New Look for New Year by Nerwly Skinned

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My girlfriend Annie and I were busy around the Christmas holiday and my hair was quite a bit longer than usual when there was finally time to do something about it.

I don't shave my head with a razor because I don't like the way it feels and the irritation I get. But Annie usually cut what is left on top, which was thin, into about an inch long which I tried to spike into a flattop with a No. 1 buzz on the sides and back in spring and summer and No. 2 in fall and winter. She usually cut it about every two weeks, but because of our hectic schedules around the holidays hadn't had a chance to do it since Thanksgiving weekend before deciding it had to be done before going out on New Year's Eve.

I sat down on a bar stool in the kitchen and figured she was about to cut it the same way she had when she produced a surprise.

Annie usually cut my hair with a set of Wahl clippers I had purchased earlier in 2003, but this time she produced an Oster Classic 76 clipper she had gotten. She said she had done some checking and decided it was worth it to have a top-quality clipper since she always cut my hair.

She then proceeded to give me an even big surprise. After putting a blade on the clipper and turning it on, she ran it right down the center of my head. She then told me that my thinning was too severe and that I would look best with an ultra-short haircut.

I agreed that I would probably look best with something shorter and then reached up to feel where she had clipped. Only then did I realize what a scalping I was in for.

It wasn't completely smooth but I could tell what was left was extremely short. She then told me than in addition to the clipper, which came with No. 1 and 000 blades, she had purchased a couple of other blades to use. She showed me that the clipper had a 00000 blade on it. I used to get my hair cut in a barbershop so I knew how short that blade would make it.

She proceed with the haircut and in about 60 seconds, all of my hair was reduced to extremely short stubble.

She then spread warm shaving cream around my ears and neck and gave that area a shave with my Mach III. (I had received one of a new Mach III and a machine that heats shaving cream for Christmas.) She shaved about an inch above the ears and about the width of a razor blade above the bottom of the ear in back.

She then produced a mirror and I had to agree that it looked great. She then started running my head, telling me how gear she thought it was, and then decided that she wanted me to give her a haircut.

Annie wears her hair quite short. She could easily pass inspection at The Citadel, the military school her brother attended. And she often wore it spiked like Brenda Warner, wife of NFL quarterback Kurt Warner.

Because she wanted it short, she assured me that I could do it. The first thing she had me do was to put the 3.5 blade she had purchased on the Oster and to clip the sides and back of her head. It left enough so you couldn't see the skin, but it was quite short. She then had me try and trim the top with scissors over comb, but I wasn't too comfortable with that. As a result, she had me get out the Wahl clippers and cut her top with the 1 1/2-inch attachment. It left enough hair for her to spike, so she was happy. After a little blending, I thought she looked great.

I loved my new haircut as well as being able to cut her hair. And it is great to have our own clippers so she can maintain my cut. She has been giving me a fresh clip twice a week to keep it looking nice.

What a way to start the new year.

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