The State of Minnesota is now under a “stay at home” order, and many other areas now have similar restrictions. Non-essential businesses, especially ones which require close personal contact, are closed. And even if they were open, I wouldn’t want to see a barber right now. The close contact would make it likely that they would infect me, even if asymptomatic, or that I would infect them.
Unfortunately, for about a month before the lockdown, I kept thinking to myself that I really needed to get a haircut. I’m a procrastinator, and I never got around to it until it was too late.
Fortunately, I had at home one of the handy gadgets shown above, a hair trimmer. I don’t do as good a job as a professional, but I can keep my hair from getting out of control. I suppose if I were desperate, I could just get out a pair of scissors and give myself a bowl cut. But the trimmer shown above does a much more subtle job. It comes with instructions, but you basically just comb it through the part of your hair that you want to trim. I’ve found that it works best to do it gradually, by cutting my hair a little bit each day. Fortunately, they’re readily available, and you can add one to your next Amazon order for just a few dollars.
Update: The original model shown on this page in 2020 is no longer available, but the one shown above is functionally the same.
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