I just cut 8 inches off my hair. Took me two minutes and three cuts. I do it all the time.

[applegrove]

Looks great if I do say so myself. Here is how to do it for those of you (MFM) who have long hair:

1) Part hair down the middle from your forehead to your nape. Brush hair to each side like you are about to make pigtails.

2) Brush hair forward, one side then the other, so it is flat against your clavicle.

3) Cut each side in a straight line at clavicle level.

4) The hair coming from the back of your head had to go further to get to your clavicle so it is a little bit longer...which is nice.

5) Brush your hair at the back, your tail, together and trim a tiny bit till it is a straight line and the tail ends meet.

6) Your hair is now bobbed. You just saved yourself $45 ($12 if you are male).

I've done this for years. Of course my hair is curly so I don't have to be exacting with it.

[Paulie]

1. I did my 6 year olds bangs yesterday

I did ok. Next time should I use a bowl, so hard to get a natural looking cut, me being a computer guy.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

2. I use that method but have

never cut off more than 4 inches. I was just thinking I need a trim!

[applegrove]

3. I usually do it on the spur of the moment but this time somebody suggested I cut my hair

and I thought yeah....they are probably right. My hair gets thin and ratty the longer it gets.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

6. Uaually an impulse for me as well

right now it is almost down to the small of my back...too long...I wear it up all of the time and it's becoming difficult to secure...so tomorrow, the scissors!

[arcane1]

4. Kicking for later tonight!

[pinboy3niner]

5. I also cut my own hair

Friends tell me, "Yeah--it shows."

Actually, I sometimes get my hair cut by student barbers who volunteer when we have our quarterly outreach to homeless vets. As a volunteer there, I get to have my hair cut. But sometimes I skip it--which means I have to cut my own hair for SIX MONTHS. YIKES!

[bluesbassman]

7. #1 attachment on the clippers, just did it yesterday morning.

Easy. <--Actual photo.

[applegrove]

8. LOL!

[we can do it]

13. I am going to go over mine with a #3 pretty soon.

[Honeycombe8]

9. You are brave! I've been known to cry after getting just 2 inches cut, or

if one side is 1/4 inch shorter than the other (this happens a lot)....and I get mine cut by a hairdresser. But it's stick straight and must be precision cut.

I don't like a lot of change with my appearance. I learned that the hard way, with awful hair cuts and perms.

[applegrove]

10. I was so shy in highschool that I didn't

want to change the part in my hair in case someone noticed.

[Honeycombe8]

15. Wow. That makes ME seem normal! Hope you're over that! nt

[applegrove]

16. I'm very comfortable out & with the public. Especially after the age of 25. But I'm still soft.

[talkingmime]

11. Mine never gets past 18 inches. I wish it would. My beard is almost a foot.

I don't shave or trim my hair anymore. My wife likes both long. I WISH I had hair like MFM, but I'm only just starting to go silver (not gray). My wife has long hair and I love it that way. She's so pretty. Two of my daughters have kept their hair long but my youngest went with a crop. That's sort of sad since she had the longest hair of all three - down to her butt.

I'm at a point where I really don't understand the purpose of hair cuts. It's messing with nature in an unnatural way. But shit, if you can cut off 8" all the time you could let it grow out down to your ankles in a year. That would be cool.

On another note, when I was getting ready to go for an interview (14 years ago), I shaved my beard. One of our cats watched. He gave me the evil eye. After I had finished, he wouldn't even LOOK at me for three days. I completely offended him by taking off my fur. Eventually he forgave me, but GEEZE!

[hunter]

12. I used to have a hippie pony tail, but it was getiing shorter and shorter all by itself....

... as the top of my head got balder.

Now I just buzz cut everything on my head and face and neck.

Bzzzzzzzz.........

Other body hair has good manners enough to fall out before it becomes a nuisance.

[Scuba]

14. 1. Set the dog clippers at 1/2 inch ...

2. Run it all over and around my head.

3. End.