Why is everyone suddenly attempting to be a hairdresser?

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Suddenly everyone is desperate for a haircut (and people are hacking away at their own and their partners hair. What's going on? We've been in lockdown for weeks, not months. Everyone's losing the plot 😂

My step dad hacked at his with a dog grooming kit and looks like he had an arm spasm half way through and has hacked a massive uneven bit off.
My friend let her husband cut hers when they were both pissed and he's taken about 30cm off (funny at the time, but not the next morning) and I've seen various other hack jobs 🤣🤣

Me, I'm just going to wait until the professionals are available again like a sensible person 😂

I’ve dyed my hair and cut a really short fringe. I love it and am now thinking I only need a proper cut twice a year and will definitely colour it myself from now on.

My partner cut mine, he's a gardener so I figured it should be ok. I now have a curly bob, it's just the top I need to sort!

I’ve resisted so far. My hairdresser keeps posting on Facebook warning us to step away from the kitchen scissors and home bleach kits

My DDs squeaked in hair cuts just before all this started.

My grey roots are down by my ears. I was booked in just after we went into lockdown and was already about 3 weeks late so it looks dreadful. Was going to get a box dye next time I go to the supermarket

DH’s hair is just getting bigger - he has asked me to go over it with the dog clippers but they’re pretty shit and I last used them to clip the feathers off my DD’s pony’s legs so they’re pretty minging.

Depends on how your hair is styled and how quickly it grows. If its precision cut and normally professionally coloured, it is probably beginning to look in need of TLC and people are obviously doing their best in the current situation. Their hair, their choice.
DH and DS have hair that grows very quickly. DH by chance, had his cut the day before we went into lockdown but we are nearly at 6 weeks (when it usually would be cut again) and hairdressers' reopening is not due to be decided until 5 May (Bavaria). By then it will be very untidy at a time when he is trying to get a new job. I will probably end up taking the dog clippers to it. Been doing his beard every fortnight anyway.
DS looks like he's been lost in the jungle for a few years but its not bothering him.
My hair is pretty much one length. Blond with 50%+ grey. Never coloured it and I usually trim it myself every 3 months, so no big deal for me.

My hair has been highlighted blonde but my regrowth is brunette & doesn’t blend. My roots are already the longest they’ve ever been, I never would have left it this long between appointments and it doesn’t look great.

In fact my roots might get too long to the point that it may be difficult to lighten/match when I can get an appointment 🙄 so I probably won’t get the colour I want, but I’m still not going to touch it myself.

Cut isn’t really an issue as I’m trying to grow it out

DH & 11yo DS1 were just about ready for a haircut when everything shut down
Luckily I'm not too bad with hairdressing scissors and cut the kids hair normally (DS1 wanted mum not to do it once he started secondary) - I've done all 3 of them since lockdown and they all begrudgingly agree they actually look quite good. DH made such a fuss but it was starting to get in the way of his mask fitting properly at work so had no choice.
My hair is long and only gets cut a few times a year so makes no difference to wait a bit longer - very glad I'm low maintenance (lazy) and don't colour my hair / wax / do nails etc at the moment because I'm sure I'd be a disaster if I had to do that.

I have a short pixie cut that needs trimming every 4 weeks. It's nearly 7 weeks since my last cut and it looks dreadful but I'm not cutting it. Why are so many people so defensive on here? Not getting any?

Because it's a fun thing to do and if you're not going out much, who cares? Even if you are going out, who cares? It's just hair. It will grow again.

I’ve been tempted to have a go at mine, but have resisted so far. It’s
thick and shortish and needs cutting every 4 weeks to keep its shape and have all the weight taken out. I’ve had spells in the past when I’ve thought I’d let it grow, but have always given up at the stage I’m at now.
I last had it cut 6 weeks ago and I’m certainly not loving it at the minute - it’s looking wild and not in a good way!
I definitely wouldn’t trust OH with the scissors and whilst I could probably manage to trim the front myself I wouldn’t know where to begin with the back so I’m trying to think positive and see the current situation as an opportunity to begin letting the layers grow out and see what it looks like longer.

Because I am beginning to look like Boris, but with brown hair and a one inch wide grey parting

Not rtft but I have been shaving off DH's hair and beard for years now. He's a lazy git who cannot be arsed to visit a barber. I force him onto a chair and attack with clippers. He gets so bored with it all. Zero all over. I'm so well practised I think we both get away with it. Lockdown has changed little as far as he's concerned.

I had been growing out a short bob. Last git it cut 3 days before lockdown. Problem is, it's very thick hair, growing out at mostly the same length, and looks triangular. I wear scarves to cover it. Luckily I no longer dye my hair. It's brown and grey, my natural shade. Husband shaves my vey low hairline to match the hair length.

Daughter has thick hair like me, she's 13, growing out a graduated bob. It looks ok but the long bits at the front need chopping. She asked me to cut in a fringe but I said, nope, no way, it could go vv wrong. She's also bought shampoo that's way too greasy for her hair but feels obliged to keep using it because the one she used before (perfect) was not in stock. In fact, balancing shampoo is in serious short supply right now. She wants to wash it every couple of days because it looks greasy but the current shampoo makes it worse. So daughter and I are gritting our teeth and trying our best to look at least nice-ish. Not always successful, but we try.

My dh asked me to cut his a month ago.
I did a good job, followed the cut, wasnt hairdresser perfect but it looked alright.
Then yesterday happened and he asked me to use the clippers.
Now I have this weird habit of laughing when anything goes wrong. I put th clippers in and next thing there’s a huge chunk of grey hair on them and a missing bit at the base of his head....and me laughing like a drain..like sweeney Todd.
Going, omg, omg..look at that.
My husband who has the patience of a saint said, well you’ll have to keep going now..
Oh dear it’s not good.
He had me do a 7 and then used the scissors on the top.
Bless him he’s happy..but I can just see bits of his scalp poking through the grey bits of hair that’s left.
We were eating supper last night and I started to snigger , because again I’m thinking, omg, omg that looks dreadful.
He gave me a funny look but said nothing.
Hopefully in two weeks, it’ll look better and I can use the scissors to trim any uneven bits.