Boy, four, suffers nasty cut down head from school picture day haircut
The barbershop said it "wasn't that bad" and blamed the child's "thin skin"
Emilia BonaContent Editor
Chloe Clarke, 23, took her four-year-old son Kai for a haircut at Top Cut Barber on Standish Street, St Helens which left him with a nasty cut down his parting
A four-year-old boy was left with a nasty cut down his hairline after going to the barbers for a cut ready for school picture day.
Little Kai Clarke went into Top Cut Barbers on Standish Street in St Helens to get his hair cut on Saturday, January 11.
The schoolboy has been getting his hair cut in the same place since he was two years old, with his parents paying £8 each time.
Kai's mum Chloe, 23, and dad Callum took him in to get a fresh haircut ready for his school picture day on Monday - but they were horrified to find his scalp badly cut when they got home.
Top Cut Barber on Standish Street in St Helens
Speaking to the ECHO, mum-of-one Chloe said: "I've always taken him there, since he was about two. Me and his dad took him for his haircut like normal and he just sat there and then when he was finished, we came out and he kept saying his head was hurting.
"When I looked, he had a big cut and by the time I went back it was closed, so I went back [on Monday] morning with a picture and they said it was only a scratch."
Chloe, who works as a carer, said: "They said there was nothing they could do about it. I said 'it's not a scratch, you've dug into his head'.
"[The man I spoke to] said it must just be his skin. I said we've always brought him here - it would have happened a long time before and he said there's nothing I can do, get out. He wasn't bothered.
"I just felt like he was just rude, he wasn't bothered. He had customers in and just wanted me out the door. I feel bad."
She added: "He's got school picture day today [Monday]. The line goes straight to the front of his head. He just says it stings."
Chloe stated she has no intention of making a claim against the barbers but simply wanted to share her experiences as a warning to other parents.
The ECHO contacted Top Cut Barbers, who claimed they take no responsibility when cutting lines into hair when working with child customers.
However, they apologised and said it's "never happened before".
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Speaking on behalf of the barbers, a member of staff said: "It wasn't that bad. When he was here nothing happened to that kid and we don't usually cut lines for kids because we don't take responsibility.
"Kids' skin is a bit thin, when you put the machine to it - all the customers know that. We don't take any responsibility about kids."
He added: "I'm really sorry, I apologise, but we don't usually cut the lines for kids."
Chloe disputes that customers were told in advance about cutting lines into children's hair and claimed the barbers "always" cut lines in for Kai's haircuts.
Speaking on behalf of Top Cut, the staff member who spoke to the ECHO said: "I was really sorry and I apologised. It's not our fault, it's the machine."
He added: "I was shocked when I saw it but it has never happened before."
Chloe shared a photo of her son's haircut on Facebook to warn other parents and said she would not be taking him to the barbershop again,
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