I’m a cheap bastard and I’m not hung up on how may hair looks (it’s starting to fall out anyway). I don’t like paying $10-15 for a haircut at a barbershop, let alone what they want at a salon, but I don’t want a simple, one length everywhere buzzcut. So, how diffcult is it going to be for my wife to learn to cut my hair? And how bad will it look till she gets good at it?
A friend cuts his own hair and ends up with the buzzcut. I mean, it looks fine on him…my dad’s cut his own hair for years. Another co-worker’s wife cuts his. Right now I get a hair cut like every 2-3 months. This way, I could get it done every month!
It depends on what kind of style you want and what type of hair you have. I can cut hair semi-decently but I don’t like to cut my husband’s hair because it is so thick and hard to get a style to lay right. I have done it before but it takes forever and I can’t do it as well as a professional. Heck, even some of them can’t get it right.
If you have easy to style hair that’s not too thick or curly and don’t want anything complicated she could probably do it with a good pair of scissors. Another option is to get an electric razor so she can at least do some in-between neck and ear clean-up for you, it might let you go longer between cuts. If she has no talent whatsoever in that area be prepared to get it fixed, though!
Maybe one of your friends who knows how to cut hair could show her once so she gets the general technique? Do you have a dog she could practice on?
I was thinking more along the lines of electric trimmers that you just put a clip on and “mow”. I might try that once and see what happens. She’s all for giving it a try, after all, it’s not her head, right?
I do it. I recommend spending a little extra for decent clippers. It should come with different attachments to control the length, and nifty left and right over-the-ear attachments which cut shorter closer to the ear. My fiance cleans up the back of my neck when I’m done.
It’s easy, and I’ve never ended up with a “buzz cut”.
My mother was a practicing anaesthetist (UK-speak for anesthesiologist) and jabbed people with pointy things all day in the course of her work.
She used to cut my hair at home, until one day she cut my earlobe in two.
Didn’t hurt all that bad, since I was 4 and therefore indestructible, but I’ve never let ANYONE who didn’t have a barber college certificate near my head again.
I’m too pretty to get a bad haircut anyway.
It’s easy! I’ve been cutting my own hair for almost 20 years now, having started in college. My method: I stand in front of the mirror, pull sections (clumps) of my hair straight away from my scalp, and cut. Then I move to an overlapping and adjacent section. And so on. My hair is slightly curly, or maybe a little more than ‘slightly’, but anyway, that makes any uneven spots harder to see, mistakes are easily forgiven.
About 4 years ago, I bought a set of buzz/clippers, with attachments (1", 7/8", 3/4)", etc. . . .) that limit how short you cut it. Although you have to go over the same areas more than once, in order to get all the hair, it produces a very good cut. I usually cut it about 3/4" on the sides and back, and about 1" on top (which is thinning and needs more fill). Easy.
I’ve cut my own hair for years. Stand between two mirrors with a pair of scissors and go for it. You need to be a bit patient because it’s not going to be as fast as a professional job, but it really isn’t difficult. And I have saved myself (conservatively) a couple of thousand dollars over the years.
As hairstyles have changed and the quantity of hair i own becomes less, I have invested in a buzz cutter. It makes the job even easier. Not that I ever go for the close army-cut look. It is worthwhile spending a bit more for good clippers and oil them regularly. They aren’t quite so much fun when they get blunt.
