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.

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    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.

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        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

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        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.

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          That’s partly why I decided to go to barbers. Been getting annoyed with my hair and beard for a while and considered just shaving the lot off. At least this experience has put me off that notion for a good while!

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          That was a birthday present for my wife, a huge trekkie!

          Also before I realised the actual size of A0……

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            i’ve told my partner he should now know what to get me for christmas……

            and isn’t A0 like literally used for like banner ads and full size movie posters stuff?

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        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 😳

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        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? :)

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            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)

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        I see what was going for. The goatee area is pronounced and longer. Not what I’d do, but may suit the longer hair or if you are starting a cult. It is a cut that can be fixed however. Either way, if he was doing anything non-standard, he should have discussed it with you.

        Picard is clearly not impressed.

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    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…

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      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.

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    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.

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    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.

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      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!

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        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!

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    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.

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    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.

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    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

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    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.

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    Oh man, that must be galling. At least you know it’ll grow back eventually. time to look for a new barber?

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      First time I’ve been since 2017! I’ve been growing my hair out and my wife just gives me a trim when I feel like it. Won’t be making that mistake again.

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    Ach, that’s a bastard… I’ve had one about the same length of time and although I’ve made the odd cock up over the years trimming it myself I’ve never gone to a barber with it. Don’t think I ever will now…

    The worst self inflicted beard damage I did was started to trim it without attaching a clip (I use a number 6 on it when I do to get an idea of the contrast) - had a little cut out shelf in my beard until it finally few out

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      Oh Jesus! That’s similar to what my mrs did to her hair not long ago - picked up the actual Scissors instead of those thinning ones and next thing I’m shaving her heid due to a HUGE bald patch lol

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        The funniest thing was because my hairs been thinning since I was in my 20s I finally started shaving my head as well as my beard during lockdown - my wife said she’d do it for me but all we had were my beard trimmers and she was bottling out in case she messed it up

        I said don’t worry, just shave everything off, nothing to it, I’ll get some proper trimmers later but I look like cadfael like this - there’s literally nothing to mess up. But she was like listen I could use imac on it! I said no I don’t want to look like a boiled egg just let me do it…

        Anyway, instead of buying clippers to do it myself my dad gave me some he bought but hadn’t used because he was too worried about using them on himself.

        DIY all the way

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    Do you have examples of a before and after? Or have you provided it and I’m just clueless? Lol