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Kelli,

I invested in a hair clipper with different size combs. I experimented with

different combs until I got the boys hair to the length I wanted. The

clippers work really fast and the boys don't have much time to squirm. Their

dad helps me with the holding and if they do throw a fit, it is in the

privacy of our home - not out in public. Usually within a half an hour all

three boys (and daddy) have a new haircut. I also try to do it more often,

so the hair doesn't get so long. We sing songs, watch t.v. or talk about all

the hair on the floor. I let them sweep up the floor and then they jump into

the tub. Not a perfect system, but much better than going to the barber,

sitting and waiting and then having 4 or 5 of us hold them down.

Good luck,

Sue - mom to Zack, 8, DS; Matt, 6, PDD, 's Anomoly, Cataracts,

Glaucoma; , 4, DS, Asthma, G-tube

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Luckily my sister is a hair dresser, she is great at doing kids

If you can't do it yourself, maybe find someone that does kids

all the time! As we all know kids are usually better for ANYone else besides

their parents!!! LOL

Good Luck

Amber!! : )

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We take to a hairdresser and my hubby has to hold him down. He

really freaks out with the buzzer thing. Nicala sits still because she

understands.

, mom to twins Nicala & ,ds (3) and (1.5)

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We take Sam & to the Barbershop. At first,

Mike would have the boys sit on his lap and the barber

would cut their hair, but now they sit on a little

booster seat (w/Mike still there to hang on). When

the barber gets to the buzzer thing, he rubs it gently

on their arm and says things like " doesn't that

tickle, bzz, bzz, bzz " , and they generally laugh. I

think if they come at them w/the clippers w/o any

warning that can scare them!

Judi

--- <lauranra@...> wrote:

> We take to a hairdresser and my hubby has to

> hold him down. He

> really freaks out with the buzzer thing. Nicala

> sits still because she

> understands.

>

> , mom to twins Nicala & ,ds (3) and

> (1.5)

>

>

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Ginny,

We have a huge problem with haircuts and Brook. It takes 3 of us to do it

and iit is still a monumentous task that nobody wants to undertake. What

kind of a haircut does the flow-bee give? Is it loud? Brook's pscyh told us

we could get clippers that were manual, (not electic) but I don't know if

that will be any better for him as he is afraid of anything near his head

besides the noise. Right now we use clippers that attach to a vaccuum to

suck up the hair that is cut by the clippers, not the same as what you are

talking about. We tried the clippers without the vacuum cleaner and he hates

it just as much.

Marisa

Mom to Miles 15, Brook 12 and Genevieve 4

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Hi, Everyone....We use to have a horrendous time with haircuts, also. For

those of you that cut your child's hair, have you tried doing it at night

when they are asleep? I use to wait till Gareth was asleep about an hour

(long enough to get into REM sleep) and then, go in and cut away. I turned

on an little nightstand lamp to see. I was able to turn his head and would

stop intermittedly if he acted like he was aware of what was happening. We

did it this way for years!!! It wasn't until he went on SSRI drugs (age 7)

that we were able to take him to a hair dresser. It doesn't need to be a

perfect cut and was better then the screaming and thrashing about.

Take care, Everyone.

Margaret

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In a message dated 7/30/02 8:53:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mfroof@...

writes:

<< Hi, Everyone....We use to have a horrendous time with haircuts, also. For

those of you that cut your child's hair, have you tried doing it at night

when they are asleep? I use to wait till Gareth was asleep about an hour

(long enough to get into REM sleep) and then, go in and cut away. I turned

on an little nightstand lamp to see. I was able to turn his head and

would

stop intermittedly if he acted like he was aware of what was happening. We

did it this way for years!!! It wasn't until he went on SSRI drugs (age 7)

that we were able to take him to a hair dresser. It doesn't need to be a

perfect cut and was better then the screaming and thrashing about.

Take care, Everyone.

Margaret

>>

We tried this with Seth, Margaret...the minute he heard the first snip, he

was up for hours standing guard, lest we try to do such an awful thing to him

again. LOL Night after night I would get one snip....until I decided I

needed the sleep more than Seth needed a hair cut. LOL Glad that Gareth

was a sound sleeper and that it worked for you.

Gail :-)

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Yes, the description of the flow-bee sounds alot like what was posted

after about the clippers you hook up to a vacuum. Same concept. It

does make quite a bit of noise, so for some I guess that would be bad.

But, I love it for . I usually choose a short setting--say

making all the hair on his head half an inch. Much closer than I ever

got to him with scissors. I can usually get away with letting it go

for two months (or until it starts curling) before I need to cut it

again.

