Here mobile hairdressers are very common. Of course there are some complex things they can’t bring the equipment for, but certainly they can do a good cut.
I faced this problem for my mother about thirty years ago, when she was ill and there weren’t any mobile hairdressers. I found a book called ‘How to cut your own or anyone else’s hair’, and taught myself to do it. Cutting your own hair is actually very difficult, unless you are very good at looking in a mirror and reversing left and right, but doing a reasonable cut on someone else isn’t too hard. I still do DH2, a graded cut all over. He does mine – I have mid-long hair and wear it in a clip, so I drag it in my hand up to the point where the clip (or a ponytail band) would be, and he just shortens the tail by an inch or two. Then we shave each other’s necks.
See if you can find a book, or perhaps a YouTube. Practise a graded cut by first combing it through in little slices held by your non-comb hand, vertically around the sides and back. When you can do that easily, you can cut it to where your non-comb fingers come to. Take a little bit the first time, don’t be too dramatic.
Before DH2, I had very short ‘Mia Farrow’ hair, and a cut every 6 weeks cost me $60. DH2’s cuts have saved me a lot of money over the last 20 years.
I have cut many many people’s hair over the years, admittedly mostly male friends and children. It helps if they aren’t really fussy. The worst to do are men who are going bald. A cut always makes it more obvious, and then it’s your fault!
Our Commission on Aging has a list of people who come into the home. Ours is one person long. The problem is she can only do 1 unisex cut and it is awful, lol. Everyone kinda looks like the sailor on the Cracker Jack box. I would be cautious.
You can also call any hair salon and ask if they have anyone who'll do hair at someone's home. Especially in these times when so many salons are closed, I'm sure there are loads of hairdressers who'd happily come to do a house call.
If you call your local seniors organization they likely can give you a couple names. It may be more challenging during Covid to find someone to come to your home.
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I faced this problem for my mother about thirty years ago, when she was ill and there weren’t any mobile hairdressers. I found a book called ‘How to cut your own or anyone else’s hair’, and taught myself to do it. Cutting your own hair is actually very difficult, unless you are very good at looking in a mirror and reversing left and right, but doing a reasonable cut on someone else isn’t too hard. I still do DH2, a graded cut all over. He does mine – I have mid-long hair and wear it in a clip, so I drag it in my hand up to the point where the clip (or a ponytail band) would be, and he just shortens the tail by an inch or two. Then we shave each other’s necks.
See if you can find a book, or perhaps a YouTube. Practise a graded cut by first combing it through in little slices held by your non-comb hand, vertically around the sides and back. When you can do that easily, you can cut it to where your non-comb fingers come to. Take a little bit the first time, don’t be too dramatic.
Before DH2, I had very short ‘Mia Farrow’ hair, and a cut every 6 weeks cost me $60. DH2’s cuts have saved me a lot of money over the last 20 years.
I have cut many many people’s hair over the years, admittedly mostly male friends and children. It helps if they aren’t really fussy. The worst to do are men who are going bald. A cut always makes it more obvious, and then it’s your fault!
If you call your local seniors organization they likely can give you a couple names. It may be more challenging during Covid to find someone to come to your home.