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These days if you were to be at a hair saloon, you may see some young parents bringing their young child for a haircut and they have a special section where the child can be placed in a toy car or riding a toy horse. They even have hair salon for dogs too. In many of our childhood days, having a haircut is dreaded as we are often hauled to the neighbourhood "Ah Beng" type or the Indian barber. These folks were trained to use a comb and a pair of scissors for many years honing their skills to trim your hair or shave them. They have long blades to shave your stubble too and sometimes to clean and sharpen them they use a leather piece or something that was strapped on to the wall.  They could even dig your ears and clean them of dirt or ear wax by putting a stand with a light bulb next to your ear. Sometimes, when their manual shaver was not as sharp or they lift it up too early when they haven't really released it completely, it actually tug at and pull a chunk of your h...