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Horrible haircuts AIBU to.complain?

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Brightyellowspyrograph · 30/05/2025 11:24

My 16yo has very thick hair with a cowslick. I remember cutting it during lockdown and it was a huge task.

Unfortunately this means that every hair cut he has had in a barbers has been awful. Shorter on one side so it looked like a beret had slipped. Repeatedly terrible slipshod haircuts. So we changed barbers and the last cut wasn't great it was uneven and there was a bit cut out. Today the fringe starts too high on one side of his head, dips down in the middle and then ....well the rest of it was a cm longer.
He's 16 and doesn't want to say anything so he's stuck looking I cut it with crayola craft scissors ...blindfolded.
My hairdresser wouldn't leave my hair looking uneven like that.
Is it common for barbers to.let teenagers walk out their shops looking lopsided because they know the customer is too embarrassed to say something.
My kid is already self conscious of his looks.
AIBU to ask for a refund. Its caused a massive fight with my son who thinks I should leave it.
I want him to go somewhere half decent where they know how to cut thick hair properly

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purplecorkheart · 30/05/2025 12:03

I also wonder is he sitting properly and straight when he is there. I walk past a barber shop regularly and often see teen slouched in the chairs

pictoosh · 30/05/2025 12:02

Try a salon instead. A lot of these barbers do the one style and not all of them well.

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Brightyellowspyrograph · 30/05/2025 12:00

Moveoverdarlin · 30/05/2025 11:34

Go to a Toni and Guy and ask for a senior stylist. They call them Style Directors or something like that. You need someone experienced.

I’m surprised how many hairdressers can’t do gents / boys hair, I go to a big salon and out of about 12 hairdressers, only two can cut my 10 year old boys hair, the rest aren’t trained. I would never take him to a barbers, all the kids come out looking like thugs.

Exactly. He looks like a wonky thug. They cut his hair wet after being told he has a cowlick and thick hair. So when it dries it's uneven. It needs to be cut with scissors when it's dry.
Also the last time I sat in the barbers they were so busy chatting to eachother and other customers they can't have been concentrating. My hairdresser the wonderful Irene just concentrates on me and my hair.

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WtafIsThat · 30/05/2025 11:51

Please don’t go to Toni and Guys, they’re terrible. Not all barbers cut hair badly.

What does he ask for when he goes in?

Pricelessadvice · 30/05/2025 11:36

As someone with 2 cowslicks on their hairline, he’s in for a lifetime of pain 😅

Moveoverdarlin · 30/05/2025 11:34

Go to a Toni and Guy and ask for a senior stylist. They call them Style Directors or something like that. You need someone experienced.

I’m surprised how many hairdressers can’t do gents / boys hair, I go to a big salon and out of about 12 hairdressers, only two can cut my 10 year old boys hair, the rest aren’t trained. I would never take him to a barbers, all the kids come out looking like thugs.

KimberleyClark · 30/05/2025 11:29

He needs a unisex salon rather than a barber, and preferably a male stylist.