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Message: <blockquote data-quote="werk" data-source="post: 2880658" data-attributes="member: 29663">My childhood will always haunt me with regard to haircuts.My mom was a beautician, that's what they called it then, now she'd be a stylist or something...hair designer?  I was actually in the womb when she went through beauty school (although the chemicals didn't seem to affect me...*cough*) and grew up crawling around on the beauty shop floor, eww.  So she cut my hair my entire life until I moved away.  I'd still come home to get haircuts during college and afterwards, but once I moved too far away, I had to bite the bullet and pay someone to cut my hair.  It makes me so nervous to have strangers cut my hair, literally sick to my stomach, it almost hurts everytime they snip.  Thanks mom.I went through a lot of hell and bad cuts, and even grew my hair long just to avoid the barber's chair.  I'm pretty happy now with the lady that cuts it, and even though I just moved, will continue to drive across town to see her.  My advice, from my tribulations, is to stay away from supercuts, cost cutters, or any strip mall cheap haircut chain.  Only go somewhere that you have to make an appointment.  Compare a nice restraunt to a drive through...good places have more demand than supply, it's a good sign if you have to wait.  I've had infinitely better luck going to an actual hair salon, and it's almost the same price.  Also, know what you want, or at least sound like you do.  If you are like, I don't care, or I don't know, then they don't either, and the result reflects this apathy and lack of direction.  When you call the salon, tell them you need someone who is good at cutting <describe your hair here>.  For me it was, "thick strait short hair with a couple cow-licks so it's kinda hard to cut, but I need to look professional."  "I need a haircut, can you help me out?" will get you the greenest rookie they have.  Identify a stylist and then try to schedule.</blockquote>

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