Young mens' hair

I do a lot of young mens' hair and I find it fascinating to say the least. Now I realize that most people looking around at today's young man would shake their heads and wonder what in the heck I was smoking. The young male of today is generally speaking a floppy, shaggy, mess of fluff on top. And normally I wouldn't completely disagree with you. But I know these young men go to great lengths to actually make their hair look like they just woke up. And believe it or not, they are very picky about their haircuts.

They have to be! Why? They don't use product. No matter how much I educate them on how product could help their look, they don't want it. They want their hair frizzy and fluffy and truly "just out of bed". And I think I know why.

Most young men are getting up just in the nick of time to make it to school or work. So there is no time to spend on their hair. To that end they have collectively adopted a shaggy flop of a style that goes well with "just getting up". So what you have is an "on demand" style that requires absolutely nothing on the part of the wearer, and everything to do with the stylist and mother nature.

But it's still frustrating for people like me. Growing up (and developing a sense of style) in the 80s, to me product and tools are my hair salvation. And I want to get those young boys to adopt a new method of styling, but that would be doing them a disservice. They have worked hard to get the public to accept their Shaggy-from-Scooby-Doo floppy hair style. And to that end I say "bravo!"

Of course I can say that because I know at some point in their lives they are going to wake up and go "Maybe some product would help this fuzzy fluff."

Until then I will razor and shag their hair all they want. I am there, after all, for them.