Embrace it; The hairstylist view

• Embrace it; The hairstylist view by afgny on 28 Dec, 2008 19:45
• am a hair stylist in New York city and I have had so many men in the past sit in my chair asking advice on how to make their thinning hair look fuller.  My first bit of advice would be that the shorter the hair the better it looks.  Then once I have won their confidence we start the conversation about going even shorter.  At this point my advice is to embrace it and why they should.  Before you know it I would buy them their own clipper/buzzer and they would be shavings their own heads, bald. I would loose a client and money but it was really about the client being happy  I Love this site and not only think that the advice is amazing but the vibe and humour is great.
  
  Keep up the great work.
  
  --
  hairbyantonio.blogspot.com
• #1 by TheSlyBear on 28 Dec, 2008 21:48
• Very cool of you to put your client's welfare ahead of profit motive.
• #2 by Stu on 28 Dec, 2008 22:57
• Very admirable of you to do that, and truthful too.  Hope you have enough 'hairy' people to keep you in the 'green.'
• #3 by marshd1000 on 29 Dec, 2008 00:34
• You know, even if you lost a client by encouraging the head shave, you would be making your soon to be former clients happy.  Perhaps if one of their non balding friends asked about the new shaved head look, your former client may tell them about a stylist who cares about thier clients.  So then maybe the person who was not losing hair may want to try you out because you have good motives and you care!   
• #4 by Mikekoz13 on 29 Dec, 2008 14:05
• AFGNY......... Welcome to the Forum! A VERY nice story! Someone who cares more about their clients than their own wallet! Very nice!!!
• #5 by Timmay on 29 Dec, 2008 14:18
• Afgny...awesome story.  Maybe you can start offering headshaves.  If I am ever in NYC i could come by for a good ol headshave. 
• #6 by OzPete on 29 Dec, 2008 18:15
• Welcome afgny!
• #7 by Cam on 29 Dec, 2008 18:19
• Now that's cool. Everyone should be more like you, the world would be a better place.
• #8 by time2shine on 29 Dec, 2008 22:36
• Cool, dude.
  Welcome and enjoy the forum.
• #9 by Scott on 30 Dec, 2008 01:39
• That's an awesome perspective you have there and quite refreshing.  Good for you.
• #10 by Brkeatr on 30 Dec, 2008 03:17
• That's great bro and welcome to the forum !!   
• #11 by Papa Don on 30 Dec, 2008 05:32
• Man, another person who cares!  How great!!! Welcome to this site, You fit right in with all these wonderful people.
• #12 by MLNHD on 31 Dec, 2008 11:38
• Wow!    Double thumbs-up    for your honest, helpful, realistic attitude, and welcome to the Sly gang.