Scalp Scrapers

[peachtealover]

Live in a rural area so hairdressing options are limited but been to mine this afternoon for colour and cut. Yet again she has scraped my scalp raw with her comb and almost singed my skin with her hairdryer on too hot a setting. Every time I go I ask her to please be gentle but she never is. By the time I came out my head felt like it had been stabbed with knives all over and the area where she burned me with the hairdryer is still sore a couple of hours later.

I really don't want to go back but as I said, rural area and limited options. I don't drive and look after an elderly parent so tend not to go out for too long anyway. I've repeatedly asked her to be gentle so not sure what else I can do other than find someone else.

Anyone else have this problem with whoever does your hair? How do you address it?

Personally I'd tell her you have a heat sensitive scalp so you can't have the hairdryer on any more than low-medium and not too close. If it's seen as a physical necessity rather than a preference she might take more notice. Also take your own soft brush and ask in advance if she can use that instead. Address it at the start and then it's on her to remember and she should be embarassed (as such) if she forgets. An agreement made in advance, in a confident and expectant manner rather than an apologetic one, puts you in a stronger position than asking meekly during the event when she's in charge as it were as most do feel more vulnerable and feel less like being firm when with wet or half dried hair sat in a chair swathed in a cape.

Fuck that, rural or not why yo back to that incompetant hairdresser?

Join your local community Facebook page and post there asking for recommendations for local hairdressers. You will find someone.

I just have a wet cut rather than a cut and blow dry. I usually have my hair appointment on my day off so getting a blow dry on a day when I’m just doing errands is a waste of time and money. That would save the heat part of things, not sure about the comb though...