Best wishes,

Ginny

Mom to (5yo, DS/PDD/AML in remission/100% boy)

p.s. Lyn--you are in our prayers as well.

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In a message dated 7/30/02 12:56:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mfroof@...

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<< Seth...the minute he heard the first snip, he was up for hours standing

guard, lest we try to do such an awful thing to him again. LOL Night after

night I would get one snip....Gail>>

Hi, Everyone......Sitting here snickering, Gail. I can just picture Seth

laying awake watching for you to 'try that again.' Oh, well.....worked

for

Gareth....as long as he was in that deep sleep mode.

Take care, Everyone.

Margaret

>>

Oh Margaret, we've tried everything. The last 4 or 5 months I have kept the

vacuum close by running, and cover it with my hand to go over his hair after

I cut it. I thought maybe that would kind of prepare him for the *vacuum

cut* WRONG!!!! LOL My hairdresser has offered to open the shop to do Seth

when no one else is in there. Truth is, it's easier to do it at home than to

try to hold him for her in that chair. I am getting better at cutting now.

Just a good thing that Seth's hair has a lot of natural wave to it. Would be

much harder if his hair was straight and he had no waves to cover all those

uneven chop marks! LOL

Gail :-)

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>We tried this with Seth, Margaret...the minute he heard the first snip, he

was up for hours standing guard, lest we try to do such an awful thing to him

again. LOL

Oh Gail!! LOL I'm laughing with you not at you! That is so darn funny & cute.

On haircuts, yes, it's been bad with Gabby but luckily she's a girl and can grow

her hair out long (which is what we do). My toddler nda son is worse than Gabby

though, by far! LOL Today we were watching Oswald together and they were

visiting the barber. I asked Adam if he wanted to get a lollipop if he got his

haircut (like they did on the show) and he said OK! I was like hrm, should I

even try?? ;-) I didn't.

Sandy

Mom to Gabby (6, ds-asd) and Adam (2)

rickvargas1@...

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heeheh, nathan does great nowadays thankfully the meds

and the army of people to hold him was out grown. We

just kept taking him back to the same barber that cut

DH's hair and his dad''s etc. may get a little

impatient but he is used to his barber shop and will

even let the newer women cut his hair there. Just keep

trying, just like public places such as retaurants,

gotta keep going eventually they relax and get the

just of it. shawna.

--- bostonwillneverwinagain

<shapirov@...> wrote:

> Hi! Thanks for the information about AAI--I will

> talk to his

> pediatrician about arranging sedation for him. I

> have the fearless

> kind of boy, so every so often I think about AAI,

> but it is usually low

> on the list of things to do.

> About haircuts. was the worst sort of

> munchkin for haircuts.

> I did it myself, until I got so frightened with his

> thrashing about (I

> held him indian style in my lap--my legs over

> his--and my husband held

> his hands) that I knew I had to find a way without

> scissors. Please

> don't laugh--I ordered one of those flow-bees from

> TV--the haircut

> thing that you hook up to your canister vacuum.

> The hair gets sucks

> up, and then cut by internal blades. We still have

> to hold him down,

> and hold his hands so that he doesn't put his

> fingers up the hole even

> though there is a guard (why take a chance), but it

> soooo much less

> stressful since I don't worry about him thrashing

> into the scissor

> blades. Over the last year, he has actually gotten

> alot better about

> holding still for it, and I will never go back to

> scissors. Its not

> cheap--about 60 dollars, but as far as I'm

> concerned, worth every cent.

> Just thought I'd pass this along.

> Ginny

> Mom to (5yo, DS/PDD/remission from

> AML/100% boy)

>

>

>

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rickvargas1@... writes:

<< Oh Gail!! LOL I'm laughing with you not at you! That is so darn funny &

cute.

On haircuts, yes, it's been bad with Gabby but luckily she's a girl and can

grow her hair out long (which is what we do). My toddler nda son is worse

than Gabby though, by far! LOL Today we were watching Oswald together and

they were visiting the barber. I asked Adam if he wanted to get a lollipop if

he got his haircut (like they did on the show) and he said OK! I was like

hrm, should I even try?? ;-) I didn't.

Sandy

Mom to Gabby (6, ds-asd) and Adam (2)

>>

LOL Sandy!!!!! If only a lollipop would do the trick! LOL Hopefully Adam

will outgrow it. Personally, I think long hair for boys is a good thing.

LOL Seth may just end up with a nice long ponytail in coming years. Adam

can join him.

