lack of small talk. I just keep amused by looking at others in the mirror (or looking at them directly if I'm turned that way -- maybe the poster could recommend that he look away from the mirror) or by trying to get some good tune stuck in my head. It's an innocent way to keep occupied.

Admittedly, it's hard to see while I'm getting a haircut as I wear a really strong prescription of glasses.

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Monday, 4 April 2005 17:48 (twenty-one years ago)

My last haircut was the best I've ever had, but the place was too creepy to go back to: The barbers were all straight-backed old men in immaculate white shirts and ties, the place was full of 50s-era fake flowers, and no one spoke a word. It was like getting your hair cut in a funeral home, but with slightly more bendable customers.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 4 April 2005 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

i usually cut my own hair but sometimes i head to little brazil and go to a shop there. they bring me coffee and i read spanish tv magazines. the barber and his sister know how to fade and trim without making taking off much from the top. small talk is un poquito

― kephm, Monday, 4 April 2005 18:50 (twenty-one years ago)

(yay Vestal barbershop!)

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 4 April 2005 19:24 (twenty-one years ago)

jeff, do you have a budget for haircuts? if you're okay with spending a little more, i have a recommendation. plus i have a 25% off coupon you could have.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 4 April 2005 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)

There's an old guy around the corner from me who cuts men's hair exclusively. He's a little Latino dude who sips on sangria or some kind of wine while he works, and takes frequent cigarette breaks. Also, he makes tons of jokes about sex. I go to that guy. The only hassle is actually getting an appointment, because he's pretty fucking popular with the other old dudes around.

I'm a big fan of old man barber shops in general.

― Dan M. (OutDatWay), Monday, 4 April 2005 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

OMG ME TOO! if i remade 'The Marathon Man" i would have to redo the dentist scene as a hairdressing scene.

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 4 April 2005 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm a big fan of old man barber shops in general.

http://www.surebuy.co.nz/pics/1978.jpg

...or maybe something for the weekend?

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 4 April 2005 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

The worst things about getting a haircut are definitely:

a) having to look at yourself in the mirror (I usually end up staring at my fingers)

b) those little bits of hair that fall down the back of your neck and itch

― caitlin (caitlin), Monday, 4 April 2005 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)

To complete my indie rock makeover I started growing out my hair last autumn. It was cut a few times, never quite right. I didn't think the barber completely understood my indie-boy needs. Basically I'm going for hair like Scott from Sons & Daughters - ie side parting, slightly layered, shaped in at the side. It had gotten a bit long, puffing out at the sides and getting far too heavy at the back so I went to get it cut on Thursday morning before a job interview. He cuts a fair bit off, with too much off the fringe it seems, making it a bit preppy seeming. Problem is my hair has a slight wave, so the fringe tends to flick up a bit. Wasn't too happy with it but accepted it would grow out. Now, four days later, it looks pretty good. Somehow I managed to get the fringe pretty straight by sticking a touch of wax in while damp. Give it a week and I'll be pretty happy. It's weird though, just seemed to transform in the space of two days from a minor disaster to good hair.

― Stew (stew s), Monday, 4 April 2005 20:37 (twenty-one years ago)

― Stew (stew s), Monday, 4 April 2005 20:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Heh, small talk with strangers is a massive DUD. I generally keep to a "spoke when spoken to" policy, though if the conversation seems to be going anywhere or she's cute, I might loosen up. I'm a glasses boy too so it's a bit embarrassing when they say "does that look ok". Lean forward, glasses on, "yep, great thanks". I spent £14 last time - the most ever. I got a slightly asymmetrical fringe which I think looks ok.

― Crackity (Crackity Jones), Monday, 4 April 2005 22:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Going bald is GREAT for not worrying about haircuts. It's been... 4 years, 5 maybe, since the last time - I even had to upgrade my clippers.

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 4 April 2005 22:19 (twenty-one years ago)

> Now, four days later, it looks pretty good.

this is pretty key, i think - it's always too much of a shock straight afterwards. i also think the hair needs a couple of days to get used to its new length and to recover from being washed 3 times that day (once in the morning because going to hairdressers with dirty hair is icky, once before they cut it and again when you get home in order to get all the itchy bits out)

― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 08:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Markelby OTM, premature balding has kept me from the barber since 1999. Now all I need is a quality check from the wife.

Though when I used to go I had the same issues, tendencies towards introversion means no ability to make small talk with strangers.

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I think hairdressers should be mute. You should just show them pictures of the style you want or maybe even a drawing.

