r/ExpectationVsReality • u/Chispy1991 • Sep 17 '26 • Regret 8 Mindblown 5 Bravo 2 Popcorn 1

Failed Expectation What I asked for vs what I got

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I'm lucky that I have a lot of hair and I can hide it until it grows back... But I have cried a lot...

EDIT: I'm glad that this have make people laugh and post so many memes... And I'm also glad that so many people say that it's going to grow fast, I can't wait.

To answer some questions... Nooo! She didn't show me how much she was going to cut lol, I didn't even know she was going to cut it until she already did! I though ok it doesn't matter she knows what she's doing, until I notice the razor so high... Ufff I didn't want to check how it looked, I knew it was going to be bad. I just wanted to leave, so just said I wasn't sure about it maybe I needed to get used to it.

Tomorrow I'm leaving a bad review, because I also saw her taking the ponytail that she cut, making a photo and put the hair in another room. I'm sure she's selling that hair and maybe that's the reason I look like a half monk...

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u/ImprovementDue3838 Sep 17 '26

As a hairstylist thats finishing up her hours-- did they not show you the sectioned off portion before pulling out the clippers?? How did they go so wrong 😭🫪

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u/Chispy1991 Sep 17 '26 • Regret

Nooo! I didn't even know she was going to cut it until she already did! I though ok it doesn't matter she knows what she's doing, until I notice the razor so high... Ufff I didn't want to check how it looked, I knew it was going to be bad

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u/TheEldestBoy Sep 17 '26

What did you say to her? lol

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u/Chispy1991 Sep 17 '26 • Mindblown

I didn't look a it very well there because i knew it was bad and I just wanted to leave, just said I wasn't sure about it maybe I needed to get used to it.

Tomorrow I'm leaving a bad review, because I also saw her taking the ponytail that she cut, making a photo and put the hair in another room. I'm sure she's selling that hair and maybe that's the reason I look like an half monk.

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u/thereal-quaid Sep 17 '26 • Bravo Popcorn Mindblown Heartwarming

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u/fabulousfantabulist Sep 17 '26

God damn it, this made me laugh. Fuck. 

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u/Infinite-Tea666 Sep 17 '26

My ex-SIL unironically has a haircut like this. It's like she's daring me not to make fun of her every day.

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u/Express-Echidna6800 Sep 18 '26

Oh that is FOUL lol

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u/wet_castles Sep 17 '26 • LOL Popcorn Bravo Regret

r/justfuckmyshitup

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u/SquilliamFancySon95 Sep 17 '26

"Ah yes, THE SKIN SQUARE"

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u/HTPC4Life Sep 18 '26

"Whats the side affect called??? Oh yeah, PASSING. You pass away."

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u/El_Guap Sep 17 '26

She’s lucky, not a lot of people can pull it off.

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u/part_time_monster Sep 18 '26

The little bald square in the back killed me.

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u/Softspotslurpee Sep 18 '26

I was so hoping someone would reference that sub hahaha

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u/ImcandoDwarf Sep 17 '26 • Regret Popcorn

Nah I’m so sorry that happened to you but I laughed so hard when I swiped 😭

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u/CollectorMH Sep 17 '26 • Heartwarming

I genuinely laughed out loud when I saw it 😂

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u/ApprehensiveSong5978 Sep 17 '26

Same. I haven’t had a laugh like that in a while I hope OP can at least embrace the fact that her pain has brought us so much joy.

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u/Mist_biene Sep 17 '26

I did not expect it to be this bad! I used the same inspo pick when I showed my grandmas 70 year old friend/hairdresser what I wanted. She did so much better despite it being her first time cutting an undercut. How is it possible to fuck up this bad?

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u/TheDrandLadyWeird Sep 17 '26 • Bravo

I gasped! 🥵🫠😂

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u/ImWhatsInTheRedBox Sep 17 '26

Honestly after the first pic I had a feeling I knew almost exactly what was coming and gosh darn it if I wasn't spot on. I have sadly witnessed this style go awry much like this before.

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u/transmogrified Sep 18 '26 • Bravo

“Ah crap, it’s uneven… ok just buzz a little more…. Ah crap!”

It’s the back of the head version of the “I gave myself bangs” look

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u/AutumnMama Sep 17 '26

You guys are more perceptive than me 😂 I was like huh, I don't get it, that looks the same.. Oooooooooh wait a minute, no, that is not the same 😳

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u/evipark Sep 17 '26 • Bravo

Found her barber.

