Anxiety about visiting a barber

Maybe get some inspiration from movies, magazines, celebs or something. I usually do my own with a number one, I quite like it but mum says it makes me look like a thug. If I do go to the barbers I ask for short back and sides, top about finger length, and then spike it up. Thinking of going for a mohawk sometime.

Anyway, it sounds like you have more body confidence issues than your hair, I was also overweight but I started working out and now I am quite muscular. It isn't that hard, when I first started I followed this guy https://scoobyswork.shop/ who shows you how to do it all at home with no gym. Not trying to push you down that path, but it made me much more confident and healthy for life in general.

As for letting your guard down around sharp objects, I get that, it is logical. What I would say is see if you can go to the barber a friend or relative uses with them, then there will be less reason to be anxious about it. It's a bit of a familiarity thing, there's only really one barber I ever go to.

Film and TV stars often wear wigs and hair extensions or they have naturally very thick hair like Jennifer Aniston, I think I can still do a "Rachel"cut in my sleep. Few people have hair that thick and I remember one customer who had 2 hairs and a parting coming in wanting one, I tried to disuade her, but she insisted, after doing my very best, she didn't like it, she didn't look anything like "Rachel". I had to bite my tongue and not say 'Madam that is because I'm a hairdresser not a plastic surgeon'.

Barbers have a different skill set than hairdressers and their skills do lie more toward short styles and they don't tend to do chemical treatments such as colouring, don't be afraid of having some colour in your hair, it can be the thing that makes or breaks a style and unless you have a full head colour isn't high maintainance or that expensive.

Do you have a college that teaches hairdressing near you? They always need clients for students to learn on, I've found that you often get a much better haircut and a greatly reduced price at a college. They have fewer time pressures, many salons allow 30 mins for a cut and finnish, so depending on your hair and what you want done it can be a bit rushed. The tutors will be monitoring everything the student does and checking that both they and you are ok.

Film and TV stars often wear wigs and hair extensions or they have naturally very thick hair like Jennifer Aniston, I think I can still do a "Rachel"cut in my sleep. Few people have hair that thick and I remember one customer who had 2 hairs and a parting coming in wanting one, I tried to disuade her, but she insisted, after doing my very best, she didn't like it, she didn't look anything like "Rachel". I had to bite my tongue and not say 'Madam that is because I'm a hairdresser not a plastic surgeon'.

Barbers have a different skill set than hairdressers and their skills do lie more toward short styles and they don't tend to do chemical treatments such as colouring, don't be afraid of having some colour in your hair, it can be the thing that makes or breaks a style and unless you have a full head colour isn't high maintainance or that expensive.

Do you have a college that teaches hairdressing near you? They always need clients for students to learn on, I've found that you often get a much better haircut and a greatly reduced price at a college. They have fewer time pressures, many salons allow 30 mins for a cut and finnish, so depending on your hair and what you want done it can be a bit rushed. The tutors will be monitoring everything the student does and checking that both they and you are ok.