Anyone cut their own hair?

April 12, 2020, 01:50 PM

drill sgt

my age 71yrs old. up until 1 1/2 years ago long white ponytail half way down shoulder blades. went to a shop and got a full haircut but not a high and tight. since then nothing . have been letting it grow and now past collar line and possibly going ponytail again. wife is a beautican but she has not been allowed to touch it in the last 30 yrs.several times have donated hair to charities to be used for kids needing wigs.

April 12, 2020, 01:52 PM

Micropterus

I do. Did it yesterday. Easiest if you have really short hair, like me.

I have Wahls professional clippers and a trimmer from Amazon. Cost about $75. It comes with spacers. Paid for itself with three haircuts.

I use a #3 on top. Then I attach the #2 spacer and extend the blade using the lever which make it a #2.5. Then I do just below where I cut with a #3.

Then I retract the blades going back to a true #2 and do just below what I did at #2.5.

Then go to a #1 spacer, extend the blade, and do below that. Then retract the blade and do below that. Do my neck line with no spacer.

Do around my ears with the trimmer.

I do it all by feel and don't even use a mirror until I check to see if I missed anything.

Do it once or twice and you won't pay $20 for a haircut again.

April 12, 2020, 02:05 PM

wreckdiver

Not a chance in Hell. The same gal has been styling my hair for 36 years. I saw her 4 weeks ago, and was supposed to get it cut last Thursday, no deal. Heck, last trip I let her trim up my ratty beard with much angst, she did great!

If I was desperate, she would take me at her house as she has kindly done before.

April 12, 2020, 02:08 PM

TMats

Yeah, but I couldn’t do it if I wore it long-ish. 4 1/2 faded to a 2 on the sides and a 1 1/2 around the edges. Not too difficult. I had a barber that I really liked, but he didn’t control his diabetes and he died. Every barber after, I found myself fixing their mistakes. After a short while I thought, “Well this is stupid.” Cutting it ever since.

April 12, 2020, 02:17 PM

bald1

Used to joke that since I only presented barbers with half a head at best to cut they could give me a price break or better yet polish my dome with some caranuba wax!

None of them laughed....

So I moved on to DIY. I have both a Wahl #MC hair trimmer as well as a pair of Wahl #9879 beard trimmers.

For the hair trimmer I have #1,#1.5,#2,#4,and #6 guides. I normally use the #4 on my beard with the #9879's adjustable comb guide handling detail work. For my bald head the #2 and #1.5 work well for the hair left above the ears and around to the back of the neck.

Old fashioned brush, shaving cream, and injector razor are used to clean up the edges around the ears, neck, check, and throat areas.

Been doing this now for as long as I can remember.

April 12, 2020, 02:31 PM

drabfour

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April 12, 2020, 02:33 PM

83v45magna

quote:
Originally posted by Micropterus:
I do. Did it yesterday. Easiest if you have really short hair, like me.

I have Wahls professional clippers and a trimmer from Amazon. Cost about $75. It comes with spacers. Paid for itself with three haircuts.

I use a #3 on top. Then I attach the #2 spacer and extend the blade using the lever which make it a #2.5. Then I do just below where I cut with a #3.

Then I retract the blades going back to a true #2 and do just below what I did at #2.5.

Then go to a #1 spacer, extend the blade, and do below that. Then retract the blade and do below that. Do my neck line with no spacer.

Do around my ears with the trimmer.

I do it all by feel and don't even use a mirror until I check to see if I missed anything.

Do it once or twice and you won't pay $20 for a haircut again.

This is pretty much what I do except I got my Wahl set at Costco. Reading what you are doing, it seems like it must be the exact same set.

As short as I keep it, I would have quit going to 'my girlfriend', as my wife referred to her, long before I did. Except she announced she was moving to Hawaii and I didn't want to jump ship on her right when she probably had others do exactly that. So I haven't had a haircut from someone else since she left in 2016 or so.

April 12, 2020, 02:35 PM

senza nome

Did it once with the sissors on a Swiss Army Knive. My secretary wasn't pleased.

April 12, 2020, 02:38 PM

onegeek

Yesterday.

#1 for the beard, #2 on the side, and #3 on top (what there is).

April 12, 2020, 02:38 PM

Maestro

Yep. Wahl balding clippers, every 2-3 weeks. Easy and fast.

April 12, 2020, 02:41 PM

Nismo

Been doing it myself for about 20 years. #1 fade with about 3" length up top. A bit more involved than just shaving it all with the same size guard.

IMO, it is a must to have 2 mirrors. One in front and one that swings out like from the cabinet door so you can see the side profile.

April 12, 2020, 02:47 PM

Nismo

quote:
Originally posted by kkina:
Been cutting my own for some 20 years. I kept watching the hairstylist do it and thought, "I can do that". Bought a couple styling scissors (a regular one and a texturizing), and it was much easier than I thought. And it always comes out exactly how I like it, while with a hairstylist it was always hit-and-miss.

That's pretty much how I started doing my own. I used to go out and get my hair cut, then having to go come home and fix the parts that they missed or even it out. I just ended up doing it all myself after a few years of that.

April 12, 2020, 02:56 PM

RogueJSK

Been shaving my head since 2006. Every other day or so, in the shower.

April 12, 2020, 03:04 PM

GRIZZLYBEAR

Deemed essential at 76 years old (part time gig just to stay busy); I haven't been able to get my hair or beard trimmed for about 2 months now, since my barber closed up shop.

My 30 something year old supervisor made a statement that I was looking a little shaggy last week. Told him I'll have a fresh hair cut and beard trim within two weeks of my barbers shop reopening---if that isn't good enough for him he can tell me not to return to work until I have fresh hair cut or that I'm fired. I could care less what he comes up with.

If told to walk no problem as I have a couple of other part time offers with companies that don't care if I come in to work looking like big foot. They only care about my job performance and know that I'm over qualified for the supervisors job which I've been offered and turned down on more than one occasion.

April 12, 2020, 03:26 PM

mrmn50

quote:
Originally posted by GRIZZLYBEAR:
Deemed essential at 76 years old (part time gig just to stay busy); I haven't been able to get my hair or beard trimmed for about 2 months now, since my barber closed up shop.

My 30 something year old supervisor made a statement that I was looking a little shaggy last week. Told him I'll have a fresh hair cut and beard trim within two weeks of my barbers shop reopening---if that isn't good enough for him he can tell me not to return to work until I have fresh hair cut or that I'm fired. I could care less what he comes up with.

If told to walk no problem as I have a couple of other part time offers with companies that don't care if I come in to work looking like big foot. They only care about my job performance and know that I'm over qualified for the supervisors job which I've been offered and turned down on more than one occasion.

Who knows what extra stress he has or how his family life was that morning. I bet he felt guilty about it later or just forgot about it after deriding himself.

Have fun, no matter which scenario plays out.
Happy Easter.