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      <description>Five months of hat hair and indoor heating do specific things to your hair and scalp. What actually helps, and what cut survives a toque.</description>
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      <description>Real barbershop prices in Greater Sudbury for a haircut, skin fade, beard trim and kids cut — what each one includes and what makes the price go up.</description>
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      <title>How often should you actually get a haircut?</title>
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      <description>Two to three weeks for a skin fade, four to six for a scissor cut, six to eight for kids — and how to tell when yours is done rather than guessing.</description>
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      <description>The four things to say before the clippers go on — height, guard, top and hairline — so the fade you get is the fade you pictured.</description>
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      <description>Fifteen to twenty percent is standard. On a $35 cut that is $5 to $7. What to do about cash, card, the shop owner, and a cut you were not happy with.</description>
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      <description>Walk-ins work midweek mornings. Weekends and after-school they do not. When to just turn up and when booking is the only way to be sure.</description>
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