I have done something dreadful..

Luckygirl I don't have enough hair left to dye, although I did have some purple and orange colours standing by. I have a small tuft at the front . I had not been to a hairdresser for almost two years, and it was only just below my chinline, growing out from an ordinary pixie - so with that rate of growth I expect to be bald and semi-bald for about two years. It just looks so funny.
Bluebell, not a new poster. My last contribution was on the thread about mother's favourite child.

By your title I was worried that you may have strangled a kitten! But don't worry, it'll grow back. During the first lockdown I cut my hair very short, almost crew cut and I rather liked it - it's normally a pixie cut which loses its shape if not maintained. Hairdresser said it wasn't too bad. This time I've trimmed my fringe and it's not a pretty sight. Worse things happen at sea as dear old mum used to say.

That brings back the time when I did it - not to myself but to my then ten-year-old son - 38 years ago and he's never let me forget it. Bit by bit, as I tried to get it even all over, it turned into a crew cut. Everyone tactfully said that he looked very cute, but what pre-teen wants to look 'cute'?

Great thing about hair is that it regrows. So, nothing you do or have done is irreversable. And, as we are not going out or attending social gatherings, really does not matter at present.

I was tempted t take the scissors or clippers to mine this morning then I remembered this thread.

Post an anonymous pic Lettice! We are all dying to see it.

I used Orlins clipper cutter thingies last May, cut all the top to about an inch where my grey roots ended then shaved back and sides. It looked great. Not game to do it again so it’s now about five inches long on top and four elsewhere.
Apparently the hair grows about half an inch a month so you’ll be okay by the time it’s too warm for a beanie hat.

My dear dad used to say ‘the only difference between a good haircut and a bad one is about six weeks’.
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It will grow, thankfully. We may be here in Lockdown for some time so as long as you don't look in the mirror Lettice

"Have you a good memory for faces?" asks the landlady
"Yes, why?" replies the tenant
" Because there's no mirror " she replies

I was just wondering why my hair, fingernails but particularly toenails continue to grow and cause problems.

........^have you ever done anything as stupid^

No I haven't Lettice (love the name btw), but I've been sorely tempted to do it deliberately, in the heat of the summer, when my fine hair drives me mad! I've often wanted to get the clippers and run them over my head, a la Sinead O'Connor, but I've never been brave enough, so strangely I envy you a little!

My worst haircut was when I was growing out the aforementioned skinhead, a process which seemed to take up much of my twenties.
I wanted a graduated bob with it short at the nape but longer on top (I know that you know what I mean).
Anyway, he shaved the back of my head in an upside down U shape. The more upset I got and tried to explain that it was wrong, the higher up he shaved
I phoned my mom in tears for her to pick me up, and when she saw the monstrosity she marched into the salon, all guns blazing! Bless her.
She took me to her hairdresser to try to sort it out. He was gobsmacked. He said 'that really is a f***ing awful haircut'.

I wanted the ‘Diana’ style of longish, swept back layers.
I explained exactly what I wanted to the hairdresser and I came out with spikes and hardly any hair left at the side!
(This disaster was performed at a very posh Glasgow salon).

This doesn’t quite meet the thread criteria, but every time I visit the hairdresser I think of that day.

The poem is by Michael Rosen.
I had a skinhead for a couple
of years. It looked awesome! But then I was 19 and very slim. It's not a look that I'd easily get away with now

I can't understand why people can't cope without a hair cut for a couple of months.
At the start of the first lockdown it seemed that folk were dashing for the clippers within a few days!

I dyed my hair black when I was about 19. I thought it looked absolutely awful - and that was confirmed when everyone at work made not one mention of it.

I managed to get my hair cut professionally before this lockdown but the sides are growing faster than the back which is fine because I can cope with the sides. The back of my hair would resemble Callistemon's if I cut it, not a pretty sight.

Oh dear, I hope it suits you.

Don't look at the back of mine.
I cut it myself ; it's not that short but it's kind of zigzag and lumpy in parts.

I am sure you look very trendy - even more so if you were to dye it pink!

I used to cut all my DD's hair - and I can remember sitting at Sunday lunch and looking at the fringes as they sat eating their roast - and getting up and grabbing the scissors as I could see all the mistakes!

Never mind it will grow.
Meanwhile slap on a beanie and no one will see it.

I feel sorry for you Lettice.

Luckily my hair is the same length at the sides and back so I am leaving those parts alone. I am able to cut my fringe.

It must be hard for people with fancy styles, especially if they are short, as they require regular precise cuts.

Are you related to the one or was it two ladies who had a short back and sides curtesy of their spouses
How strange
Are you a new poster Lettice