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That barber at the shop near downtown told me to stop using thinning shears on straight hair so I kept at it and ended up with a choppy mess on my client.
Tbh I thought he was just being picky but after three weeks of fixing jagged layers I finally switched to texturizing scissors and my fades look way smoother now, anyone else stubbornly ignore advice from a veteran and regret it?
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the_ryan14d ago
Ignore advice from old heads long enough and you'll notice the same pattern everywhere, not just in barbering. I've seen dudes refuse to use a torque wrench on a motorcycle because they've "always done it by feel" and then snap bolts left and right. Same with cooks who won't temp meat because they think their hand is a thermometer. Veterans usually have a reason for what they say, even if it sounds like nitpicking. The hard way teaches you the lesson, but the easy way saves you the headache and the cash.
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noahcampbell13d ago
Hell yeah, I was the exact same way. Used to think older barbers were just stuck in their ways and didn't get the new techniques. But @the_ryan nailed it, I've seen that pattern everywhere too. I ignored a master barber telling me to stop using clippers over comb on curly hair and spent a month fixing patchy crowns. That hard lesson finally made me listen, and honestly my work got way better once I started respecting the old school stuff.
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