A Hair Salon Messed Up My Hair

[jk]

Complain to the manager of the store and ask for your money back. Maybe they will provide it, maybe they won't. And, if you did not like the service, do not go back.

I tried that once but the officer insisted I avail myself of his services

[Dogmatique]

I tried that once but the officer insisted I avail myself of his services

Permission to giggle uncontrollably please?

[cyjeff]

Quite honestly, there are bigger worries.

[Mr. Knowitall]

The reception to your question was, shall we say, a bit over the top. (Take a little bit off the top, folks.)

Unfortunately, when you go to any new hairdresser... let alone one at a discount salon... your risk getting a haircut you don't like. When you go to a discount salon you often get your hair cut by somebody who's barely out of school. Last time, and I do emphasize last, I went to one of those places for a haircut I ended up with a super cut on my ear. The hairdresser giggled.

The other day I spoke with a woman who, traveling in Paris, had a friend book her into a top salon. She ended up with a haircut that was long on one side and Sinead O'Connor short on the other. It was then styled to angle upward from the short side to the long side - definitely a look that was the stylist's own creation. At her first opportunity she got a clipper, shaved it to an even length, and waited for it to grow out. This can happen even when you're paying huge bucks.

So the gist is, yes, often the sole recourse for a bad haircut is waiting a few weeks or months for the hair to get long enough that you can stand it. You can try getting your moeny back, or (yeah, right) coupons for a return visit, but unless it's so bad that a reasonable person would wear a wig (in which case your damages may be no more than the cost of a wig) it's not a claim that's likely to amount to much in court.

[Dogmatique]

The reception to your question was, shall we say, a bit over the top. (Take a little bit off the top, folks.)

Unfortunately, when you go to any new hairdresser... let alone one at a discount salon... your risk getting a haircut you don't like. When you go to a discount salon you often get your hair cut by somebody who's barely out of school. Last time, and I do emphasize last, I went to one of those places for a haircut I ended up with a super cut on my ear. The hairdresser giggled.

The other day I spoke with a woman who, traveling in Paris, had a friend book her into a top salon. She ended up with a haircut that was long on one side and Sinead O'Connor short on the other. It was then styled to angle upward from the short side to the long side - definitely a look that was the stylist's own creation. At her first opportunity she got a clipper, shaved it to an even length, and waited for it to grow out. This can happen even when you're paying huge bucks.

So the gist is, yes, often the sole recourse for a bad haircut is waiting a few weeks or months for the hair to get long enough that you can stand it. You can try getting your moeny back, or (yeah, right) coupons for a return visit, but unless it's so bad that a reasonable person would wear a wig (in which case your damages may be no more than the cost of a wig) it's not a claim that's likely to amount to much in court.

Can someone please explain how this can happen? At what point does the customer opening their mouths and saying "Um...ok...you need to stop..."

When they brought out the clippers, that'd be the point for me, right there.

Come on - the customer is accountable to at least some extent here, surely?

[LawResearcherMissy]

its the here an now until it grows back i'm the one looking crazy. so to speak.

So...what, precisely, would you like the salon to do? Stick the hair back on? Your recourse is to ask for a refund. That's it. Sure, I get that you're pissed, and I've been in that situation - I sport thigh length, flaming purple hair, and I'm pretty protective of it. The last time I let someone other than my friend trim it, I asked for 4 inches off, and the [expletives deleted] took off TWELVE because "you'd just be SO much CUTER with shorter hair!"

I wanted to stab her in the eye with her scissors. I had to satisfy myself with demanding a refund and never going back there again.

It's just too short, not chemically burned, falling out, or melted to your skull. You haven't been blistered, cut or poisoned. Perspective is a good thing.

hair doesn't grow that fast.

.5 to 1 inch per month. Take your vitamins and help things along. Tell your friends never to visit that stylist, ever. Write a bad review of her on Yelp. If nothing else, you've got a great horror story to tell people until it grows out.

[Dogmatique]

So...what, precisely, would you like the salon to do? Stick the hair back on? Your recourse is to ask for a refund. That's it. Sure, I get that you're pissed, and I've been in that situation - I sport thigh length, flaming purple hair, and I'm pretty protective of it. The last time I let someone other than my friend trim it, I asked for 4 inches off, and the [expletives deleted] took off TWELVE because "you'd just be SO much CUTER with shorter hair!"

I wanted to stab her in the eye with her scissors. I had to satisfy myself with demanding a refund and never going back there again.

It's just too short, not chemically burned, falling out, or melted to your skull. You haven't been blistered, cut or poisoned. Perspective is a good thing.



.5 to 1 inch per month. Take your vitamins and help things along. Tell your friends never to visit that stylist, ever. Write a bad review of her on Yelp. If nothing else, you've got a great horror story to tell people until it grows out.

*in awe*

[Mr. Knowitall]

Sometimes the first warning you get that you want it to stop is seeing a huge length of hair hit the floor. Granted, sometimes going to a different hairdresser at that point can land you with an acceptable haircut - if you have the time, access, and money.

Based on a personal bad experience, I would suggest never trusting a barber who cuts your hair with your back to the mirror. It wasn't just that it was too short - it was uneven, and so short that the color of the scalp behind the short spots made them stand out. But that, I do believe, is easier to deal with when you're male.

[jk]

. It wasn't just that it was too short - it was uneven, and so short that the color of the scalp behind the short spots made them stand out. But that, I do believe, is easier to deal with when you're male.

hell, when you get my age, those spots showing through have nothing to do with what the barber did.

[cdwjava]

Some of us are just thankful we HAVE hair!