Thinking of cutting your own hair? Here’s how some fared at home as coronavirus spreads
Coronavirus is keeping people indoors, and some just can’t wait for a trip to the barber.
Photos on social media show those do-it-yourself haircuts haven’t always turned out well.
One Twitter user posted a picture of the back of his head, with a hairline that wasn’t quite straight.
“Coronavirus self-haircutfail. #coronacut I swear this cut looked good from the front though I was too shocked to take a proper before picture,” the person wrote.
Another person’s hair was left thick on top with a fade toward the neckline, a photo shows.
“It’s a good job we’re self isolating, just let Sophie attempt a skin fade and now it looks like I’m about to nuke America,” the Twitter user, who is from the United Kingdom, wrote.
Celebrities have also tried out the at-home trend.
The singer Pink posted an Instagram video showing off her latest short style.
“Last night, I got an idea: I can cut hair,” she said in the post from Tuesday. “I can totally cut hair. Why have I been paying people all this time?”
Steve Lemme, actor on the TV show “Tacoma FD,” also tried to give himself a fresh look, but the process didn’t go as he planned, the Los Angeles Times reports.
“I tried the sideburn clippers and — I don’t know what happened — I slipped and zapped my right sideburn right off my head,” Lemme told the newspaper. “I had no choice but to cut the other one to the top of my ear, which is a terrible look.”
How can I cut my own hair?
To help reduce the risk of getting COVID-19, health officials recommend people practice social distancing, which includes staying about 6 feet away from others.
As the disease spreads across the country, hair salons and barbershops have closed their doors.
“The greatest generation stormed the beaches at Normandy and families turned in their pots and pans to be melted down,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wrote Tuesday on Twitter. “We’re asking you to give up getting a haircut or mani pedi for two weeks and to stay at home.”
But some imagined what could happen if people needed to stay inside longer.
One person asked: “Dude, how’s everyone going to get a haircut in the next however many months we’re stuck at home? Especially single guys?”
The process can easily go wrong, so professional stylists discourage someone from cutting his or her own hair, The Charlotte Observer reported.
But for those whose hair is getting too shaggy for comfort, tips include sanitizing equipment, cutting hair while it’s dry and taking off small pieces at a time.
Having tools meant for hair cutting can also make a difference, according to Allure.
“Low-quality scissors can leave your ends looking sloppy and frayed; no one wants that,” hairstylist Andrew Fitzsimons told the magazine.
