CORRECTION OF A HAIRSTYLE ERROR by Gottlieb Another good story, @Gottleib! My hair experience was the flattop I had for a couple of years. When I first got it cut, I was out of town and went to a barber and asked for a medium length flattop. He did exactly what I asked for but two days later I realised my fine hair would make this cut hard to maintain. Two days later, passing through a small town, I stopped in a very old fashioned barbershop and asked again to get a flattop. This time I lost almost all of my hair. The back and sides were shaved to the skin and I had a very severe horseshoe. When I got back in the car and looked in the mirror, I realised I was mostly bald! At the time, long hair was still more common. I remember walking into a truck stop and looking totally different than all the other guys in there. I felt very self conscious as everyone looked at me as the oddity. Back in the car now, I felt my short hair and was starting to like the severely short flat. I kept that look getting cleaned up every week to 10 days. It was extremely short but it still wasn’t the completely shaved head I really wanted. Fortunately, father nature and MPB finally intervened. I now had no choice but to get the haircut I always wanted, a completely bald shaved head! At the time I stood out being a white baldy. Now, happily, I see shaved heads everywhere. I especially love it when I see guys who you can tell would still have a full head of hair but choose a bald shaved head. by Pauldy on 13 May 2025
MILITARY EXPERIENCES by Gottlieb @Pauldy
That's the good spirit by Thadeusz on 13 May 2025
Just a trim by Helping Hand This is why many guys in the 1970s preferred to trim their own hair or have a family member do it. by anon on 13 May 2025
First cut of autumn by Helping Hand Good story, description of the transformation haircut is believable. The majority of the stories end up butchered close clipper shaves leaving nothing, all off, to the wood. When in reality leaving barely enough to comb or spike looks like a haircut, not a shaved head. Thanks for sharing. by M DeMarlo on 13 May 2025
HANKS, Part time job part 2 by Barbershop memmories Thanks skin fade.
I submitted this story before it was finished by mistake.
I managed to continue the story which which discribed the boys Mums reaction and explained her miunderstanding and submitted it again but didn't change the title.
Not sure if that's why it hasn't been published yet. by Barbershop memmories on 12 May 2025
S velkým zájmem jsem si přečetl váš „sen". Moc se mi to líbilo. Podepisuješ se Gottlieb, ale myslím, že jsi Čech, protože jsi ve svém textu vynechal některé znaky, které jsou pouze v češtině. Když mluvíš o čtyřech skinheadech, říkáš, že se jmenují Michael, Petr, Matěj a Lukáš.
Michael a Petr se dobře vyjadřují v mnoha jazycích, ale v tomto případě o Matějovi a Lukášovi se dva rohy nad „ě" a rohy nad „š" objevují pouze v češtině. Možná jsi Slovák nebo Maďar.
Doufám, že ten „sen" není sen a že až se probudíš a dotkneš se své hlavy, bude úplně hladká a lesklá. by Jakub on 12 May 2025
TWO-WEEK GALLEYS by Gottlieb When I spent a summer with my grandparents, it was agreed that I would get my hair cut very short. I agreed to this, wanting to spend the summer on the farm. As such, right after my parents dropped me off, grandpa took me to his barbershop. Unfortunately, he dropped me off and since he wasn’t there I told the barber to leave the hair covering my ears. My cousins had been taken by him to the barber earlier that summer and had most of their hair buzzed off (they had grown up always getting short buzz cuts as their father insisted). Grandpa was disappointed that I still had hair longer than it should be but didn’t force me to go shorter. I honestly wish someone had made me get a short buzz cut when I was a kid. Had they done so, I think I would have quickly again adopted a short buzz cut and sooner adopted the shaved head that I have proudly worn for many years now. by Pauldy on 12 May 2025
THE RIGHT PRINCIPLES OF A YOUNG MAN (2) by Gottlieb I’ve never had anyone to supervise my haircuts (my dad when I was young). The closest thing to that was when I got together with a haircut buddy. He kept telling me he wanted to see me with a full head shave. Having never had my head shaved before, I kept declining. Finally, I told him I would let him shave my head if he too got his head shaved ( I thought he would say no). Surprisingly, he said yes ! For the first time, my head was shaved completely smooth, bald! He too left with a bald shaved head. At the time, I was very self conscious about being bald and unfortunately I let my hair grow back. It would be several months before I got it shaved again.
Keep the stories coming! by Pauldy on 12 May 2025
THE RIGHT PRINCIPLES OF A YOUNG MAN by Gottlieb Always feels so good to lose a good bit of hair (even better when you lose all of your hair). Had my hair gotten as long as yours had, I would have instructed the barber to cut it as brutally short as possible. My hair grew out longer, one summer during college. When I got back to college, I went to the barber and pretty much had the back and sides shaved. I had them buzz a lot off the top but left the bit in front to comb. Had I known back then what I know now, I would have either had the whole top buzzed brutally short or just asked to get my whole head shaved.
