Hairdresser keeps cutting my son's fringe too short

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My son has a hairdresser and she always does a lovely job, but every time she cuts his fringe way too short. Every time I tell her he wants his hair to sit and cover his whole forehead and then it ends up sitting my the hairline again.

He's due for another haircut and his fringe still hasn't grown long enough to cover his forehead. I keep telling her what we want at front but off it all comes again.

How can I really emphasis the point to her??

Tell her not to cut the fringe this time as it is a better length now. Watch her like a hawk as she cuts it.

I'd just say leave the fringe please, he doesn't like it short.

I've booked an appointment with a new hairdresser today, wish me luck!

I have said in past not to touch the length, just come out, look at it and give it your blessing and it still got cut.

Comb*

Comb it*!!!

Sit and watch as it’s cut.

It's not always easy as she combs the fringe back to the crown of the head and trims that way. Not easy to see what she's cutting and how.

You tell her before she starts that if she cuts his fringe too short again after you telling her not to them you won't be paying.
Or you go to a different hairdresser, which you have now done. Did you really need to ask this question?

Fizzadora... Plenty of other threads to comment on my friend if you don't like mine.

Just say "The fringe has been too short the last couple of times, I really need you to leave it at this length this time" and point on his head where you want it to be. If she does it again after that, go somewhere else.

I do point to his head where eyebrows are and say the fringe needs to cover it... Which it does just as we return for haircut so I say it just need looking/ one millimetres off... Yet at least an inch is off again and we're back to square one.

It's such a shame, she's a great hairdresser and yes hair looks good what she does but the sodding fringe is NEVER what we ask!!!!

I think like PP have said you need to say (nicely but very clearly) what you don't want. Time to stop skirting around. Perhaps say something like "I love the way you cut the rest of his hair, but you are cutting the fringe far too short. If you can cut the rest of his hair but don't touch the fringe at all, that would be great. Thanks!"

I know it's hard to be assertive with hairdressers like this, it's a tale as old as time. (and I'm the same). But whenever I feel awkward about saying something directly, I think about how some people I know (friends, family members) who are not shy about addressing things would say it. They'd just be very direct.

In fact they'd be even more blunt (but not aggressive). I can guarantee one of my family members would say something like "You cut the fringe far too short every time, so don't touch the fringe at all this time." Literally. That's what they'd say and see nothing embarrassing or rude in it because that's what they want and they are paying, end of story.

The thing is I thought I had been clear and direct with exactly this, this is where I am scratching my head because no matter how I say it, it still gets cut far too short. I don't know how else to say it without sounding rude.
I have even said the length as it is is just perfect, but still a good inch is hacked off and sits way too high up the forehead.

The only time we've managed to get his fringe as we wanted it was when we went to different people, it grew to his eyes and went curly and looked great.

I think I will just accept she's not the hairdresser for my son. She charges £30 a cut as well.

I had had this problem too . Told her to cut my fringe at eyelid level but no . Above my eyebrows. It looks like she just plonked. Pudding basin on my head . This is the third time now . She doing this on purpose/ being lazy so new hairdresser it is for me after 38 years !