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A story about a longhaired male salon customer has been circulating in the beauty industry for many years. A stylist asks the man if he wants to keep his ponytail. When he says, “Yes,” the stylist chops it off and hands it to him. In shock, he wanders out of the salon carrying his dearly departed hair. The poor guy then stops at every salon he comes across to ask if anyone there can fix his hair. Although this story probably ranks right up there with the urban legend about alligators living in sewer systems, it does contain a compelling kernel of truth: The number-one reason for haircutting disasters is failure to communicate!

“Can we talk?” is the golden question that you should always ask before cutting a single strand of hair. In the case of the severed ponytail, asking the specific question, “Do you want a short haircut?” would have saved this free-spirited victim from the indignity of having a surprise business haircut.

In real life, good communication eliminates unwelcome haircutting surprises like a shoulder-length style unexpectedly stopping at the jawline, bangs stopping mid-forehead when they were supposed to cover the eyebrows, or graduated ends that weren’t supposed to be part of the cut. You can avoid these unhappy events and more by following five simple steps, which are discussed in the following sections.