Hair Fetish

Who knows?
I actually loved having long hair too. And I liked having a bob cut and I like my hair in a short crop pixie now. I liked each style when I was wearing it. I just like different hairstyles and fashions in hair, jewelry, and clothes.

I have no idea where it comes from in other people, but for me, it stems from a continuing crush on Dorothy Hammill. Couple that with the rush I get from getting a buzzcut and the fact that I find ears and necks enticing and I'm sunk.

Watching a woman get her hair cut is a vicarious thrill for me that I don't deny. I find dramatic change a good thing and I, personally, enjoy the look of short hair on women.

The buzz cut thing for me probably stems from years of parochial school and weekly haircuts. I suppose I'm different from my former classmates in that I enjoyed the feeling of getting clippered.

I grew my hair long when I got into high school and began attending public school. Enter Ms. Hammill. I loved the way she looked when she spun on the ice and how perfect her hair looked when she was done.

Then most every girl I knew got the same haircut.

From there this fetish took on a life of its own. Most of the girls I dated before I got married had short hair and I'd go with them to the stylist. I hung out with punks and mods in my late teens, most of the girls in those circles had short to very short hair.

I guess it's just part of who I am and not born from some emotional trauma or rejection by long-haired women. I've always chalked it up to me being me.

Anyone else?

I guess the other interesting/strange thing about this fetish is how it is split between the sexes. In "general" its guys that like watching/cutting and girls who like it being cut. I once read somewhere that cutting someones hair is a domination thing. I'm personally not real comfortable with that spin on things as I think of in a more artistic way. A lady friend of mine definitely has submissive feelings associated with the haircut fetish but no real explanations. As head shaving has been used as method of shaming women in the past I guess there is a link but hopefully that at the far end of the fetish spectrum.

So Tina et.al can you remeber any event in childhood like a forced or bad short cut that may have been the genisis of your feelings ????

I guess I have traits of both genders, because I like to watch and would like to cut if I thought I wouldn't mess it up. Being cut is kind of iffy. . . I like to do it myself, and like the idea of letting someone I care for and trust do what they want with it (although that would take a lot of trust), but so far I really like total control over the results whenever I have to have someone else do it. I've been known to argue with stylists often or refuse to leave the chair until I got what I wanted. *laughs* So I guess I'm almost the dom here, just a little too timid to really quite count. . .
I know exactly the childhood event that got me into hair fetishes: old-fashioned parents who thought all girls had to have long hair. Honestly, the way they taught me to identify genders was that girls had long hair and boys had short, which led to great embarrassment the first time I saw a picture of a short-haired girl and misidentified her. But from the time I found out women could have short hair, I was like obsessed with it. Add to that the fact I liked to climb trees and play with "boys' toys" and you'll see I was really something of a tomboy who was never allowed to be my real self. I came to see the expectation of long hair as a way my family controlled me, and later as a way society controlled women in general. That's led to an intense preference for short hair on women and an overwhelming feeling that short hair=confidence, strength, and freedom, where long hair=lack of confidence, weakness, and sheeplike mentality of just following along with society's expectations for women. I seldom see a long-haired woman I consider attractive, and if a short-haired woman I'd been admiring grows hers I see her as if she's sold out.
Yes, this is just a sign of how bad parenting can lead to totally screwed-up offspring :-P .

spud wrote: I guess the other interesting/strange thing about this fetish is how it is split between the sexes. In "general" its guys that like watching/cutting and girls who like it being cut. I once read somewhere that cutting someones hair is a domination thing. I'm personally not real comfortable with that spin on things as I think of in a more artistic way. A lady friend of mine definitely has submissive feelings associated with the haircut fetish but no real explanations. As head shaving has been used as method of shaming women in the past I guess there is a link but hopefully that at the far end of the fetish spectrum. So Tina et.al can you remeber any event in childhood like a forced or bad short cut that may have been the genisis of your feelings ????

For me it started when I was 12 or 13. Two girls in my class (twins) showed up at school after having their long hair cut short. They had also pierced their ears and were wearing a little makeup. The transformation was remarkable. They went from being somewhat average looking to downright cute. I developed quite a crush on one of the girls.

Because that's about the time puberty starts to kick in and I was really started to notice girls, I think Melissa and Mary's haircuts probably started my fascination with women's hair.

Just after I turned 16 and had gotten my driver's license, my girlfriend and I had a movie date. She said she had an appointment to get her hair cut and asked if we could just go there before our date. At this point I had not developed a sexual interest in hair. Lori had long hair that reached almost to her belt. I watched as she had it cut to a bob that was just a little longer than chin-length. She didn't tell me she was cutting her hair short. In fact, she said she was thinking about it and only decided after she sat in the chair. After the haircut, I couldn't take my eyes off her because it so completely changed her looks. She was striking and no longer looked like a teenage girl to me. She looked like a stylish young woman. During the movie, I couldn't stop touching her hair. I think that is what cemented my obsession.

I suppose if a beautiful woman had flashed her breasts at me during that period in my sexual development I would be a boob man now. Who knows? For me, hair is definitely not a sub/dom thing. I am not into crewcuts or head-shaving. It is dramtic transformations from long hair to a much shorter, different style that appeal to me most. However, short hairstyles must be still be feminine and flattering. The woman must look as good or better with her new style as the old one or the appeal is not there.

I cut hair professionally for several years. For the most part, working in a salon wasn't the dream job you'd think it would be for someone obsessed with hair. I would never hack off a woman's hair against her wishes. Most of the time people just get their hair trimmed in a salon. However, I had a number of long-haired clients whose looks, I thought, would be vastly improved if they would simply cut their hair short. I obsessed about them (creepy, I know). I was able to convince many of them to take the plunge. I cannot fully describe how arousing it was to see a beautiful woman, imagine how awesome she would look with a hairstyle you envision for her and then actually create it. Talking a woman into cutting off her long hair is much like seduction. Some told me later that they would have never cut their hair short had they not sensed a certain passion in me as I convinced them. They said they were actually excited about cutting their hair because I seemed excited.

