I had a remarkably thought provoking conversation today with a very nice young girl who cut my hair—at 33 I can call people in their 20s nice and young now. Precious..
Nonetheless, we talked about empty malls and how to improve them.. we talked about customer service and how difficult it is these days to have it.
And finally.. I brought up a question that has been eating away at me for years: What does a stylist do when they are cutting a man’s hair—a man who uses the famed combover.
I was surprised with the interesting answer..
First off, she said, they really don’t teach how to perform a combover cut in school.. as matter of fact, she told me that the worst hair to cut is a man in my bracket.. someone who is slightly balding and yet has enough to not shave it.. someone who still is young enough to style it.. and someone who has short hair already. She said cutting a full-length haired woman is easier because there’s more to work with if you mess it …
So already a man is more difficult.
But the comb over? How can anything be harder..
She said the first thing she does is analyze the situation. If the comb over is applied to the hair, it means he wants to keep it. So she works around it, cutting some layers and trimming the side, but leaving the foot long piece in tact in order for the gent to comb his hair over his bald head again.
Even more: The man doesn’t say anything of the comb over. He allows the stylist to see it for herself.. to know it.. to love it, caress it, or whatever one would do with an awful comb over.
And finally, my friendly stylist told me that she always has the urge to cut the comb over altogether …of course there’d be awful repercussions should such a travesty occur to the already cursed man’s head.
Although he may look instantly better…But he’s damned to shame forever as long as he combs hair across his scalp..
And now some famous comb overs in history!
