Haircuts for men with long hair - where to go?

Alizarin

Hi everyone

My OH has long hair and needs a haircut. He hasn't had a professional haircut since he was about 14 I think - his mum used to do it, and for the last 7 years it's been my job. While this is very MSE, if I have to do it one more time somebody is going to end up getting murdered by a pair of hair cutting scissors ... :whistle: (seriously, I've never met anyone more fussy about their hair!)

I'm not sure where is the best sort of place to go? I don't know if a barbers would turn him away as his hair is too long? Or if he should go to a hairdressers - I assume he would be charged the women's hair cut price?

Any advice from men with long hair / people whose male OH has long hair / hairdressers / barbers / anyone else would be very much appreciated!

OrangeProse

I wouldn't have thought that any reputable hairdresser or barber would either turn him away or charge him the women's hair cut price - I've never heard of that happening and I used to have long hair (make that VERY long hair - when I was 21 it was almost down to my chin). I'm actually going through the painful process of growing mine out again, as it happens, and my hairdresser (in Soho, London) is helping to manage the process!

I'd suggest shelling out for a decent hairdresser in a reasonable-sized town - you could try one of the chains (Toni&Guy, Headmasters etc if you know the ones near you) or ask around for recommendations. Make sure you get a reasonably senior stylist to do it (it might mean paying a little bit more) but once he's got the cut and style sorted out it should be easy for a more reasonably priced hairdresser/barber to maintain the style.

Savvy_Sue

I'd make sure it was a unisex rather than traditional barber's, but having said that the key thing is to go in beforehand and discuss what he wants.

I have a simple cut - as in I can explain exactly what I want in a few words - and went to a different salon the other day without doing this. Never going back: was told that the way I've had my 'fringe' cut for the last 16 years is 'all wrong' and 'against all the rules of hairdressing'. She wouldn't do what I asked her to do, which means it won't last as long as it normally does.

So I'll be off to another salon soon to check whether someone there will do what I want rather than what they fancy.

SugarSpun

I chose my hairdresser based on her hair - she has the same hair type as mine (curly, fine, but a vast amount of it and therefore extremely hard to manage) and so I figured she'd have a good idea of what worked.

A unisex salon should be well able to provide him a basic trim.