Learning To Cut My Own Hair Saved Me Thousands

I freed myself from tyrant barbers and took control of my scalp.

Marx D.
5 min readAug 6, 2020

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Someone getting a fresh cut, courtesy of Luis Quintero via Pexels

I’ve had this lifelong trend of never being able to find a barber. Let me correct that. I was never able to find a good barber.

Over the years I had come across many barbers, white, Black, fat, short, bald, tall, young, old, women and men. It didn’t matter. I either ended up looking like someone fresh out of jail or they would flake on me for multiple appointments.

I specifically remember one occasion when I called and made a haircut appointment, showed up and waited four whole hours because the barber was waiting for his 4 o’clock cut, which was me. We sat in the barbershop for four hours staring at each other until he finally realized he had fucked up. He just kept telling me that he was waiting for a 4 o’clock but didn’t believe it was me. The worst part is that he gave me a great haircut after so I had to pay and tip him! This was the problem, I was living at the mercy of my barber!

Plus, almost every barbershop I go to does some kind of drug deal in the bathroom. Every one. I’ve gotten my hair cut by so many barbers who were high over the years that I lost count.

Finding a good barber is a very underrated, crucial factor to success in today’s society. A…

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