I'm friendly with two women who own hair salons, which is kind of cool because they tell my a few "inside" secrets. The one salon owner told me that while "doing time" working in salons before she got her own, she knew of hair dressers that would lie and tell long haired clients that their hair was damaged even though it really wasn't.  That was how the hair dressers would dupe their long haired clients into getting cuts.  I even believe this happend to me once, I'll never forget switching salons because the girl I usally went to was on maternity leave.  I was told that my hair was VERY damaged (which was a complete shock to me ) and I let the new girl cut my hair, it took everything in me not to break down in tears however, I did once I left. I no longer go to hair salons but after that conversation, I've refused to let any hairdresser cut or trim my hair.