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As an adult, I never really find myself attached to one particular hairstyle. Every time I get a cut, that’s a one or two-month commitment at best before I get to change it around all over again. But for kids, the barber can apparently be a pretty harrowing experience. After all, especially for younger kids, they’ve been rocking the same ‘do for almost their entire lives. Also, it probably takes some learning to overcome the instinctual aversion to sharp objects being brandished near your face.
Not that I have kids or anything, but I’ve heard taking them to the hair salon can be… let’s just say a bit of a handful.
That’s why many Japanese salons have decided to go the extra mile and give kids the VIP treatment:
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