After growing my beard out for maybe 5-6 years, trimming it myself and generally keeping it looking “reasonable” I thought I’d treat myself and go get it trimmed by a “professional” first thing before a day full of webex meetings.
Now admittedly it was maybe a bit What year is it?, but it was well taken care of. Wee dude even commented on how it was one of the softest he’d cut.
Then he fucking trimmed it to fuck, into a big sorcerers point while I just sat there aghast. Absolutely scunnered.
You could always reset back to bald:
J/k your post reminded me of this old meme and gave me an excuse to look it up.
Hahaha this is brilliant. You bastard!
I’ve never had my beard trimmed at the barber, purely because of all the horror stories I’ve heard.
Plus if I trim it myself and mess it up, I don’t have to pay for the privilege.
Tip: find a photo of the look you want and show it to them rather than explaining it.
When I go in for a trim, I either show them a picture, or I tell them I want to keep is as long as possible while remaining neat and even.
Though I also make sure to stick to the same 2 barbershops
This really calls for a picture, or there’s not much to say.
But thenmy big stupid heid is exposed!
That doesn’t look disastrous! and you have enough length left to correct the shape to something rounder if that’s what you had before
Thinking I’m just gonna embrace it. Get a nice dark purple robe and a staff and just cut about cursing folk.
Lean into the Wizards sleeve
I put on my robe and wizard’s hat
But yourself an orb to ponder for good measure.
I like it.
Cheers! To be fair it is growing on me finally.
Beards dae that
I say no to the goatee. You should, too. Trim that off so you have a straight line bellow the jaw, it will look less messy. I don’t know what this barber was thinking.
Also is the combo long hair + long beard a conscious choice? :)
What, you mean you don’t like it?
It looks really messy to me. As far I am concerned it’s either short and nicely trimmed beard with long hair or big beard with short hair. As I am loosing mine, I went with the second option (also I’m a bit fat so I still keep my sideburns very short. A bit like this)
i do appreciate the jean luc in the background
You’ve got pretty much what I want. I’ve got the length, but it’s growing outwards from the chin instead of straight down.
I’m a bit scared to risk getting it trimmed after reading this thread though 😳
I realise it’s little consolation, but having not seen the before it looks great. I’ve had a beard for, like 20/30 years and rarely last more than a couple of months before getting annoyed with it, lopping the whole thing off and starting from scratch.
You were great on Eurovision, though.
My worst nightmare. I haven’t been to the barbers for just over 12 years now (thanks male pattern baldness), and I’m not sure I trust anyone with my beard except myself. If I mess it up at least I’m only mad at me.
Yours looks alright though tbh, I’d maybe just trim the bottom off that goatee bit but maybe wait till after the ZZ Top convention.
I have large moustache (think Nietzsche) and have nightmares about this exact scenario!
If it’s any consolation, I saw the after picture and it looks great! Though I can imagine it’s probably a shock considering you were so used to the before.
I actually considered just looping everything off but the tash but I shat out it! Gotta have a certain pinaché for a guid tash, and that I lack!
If you decide you ever wanna get rid of the beard, that’s the time to rock the moustache! Having a large moustache is the only time I’ve ever gotten compliments from strangers, which is always nice though!
Do you have examples of a before and after? Or have you provided it and I’m just clueless? Lol
I’ve not been to a hairdresser in over 20 years, but occasionally do wonder what it would be like to pop back in just once as a treat.
Yeah, thanks for saving me from myself.
I crawl so you lot can walk.
I had this.
My beard wasn’t particularly long, maybe 2.5-3 inches below my chin (how do you measure a beard?) and mostly trimmed down the sides, but it needed tidying up.
Went to the barbers for a haircut and they asked if I wanted my beard doing also. I said yes, just neaten it up, but keep the length. That guy practically ran number 3 clippers over it and called it a day…
Ouch!
He said he was gonna just trim the sides and tidy it up. Next thing he was running the trimmers right up my cheek as a solitary tear ran down my cheek.
Maybe he thought you wanted to preserve the length , but you’d probably be better off trimming the chin shorter too. Charisma+1 Wisdom +1 Magic -2.
I feel this, deeply. I am sorry for your loss.
My better half likes it so could be worse I guess.
That’s good! Not all is lost then!
