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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI thought I was the only one who did this.
I have to take two showers whenever I get a haircut.
The first shower is to be nice and clean for the barber.
The second shower is as soon as I get home from the barber, 45 minutes after the first shower, because even though he blows all of the cut hair off of me with an actual hair compressor hose, I still feel horribly uncomfortable and itchy after a haircut.
I also have a "special haircut shirt", and I have had one my entire life. I thought I was the only one who was like this, but the internet has reassured me that I'm not crazy.
I always wonder if my barber thinks that I only own one shirt.

KS Toronado
(23,699 posts)Betting that's not the only thing that makes him feel yucky.
underpants
(196,068 posts)Im kidding.
I just took a shower. Im getting a haircut hopefully this morning and I will shower again after I get it.
Man, I need a haircut bad. I have the next two days off work.
LuckyCharms
(22,484 posts)But you'll have to promise to return it.
I wish you success with your haircut today. I always get a little anxiety before a haircut, because, you know...you never know how these things are going to turn out.
underpants
(196,068 posts)I know when I need to be there and pick who cuts it. I have two women that I go between. One just showed back up - she cut my hair 20 years ago at a historic barbershop downtown. Every Governor has gotten their haircut there for 50+ years. I wonder what Abbie will do. Neither one appears to be working today. Oh well I need a haircut.
LuckyCharms
(22,484 posts)She remembered you after 20 years, right?
underpants
(196,068 posts)She said- You look familiar then she looked at my ticket and we both realized who each other were.
Goonch
(4,750 posts)Sogo
(7,160 posts)It worked great!
debm55
(59,582 posts)RainCaster
(13,618 posts)I have so little hair that it doesn't bother me. I go about my day without a care.
ret5hd
(22,443 posts)justaprogressive
(6,836 posts)WHY??!!
Didn't they read about Samson & Delilah?
EYESORE 9001
(29,628 posts)I always ask for talc afterward, which provides some relief.
Diamond_Dog
(40,349 posts)I bought a haircutting kit many years ago to cut my husbands and 3 sons hair. (All those kids haircuts really added up and we were living on a teachers salary).
When you are the one doing the haircutting, the hair goes down your sleeves and it itches like crazy, so as the designated hair cutter in the house, I have several hair cutting shirts dedicated to wear for hair cutting. I also wear an apron, but I always make sure to wear an old short sleeved t shirt when doing the cutting.
Marthe48
(23,033 posts)dickthegrouch
(4,470 posts)I never knew the names of the styles, and I was terrified of being asked what style I wanted.
I couldn't have cared less, but just the question that I couldn't answer was triggering.
I had a "Short back and sides" for many years.
Talitha
(7,906 posts)Maybe if you wear the shirt and do your 'time' now, you'll go straight to the express lane at the Pearly Gates.
3catwoman3
(29,227 posts)Teeny, tiny bits of hair inside a bra might as well be cactus needles. They don't just itch, they hurt.