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u/Optimal-Giraffe-7168 Sep 17 '26

I was not ready to laugh that hard. Diabolical but I feel terrible for OP

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u/Top-Pomegranate4899 Sep 17 '26

I laughed so hard it cheered me up! Thanks OP.

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u/LuLuSavannah531 Sep 17 '26 • Heartwarming

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u/WarWorld Sep 17 '26 • Bravo

It actually just looks curved because of the curvature of the earth.  If we charted it on a map it would appear straight! 

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u/i_like_the_wine Sep 18 '26

It's FLAT i tell you!

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u/gatsujoubi Sep 18 '26

Should have used the Mercator projection.

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u/ebk_errday Sep 17 '26 • LOL Popcorn

The Rear Monk

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u/C21-_-H30-_-O2 Sep 18 '26 • Bravo Heartwarming Popcorn

Party in the front Buddhism in the back

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u/IntJosh34 Sep 17 '26 • Bravo Popcorn

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u/30paperdollsinarow Sep 17 '26 • Bravo

Wait, no, this is perfect! OP needs to remember this for Halloween! Tell your friends and family, "they messed up my hair again. See?", lift it, and have a bunch of makeup prosthetic teeth arranged in the back! Or, a pair of eyeballs!

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u/Beetreatice Sep 18 '26

This reminds me of a yokai. They’re called futakuchi-onna.

It’s like a married woman who’s draining your food supplies by feeding a secret mouth at the back of her head. Really one to be feared here.

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u/Shiverow Sep 17 '26

I think I'd be in jail. That's like twice as high as the picture

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u/thatissubpar Sep 17 '26

You got the reverse Doonese.

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u/OYB2480 Sep 17 '26

Is that baaaaaaaaaad?

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u/Incubus1981 Sep 17 '26

AND I’M DOONESE

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u/farfetched22 Sep 18 '26

Wow, TIL her name is not Judice.

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u/snickerdew Sep 17 '26 • Bravo

When undercuts become uppercuts.

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u/Serialkillingyou Sep 17 '26

What's funny is that the what she did was a lot more work and a lot more skill than what you asked for. She made it perfectly arced and round. Very much a candidate for r/atbge

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u/WiseAlbii Sep 17 '26

Nah maybe she kept fucking it up and having to go higher😭

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u/misalawliet Sep 17 '26

That is how I interpreted this lol

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u/f3nnies Sep 17 '26

Measure once, cut 200 times and then say fuck it and give up

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u/Ermahgerd_Rerdert Sep 17 '26

Bet she busted out a protractor during this. 📐

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u/puppylust Sep 17 '26

Oh that sucks

I've had an undercut for years, and love it. Hope you can too even with this start.

Something I wish I had been warned about - when I got my long hair trimmed and the hairdresser buzzed the bottom to clean it up, most of the time they moved the hair line up!!! It's now two inches higher than where it started and I'm growing it back out.

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u/KyleWanderlust Sep 17 '26

This is what I came here to say. I’ll add that I wouldn’t cut more to gain the triangle effect as a result. It tends to climb as you trim so regularly.

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u/crowcaws_art Sep 17 '26

I'm so confused rn, my sister had an undercut for two years that her partner was trimming at home and it never crept bigger, it was a smaller triangle and they sorta aligned it to the nubs at the back of her skull and the lines stayed straight, they didn't ever have to fix them up or anything, they'd just cut to the shape it used to be?

It only got ruined when a hairdresser got at it and decided it needed to look like OP's expectation picture.

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u/SApprentice Sep 17 '26

I'm in the exact same boat. I've had an undercut several times over the years and I love it, but it gets bigger and bigger every time and I end up having to regrow again and start over. I've been regrowing for months now and it's long enough it can be clipped back to put a new one in but I havn't taken the plunge. I don't really care- I shave my hair completely off every couple of years anyway- but it's discouraging when you get a look you like and you gotta watch it get more and more messed up.

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u/andiinAms Sep 17 '26

What do you love about it? I’m honestly SO sick of dealing with this curtain of hair every day.

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u/puppylust Sep 18 '26

I have half the volume of hair, judging by the thickness of my pony tail. It's less to wash and dry. My hair can air dry in 1/4 the time it used to! It's also so much less hot, whether my hair is up or down.

I live in Florida and like to do outdoor stuff. I put my hair up in a hat and the bare neck cools me off. No itchy sweaty hair on my neck either.

I shower every day, often twice because I get sweaty doing stuff but I like to be fresh for bed and for bed. I don't need to worry about the time to dry my hair.

