I sometimes feel sorry for my hairdresser, who has to put up with me coming in and saying 'give me something different,' or - I want a short hairstyle for summer, etc.

If I haven't selected a style from one of his many hairstyle magazines, he'll start to flip through one of them to try to figure out exactly what I want.

The reason I feel sorry for him is that he has a tough job to do. We were chatting one day when he was trying to make a short hairstyle out of my currently layered hairstyle when he confessed that he did so much better when a person brought in pictures of hairstyles to show him what they want.

On the day I was there, he wasn't feeling so good. He told me a guy had come in and wanted a men's hairstyle that made him look dangerous!

Now, even though my hairdresser is always up-to-date on the latest hairstyles (both men's hairstyles and womens hairstyles,) he had no idea what this guys impression of dangerous was. He looked kind of worried when he told that me since he had no clue, he just gave the guy a typical men's hairstyle. He wasn't sure if the guy was satisfied or not.

In my opinion, if a guy is going to pay $25 for a hairstyle (womens hairstyles are more like $45 or $50) he/she should at least get something different than he always gets - especially if he tells the hairdresser what he wants.

But there's the key - and the problem. He asked the hairdresser for something different, but since he did not have pictures of hairstyles that he considered dangerous looking, he got the same ole thing. In this case, both parties lost. The hairdresser was not happy because he didn't have a clue what kind of men's hairstyle this guy wanted, and the customer was not happy because he just paid a good price for the same ole thing.

So what's the solution? If possible, always bring your hairdresser a picture of what you want, or something close to what you want. I have taken pictures of people on the television and brought them into his shop. He once said I could even bring in a video tape of a person with my vision of a short trendy hairstyle, if that's want I wanted.

All he needs is some kind of clue as to what you might be looking for in a new hairstyle. Long? Short? Medium length? Oh, and he really has a different idea of how short a short haircut should be - I'll never make that mistake again!

You may not know this,but there is new technology availabl that lets you try on virtual hairstyles and see what you will look like before you go in for your new trendy hairstyle. I do this all the time, and it has saved me time (growing back hair), and money when I get what I want the first time.

Evelyn Grazini is a Health and Wellness Researcher who writes for a variety of Health Sources. Look and you'll find the Virtual Hairstyle Selector and More! http://www.ahealthstop.com