Do you cut your own hair or have it professionally done?

[craigwf]

I have been using a Flowbee (https://www.flowbee.com/) for about a dozen years.  I trim the edges (sides and back) with a regular electric hair clipper.  I am an attorney with wavy hair and have received compliments on how well groomed I always am.  The Flowbee is fast and easy to use; it vacuums up all the cut hair.  It has paid for itself many times over.  Do it in your own home, at your convenience and as often as you wish.

[retrolick]

My partner and I have been cutting each other's hair for about 3 years now, the first year was a lot of trial and error but seriously it is well worth it to teach yourself this skill, both of our haircuts are perfectly groomed and we can cut as often as once a week if we like.

Often times the "professionals" don't even listen to what you're asking them to do and the haircuts come out looking like you went to Fantastic Sam's anyway so why not mess it up once or twice while learning. The hardest part to learn is trimming around the ears and neck with clippers once you get that down the rest becomes a little easier as time goes on.

Youtube and Instagram are two great places to see skilled barbers cut hair and learn techniques from them. As long as you make a small upfront investment in good tools and learn how to properly use and clean them it really does work out to be better than going somewhere to get it done.

Both my partner and I receive compliments on our hair and it's fun because we each get to craft a style for each other. Trust your instinct and cut small amounts to start and continue pushing yourself to try something you read or watch. It will take about 6 months before you're truly confident in your skills but it is well worth the money saved and the frustration of having to go to a salon and have small talk with strangers.

It takes loads of patience and it might be better if you learn with a friend and do each other's hair at first so you can see all the different techniques of blending and texturing first hand.

[SemenDemon]

I have long hair that I almost always keep in a ponytail right now. But I do, once every decade or so, go through a period of getting it cut cheaply 2-4 times, then shaving my head bald a handful of times once I get sick of paying for haircuts. Eventually, I just let it grow really long again, if I can stand to stick it out through that long "shaggy period", once it starts growing out again. Rinse, repeat.

[spam17]

@jdo143:

Professionally, every 2 weeks or so.  Actually I've just got a haircut yesterday.

Good for you!

[helloitsmesf]

i get it done. i dont know how y'all can cut your own hair seems very hard for me

[nolimitfag]

Professionally, I have my own dresser, she knows my hair, condition better than I do,

occasional massages , aroma therapy, etc

[spam17]

@helloitsmesf:

i get it done. i dont know how y'all can cut your own hair seems very hard for me

Well, a DIY haircut is certainly a risky business but it could really help you save a lot while getting to experiment as much as you want to..

;D

[Ellis]

@Ellis:

I cut my own hair, and my partner's as well.

Cutting his hair at “The Hill”–

The first image is in my bedroom upstairs at the house in Berkeley, California–the name from its location--it sits on a prime piece of real estate within walking distance of the university and BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) light rail system; and even a shorter walk, literally within a few blocks and down the hill from the renowned Claremont Resort and Spa (the “Claremont” to the locals).

The two-story, 4-bedroom has 2 baths, living room with fireplace, and access from the kitchen as well as the day room that sits off the formal dining room, to the fenced back area–private and comfortable, secluded within the lush canopy of trees bordering the landscape.

In addition, there’s a downstairs basement, and stairs from the second level leading to the large rooftop deck.

Finally, the added bonus--where street parking can be a bit competitive--a private drive leading to the attached garage!

Any offers?

I guess I should mention that it is in the process of being restored, and has been since he bought it about 50 years ago (a number that seeing–after doing the math--kind of shocked me).

Through the years and through the course of relationships, plans for the house have changed, the last being us each with a bedroom, and each with a “playroom”--his for his collection of antique telephones, mine for my HO trains and layout.

Once the site of fervent activity, complete with hired employees and steady work hours, the house now serves more as the stop and turnaround point in his daily walk; and there is the somewhat sad realization and likelihood that neither of us will probably ever live in the house.

Bobby feels that he won’t see it completed; and when and if it does get finished, that I won’t be able to afford to live in it…oh well.

The house is one of three in his “estate”–none of which either of us lives in, as he lives in a 2-bedroom apartment a short walk away, while I live in a studio about a mile or so away.

Maybe not typical of the living arrangements one would think to be associated with a couple close to 35 years together--not only paying rent on two separate residences, but doing so when two of the houses are within such close proximity to us. ???

(Then again, who knows? That might be the reason why we’re still together.)

[upNXT]

I (masterfully) clipper my own

[mufum69]

I go to the barber

[JACK777]

Dont get it cut that much

[jkronfuss]

My hair is cutt but the same hairdresser that has been doing it since I was 15 (16 years and counting). I like it short.

[DamaDama]

i go to a professional to make my hair done

[ffuck]

I go for a really short buzz cut, so I do the entire head on my own every week or so. I actually got a new set of clippers for myself (early Xmas gift ::)) and it's amazing! It's cheap, easy, and people say it looks great on me (many of them, especially women, say it makes me look more masculine and/or tough and it's sexy).

However, I will occasionally let one of my boyfriends buzz my hair or even pay a few and go to a barber (and also get a straight razor shave on my face). It feels good when someone else does it and you can just sit back and relax

[noah228]

Pay someone to do it, create a job

[ruffnready]

I have cut my own hair since being 'college poor' back in the '60s, and liked the results.
Now, at 66, I still find I give myself the best cut!
I think I have the knack!

[456435653]

Always by a pro.

[fightboycwb]

I have always had my hair cut. Cant do it on my own. Too clumsy to do that.. LOL

[chacha]

I go to a barber. But none have ever been that great. I wish there were high end male barbers as well. Would like to try it once.

[Igrouve]

Last time I 'mowed' my own hair a regret has been done. - No more.

So, professionally for the rest of my life per month - I guess.