Any hairdressers here? Is cutting curly hair not taught at hairdressing college?

[FanGirlX]

After yet another visit to another hairdresser and another disaster, I'm wondering if cutting curly hair isn't taught as standard?

Looks like I'll have to go back to an expensive city centre salon, as they are the only hairdressers who seem to understand how to cut curly hair. Suburban hairdressers don't seem to have a clue.

Curly hair isn't that unusual, so I'm wondering why so many hairdressers seem to struggle with it?

Curly hair specialists cut the hair while it's dry. A curl by curl cut. Definitely worth checking out from the list the pp posted. Worth checking out hairdressers who are devacurl trained too. I once drove for 2.5 hours to a hairdresser. It's been the bain of my life trying to find one! If you don't already check out the curly girl method.

@mafted

Hope you find somewhere *@FanGirlX* I waited three months for my first appointment and it was well worth the wait, the cost and the two hour journey. My hair was curlier than I ever imagined it could be

Thanks @mafted

Manchester and Leeds are closest. If I can't get an appointment at either of those, I'll go to Ulverston and make a day trip out of it.

I'm kind of glad it isn't just me being picky but also horrified that so many of us are in the same boat. I don't think curls are that unusual.

They shouldn’t be blow drying curly hair - it needs to be left wet with addition products in it.

Ask for a curly cut - they section the hair by curls and cut them individually.

Local hairdresser has curly hair and she’s highly rated - that said - I don’t know who cuts her hair.

“We were trained in my college but it was a while ago and maybe nit every college is the same I'm not sure.”

I would assume every kind of hairdressing covers curly hair... but from experience I also assume they train it wrong tbh.

It’s like it’s never occurred to them that wet curly hair is very very different to dry curly hair or that when it does shrink as it’s drying, it won’t necessarily do it uniformly.

OP - mine is expensive not because it’s a fancy salon, but because it takes longer btw. They cut it dry, wash it, diffuse it (which takes much longer than just blow drying, obviously) then go back in and cut a bit more if it needs it.

Mine is fairly short, so I end up going back about every 3 months or so, but I know they have clients they only see ever 6 months to a year.

this is why my mother made me have very short hair as a child and now I have long hair that i just scrape back. I've no idea what to do with it and neither does any hairdresser I have found unless I spend £££££ which I can't afford.

It seems like they don't!

Have pm'ed you.

I never understand these threads as I have long very ringletty curly hair which is just cut as normal at the hairdressers. They wash it, cut it wet then I leave to dry it at home as nobody can get it as curly as I can!

I have very curly hair and you’re right, most hairdressers either can’t or won’t cut it.

I’ve been to Spring in Birmingham and was impressed with the cut, but not the styling - once I’d washed it myself again I loved it.

I’ve been considering a career change for a while and I’m honestly tempted to train as a curly hair specialist. So many of us have curly hair and it’s so frustrating that it’s so difficult to find a good hairdresser.

@MrsJBaptiste

I never understand these threads as I have long very ringletty curly hair which is just cut as normal at the hairdressers. They wash it, cut it wet then I leave to dry it at home as nobody can get it as curly as I can!

It seems that you are in the minority, based on the posters' experiences on this thread .

Can you recommend the hairdresser that you are happy with?

To be honest, I've only ever gone to small local hairdressers or got my mum to cut my hair! Never gone anywhere fancy - I HATE going to the hairdressers and do not want to spend a lot when I'm there!

I had NO idea that there were curly hair specialists. I've just booked an appointment with the nearest one to me.

Bit put off by the strict instructions they've sent me. Can't see myself ditching shampoo permanently...