Unvaccinated Young Hairdresser: what would you do?

Calistemon

Kali2

The thing is, you are not really allowed to ask, and if you do, they have not forced to tell the truth. Same in hsopitals, same in care homes, etc!!!

No, that's true. Is it an intrusion of privacy to ask? Should we be allowed to ask so as to make an informed decision?

And she could just answer 'Yes, of course' even if she hasn't been.

I think care home staff have to be vaccinated now, Kali, even those just visiting for other purposes.

Kali2

The thing is, you are not really allowed to ask, and if you do, they have not forced to tell the truth. Same in hsopitals, same in care homes, etc!!!

No, that's true. Is it an intrusion of privacy to ask? Should we be allowed to ask so as to make an informed decision?

And she could just answer 'Yes, of course' even if she hasn't been.

At my hairdressers shop all the stylists wear masks and visors, and are all double vaccinated. I wear my mask throughout the visit. They provide hand sanitiser as you arrive, and the salon is laid out to provide social distancing.
None of this has changed since coming out of the first lockdown,
I feel very safe going there.

Thanks everyone!

Reading through your replies has helped me crystalise my thoughts: I think being in the hairdresser's company for an hour, in close proximity, especially as she talks non-stop and loudly to be heard above the hairdryers, is too much of a risk.

I feel we should ditch any reserve and ask those in 'service' industries if they've been vaccinated; we're then able to come to an informed decision.

Stay safe & well, and thanks once again.

the hairdressers I go to are evangelical about mask wearing, happy to comply with, although rather annoyingly they stipulate that clients must buy from them a bog standard medical mask for which they charge £3.50

TerriBull!

That has absolutely shocked me. And I don't shock easily

Take your custom elsewhere.

I wouldn’t go there. I’ve actually stopped going to the hairdresser altogether, letting it go grey and as it’s long it’s easy for my husband to trim a bit off the ends. My bank balance is much healthier!

The hairdressers I go to are evangelical about mask wearing, happy to comply with, although rather annoyingly they stipulate that clients must buy from them a bog standard medical mask for which they charge £3.50. These can be obtained all over the place for a fraction of the price. In fact they were the ones that I bought on line, at the beginning of the first lock down. I still have some unused ones left, but, no the client must purchase the mask from them which slightly pisses me off irritates me.

MayBeMaw

Now that face coverings are legally required in shops, I assume the same applies to hairdressers.

According to gov.uk masks will be required in hairdressers banks and post offices

Face coverings .
Just looked it up: this is from today’s Mirror newspaper…..

I’m unsure on that but will read up MawBeMaw.
I’ve been to The Range shop this morning - it was very busy - and over 50% of the shoppers and assistants, who will be required to wear a mask from tomorrow are not doing so from today.
You couldn’t make it up could you?

Now that face coverings are legally required in shops, I assume the same applies to hairdressers.

I wouldn’t go.
I cancelled an appt. with my regular hairdresser as she wasn’t vaccinated (too young at the time) and stopped wearing a mask.
Now she is vaccinated I have made an appt. with her again. We should then both be wearing masks once again, not just me.

I wouldn't go to her.

I avoid friends that aren't vaccinated and let them know why. I appreciate they have the right to make their own choice, but I have the right to make mine in relation to not spending time with anti-vaxxers.

Aveline

I walked out of a hairdresser lady year as it was obvious that mask wearing was not being adhered to. I'd only gone because my usual hairdresser was closed due to Covid. Needless to say I waited till my usual one was open again and cut my own hair after watching a YouTube video.

I hope it wasn’t my video Aveline, of my hair being cut by my husband ?. The most frightening thing for a while ?

I abandoned my previous hairdresser after she became very slapdash about masking - when she came in in the morning she'd pick up the mask she'd had on the previous day and which had been lying in (what looked like) a damply festering heap overnight. It usually drooped under her nose anyway.

