# Getting a hair cut: Do you face the mirror or away from it?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-hair-cut-do-you-face-the-mirror-or-away-from-it/708972>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 4, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-hair-cut-do-you-face-the-mirror-or-away-from-it/708972 "2015-01-04T20:27:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jabaski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@Jabaski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabaski)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-hair-cut-do-you-face-the-mirror-or-away-from-it/708972/41 "2015-01-06T21:54:02Z")

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Growing up as a military brat, I was used to the base’s $7 “no-frills” cut where you sit and spin for 15-20 minutes as the barber does their best to get your haircut as close to how you want it as possible. I can’t say I’ve ever had a hair cut that I faced one way or another the whole time. Just a bunch of spinning and altitude changes.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-hair-cut-do-you-face-the-mirror-or-away-from-it/708972/42 "2015-01-07T05:15:42Z")

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Actually, both.

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