Long story short as i can squeeze it.. a few years ago I had an absolutely god awful experience at the hairdressers, where after asking her to 'take an inch off just to get rid of any dead ends' the silly cow lopped half my wig off - I kid you not I'm talking like 4/5 inches (my hair was virgin hair no colour no bleach no heat damage, it was also waist length, really thick and I bloody loved it).
Anyway, spent about a week crying and since then I've been so wary of the hairdressers and have had a hairdresser friend give me a trim/style every 3 months ish (hair was long - waist to bum length) and I was very happy with it, she was brilliant.
Fast forward to this year and my friend has moved away and I've had no hairdresser so I finally decided to brave it and go to a reputable salon (Toni & Guy no less!), told the woman what I wanted, just an inch off to rid the dead ends and a hair mask treatment. Sat there quite happy with a brew and a biscuit, while she chops away at the back of my head, couldn't see what she was doing as she's behind me, then she comes to the side of me and continues cutting and I had an absolute heart attack when I saw the length she'd taken off - actually did a little yelp which made her stop. She'd taken off about 5 inches!! She stopped and asked was I ok and I've had a little raging hissy bitch fit, manager comes running over, I've told her the situation and she bless her heart was very apologetic, tried telling me the girl who'd done it was still in training, but as half my hair was shoulder blades and the other half at my bum, I had no choice but to let the manager take over and chop the other half.
It's taken me years to grow it so long, not to mention the amount I've spent maintaining it with keratase masks, heat defence treatments, Moroccan oil shampoo etc. I'm absolutely devastated.
DP loved my long hair (he never even noticed when I had it trimmed in the past) and when I walked through the door after having been the hairdressers he actually looked shocked, and said oh they've taken a good bit off and told me I should complain to head office so I know it doesn't seem to be suiting me at all. Even DD who's 3 asked me what happened to mummy's rapunzel hair 
The manager gave me a free voucher for 'next time' which I feel like burning. I'm actually sat here in tears. I reckon it's going to take over a year to grow back to anywhere near where it was.
AIBU to feel like ripping my actual hair out? Has anybody else ever had this?
Also feel obliged to say I'm in my mid twenties, so not mutton dressed as lamb with the long hair (my mum has ridiculous opinions of older women with longer hair but she's just an old moaner - I love older ladies with longer hair- I remember being amazed by Edna's hair in emmerdale!!)
AIBU?
To hate new haircut 💇🏻
Pugmomma · 09/03/2017 00:36
-
Best Black Friday beauty deals 2022: huge savings on skincare, makeup, gadgets and perfumeIf you've had your eye on a beauty buy for yourself or to give as a gift, now is THE time to grab a great bargain. The Black Friday sales offer huge discounts on top beauty brands and we'll be rounding up the very best offers on this page.
Read more -
Best heated rollers for salon-style hairHeated rollers are the go-to hair styling tool if you want to achieve voluminous curls. They can also cause less heat damage than a curling iron. The best hot rollers heat up quickly and safely to give you salon-quality curls that last all night. With this in mind, we’ve listed our pick of the best heated rollers to buy right now.
Read more -
Best hair dryer brushes for salon-worthy stylesIs it a blow-dryer? Is it a hot brush? No, it’s both – and this styling superhero will save the day for busy mums everywhere, whatever your hair type.
Read more
Toni & Guy are shite hairdressers. I went about 4 weeks before my wedding to get a ringlet perm done so I could wear my hair down and it dropped out by the next day so went into complain and they said they obviously hadn't used strong enough solution so they could do it again - this time they used too much (or too strong, can't remember which) and my hair started snapping at the roots. I had bloody stubbly patches in my hair (and they had the nerve to bloody deny they had destroyed my hair!!)
Yes, I'm 5'2 so quite small. I didn't pay, they gave me a voucher in case I came back (not bloody likely). I didn't show her with my hands only because as a hairdresser I just thought she'd know what an inch was, nog a bloody ruler. And the way the mirrors and chair are, you can't see behind you as the mirror only comes level with the chair not the floor, and my hair was over the back of the chair if that makes sense, so no I didn't know how much she'd chopped or I'd of stopped her much sooner. No it wasn't all dead, it gets trimmed every 3 months, hair masks every week, heat treatment before blowing, and it's poker straight anyway so I never straighten it, and use top shampoos. It was in brilliant condition, but now it's level with my shoulder blades and I know that may seem long to some but previously it was down to my waist/bum and when I pulled it over my shoulders like above my boobs it went all the way to my belly button and now it just reaches the bottom of my boobs. It probably is me just being unreasonable, but my hair was the only thing that gave me any body confidence at all, i feel really exposed without it if that makes sense. It's a horrible feeling. 
https://www.hairburst.com/products/hairburst-gummies?variant=17979483141
^^ have a look at those, reviews seems pretty ok, I've just purchased some, fingers crossed they work 
Well she just pumped the chair up. To be honest I should of been more observant, the only plus side of Toni and guy is their magazines, they have all the glossy expensive ones. And you're cringing at what a 3 year old calls her mum? She has a thing for calling family by Disney names. My mums got a short black bob, she calls her Snow White, is that cringy too? I'll be sure to tell her that nicknames aren't cool, seeing as she's 3 
what is cool or not I don't really care, I personally liked it, and I don't care about other people's opinion of my hair. Oooh they look good those tablets! I might try some when my nail hair skin ones run out, I think they do really help!
Poor you OP, I've been regrowing my hair out for years and when I went to Toni and Guy last december, they too felt it necessary to chop it to the top of my shoulders :( In their defence I had just told them I wanted to get rid of the dead ends, and it turned out (I used to bleach my hair) that I had a loooot of dead ends . I'm now trying to take good care of my hair like yours as I always had it so long, my point is I know how sad it is, yes it is a bit vain but hey, we're all entitled to a little bit of vanity 
Good luck growing it back, I do find that when you are busy with life it tends to grow really fast, but when you measure it constantly/pay too much attention it seems to take forever!
Don’t want to miss threads like this?
Weekly
Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!
Log in to update your newsletter preferences.
You've subscribed!
Pugmomma that's exactly what I do now! I bought fancy hair shears and everything 
there are lots of videos on Youtube etc telling you how to do it without causing disaster. Am back to nearly bra strap length, no more hairdressers!
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.