Tell us about the worst haircut you've ever gotten, we've all had one

[Wizard72]

Asked for a subtle trim in my twenties and somehow walked out with what can only be described as a mullet, took genuinely eight months of awkward growing out before I could show my face confidently again

Everyone's got at least one story here, the haircut so bad you avoided photos for months afterward, curious what people's actual version looks like

There's something genuinely bonding about this specific kind of embarrassment, we've all sat in that chair and watched things go quietly wrong in the mirror

[Matrix71]

Let my roommate cut my hair during a stretch when salons were closed, ended up with an uneven mess that I had to just shave completely off and start over

[Chris81]

Asked for layers and somehow ended up with what looked like stairs cut into the back of my head, wore a hat constantly for weeks afterward

[Ann13]

A stylist misheard my request entirely and gave me bangs I did not ask for and did not want, took the better part of a year to properly grow them back out

[Sandra93]

Asked for a slight trim before a wedding and somehow ended up several inches shorter than intended, spent the entire ceremony convinced everyone was staring specifically at my hair

[Dragon95]

Tried to cut my own bangs during a really bored weekend and it went about as badly as you'd expect, had to get emergency professional damage control done the very next day

[Vanessa26]

Got a terrible perm as a teenager that I thought looked amazing at the time and now cannot look at photos from that entire year without genuine physical cringing

[SortedBuilder]

A new stylist at my usual salon completely botched a color job, ended up an unintentional shade of orange for a solid two weeks before I could get it properly corrected