Do you hate getting your hair done?

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YES. I loathe it. I would never go unless my mom had me tag along with her to get her own hair done. I've been convinced by the stylists to get a trim and even to get 12 inches cut off. My hair grew back and is past my bum again.

I loathe it too. I've found a way to dispense with the head massage, though: I simply tell them I get neck pain, and that I want to limit the time I have to lean backwards over the basin to the absolute minimum. It's actually completely true in my case, I find it agonising to have to sit in that position, but it would work just as well for someone who doesn't. Saying that it really hurts to sit like this means that they shampoo your hair quickly, too.

The one thing I've never found a way round, unless I take my own products, is the fact that every single thing they want to slap on your hair has its own revolting fake fruit smell. Shampoo, conditioner, shaping products...why would anyone want to walk out smelling like a chemical fruit salad??? Drives me crazy.

I love it :) My hairdresser is an old friend of my dad's and he's been my hairdresser since I was three. He knows me well, I know him well, we have nice conversations but we can also just be quiet. His "studio" is in his house so he doesn't wash or dye hair-- he just cuts it (not that I need dyeing, I'm 18). He doesn't charge much but he is amazing at what he does (he does a lot of work for films).

I absolutely love getting my hair done - it's incredibly relaxing to me. Sometimes I come close to falling asleep in the chair!

I dislike it. I get anxious about the chit chat, I never know what to say. I feel like I can't answer any of the questions properly - I'm never going anywhere that weekend, or going on holiday or doing anything that would be of interest. I also feel uncomfortable when people I don't know very well touch me, so that aspect is a bit difficult. I also don't like having to sit in front of a mirror for all that time, I don't really like looking at myself and I find it weird trying to look at the hairdresser using the mirror for some reason.

I go about once a year when my Mum tells me to go, and I am usually happy with the result but my dislike of the hairdressers outweighs my interest in my appearance so there is little chance of me going more regularly.

The only thing I don't like is sitting under those high heat dryers. I rarely get that done unless I get highlights. But I just go for simple shampoo, cut, blowdry. I like the Victoria Beckham bob styles.

i only ever go to get ONLY a cut. i go with my hair already freshly washed. i have only had my hair done up nicely for my Junior and Senior proms, that was it. if anything else gets done to my hair i do it or my mom does it. usually my hair stays down or in a pony tail.

I do not mind getting my hair washed (love that part), and I have nothing against getting my hair cut.

I dislike going because of all the chit-chat, and not just the beautician you are seeing but every one in the salon, and conversations across multiple stations. It is overwhelming and very stressful.

Unfortunately I have come to enjoy having my hair short and curly (with a perm) as this means that I only have to wash my hair every few days, moose it after washing and then do nothing to my hair (I do not even have to brush it very much and I let it air dry). But if I am going to maintain that style I am going to have to go back soon.

I have really messy, curly hair and having my hair cut is like hell. It just makes me feel so uncomfortable - someone rubbing my head and playing around with my hair and commenting on how curly and thick it is as if I don't know that!

And when they blow-dry it. Urgh, I've had to start asking them to just leave it to dry naturally. All the hot air. I just can't stand it. It always makes me feel as if I'm about to faint.

The small-talk I can almost deal with compared to everything else. It usually doesn't last for long and we just go on in silence.
"You at school?"
"Yes."
"What year?"
"12."
"A levels?"
"Yes."
And then that's it.

I hate the hairdressers, which is why I only get my hair cut once or twice a year.

Hair salons set off my sensory issues so badly because of all the noise and people and fluorescent lights and the smells of all the chemicals, and it's really awkward when the hairdresser tries to make smalltalk because I can never understand them because of my auditory processing problems. I've stopped going to get my hair done and started doing it myself at home. At first I made a mess but once I got the hang of it, I found it much better than sitting in a noisy salon for over an hour.

I dread it for the same reasons several of you listed: the awkward chit-chat and having a stranger touch my head. I wish someone could give me instructions on what to say to a hairdresser - I can tell they expect me to talk but I have no idea what about.
I also dread the moment that they show me the finished cut, because if I don't absolutely love it, I can't pretend I do but I don't want to confront them about it either.

I absolutely loathe going to the hairdressers! It smells awful and I hate the small-talk (No, I have no plans for going out tonight or any night ever. Yes, I have a lot of hair. No, I don't do anything with it.....) and the noise of the hairdryers and the backward basins that hurt your neck and the sitting still for what feels like forever while they fiddle around. I can never properly tell them how I want it, so I just get a few inches off the ends and then tidy it up myself the rest of the time. When I was younger the noise and feel of them combing and cutting my hair used to make me feel really ill and I'd feel really dizzy, to the point of passing out a couple of times, but I've no idea why

I can only make myself go once or maybe twice a year, and I don't let them comb my hair out as it's very long and there's loads of it, and when they do it, it pulls and is really annoying so I do it myself, and I can't stand the noise of the dryer, so I just have it wet, with no product which I think they hate and think I'm weird, but I don't care, I just want out. I can feel myself getting agitated and snappy by the end and it's not their fault, but at least they don't have to put up with me too often

the thing i hate about the hairdressers is the sinks, those ones they wash your hair in. (not comfortable) I always end up with sore neck by end of it. no matter what angle the sink is at.

Huzzah!

I finally found a good hairdresser - I am never letting this one go.

Not only does he not hurt me - but he doesn't do social chit chat hes actually very comfortable with silence - when he does talk it's always about what he's doing or he will only talk about actual subjects. On top of that he's very good at what he does and is very focused, and the shampoo and coniditioner he used didn't kill my nose. Plus since he is a guy, I am much more comfortable with him.

The only bad thing was he did cut my hair too short - but that was my fault because I inaccurately translated something I said to him.

Jackpot!

I usually just get someone at a party to cut my hair while drunk. I am growing my hair out again and soon i can just have it cut straight across, no layers, the shortest possible with no bob. I like function.

I do, I do. (No enthusiasm there)

Yes, I hate the process of getting my hair done and I have a lot of hair so it takes a long time. I hate making small talk with my hair stylist. Sometimes it can be very awkward and sometimes you get those hair stylists that are the type of girl you didn't talk to in high school, so sometimes it can be intimidating. I think I've only had 4 or 5 hair stylists in my time that I've actually cliqued with in conversation. I don't know, maybe she was good at conversation and with people and wanted to make a tip but I didn't care she was friendly, did my hair nicely and I had no difficulty talking to her. Once I had this hair stylist who was doing online science at the time because she wanted to become a lab technician and I found her very easy to talk to. She liked a lot of the same books and movies that I liked and she didn't lecture me about my hair or try to tell me what type of hairstyle to get.

I hate it when they lecture you on how dead your hair is and they go on about what you shouldn't do and what you should do. Yeah, when I have 5 hours every morning to do my hair and $300 to buy professional shampoo and styling tools every month I'll do that lady.

I hate it when they wash your hair and you have to lean your head back and it makes it hard to breathe and swallow. I always have this thing where I find it awkward and I get too much saliva in my mouth so I have to gulp and when I do it looks weird so they think I'm having some kind of breathing problem and ask if I'm okay. I just can't lean my head too far back without doing that.

Okay though I must admit I usually love the after-results where I feel like a runway model with my new, sleek hairstyle that'll only last until my next shower. It's just the process that I hate.