I botched my mustache trim!
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
Eugene, Oregon
March 14, 2016 1:15pm CST
I have had a mustache for probably forty years or more. I did shave it off once and it looked as if there was four inch space between my upper lip and my nose. I do trim i to the top of my lip usually and try not to have it too long.
But, in my quest for better mustache trimming, I viewed a YouTube vid about how to do it. After all, I am open to learning. I tried to follow directions, combed it, used scissors first, then I took my battery operated trimmer and Ooops, took a big chunk right out of the middle, raising that point well above the sides. So, then my choice was shave it off or raise the sides to match.
Now it is well above my lip line and, while not "pencil thin" is shorter than it has ever been. Anne tells me that it doesn't look "too bad" and did not want me to take it all off, so I will wait for it to grow out again.
No, I will not do a selfie to show the error of my ways.
Have you ever messed up your hair or beard/mustache while trying to "fix" it?
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 Mar 16
Youthful huh? Well I don't think that would work for me, bu it's a thought.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Mar 16
@DianneN - I love how you described that mustache! I never thought of them as a "caterpillar" - LOL
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
14 Mar 16
@JamesHxstatic I know it will growth back quickly, and if your wife says it's ok, be happy.
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
14 Mar 16
I do sometimes slip and trim my moustache too short. Fortunately, it grows back pretty quickly, so the damage is only temporary. I think that, if I did make a mistake, I would probably shave my whole face - beard and moustache. I have done this from time to time in the past. One time I did it, I shaved off the beard and left the moustache. It took my employer about three days to notice and then he gave me a puzzled look and said, "Have you grown a moustache?".
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Mar 16
@owlwings - That is hilarious that your boss took so long to notice anything!
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
16 Mar 16
I have had a horrid hair cut or two.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Mar 16
@Tampa_girl7 - I think we have all had a few bad haircuts in our time!
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
14 Mar 16
i'm gigglin'! the hubs's done the same 'n jest shaved't all off. no frettin', he grows 'em fast, lol. 's fer myself? i'd like to be rid'f my beard/mustache, but the steroids seem to full its growth :(
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Mar 16
@crazyhorseladycx - I think it is funny that your husband has done the same thing!
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@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
14 Mar 16
Not myself, no, but I have has a bad haircut from a salon. It confuses me as to why they cannot just give me the same darned haircut each time. It's the same head, the same hair and the same style. Sheesh.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Mar 16
@ElizabethWallace - Yes, I have had a few haircuts from salons that I have hated. It is weird, isn't it?
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@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
17 Mar 16
@DeborahDiane I think they forget what they are doing and just zone out. It's unprofessional and a real pain.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Mar 16
Ohhh I was afraid of that. She is a kind woman too.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Mar 16
@JudyEv - Fortunately, our hair, including facial hair, grows back quickly!
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Mar 16
@JamesHxstatic It will grow out in a few days. Just avoid mirrors! 
@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Mar 16
Yes, I have. One time my hair seemed a tad too long on one side, so I trimmed it a bit. Then, I decided I had trimmed too much, so I had to trim the other side ... then I made an appointment with my hairdresser before I messed things up even more!
@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
14 Mar 16
I have very long hair and I always trim it myself. And yes, sometimes I get one side shorter than the other and in my many tries to get things even, I invariably take off more than I originally wanted. But as you say, it always grows back! :)
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
15 Mar 16
Hehe...I've messed up my eyebrows before while trimming them, I shaved off the tail of one side and had to cover that portion up with make up.
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