Hair today ... something something tomorrow.

Those long curly locks are the casualties of a battle just waged at the salon. My hair formed several dreadlocks during covid. I asked the salon owner if she could undread the dreads and she said she'd try, and she tried, to no avail, because the locks were locked too tight, so I ordered her to lop 'em the fuck off, and she did.

Hard to say goodbye to 10 years worth of hair in one fell swoop but I still have lots of red curly locks.

What's your hair like? How often do you get it cut, and where? Any funny stories about your hair?

A thread about hair.

 

I can't even imagine you without the hair. Pics or GTFO.

 

A lot of guys wish they could leave that much on the floor after a trip.

I grew long hair about 10 years ago and liked it, but could never keep the shit out of my eyes.

 

Phew ... still plenty left! I was picturing you with a crew cut. Or trying to, anyway.

 

I love hair stories.
My mother has owned and operated her own salon for 44 years out of the basement of the house I grew up in.
She's basically retired now. She'll do 5 or 6 haircuts a week, and that's about it.
I've paid for exactly 1 haircut in my 45 years on this planet. I was 13 or 14, and we were at the mall in Wichita. I had been pestering her for months about me wanting to get a flat top. She wouldn't do it. She sees this shop at this mall, hands me a 20, and says "Here....go get your flat top."

 

Good Lord. All you're missing now is the hat and glasses.

 

I would kill for that hair. I went from having an untamable quasi-Jewfro until I was about 22. Then the slow decline and the shorter and shorter haircuts. I had wanted to shave it off for about 5 years and Mrs. W was worried what it would look like. Finally, I took the three days before Thanksgiving off in 2010 and made a deal with her — I will shave it off after work on Friday and if it looks bad, 10 days later when I go back to work, I will have basically have a crew cut. Shockingly, got rave reviews all around and have never looked back.

 

I got cursed by the Hair Fairy. I still need about 5 cuts a year.

 

Last haircut in February. Free to get one for a few months now but I’ve made it a game.

Short hair my whole life into middle age. Pandemic hit and went caveman (with wife approval). Shaved the beard last month but letting the hair go for awhile. No real reason other than it’s a project and I’ve never really done it before.

Plus: I can brush it back to minimize my advancing bald spot.

Minuses: it’s kind it of annoying. And I kinda look like an aging, c-list rock singer or that college professor you learn a lot from but he only shows up about half the time to teach.

 

I've had a straight buzz cut for 15 years now. My wife cuts it on the front porch every week to 10 days. I actually have hair, and if I didn't shear it off, it would be wavy salt and pepper. I've never put a razor on it for the full Kojack, it's just a typical bootcamp or Med Head haircut (if you get the reference). I'm to the point now if I go about more than a week and a half, I can start feeling it, and it drives me crazy. I figure if my wife doesn't like it, it's her fault because she's the one who does it.
I don't buzz it off for a particular fashion sense. I'm just cheap. Sometime in 2005, the price of a haircut went from $6 to $7, and I wasn't paying $7 for a haircut. I just bought clippers.

Since the shutdown, I've been cutting my 80-year-old dad's hair. The other day he was jawing me about about something while I was cutting his. I said, "Be quiet, or I'll cut it like mine." so he stopped talking.