I'm Gonna Shave It Off!

 About a year ago, I was living with my parents in another state, to help my father, who was in hospice.  I needed a cut really bad. I admired my aunt's hair.  It always looked really nice, and her color was great. So, I asked her, and she actually made an appt. for me with her stylist.  She was expensive, but I was willing to pay for a good cut. The gal who cut my hair gave me the best cut I have ever had!  She gave me an inverted bob with longer layers.  I had never really thought of wearing my hair in this style, but I loved it.  I'm not exaggerating when I say tht I got compliments everywhere I went.  I even got compliments from men!  Even more important, it took me less than ten minutes to dry and style it.  I was happier than I had ever been, and it just seemed like so much stress dissappeared.  Needless to say, I went back. Unfortunately, the second cut was nothing like the first.  I don't really know what she did differently.  I just know that the cute shape and body I had was replaced with flat spots and holes.  I had gone from 10 minutes with my fingers and the blow dryer, to an hour or more of back combing, spraying, curling, teasing and frustration.  I had chunks of hair that were 2 inches shorter than the hair right next to it.  I literally just started wearing a hat most of the time, and I dreaded even trying to style it.  Well,  since that time, I have moved back to my home state, and I'm still trying to get back to the cut I had.  I have gone to 3 different stylists in addition to going back to the gal who first cut it. It's a mess.  It really looks nothing like the original cut.  It's technically an inverted bob, but the layers in the back are too short.....I think.  I mean truthfully I don't know, I'm not a stylist.  I just know that the left side, and the left side of the back of my hair lays flat on the top.  It's like I have this ledge.  I think I have a cowlick in the back on that side and I think it being to short causes it lay flat if I don't comb it forward.  The sides are crazy.  They are too long and I feel like I'm wearing a 1940's football helmet, so I just end up tucking them behind my ears, which is not how I want to wear my hair.  It seems to defeat the purpose of the cut.  I don't know what to do.  I can't imagine having to deal with this until it grows out.