Gail :-)

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In a message dated 7/31/02 8:06:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

c-george@... writes:

<< , 6, is so bad with haircuts that our pediatrician prescribed chloryl

hydrate for them. We give it to him about 15 minutes before arriving for

the appointment, and he's out! Unfortunately, that means carrying 40 lbs.

of dead weight into the barber shop.

The medicine only lasts about 20 minutes or so, just long enough to get a

great cut. For some of you with kids that have/had heart defects, many

cardiologists use this to do sonograms on the heart for children who aren't

able to lie still on their own.

Carole in Carrollton, TX >>

Wow Carole!!!!!

I may have to go that route if Seth gets any harder to handle. That sure

leaves the situation stress free for all, doesn't it?

Gail :-)

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, 6, is so bad with haircuts that our pediatrician prescribed chloryl

hydrate for them. We give it to him about 15 minutes before arriving for

the appointment, and he's out! Unfortunately, that means carrying 40 lbs.

of dead weight into the barber shop.

The medicine only lasts about 20 minutes or so, just long enough to get a

great cut. For some of you with kids that have/had heart defects, many

cardiologists use this to do sonograms on the heart for children who aren't

able to lie still on their own.

Carole in Carrollton, TX

Mom to , 6, DS/ASD, g-tube, nystagmus

Re: Re: Haircuts

> In a message dated 7/30/02 8:53:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

mfroof@...

> writes:

>

> << Hi, Everyone....We use to have a horrendous time with haircuts, also.

For

> those of you that cut your child's hair, have you tried doing it at

night

> when they are asleep? I use to wait till Gareth was asleep about an hour

> (long enough to get into REM sleep) and then, go in and cut away. I

turned

> on an little nightstand lamp to see. I was able to turn his head and

> would

> stop intermittedly if he acted like he was aware of what was happening.

We

> did it this way for years!!! It wasn't until he went on SSRI drugs (age

7)

> that we were able to take him to a hair dresser. It doesn't need to be a

> perfect cut and was better then the screaming and thrashing about.

> Take care, Everyone.

> Margaret

> >>

> We tried this with Seth, Margaret...the minute he heard the first snip, he

> was up for hours standing guard, lest we try to do such an awful thing to

him

> again. LOL Night after night I would get one snip....until I decided I

> needed the sleep more than Seth needed a hair cut. LOL Glad that Gareth

> was a sound sleeper and that it worked for you.

> Gail :-)

>

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Wow I didn't know that. Christian- in my case study-

and the child that I have babysatt for 3 yrs. needs

some medication like that. His mom says it takes 2-3

trips to get his haircut. I guess some people are

afraaid of haircuts while others are afraid of other

things.

--- <c-george@...> wrote:

> , 6, is so bad with haircuts that our

> pediatrician prescribed chloryl

> hydrate for them. We give it to him about 15

> minutes before arriving for

> the appointment, and he's out! Unfortunately, that

> means carrying 40 lbs.

> of dead weight into the barber shop.

>

> The medicine only lasts about 20 minutes or so, just

> long enough to get a

> great cut. For some of you with kids that have/had

> heart defects, many

> cardiologists use this to do sonograms on the heart

> for children who aren't

> able to lie still on their own.

>

> Carole in Carrollton, TX

> Mom to , 6, DS/ASD, g-tube, nystagmus

> Re: Re: Haircuts

>

>

> > In a message dated 7/30/02 8:53:04 AM Pacific

> Daylight Time,

> mfroof@...

> > writes:

> >

> > << Hi, Everyone....We use to have a horrendous

> time with haircuts, also.

> For

> > those of you that cut your child's hair, have

> you tried doing it at

> night

> > when they are asleep? I use to wait till Gareth

> was asleep about an hour

> > (long enough to get into REM sleep) and then, go

> in and cut away. I

> turned

> > on an little nightstand lamp to see. I was able

> to turn his head and

> > would

> > stop intermittedly if he acted like he was aware

> of what was happening.

> We

> > did it this way for years!!! It wasn't until he

> went on SSRI drugs (age

> 7)

> > that we were able to take him to a hair dresser.

> It doesn't need to be a

> > perfect cut and was better then the screaming and

> thrashing about.

> > Take care, Everyone.

> > Margaret

> > >>

> > We tried this with Seth, Margaret...the minute he

> heard the first snip, he

> > was up for hours standing guard, lest we try to do

> such an awful thing to

> him

> > again. LOL Night after night I would get one

> snip....until I decided I

> > needed the sleep more than Seth needed a hair cut.