― kayT (kaytee), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I hate haircuts too. It's not the small talk, I'm ok with that. It's the anxiety that I'm going to end up with a shitty haircut, but mostly the frustration of being obligated to get a haircut. I hate having to do things, and you have to get your hair cut. Then you can either spend $10 and get a terrible haircut that makes you look like an idiot or you have to spend some ridiculous amount just to look normal. I hate it.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

What's wrong with getting your hair cut? It's nice, I enjoy the fuss I get from the fit hairdresser girls - I flat out refuse to have blokes cut it - it can be quite intimate in a way sometimes, having them lean their body against yours, all that grooming and teasing the hair. I had mine cut last week and when it was done the girl was saying "you look really nice now" and gently stroking her fingers over my head. Lovely. Worth a tenner, I'd say.

― David Merryweather (DavidM), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I have an RJG for this problem. You should get yourself an RJG. All of you.

― Ally C (Ally C), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 16:08 (twenty-one years ago)

As soon as I take my glasses off, I'm blind. This saves me from watching the process in the mirror, though the moment of donning my glasses when the haircut is done can be shocking. Maybe try closing your eyes. And feign laryngitis. Slip the hairdresser a note that says "I stayed out all night partying - lost my voice - need a nap"

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

I am blind when I take my glasses off too so it's an adventure! But yeah I'm not a fan of making small talk with people at all, I dunno, hairdressers I know don't seem to give a shit though. Quite frankly I don't think a lot of them are huge fans of it either.

― Allyzay Subservient 50s-Type (allyzay), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I hate getting my haircut. It's a good thing I only do it about once a year. (Good thing my hair grows so slowly I can get away with this.) Generally it's some kind of reward or treat when I'm feeling quite low or shitty about myself/appearance, so I view it as paying for a bit of pampering, and part of the pampering I'm paying for is being chatted to and told my hair looks pretty.

― WE ARE THE KATE!!! (kate), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 07:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I have decided to get my hair cut. It was windy and I couldn't see as my hair was in my eyes too much. There is no excuse for having a dude from Neds Atomic Dustbin fringe in this day and age.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, I don't want to get a short hair style - want to keep it a bit long, but what do I ask for? I don't wanna end up with a Richard Madely/guy from grey cover advert hairstyle. It's all too much.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:16 (twenty-one years ago)

"basically, I want a short back and sides, leave the sideburns" is usually all I ever to say to the cutter.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm going to ask for the Italian footballer style, and then will hope it's not lost in translation.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)

When I was 12, a barberlady cut my ear with scissors. She refunded me my $10. Fuckinay right you're gonna refund me.

I cut my own hair.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I have a haircut scheduled for Saturday. The woman I go to now, I'm not sure if she gives me good haircuts (they're all right, I guess), but she's super-easy to talk to and not feel awkward around. The haircut's over before I know it.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

i think i'm going to sign up for one of those free haircuts that are always posted on craigslist.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

ugh, i just tried to cut the back of my hair myself. Not good. Not good.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 17:12 (twenty-one years ago)

well, that bad self butchering was the impetus i needed to go to Klassy Cut and get it fixed. I'm good for a few months now.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 17:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh god. It's far too short at the sides. He went straight for 1 1/2 then asked if it was ok. I think I said: "Waaagh".

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

That sucks dude!

I never did get my haircut, I'm glad, it's gone through the really messy stage now.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:36 (twenty-one years ago)

It'll grow out soon enough, I keep telling myself. I guess I cursed it by saying how good the guy is upthread.

I'd like to let it grow longer than I do, but it goes bushy pretty quickly and then I get selfconscious.

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I have booked myself in for one of those 'be a model/ lab rat for our students' things. It's on May 17th. For a cut and colour. I am fairly easy going about hair, I can usually make the best of bad job, but should I feel fear?

― Anna (Anna), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

NB: I have been cutting my own hair with the kitchen scissors for the last two years almost.

― Anna (Anna), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I found my first paying visit to a hairdresser after a couple of years of the kitchen scissors very nervewracking. Like going to big school. Still, I don't think you should feel afeared, as they'll have a supervisor breathing down their necks while they breathe down yours.

Even though I go to a cool rock hairdressing place, they always give me a super-preppy styling job after cutting my hair, when my standard is messy and large. Luckily it just requires a wash and a bit of wax to get flicky again, but getting home is monstrous. I guess I just give off 'sensible hair' vibes or they think it's funny.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I was gonna revive this today!