I met my wife in the salon. She was one of those clients who I pictured with short hair. One day, she came into the salon with long, dark hair and left with short, red hair and a dinner date (she asked me out...). We were married about two years later. She still does not know about my fetish. I'm afraid to tell her because of what she might think. *I* still think it's wierd but I can't change it. I stopped working in the salon partly as a career move to allow me to make more money and partly because I believed that every time I became aroused while cutting another woman's hair I was somehow being unfaithful to her. I was also afraid I might actually cheat on her. I still cut hair at home for people we know. I continue to be every bit as passionate about it as I ever was. I can't deny that I still become aroused from time to time while cutting hair but I don't obsess about it like I used to. Now, it's more a way to express myself creatively than a source of sexual gratification. I simply love to make women look beautiful. I love cutting hair.

I certainly find hair very attractive on girls but I think what is mean by this is not a fetish board is like posting stuff meant to be explicit, otherwise it wouldn't be a board about hair any more, it'd be oneo f those seedy dirty boards were every goes "lol 1337 wtf oh nos!!1111one" and lots of Xs around the place where pictures don't come up (don't know why, just fits the image). You get the idea. This place would loose the friendly atmosphere.

I come here because I like hair, It's the most customisable thing about the body really and it's fun to get help and help others with it and just talk about it. And hair is just plain fun.

The sheer number of views as opposed to replies is something to support your comments =P IT's annoying when you have a question that nobody wil answer just look at though.

I must admit find it kinda "arousing" if I see hair being bleached or other radical changes, or just plain long hair.

So yeah I have a nasty hair fetish too =P

It's annoying though, cause I really annoyed an ex-girlfriend with a hair obsession, I kept asking her to change it and she though I wasn't happy with her the way she was =(

Of course, other stuff happened and now she's never going to talk to me again (at least taht's what she said) but back on topic.

Cheese is good.

I have been a hair enthusiast since I was a very young child.
Yes, at one time I focused on the actual touching, caressing,etc. of hair as all of us did, and I kept it a deep dark secret.
However, I evolved to a much higher level. I actually let people know my personal preferences of exremely short hair on women, including the cutting and preference of shaving her head. I let people know about my collecting hair, as we all did, and all the other things that go with it like taking photos of haircuts I like.
When the average woman found out about me learning to cut hair and liking the extremely short haircuts, I was just about inundated with requests to cut their hair. I think it was just something different that women found out about and it was interesting to them. Even when I was in the Army, I let it be known that I cut hair, and not only did the men want hair trims, but the women soldiers would come to my quarters and I cut their hair too.
Personally, I think hair-fetishism is the wrong word for the most of us who like this special kind of hobby. I think hair obsession is a more appropiate name to give it.
When I think of the word Hair-Fetish, I imagine someone who is fondling hair and "getting off on it" all the time, and nothing else.
Anyway, that's my 2 cents worth. I have a lot more to say, but I do not wish to bore anyone with my drivel, as it were.

Ed Cookingham
Kingston, NY

GadgetMouse -

Your "thing" is not at all unusual. Not at all.

Look at those who think the only look for a woman, is long hair. I actually knew a moronic idiot, who said many times the following statement,"A woman who does not have long hair, is not a real woman." This guy was/is an idiot.

Someone like yourself who constantly plays around with your hair is not unusual, at all. There are a huge amount of men and women who do this all the time. The beauty industry is staying rich from folks like yourself, even though they do not realise you are enjoying yourself.

Ed Cookingham

You aren't alone, Vineman. I like to see the end result of colorization of hair. It's part of a drastic change thing that I find attractive.

I do, however, prefer women with chin length or shorter hair, which may be where we differ. Not fond of incredibly long hair on women (anything past mid-back is kinda odd in my opinion, but consider the source).

It is nice to see this thread last as long as it has and still be totally respectful toward everyone involved.

What a great board and stimulating discussion!! I am a 40 year old male and have had a hair obsession since I was very young. I know exactly how it started. Growing up in the sixties was a great period of change in this country. My father would sit me down on a yellow step stool in the kitchen and buzz my head with his clippers. I would cry as I felt it was a punishment for something I had done wrong, which it frequently was. My mother and dad would fight about my haircuts and the more they fought, the shorter my hair was cut.
I have a sister, seven years my senior, who teased me mercilessly over my "pigshaves" as she would call my haircuts. Remember this was the flower power 60''s and long hair was popular on young men and women. short hair was considered part of the "establishment". I began to fantasize about cutting my sisters long blonde hair off as reverge for her torture. As I grew older I began to dig through garbage cans behind salons looking for hair clippings. I was rewarded with a couple of ponytails. One day when I was waiting to have my hair cut a teen girl had her long blonde hair cut into a pixie. The image solidified into my developing psyche. I collected hair clippings and style magazines for years and told no one because I was afraid they would think me weird. About a year after I married my wife I got caught digging through a salon dumpster. They threatened to call the police. In tears, I told my wife everything. She was relieved that I wasn't having an affair. She went to a couple of hair shows with me and after a couple of years had her long hair cut into a buzzed back inverted bob by a barber/stylist. She still wears her hair in short bob styles and likes it that way. I am so glad I told her. She doesn't completely understand my desires but from time to time indulges me by having our hair cut together in an old fashioned barbershop by a nice lady barber. We always have great sex for days following these haircuts. Thanks again for the candid discussion.