> LOL Glad that Gareth

> > was a sound sleeper and that it worked for you.

> > Gail :-)

> >

> >

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I go the TGIF in Copperfield, and there is a lady there that would sit on

the floor and takes as long a possible to cut my son's hair. I usually

don't go as I get very nervous so my husband takes him along with the TV/VCR

and videos. He sometimes sits in my husband's lap while she cuts his hair.

It comes out perfect and may last up to 3-4 months. We however, we pay her

a very nice tip.

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> There is a man in Pearland who has been cutting my son's hair for a

year.

> His name is Kenny Burns. He is at 's Hair salon. This man will get

> on his hands and knees if necessary and cut a kid's hair. I have never

> found anyone close to as patient and kind.

> I have been meaning to post about him but keep getting sidetracked.

>

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I go the TGIF in Copperfield, and there is a lady there that would sit on

the floor and takes as long a possible to cut my son's hair. I usually

don't go as I get very nervous so my husband takes him along with the TV/VCR

and videos. He sometimes sits in my husband's lap while she cuts his hair.

It comes out perfect and may last up to 3-4 months. We however, we pay her

a very nice tip.

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> There is a man in Pearland who has been cutting my son's hair for a

year.

> His name is Kenny Burns. He is at 's Hair salon. This man will get

> on his hands and knees if necessary and cut a kid's hair. I have never

> found anyone close to as patient and kind.

> I have been meaning to post about him but keep getting sidetracked.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Unlocking Autism

> www.UnlockingAutism.org

>

> Autism-Awareness-Action

> Worldwide internet group for parents who have a

> child with AUTISM.

>

> SeekingJoyinDisability - Prayer support for those touched by Disability:

> SeekingJoyinDisability/

>

>

>

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Hey all,

I see these posts all the time about the difficulty with haircuts. We too

were in this boat for many years. We just kept going to kidscuts (where they

have videos) and luckily they could buzz him really quick. After 3 years of

that we now go to sportsclips and he can follow directions and wear the

cape! He still is not fond of hair on him (who is!) or hair falling on the

floor but he tolerates it. I think sometimes that with this sensory stuff it

is just a matter of doing it over and over again until they realize it's

going to be okay. I just wanted to offer hope to those of you struggling

with this that it does get better (or at least it can) from someone who

knows. From someone who until (seems like yesterday) was chasing her kid

around in the backyard buzzing him as ran by.....Trina

Haircuts

There is a man in Pearland who has been cutting my son's hair for a year.

His name is Kenny Burns. He is at 's Hair salon. This man will get

on his hands and knees if necessary and cut a kid's hair. I have never

found anyone close to as patient and kind.

I have been meaning to post about him but keep getting sidetracked.

Unlocking Autism

www.UnlockingAutism.org

Autism-Awareness-Action

Worldwide internet group for parents who have a

child with AUTISM.

SeekingJoyinDisability - Prayer support for those touched by Disability:

SeekingJoyinDisability/

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Hey all,

I see these posts all the time about the difficulty with haircuts. We too

were in this boat for many years. We just kept going to kidscuts (where they

have videos) and luckily they could buzz him really quick. After 3 years of

that we now go to sportsclips and he can follow directions and wear the

cape! He still is not fond of hair on him (who is!) or hair falling on the

floor but he tolerates it. I think sometimes that with this sensory stuff it

is just a matter of doing it over and over again until they realize it's

going to be okay. I just wanted to offer hope to those of you struggling

with this that it does get better (or at least it can) from someone who

knows. From someone who until (seems like yesterday) was chasing her kid

around in the backyard buzzing him as ran by.....Trina

Haircuts

There is a man in Pearland who has been cutting my son's hair for a year.

His name is Kenny Burns. He is at 's Hair salon. This man will get

on his hands and knees if necessary and cut a kid's hair. I have never

found anyone close to as patient and kind.

I have been meaning to post about him but keep getting sidetracked.

Unlocking Autism

www.UnlockingAutism.org

Autism-Awareness-Action

Worldwide internet group for parents who have a

child with AUTISM.

SeekingJoyinDisability - Prayer support for those touched by Disability:

SeekingJoyinDisability/

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Oh yes, the hair issue ...

Our son was absolutely phobic about haircuts and it was a real trauma

for everyone!! BUT with the help of our therapist, we worked out a

solution ... First, I took pictures of the hairstylist, her

haircutting implements, the studio, the chair, etc.

