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As a guy, you probably have fewer options for keeping your look fresh than women do, unless you are jumping on the male makeup 'trend.' So what can you do? Hit the gym, maybe a tanning salon. Get a new outfit. However, as this talented Japanese barber proves, by far the most effective way of transforming your looks is getting a good haircut.
Shou Otsuki is one of the staff barbers at Tokyo hair salon L. Dorado, and he has made a name for himself with the incredible before-and-after shots of his clients. The videos often begin with a shy, awkward-looking guy with a shapeless, unremarkable hairstyle. Otsuki covers the camera with the comb before pulling it away to reveal... A completely new person. The happiness and confidence that Otsuki's cool new style gives to his clients is there for all to see, and they wouldn't look out of place in a fashion magazine! "I just want to make everyone look cool," Otsuki told Bored Panda. "I suggest a look based on the client's facial shape or just how he seems as a person, I like to try to match the atmosphere."
So forget the plastic surgeon, and step away from that tanning machine, it can be dangerous. If you really want to shake things up and change the way you look, make an appointment with your barber today!
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Kevin Donegan 6 years ago
He should have smiled in the "before" photo ... his expression makes the "after" photo.
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Piotr Bulej 6 years ago
Does everyone on this photos need to have wet hair? We should see their hair before they got wet/in normal state.
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Kevin Donegan 6 years ago
What's the draw for all the "slick straight hair styles" in Japanese men? If you look at the "before" photo of most of these men, their hair is slick and straight.
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snoozy womble 6 years ago
He kept the glasses too. I have to be fair it is a lovely change. He looks more confident
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ispeak catanese 6 years ago
Nice! Dude has a great before smile! Haidresser is having a heinous hair day
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Katie Smith 6 years ago
An awful lot of these guys seem to start with very smooth Beatles hair!!
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snoozy womble 6 years ago
Is he buying all these guys contact lenses too? I have never had a hair cut that corrected my sight before
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ispeak catanese 6 years ago (edited)
Well, the client looks pleased in his blue bathrobe and old lady cut 'n color.
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ispeak catanese 6 years ago (edited)
Oh. Well. That's sad. Also, please notice that Mr Hairdresser is now dipping into the grey dye himself.
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ispeak catanese 6 years ago
Oh! The top one is hilarious! The after is just sad. Heartbreakingly sad.
Aisha La Gatta Pelirroja 6 years ago
I had to take a second look on that pink thing at the bottom pic.
Author SJ Baily 6 years ago
I don't like the fluffy, fried texture of some of these afters. I think the barber is sort of losing it.
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Katie Smith 6 years ago
Oh God he just aged this guy about 50 years. I know this is "trendy" but on him it just looks old.
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Rob Chapman 6 years ago
Japanese barber gives several men one of the two hairstyles he's capable of doing....
Ntosh 6 years ago
1 of the 2 worst hair styles he's capable of doing. These looked bad.
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SykesDaMan 6 years ago
These haircuts are magic: They make your eyes better, so you don't need prescription glasses anymore!
rola 6 years ago
A lot of the commenters here are applying Western beauty standards and expression to these guys and the hair cuts. It's very clear that the lot of you don't know much about Japanese culture. Whether or not you hate the grayish blue dye, it IS a popular thing to do there and doesn't automatically make a bad hair cut. The barber isn't forcing the color on anyone. The color is even popular in my city, but mostly on women because it's not socially acceptable in the US for men to dye their hair unnatural colors. To those saying the guys won't do their hair every day: yes, they will. This is again applying Western masculinity standards to Japanese men. Besides, it looks like most would probably just need to put in some bedhead and ruffle a bit.
Caroline 6 years ago
Actually, I'm watching a lot of Asian dramas/movies, and I see a lot of those hairstyles, so maybe I'm used to it, but unlike most of the other posters, I think (nearly) all the guys look way better after, some of them even went from "okay" to quite hot in fact!