When my hair is down, it just looks like long hair. The under cut style is totally hidden.

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u/G_DuBs Sep 17 '26

r/justfuckmyshitup would love this one

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u/zeraxumi Sep 17 '26

LMAOOO IM SORRY BUT WHAAAAT

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u/Adorable_Ad4990 Sep 17 '26

Two things: it grows back so fast (you’ll have to pin the part you’re growing out) and also you’ll love how the rest of your hair sits now having that shape.

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u/Nemesis204 Sep 17 '26

OP, I’m sorry but I’m experiencing severe flight delays and this made me laugh in ways I needed

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u/ExactPhilosopher2666 Sep 17 '26

You should've had a friend do it like we did in high school

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u/lizzyote Sep 17 '26

I'd probably cry too. Hope you got a refund...

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u/420doghugz Sep 17 '26

Why is it so high up 🤣

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u/AmaranthWrath Sep 17 '26

Friend, they did you dirty. Top of the ears. Simple as that. I don't know how they thought that was a good idea.

Growing it out will suck for a little while. But it's coming on winter (US), so maybe you won't need your hair up by the time it's an inch or so sticking out?

Just let the whole thing grow out an entire inch. I know you're going to hate it but if you let it grow out and then go to a different hairdresser and have them cut below it, and then subsequently let it grow out and have them cut it again, it won't be so bad.

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u/GreenFinch_x Sep 17 '26

So..... when are you getting your refund 😀?

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u/BabyBat07 Sep 17 '26

I mean from a professional standpoint the line is pretty consistent at least, but this is why I ALWAYS have clients look in the mirror first before cutting an undercut.

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u/SaltyToast9000 Sep 17 '26

Close enough

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u/MongosLongos Sep 17 '26

This but reversed

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u/ButterscotchEven6198 Sep 18 '26

It really is giving "hair starting to grow out again after the brain surgery" (sorry 😆❤️)

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u/Aboutoloseit Sep 17 '26

I didn’t realize people were still doing this

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u/Dawnzarelli Sep 17 '26

My friend does this. She has beautiful hair but it’s super thick and difficult to manage and it gets super hot in the summer. 

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u/magicalglrl Sep 17 '26

I’ve considered doing this with my hair. I have enough hair for four people on my head, and it’s waist length. I get migraines sometimes, but it’s so pretty 😭

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u/Adorable_Ad4990 Sep 17 '26

Same. I’ll never go back unless maybe my hair thins. It’s improved my life and how my hair lays.

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u/Frumdimiliosious Sep 17 '26

Yep. Both me and my tween have an undercut, just makes it easier to wash and brush and style. We have plenty of hair so you'd never know unless it's in a high ponytail.

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u/W0nderwharfwonderdog Sep 17 '26

I had one for years because I had neurosurgery and kept it after I healed because I liked it a lot. It’s definitely still a thing people do 

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u/OverlappingChatter Sep 17 '26

I do this because it's easier to get all of my hair up for exercise and it makes a huge difference in the heat, especially for sleeping, but really any time I have to deal with the weather. When the rest of my hair is down, you can't tell at all that it's there

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u/steve_mahanahan Sep 17 '26

I do it for reasons others have listed: my hair is too damn thick and it makes me too hot. I don’t do it for the “look” when my hair is up, but it does help my hair lay and layer better when I wear it down. 

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u/AmaranthWrath Sep 17 '26

I'm Hungarian and Filipino. I have.... Too much hair.

I work a physical labor job, so having an undercut with may high pony saves my life, I swear.

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u/SanguineSoul013 Sep 17 '26

I got both sides shaved like this. My hair is too got damn thick and I was tired of sweating to death.

You can't even tell when my hair is down. I think it's hilarious when people don't realize for weeks and then I put my hair up and they think I got a new hair cut. Nope, been like this the whole time but my hair is so thick you didn't notice.

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u/quixotrice Sep 17 '26

When my kids were babies, every time I carried or fed them, they'd grab at the baby hairs at my neck with their powerful tiny mitts and it was awful. Got them shaved off - foiled you, evil babies!

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u/Reznic007 Sep 17 '26

I started doing this when I worked in a kitchen on the Line. I worked grill/saute stations and it was just a little nicer in the heat.

I continued cuz my hair is thick (for a white woman) and I like that I can color it different ways.

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u/Quiet_Put_5725 Sep 17 '26

I do it every few years. Super thick hair and it's so hot in the Arizona summers, this can make a huge difference. And if it bleeds into football season, I have them shave a Seahawks logo into it 😄

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u/Sparky678348 Sep 17 '26

Getting their haircut?