At home we worked up to a 10 to 15 minute 'desensitization' rehearsal

where we would use the pictures, sit him in a chair with a cape

around him in front of a mirror, clip the scissors around his head

and buzz the clippers near his ears, using LOTS and LOTS of positive

reinforcement. It took awhile (several weeks of daily rehearsals

before each appt) but it WORKED. Every time he went to get his hair

cut it got better and better and now he actually WANTS to go

see " Miss " .

By the way if anyone needs a great ABA therapist I can vouch for

Tricia Myers, she's wonderful -- she's in the Dallas area.

Thanks.

> Hey all,

> I see these posts all the time about the difficulty with haircuts.

We too were in this boat for many years. We just kept going to

kidscuts (where they have videos) and luckily they could buzz him

really quick. After 3 years of that we now go to sportsclips and he

can follow directions and wear the cape! He still is not fond of hair

on him (who is!) or hair falling on the floor but he tolerates it. I

think sometimes that with this sensory stuff it is just a matter of

doing it over and over again until they realize it's going to be

okay. I just wanted to offer hope to those of you struggling with

this that it does get better (or at least it can) from someone who

> knows. From someone who until (seems like yesterday) was chasing

her kid around in the backyard buzzing him as ran by.....Trina

>

> Haircuts

>

> There is a man in Pearland who has been cutting my son's hair for

a year. His name is Kenny Burns. He is at 's Hair salon. This

man will get on his hands and knees if necessary and cut a kid's

hair. I have never found anyone close to as patient and kind.

> I have been meaning to post about him but keep getting sidetracked.

> Unlocking Autism

> www.UnlockingAutism.org

>

>

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I am like you, my son has never had a problem getting his hair cut. There have even been times he got his cut from his father or me and that has never bothered him. He does scratch his head a lot, especially if he is stressed or getting in trouble. Drives my hubby nuts! He is also sensory in that he has to be touching his "blankie" or now it's his new pillow, if he is sitting still reading or just sitting near them for any reason. If I am sitting with him and take it away he gets real twitchy.

le Bachman

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It's funny - i don't have any problems with and getting his hair cut. When he was samall, it was slightly harder, but not any worse than his nt brother.

We went ti the barbers yesterday - he was fine. But i think a lot of it is to do with the sensory stuff - he LIKES rubbing his head agaibst things - mainly my arm, or my head. It was funny tho - yesterday, this other boy just kept looking at . I didn't really care. And i wasn't goingto start explaining my son's behaviour, since it wasn't frightening. Just strange!julieNo virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.7 - Release Date: 10/06/2005

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I am like you, my son has never had a problem getting his hair cut. There have even been times he got his cut from his father or me and that has never bothered him. He does scratch his head a lot, especially if he is stressed or getting in trouble. Drives my hubby nuts! He is also sensory in that he has to be touching his "blankie" or now it's his new pillow, if he is sitting still reading or just sitting near them for any reason. If I am sitting with him and take it away he gets real twitchy.

le Bachman

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It's funny - i don't have any problems with and getting his hair cut. When he was samall, it was slightly harder, but not any worse than his nt brother.

We went ti the barbers yesterday - he was fine. But i think a lot of it is to do with the sensory stuff - he LIKES rubbing his head agaibst things - mainly my arm, or my head. It was funny tho - yesterday, this other boy just kept looking at . I didn't really care. And i wasn't goingto start explaining my son's behaviour, since it wasn't frightening. Just strange!julieNo virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.7 - Release Date: 10/06/2005

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Once he got diagnosed I started taking him to my gal and she had her own shop so

she could do what she wanted - she followed him around her shop and every time

he stopped to look at something she would snip as fast as she could. I was

there for a long time just for one haircut but she did it and we slowly worked

up to the chair, then 5 years later she was finally able to give him a buzz cut.

There were lice going around the school and Danny was afraid of getting lice so

we told him if he got the buzz cut we could see them better and make sure they

didn't get on him. He has been buzz cut ever since.

Sharon

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Ricky has finally started sitting good for a haircut in the last couple of years. I always do a buzz cut, usually a #2 clipper. One day I tried to cut his hair with some clippers I have here and I did prettty well. I would rather have a professional do it for me.

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melissa, i hear ya on that issue! We did the same thing with Gabe with the

clippers. Faster and safer the way my son fidgets.

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Ricky has finally started sitting good for a haircut in the last couple of

years.  I always do a buzz cut, usually a #2 clipper.  One day I tried to cut

his hair with some clippers I have here and I did prettty well.  I would rather

have a professional do it for me.

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