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snoozy womble 6 years ago
Am I the only person getting the frosted tips late 90's vibe from some of these?
JessG 6 years ago
Barbers often have you take your glasses off for a cut, but have you put them back on for a pic.....not sure why they left them off here. And maybe the grey dye is easier on the hair than bleach for lightening...that's the only reason I can think he uses it so often (besides trend). To this whole post, I declare: meh
Miriam Brose 6 years ago
He seems to just have two styles and they are not much different. Boring.
Alusair Alustriel 6 years ago
1. put on glasses, cause not every hairstyle will match them. 2. To all who wonder where the volume went in the 1st pics - mostly they are presented with wet hair, so we don't even get to see the original haircuts they had and they all look same. 3. Gray hair sure, but see how mate they are? They lost gloss, so they probably were bleached really hard. A good hairstylist will never do such a drastic bleach in one session (I hope he just showed the very first and very last pic, but I doubt that). 4. Some of the supershort cuts don't cut it and are not mathcing the face shapes at all, making the person look out of place.
Susie Stock 6 years ago
I read the words "Japanese Barber" too quickly and I thought it said Justin Bieber.
Zafer Uckuyulu 5 years ago
Yet no one ever commented that the barber himself is a good looking guy 😝
Sarah Adams 5 years ago
Sarah Adams I should SO move to Japan and be a barber there for expats etc. All of these articles get me even more excited about the possibility! Ugh If only the work visas were achievable for my craft 😭
Audrey Martens 6 years ago
Honestly, if the hairstyle was fine before, the barber kind of made it worse.
HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago
My hair is s**t, i have never had a single good haircut in my life, my hair is thick and out of control. My missus laughs at my hair all the time because she cannot do a thing with it. I just keep it short so i don't have to do anything with it, i groom my beard and thats enough grooming for me.
Marnee DeRider 6 years ago
So, in most cases, the stylist combed their wet hair into some funky style. Took a picture with often a weird expression. Then took a picture after the cut and style. It's not a valid comparison. That's not to say he isn't a talented stylist, but I want to see the REAL "before". Gave it a thumbs-down for that reason.
Eren Keşküş 6 years ago
Are you serious with this content? In their first pictures nobody has styled hair, everybody has just wet, combed hair. How is anyone supposed to look good in previous pictures? Am I supposed to be impressed now or what?
Biana Weatherford 6 years ago
Seems to me that a positive hair stylist and some good product is really the magic here. But...awesome. Go you!
Roxy 6 years ago
I don't like the grey color the stylist used on these guys! Asians don't look good in that color. I'm Asian and would never wear that color cause of our skin color being mostly olive toned. The barbers should know this but the hair stylist being Asian from being in Asian, is expected. Also the barber do well cutting the hair to look good with the shape of the customers face! C'mon now, that's something that should have been taught or was taught in beauty school.
Bertha Garcia 6 years ago
He just crop their hair shorter and gave them a good wash. Their hair was probably greasy because of all the gel they used to keep it flat. I feel like this men simply didn’t use healthy hair products.
SkyTheImaginer 6 years ago
Man it was hard to read your sentence, please write concisely because if you don't you sound like an utter moron. There isn't a single female in this compilation and it's an article about Japan. So technically it would be J-popshit (Whatever the living hell that part meant, someone has anger issues.)
Load More Replies... Rob Chapman 6 years ago
Japanese barber gives several men one of the two hairstyles he's capable of doing....
Ntosh 6 years ago
1 of the 2 worst hair styles he's capable of doing. These looked bad.
Load More Replies... SykesDaMan 6 years ago
These haircuts are magic: They make your eyes better, so you don't need prescription glasses anymore!
rola 6 years ago
A lot of the commenters here are applying Western beauty standards and expression to these guys and the hair cuts. It's very clear that the lot of you don't know much about Japanese culture. Whether or not you hate the grayish blue dye, it IS a popular thing to do there and doesn't automatically make a bad hair cut. The barber isn't forcing the color on anyone. The color is even popular in my city, but mostly on women because it's not socially acceptable in the US for men to dye their hair unnatural colors. To those saying the guys won't do their hair every day: yes, they will. This is again applying Western masculinity standards to Japanese men. Besides, it looks like most would probably just need to put in some bedhead and ruffle a bit.