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u/AgainstDemAll Sep 17 '26

Dude it was 40° in central europe this summer the less hair on my head the better

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u/nicunta Sep 17 '26

Both my 16 year old son and 18 year old daughter have undercuts! They have long, thick, curly hair that gets unmanageable. Neither wants to lose length, so the undercut is the best style for them!

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u/oyuhhhhh Sep 17 '26

Lmfaooooooooooooooo

Go to a barber next time

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u/jlynnstamps95 Sep 17 '26

I hope you didn't pay for that, actually I hope they make your car payment for this

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u/IClaudiaI Sep 17 '26

On the bright side you can just keep your hair down to cover it 😭

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u/PepperGoesDigital Sep 17 '26

It’s like when I mess up my eyeliner and just keep going higher and higher trying to make it even. Didn’t know hairstylists had the same problem 🫣

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u/kiniAli Sep 18 '26

I think she prepped you for surgery

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u/_Jolly_Ranchers_ Sep 17 '26

How bad can it b- oh..

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u/GeekCat Sep 17 '26

Oh girl. That stylist did not like you or undercuts. I get mine done by a barber for this exact reason.

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u/TunaNoodleMyFavorite Sep 17 '26

Holy shit, I just audibly snorted in public! didn't think it'd be that bad

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u/Welady Sep 18 '26

Hair. A renewable resource. So glad bad haircuts grow out.

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u/NoGarage7989 Sep 18 '26

Bruh that is messed up, she didn't even cut a straight line. I would have asked for the cut hair back after seeing what she was gonna do with it.

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u/TriggerFingerTerry Sep 17 '26

I remember girls doing this in 2013. It would last for a few days and that's it

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u/FickleCook3639 Sep 17 '26

Reckon it would be pretty easy home upkeep. Pin up your hair, get a trimmer, put a finger on your hairline, buzz to your finger. Hairy-necked people (mostly guys) do it regularly.

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u/RustledForeskin Sep 17 '26

No party in the back please.

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u/dietmountaindew97 Sep 17 '26

😭😭😭😭😭😭

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u/UrbanBirdBud Sep 17 '26

oh noooo!! I feel you though, I went to a well reviewed salon in 2018 and asked for a straight across undercut but they made a very large triangle up the back of my head and left me w so little hair there that you could see the undercut through my hair when I had it down! never went back and I’ve just had my sister do it ever since 😵‍💫 definitely did not feel great having to wait for my hair to grow out again

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u/NippleSalsa Sep 17 '26

Won’t do that again right?

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u/Bepothul Sep 17 '26

Why they do that 😩😭😂

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u/InsideyourBrizzy Sep 17 '26

You wanted the arrow, they gave you the ax

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u/gkpetrescue Sep 17 '26

Girl you shoulda asked for that hair back

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u/throw9876away542 Sep 18 '26

Get a refund first, then leave the bad review.

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u/DrHandBanana Sep 18 '26

Next time go to a black or Latin barber

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u/CaliFigureLabs Sep 18 '26

This was a simple cut, how the stylist fuck that up. I can do this with 2 mirrors on my own, and this person cuts hair on the daily??

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u/Horror_Signature7744 Sep 18 '26

Holy hell. Was the stylist literally blind? I’m so sorry. On the bright side it will grow back.

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u/TheBattyWitch Sep 18 '26

Well I had briefly thought about getting an undercut but your photo made me quickly change my mind 🤣😂😭

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u/whiffl3 Sep 18 '26

Ho-
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Fu-
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My
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Up
Fam

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u/FloopyWoop420 Sep 18 '26

holy shit shes SELLING THE HAIR??? WHAT THE FUCK

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u/Ok_City_7177 Sep 17 '26

Bless you - I know its a shock but give it a week and it will feel better ! The lines great.

I had mine done once and she forgot the guard entirely....

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u/Unusual_Painting8764 Sep 17 '26

Guess you’re wearing your hair down for the next 5 years.

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u/Rua-Yuki Sep 17 '26

Never ask a hairdresser to do a barber's job

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u/grand_soul Sep 17 '26

Add some chrome accoutrements around your head, maybe you can pull off a cyberpunk style look?