My new one is a big salon, and all the staff are properly masked at all times, as I am, except when she's trimming round my ears, and then I'll let that one loop loose.

I wouldn't query anyone's vaccination status but if they volunteered it, I would not be back. Assuming they were half way through a treatment at the time - I'd wait until it was over then test for a week!

My hairdresser is vaccinated, as are all the staff. Staff and customers wear masks and there are perspex panels between customers.
The owner knows how vulnerable I am and always ensures that there are no other customers in the salon, when I am in. That is actually going above and beyond, as they have to make a living.
However, I do not go as frequently as I used to. Only when I am no longer able to deal with the washing of my thick hair, due to dexterity problems.

Sparklefizz

My hairdresser actually warned me not to go into her salon because she doesn't feel the stylists and manager are careful enough, so she comes to my house and cuts my hair in the kitchen with my windows open, both of us fully masked.

She caught Covid from an unvaxxed client and her PCR test was one of those sent to that dodgy lab in Wolverhampton and it came back negative, so she continued to go to work and inadvertently infected her husband, 3 children, both sets of parents and a few clients. All her clients' contact details had to be given to Test & Trace.

I would be very careful, especially with the Omicron variant doing the rounds now.

How does she know who she caught Covid from or that the customer had not been vaccinated?

My hairdresser still insists on everyone wearing masks, customers and staff and also has plastic screens around each chair and the wash basins. In fact, the measures have not changed since the start of Covid ( no magazines, no waiting area etc) except that we are now being offered a drink - and obviously remove masks to drink! I feel very safe going there but there is still a risk as there is going anywhere.

Last year!

I walked out of a hairdresser lady year as it was obvious that mask wearing was not being adhered to. I'd only gone because my usual hairdresser was closed due to Covid. Needless to say I waited till my usual one was open again and cut my own hair after watching a YouTube video.

I left my regular salon a few months ago for precisely this reason. There was no PPE of any sort anywhere and no hand-washing. When I asked if my hairdresser (young, in her 20s) had been vaccinated she said, 'No. I'm not going to bother. I feel well enough'. Is it any wonder the numbers are still so high?

I would not ask any body if they had been vacinnated and they are not obliged to tell you anyway
My hairdresser has one person at a time I know her very well and know she has had all three vacinations plus catching covid (not from her job)
She wears a visor which I actually think are useless I no longer wear a mask but test before I go I would wear one if she asked

My hairdresser is also my friend, and has just recovered from Covid. The extent of this I hope to find out this week, when she comes to cut my hair. We both always test before seeing each other. She is vaccinated. She was just about to have her booster, when she caught covid. That was six weeks ago, so she may have had it now.

To answer your question...no, I wouldn’t go to a hairdresser who’s unvaccinated, no matter how bad my hair was!!

My hairdresser doesn’t wear a mask any longer, but I know she’s been vaccinated. I imagine they’ll all have to wear masks again from Tuesday though. The lady who does my eyebrows at a different salon always wears a mask.

I wouldn't go back to a hairdresser who I knew was unvaccinated.

Mine still wears a mask. She would prefer her clients (mainly elderly) to wear them too, but many don't.

I always wear mine, for her sake as much as mine. Knowing that she is being as careful as she can to avoid either catching or spreading covid, I wouldn't dream of doing otherwise.
While she's washing it, or cutting near my ears, I just unhook the elastics from my ears and hold it in place with my hand.

I had a similar issue, Northernlass. During a haircut a while back, my hairdresser (a stylist I had been going to a few years, in a salon I’ve been visiting for more than 20 years) mentioned that she had not been vaccinated. I was not happy so next time I phoned the salon to make an appointment, I asked for an appointment with any stylist who was fully vaccinated. They happily listed all the stylists I could choose from. I would not have returned to the same salon had the only option been an unvaccinated stylist. My new stylist realises it’s important to me and she is very particular to keep me as Covid-safe as possible while I’m there.