Every time I wake up thinking "right, TODAY we are gonna get a bastard haircut" I look in the mirror and my hair is all "Oh, alright. Tonight Matthew I'll be ALVIN VALIANT, SPACEWARRIOR PRINCE". Make up yr mind dammit!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

How do you cut your own hair, isn't one side always going to come looking worse that the other? Depending on what-handed you are?

I cut my own hair once, just around the ears. Oh dear :(

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Surely only ambidextrous contortionists can cut their own hair?

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I know. Always baffled me too. Shaving's enough of a hazard as it is.

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

I got a haircut today .. not a very good one at that .. but when I looked in the mirror at one point, I thought "my god, she's giving me a Hitler haircut! If I end up with a Hitler haircut, (fuzzy thought process) .. post about it on ILE. and then someone would ask to see a picture. And then I would post a picture of Hitler." And I started laughing uncontrollably in the chair. Luckily, no one asked me what was so funny. I started thinking "spraybottle. mirror. cord. hair on the floor..." to keep from laughing.

Of course, it's not the least bit funny now. Maybe I should have posted this on ILX dreams.

― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Thursday, 16 June 2005 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.tallarmeniantale.com/pics/hitler2.JPG

i can think of worse haircuts

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Thursday, 16 June 2005 16:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, sure, hitler had a great haircut and a great sense of fashion.. They should have called him HOTler! (see what I've done?) It's just the stigma associated with looking like Hitler. yA know...

― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Thursday, 16 June 2005 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.all-pictures-photos.com/images/crispin-glover/crispin-glover-img.jpg

has anyone ever associated crispin glover with hitler?

http://images.zap2it.com/ltvimages/images/shows/w/willard/willard_crispinglover_001.jpg

no. crispin glover is always crispin glover

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Thursday, 16 June 2005 17:25 (twenty-one years ago)

http://x-stream.fortunecity.com/fleetst/71/scissors.gif

― Josh (Josh), Thursday, 16 June 2005 19:16 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

"so, are you following the tennis?"
"nope"
"football?"
"nope"
[silence]

had the old 'i can't cut it that short at the back and still keep it long at the front' problem again on friday. it's only the professionals who have this problem, the amateurs never do 8)

― koogs (koogs), Sunday, 3 July 2005 13:00 (twenty years ago)

I have to get a new hair dresser.....

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 3 July 2005 13:34 (twenty years ago)

me too. mine i being deported back to beirut where he will likely be flagged to death for being gay.
damn.
tho actually, his last haircut was a bit traumatic so i dunno why i'm too bummed about this.
i've recently started taking scissors to my man's head. it's a very scary, yet oddly satisfying, experience. especially since he has such luscious locks.

― dahlin (dahlin), Sunday, 3 July 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

i used to feel anxiety about getting my hair cut [what if it never grows back? what if it turns out bad?] until i realized that my hair grows so quickly that any damage done by a stylist wont exist in 2 months.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 4 July 2005 14:54 (twenty years ago)

Andy I have NO idea what you're talking about.

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 4 July 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

i don't like tennis or football. is that so hard to understand? 8)

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 4 July 2005 15:54 (twenty years ago)

Should I get my hair cut really short? A friend of mine got his head shaved and I am kinda jealous. Plus, I won't have to get another haircut for a long time.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)

I can't imagine you with your hair in one eye.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

tee hee. we're running this in tomorrow's letters page: "I keep chopping big chunks off my hair when I am drunk. I’m now nearly bald and getting funny looks at work. Here is my predicament: I said in my pre-health screening that I drink four units of alcohol per week, so I can’t admit to cutting off my own hair, and I can hardly say I am allowing someone else to do it. What should I say?"

― dahlin (dahlin), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

Haircut fear has always struck me as rather odd..look forward to all my appointments. A good stylist you're comfortable with is key I think, I've been going to the same person for a decade, maybe even longer. Yeah, doing it yourself or going to supercuts or something is cheap, but your hair will look so much better done by a pro. Surprised no one has discussed this in the fashion threads.

― Aramyr, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)

B-but, I love it when hair falls in front of your eyes, Nick! Maybe you could get a shave, but leave one long locke in front. ha ha.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

DUDES. I have an appointment at 7:15 tomorrow. I am ready for a change. I have had the same haircut forever. It needs to be shorter and something that requires little maintenance. I need suggestions/pictures of what I should get done.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 16:24 (twenty years ago)

This is what I look like now, but with like a month's worth of additional hair:
http://photos10.flickr.com/14315966_d5d566d0c0.jpg

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 16:26 (twenty years ago)

Have you considered cornrows?

http://www.cocoon-beautycare.com/Haarflechtung/a_Neu-Boy2-W-Cornrows-N2.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)

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