HACKER Q&A
📣 nicehairs

How often do you get a haircut and how much does it cost you?


How often do you get a haircut and how much does it cost you?


  👤 reify Accepted Answer ✓
I retired in 2015 and since then I have clippered my hair using the no1 blade about every two weeks and have not shaved my beard. Hence I now look like gandalf the grey with bald head.

Here in the UK most high streets I visit have been unudated with barbers shops over recent years and in my local high street alone, which is about 3/4 mile in length, has seven barber shops. All of my local barbers are either Turkish, Bulgarian or from that region of the world, There is one Iranian Barber too. They charge between £8.00 to £15.00 for a quick trim. No scissor work just clippers and comb.

When I was a younger man and working in a professional psychotherapeutic environment I was expected to be fairly smart and presentable at work.

Barbers were a rare beast when I was young and most of my friends and I used a hairdressers, which were scissors only hairdressers. Hair cuts back then were £20-£30 which I did every month or so.


👤 eternityforest
I lost my hair early and I just shave my head with a Braun Series 9.

I had a cheaper Braun till the charge pins broke (Part of why I got the 9 is it doesn't have the same style chare dock) but was not happy with it, my face always slightly hurt and it took too long to do my head.


👤 GianFabien
During COVID I let my hair grow long and end up with a ponytail. Then I was getting it cut about every 5-6 weeks. But as the prices go up (most recent AUD40), I'm letting it grow longer but trimming it not grow long enough for a ponytail. It's yet another area for experimentation.

👤 fprotthetarball
I bought a Flowbee in 2009 for $83 total. I cut my hair around once every 3 weeks, so I have paid 34 cents per cut so far, ignoring electricity cost of running a vacuum and the Flowbee for a few minutes.

👤 handojin
Once when I was young And in the care of laundanum I woke and found my hair Had lost desire to be there

A choice decision then Birds have clipped wings Ten pound, checkbook, and a pen Wahl razor and, well, other things


👤 lordkrandel
10 Euroes every 6-8 months.

👤 NoZebra120vClip
I cut one hair per day in the morning with a pair of scissors. I mean, overall it takes a really long time, but it's free.

I also clip one fingernail per week. Constantly.


👤 jpmoral
25-30 AUD every six weeks or so.