Caroline 6 years ago
Actually, I'm watching a lot of Asian dramas/movies, and I see a lot of those hairstyles, so maybe I'm used to it, but unlike most of the other posters, I think (nearly) all the guys look way better after, some of them even went from "okay" to quite hot in fact!
Load More Replies... snoozy womble 6 years ago
Am I the only person getting the frosted tips late 90's vibe from some of these?
JessG 6 years ago
Barbers often have you take your glasses off for a cut, but have you put them back on for a pic.....not sure why they left them off here. And maybe the grey dye is easier on the hair than bleach for lightening...that's the only reason I can think he uses it so often (besides trend). To this whole post, I declare: meh
Miriam Brose 6 years ago
He seems to just have two styles and they are not much different. Boring.
Alusair Alustriel 6 years ago
1. put on glasses, cause not every hairstyle will match them. 2. To all who wonder where the volume went in the 1st pics - mostly they are presented with wet hair, so we don't even get to see the original haircuts they had and they all look same. 3. Gray hair sure, but see how mate they are? They lost gloss, so they probably were bleached really hard. A good hairstylist will never do such a drastic bleach in one session (I hope he just showed the very first and very last pic, but I doubt that). 4. Some of the supershort cuts don't cut it and are not mathcing the face shapes at all, making the person look out of place.
Susie Stock 6 years ago
I read the words "Japanese Barber" too quickly and I thought it said Justin Bieber.
Zafer Uckuyulu 5 years ago
Yet no one ever commented that the barber himself is a good looking guy 😝
Sarah Adams 5 years ago
Sarah Adams I should SO move to Japan and be a barber there for expats etc. All of these articles get me even more excited about the possibility! Ugh If only the work visas were achievable for my craft 😭
Audrey Martens 6 years ago
Honestly, if the hairstyle was fine before, the barber kind of made it worse.
HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago
My hair is s**t, i have never had a single good haircut in my life, my hair is thick and out of control. My missus laughs at my hair all the time because she cannot do a thing with it. I just keep it short so i don't have to do anything with it, i groom my beard and thats enough grooming for me.
Marnee DeRider 6 years ago
So, in most cases, the stylist combed their wet hair into some funky style. Took a picture with often a weird expression. Then took a picture after the cut and style. It's not a valid comparison. That's not to say he isn't a talented stylist, but I want to see the REAL "before". Gave it a thumbs-down for that reason.
Eren Keşküş 6 years ago
Are you serious with this content? In their first pictures nobody has styled hair, everybody has just wet, combed hair. How is anyone supposed to look good in previous pictures? Am I supposed to be impressed now or what?
Biana Weatherford 6 years ago
Seems to me that a positive hair stylist and some good product is really the magic here. But...awesome. Go you!
Roxy 6 years ago
I don't like the grey color the stylist used on these guys! Asians don't look good in that color. I'm Asian and would never wear that color cause of our skin color being mostly olive toned. The barbers should know this but the hair stylist being Asian from being in Asian, is expected. Also the barber do well cutting the hair to look good with the shape of the customers face! C'mon now, that's something that should have been taught or was taught in beauty school.
Bertha Garcia 6 years ago
He just crop their hair shorter and gave them a good wash. Their hair was probably greasy because of all the gel they used to keep it flat. I feel like this men simply didn’t use healthy hair products.
SkyTheImaginer 6 years ago
Man it was hard to read your sentence, please write concisely because if you don't you sound like an utter moron. There isn't a single female in this compilation and it's an article about Japan. So technically it would be J-popshit (Whatever the living hell that part meant, someone has anger issues.)
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