Anyone else really dislike going to the hairdresser?

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I feel like I must be in some kind of minority because most people I know see it as a treat and enjoy it, but I've always hated going. I've been to numerous different hairdressers and just can't seem to find one that cuts my hair properly. I now colour it myself at home so that's half the battle, but still find it difficult to go. Anyone else avoid the hairdresser unless they absolutely have to go?

Yes I hate it, I go in for a wet cut because I hate the way they blow dry it and it's a waste of money!

I hate the small talk and I hate the fact that it takes 2/3 hours for the cut and colour.

@silentpool I feel you there. That really annoys me. Usually a Thursday evening cut and colour for me. There’s been times when I have got there at 6pm after work and not left until 10pm. I literally have a pixie cut, what takes so long? 🥴

Hate it - I can't stand anyone touching my neck or back, or the feeling of my neck being bent when they wash your hair. And the continuous inane chat...
I box dye my own hair now and do the 'unicorn' cut, letting my hair stay in its increasingly curly state covers a multitude of mistakes. I save a fortune too.

Yes I hate it, I go in for a wet cut because I hate the way they blow dry it and it's a waste of money!

Absolutely agree! I hate it so much and it's even worse now you have to wear a bloody mask so you feel you can't breathe!

I was spending too much on fols so I now do home colouring and have got quite good at it. I've saved money and time so am quids in!

Hate it. It like torture to me.

Me ! I hate it too, for all the reasons set out above. I thought it was just me. The dentist is more relaxing!

I have now found someone who doesn't do the small talk, in a relatively quiet salon, so that's the best I can hope for. Keep the visits to a minimum though.

It takes so long. Sometimes two hours. I hate all the faffing around.

I don’t like visiting the hairdresser. I usually keep my hair short and every visit I’m asked whether I’m growing it and get a very disappointed face when I tell the hairdresser that I’m keeping it short, like it’s some kind of crime for a woman to have short hair. I’m usually reminded that my hair is thin, like I haven’t noticed myself. I also don’t like being messed with and get sick of the trips back and forth to the skin to rinse my hair.

Because I have a cut, bleach and toner I feel like I’m there all day and it seems such a waste of time, even though I’m happy with the result.

I absolutely hate it and have to force myself to go. Often thought I'm the only person who feels like this so quite comforting to know I'm not alone.

Hate it. Look ok in my mirror. Look like a ghoul in theirs.

Me. I have uncoloured wavy / curly hair and they can't cope with it.
I have a mobile hairdresser now. Minimum fuss, cuts in a few long layers and we're done in 20 mins.

Yes I hate it. It's so boring and so long

One of the things that was particularly awful in a salon was the noise from the other hairdressers shouting conversations at their clients even when they were not using noisy hairdryers. If the salon was full plus the bloody awful music they had loudly playing, it was torture for me.

My head used to ring when I left after about 3 plus hours of having foils and cut.

Far too noisy for me I'm afraid.

Yep. I was in there 6 hours once for a colour.

It takes way too long, and they’re is always a not so subtle attempt to flog expensive shampoo etc. Can’t stand that.

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Oh and it’s so expensive (last cut and colour £160) - I just don’t understand why. The result was really good, but there is nothing I like about the process.

I think there is a huge opportunity for a new type of no nonsense salon where it’s not assumed every customer loves all the fuss and massages and endless waiting around.

I hate it.
I hate it takes so long.
I hate the chatter, the judgement ("what have you been washing your hair with?" "who on earth cut it last time?"), the excessive touching, the upselling.

I had an experience with a male hairdresser who kept me from 5pm until 8.30pm, alone, locked in his saloon, for what turned out to be a dry cut. Which looked shit, btw but he spent those 3.5 hours getting off on the fact I was stuck.

I've also has an experience with a hairdresser with long nails who had taken against my choice of school for my child and, after she'd brought it up, then gave up on using a brush or comb and only used her fingernails. My scalp was bleeding for days.

I'm not fussy at all, my hair is dead straight and my only instruction is to keep it long enough I can tie it back but they can layer it or do whatever they want with it. And I don't want a drink, I just want a selection of magazines, no talk - should be easy.

However I have now trained up DD who can just about cut a straight line all around the bottom and I'm going to stick with that.

SometimesIFeedTheSparrows yes! The ‘raking’ with false nails instead of using a tail comb?

Thank god I'm not the only one! I can't do small talk so I find it excruciating and it's terrible having to stare at yourself in the mirror for hours. If it's a long mirror my knees look like great big puddings. I seem to get hairdressers who want to tell me really personal stuff about themselves and their family which makes me cringe.

I've started highlighting my hair myself (!!!) I'll be honest with you, the results are mixed

@Heatherjayne1972 - that's a good point about the sink. It's agony!

Oh, I absolutely hate it. I am irrationally anxious about being judged about the state of my hair or scalp (and everything else), so I choose to go to the cheapy beauty school a few times a year for a walk-in wash and cut with a stylist I'll never see again. I cannot imagine ever wanting to have a relationship with a "stylist."

I hate it too and haven't been for two years. I dye it myself and have started cutting the back after doing my fringe for years. I think I'd like layers but not enough to go to the hairdressers.

I think I'd like layers but not enough to go to the hairdressers.

Ha ha! This is the only reason I go! I wouldn't bother only my hair is so thick and nest-like that I have to have it thinned out every 3 months! 😆

I hate it. I spend the whole time feeling uncomfortable and counting down the minutes until I can leave.

I don't like pampering in general, but I don't find it a pampering experience.

I find the whole experience excruciating. So I don't go anymore.
From the small talk to the cringey head massage.
To talk or not talk/shout over the hairdryer.
To tip or not tip.
And when they rest their chin on the top of your head and stare into the mirror intently while pulling down your hair around your face to check the lengths.
Torture.

Pure hell. Along with clothes shopping.
I had to go in 2019 because even my boss hinted that for the week long upcoming super important client workshop I should be more conservative (in dressing*) and maybe get my hair touched up :)
He didn't know that I've been to the hairdresser about 5 years prior, so touch up was an understatement from him.
Just before my A level exams (many eons ago) was the 1 and only time I went for a full "thing": got my hair bleached then colored to 4 colors. Took hours and since then I've become a professional hair colorist :)

*Ha said this whilst I had my almost full steampunk inspired outfit on, with proper corset, tucked in many places skirt, tortured teddy bear (bleeding and all :) on the back hoodie,...and long, asymetric red leather coat.
He nearly didn't recognize me next week in proper clothes and normal high heels :) He did have a laugh when at the end of the day, after last client left i angrily kicked my shoes to the other end of the office and left them there until next morning. he was reassured that I have not been abducted by some aliens...