Figured skipping the clipper guard was no big deal. A deep cut on a regular's neck proved me wrong.

I used to think it saved time. Now I always use the guard to avoid another mess.

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Learned that lesson the hard way too! I was rushing a trim and decided to go without the guard on the sides. Nicked a regular's skin right below his hairline and it bled a lot. Felt awful and had to fix the cut completely. Now I always snap that guard on, no exceptions.

nancyn692mo agoTop Commenter

Seriously? That seems like a total overreaction to me. It's just a tiny nick, right? Everyone bleeds a little sometimes from a close shave or trim (it's basically just a surface scrape). It probably looked worse than it was and stopped bleeding in like a minute. Making it sound like a huge disaster is kind of extra, don't you think? I get being careful, but acting like it's a major crime seems a bit much.

the_wyatt2mo ago

You think it's just a tiny nick? Tell that to the poor guy in the chair who just wanted a fade and ended up looking like he walked off a horror movie set.

kim.jake2mo ago

It's wild how many jobs have these small steps that seem optional until they really aren't. Like skipping the guard on clippers seems quick until you draw blood. You see it everywhere, people skipping the safety check or the double knot because it's just one time. Then the whole thing falls apart over a detail that felt too small to matter. It's never just about the nick, it's about the pattern of cutting corners.