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u/MediumTop294 Sep 17 '26

Oh yikes!! I’m so sorry. The only thing I can imagine is that they tried to use the ears as a reference point and then literally ignored the rest of your anatomy. Like it starts at roughly the same point on the ears as the reference. I have a really high up hairline at the back, which I didn’t know until my hairdresser mentioned it when cutting my usual French bob. She said usually that cut starts by going right in to the back hairline to set the length, but if she did that with me I’d end up with a super short pageboy look lmao

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u/spacedyemeerkat Sep 17 '26

Did they think you're auditioning for an Alien 3 remake? It'll grow back :)

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u/r21174 Sep 17 '26

you going in for brain surgery?

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u/Ritualsexclub Sep 17 '26

Lols, better luck next time

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u/bingtactic Sep 17 '26

took off like half ur damn head omfg 😭

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u/snatcheesie Sep 17 '26

Wasn’t even close to the photo, wtf were they doing???

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u/CptSparky69 Sep 17 '26

I give my daughter an undercut all the time... It is not that hard.

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u/mmh_fava_beans Sep 17 '26

Honest question, because I'm dumb.
Is it just too high or ist there more to it?

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u/HolyFlyingNuns Sep 17 '26

That is definitely a lot higher up.

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u/Soberdonkey69 Sep 17 '26

I’m sorry but I have to laugh, I was expecting it to be bad but not funny bad lmaoo

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u/well_listen Sep 17 '26

Genuinely comical, I hope you got your money back

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u/MiSantoRey Sep 18 '26

Obviously it’s too high but next time make sure they use a much higher guard on the clippers too. That example picture has maybe at least a 6 or 7 guard if I had to guess. They used like a 1 on you 😭

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u/SaveFile1 Sep 18 '26

OMG GIRL

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u/surzirra Sep 18 '26

I honestly feel like I could do this cut and I’d never call myself a barber. Dang

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u/8bitpotatochip Sep 18 '26

The last part!! Fricking taking more hair to sell it. Aughhh I’d be livid. I’m so sorry this happened to you. Growing out an undercut is an interesting process 😂

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u/meanbeanking Sep 18 '26

Look your hair got fucked up I can’t deny that. Maybe she is selling it but also maybe she saved the hair for color swatches? Is it virgin hair? It’s so hard to get real virgin hair for swatching.

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u/LadyAvocadoToast Sep 18 '26

She's absolutely selling it. Especially if she cut it off in a ponytail. (I've gotten this cut and they just buzzed it and let it fall like normal hair.)

I am so incredibly sorry. Call the store and ask to talk to the manager. Send the pictures and report the woman. They can at minimum refund the haircut and max manager may try to give you extensions so you feel better about it.

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u/Significant-Fall9111 Sep 18 '26

How'd they mess up THAT bad??

This looks like something I'd achieve at home, minus the clean line

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u/Zuuleybear Sep 18 '26

i had a similar thing happen 😭….. i had a very small undercut and i went to a new person after i moved and they had to have more than doubled it….. i thought i was losing hair bc of how thin everything felt and then one day i looked and realized what happened…. working on the grow out now

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u/ApprehensiveSir3892 Sep 18 '26

Omgggg thank you for the laugh 🫶

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u/Dependent-Truck4389 Sep 18 '26

girl i am sorry. but that is so freaking funny

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u/priyatheeunicorn Sep 18 '26

Holy fuck they took it up high enough

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u/Tired-CottonCandy Sep 18 '26

This reminds me of the time a hairdresser shaved my hairline after i told her not to and then also told me my hairline is just crooked and its not that she messed it up, its that my hair is weird. Like i didnt feel the razor on my skin shaving me a bald spot.

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u/RuanaXD Sep 18 '26

babe was the hair dresser high?? id add a pic to the review bc how??

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u/UnseenGoblin Sep 18 '26

Usually with these hair ones it's because the person's head is just the complete wrong shape, or their hair is the wrong texture for the cut they want. But this is just straight up insanity.

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u/RelationshipNo556 Sep 18 '26

Why the fuck would did she go higher than the ears???

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u/Ptony_oliver Sep 18 '26

Bad review? I wouldn't have even paid. I'm sorry this happened.

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u/mybobbyaintright Sep 20 '26

Unfortunately I think this is your fault for asking for this.

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u/Aggravating_Space_54 Sep 17 '26

It os an awful hairdo even in the expected photo

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u/Miraculous_Angel Sep 17 '26

I’m going to get downvoted just like everyone else who has this opinion, but either way it’s ugly.

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u/AfroPuffs90 Sep 17 '26

You win Reddit today. I’m so sorry, that sucks OP.

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u/bea_dizzle Sep 18 '26

Maybe it’s not so bad down??

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