Men: cutting your own hair?

Nathan said:
Just as a follow-up: A few weeks ago I received my Wahl cordless hair clippers, and a barber's cape from Amazon. I watched & watched & watched Youtube videos on how to cut own hair. Result: utter dissatisfaction, I halted the humiliating defeat and turned myself in to the barber shop I most often frequent and confessed my folly. The barber gal cleaned up the mess I made, and I left with a renewed appreciation for a professional job...well done.
The deal-breaker for cutting my own hair: in order to cut the sides, guess what...I have to take my glasses off. View attachment 283209 Trimming the back is not to bad, I can see everything well with my hand mirror and my back to the big bathroom wall mirror.
So, I don't know what to do with the clipper, it may be "a while" before I worked up the courage to take another stab at cutting my own hair.
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Strange that this thread would show up for me today! My wife had cut my hair for 54 years, since she was a hairdresser! After her passing my son-in-law took me to a salon and it felt really weird to this old geezer to be sitting, watching women under their dryers and my being worked over by a hair-stylist rather than a barber. I should have gotten used to it but decided last year to start cutting my own hair. The only way to do it without a hand held mirror was to cut it down to the skin by feel! Daughter complimented me, so it couldn't have been too bad.

However!!! It had been a tedious, lengthy procedure so I ordered clippers from Amazon. I tried them for the first time last night and what a mess. It took off some of my hair but refused to cut the rest. I changed settings multiple times, same result. Held it in different positions ... nope! Then the clippers stopped ... out of power after twenty minutes, and I had started with 100 percent! Recharged, tried again.

Same result! Grey hair on the floor but no even results on top! I ended up putting away the clippers, picked up my scissors and cut my hair down to a very short stubble once again! It was a lot of work but darn it looks good! Well, it might not be so great, I still don't possess a hand-held mirror, so I can't vouch for the back!
 

I can't even imagine trying to cut my own hair :eek: I'm positive I'd make a mess of it! Besides, my barber ... oh, sorry, hairdresser ... does a great job and I get a really nice wash 'n rinse plus a delightful head massage prior to the actual cut. We always have a good chin-waggle as well so to me, it's well worth the expense(y)
 
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For about 3 yrs now I've been fortunate enough to have
a lady barber come to the house and cut my hair....I keep it
all the way down to about 1/4 inch, so no special work involved...we catch up on the gossip and i double tip her so
it works fine for me.....
 

I've been cutting my own hair for around 18 years now.. It took me forever the first few times I attempted it.. As I was so careful and meticulous.. I can cut it now in around 10 mins to get it the same length all over, 7mm.. but then go over it again for quite some time to make sure I get all the odd long hairs I've missed... I think the longest part is setting up to do it and clearing up afterwards... I guess I'll keep doing it until I cant, then I might revert back to the hippie look..
 

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