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What she got: "Instead I got this giant chunk of hair on the side of my head. The bangs were so far back that it looked like a giant layer. I noticed when she was cutting that it seemed like a little too much hair, but I'm no hairstylist, so I figured she knew what she was doing. But, as she was drying it, I was thinking, Oh my God, what has happened?"
How she handled it: "When I saw it, I wanted to cry, but I said thank you and left a tip. I didn't say anything because usually once I get home I restyle my hair after a haircut and I like it more. I couldn't fix it this time. I didn't want to go back, because at that point the bangs were cut so far back into my hair, I couldn't imagine that they could do anything. The experience was so traumatizing, I haven't had anything extreme done since. I went to the salon determined to get a lob recently, but instead I got half-an-inch cut off."
What she should have done: In this case, Petroff says that a lengthier consultation might have saved Allie months of growing out her hair. "Even my clients I've been seeing for 10 years, I talk with at length before we cut," he says. "Come early so we have time to talk to you." Red flags: "If a stylist seems uninterested or is rushing, that's not a good sign."
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