The guy who told me to stop using thinning shears on every haircut

Had a customer sit down last Tuesday at my chair in Omaha, guy in his 40s with thick wavy hair. He tells me his last barber used thinning shears on the whole top and now he's got these weird gaps in his crown. I see it all the time, people think thinning shears are a magic fix for bulk but they just create random patches if you don't know where to put them. I learned this the hard way about 8 years ago when I took a class from an older barber who stopped me mid-cut. He said thinning shears are for blending weight lines, not for removing volume from the middle of the head. Now I only use them on the perimeter or at the ends, never in the interior. Has anyone else had clients come in with jacked up crowns from their last cut?

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laura_ross1mo agoMost Upvoted

Your customer is lucky you caught it early because once those weird gaps are cut in, it takes months to grow out clean.

oliver_ward141mo ago

Disagree completely @laura_ross. If the gaps are cut right, they can actually look intentional and clean. I've seen plenty of people rock that look on purpose. Plus, hair grows back way faster than most people think. The whole "months to grow out" thing is overblown unless someone is going from a buzz cut. Even then, a good stylist can blend it out in a few weeks.