[ WP ] Due to a genetic mutation , hair follicles have now been linked to pain receptors and getting a haircut is absolute agony . As a barber , describe how your life is changed and what your new role in society is .

At first the effects were subtle. Barbers historically brought about significant pain. But then laws changed. Many barbers and stylists were given an ultimatum: Go to med school or find new jobs. 
 
 It was far easier for someone like me. I was an anaesthesiologist that got tired of surgeries and used this new genetic development as an excuse to go to beauty school. 
 
 Top Cuts Medical. One of three licenced hair centers in the county, though plenty of former cutters operated black market-style. I was one people could look forward to seeing. 
 
 Like Bobby here. Bobby had long auburn locks. They were all over my floor. He just stared at the mirror with his fingers twitching. His body knew something should be hurting but could n't feel it. 
 
 Common with morphine or other anaesthetics. 
 
 I brushed his head and face one more time and removed his I.V. needle. A quick bandaid job and I collected payment from his mother. As a rule I had to have a waiver signed designating a driver before I could cut. 
 
 Unless you wanted to try it natural. 
 
 I check my appointment book as Bobby leaves. Mrs. Miller should be here soon. Old, retired, obsessed with hair curling. 
 
 God, if you thought a cut was bad. A cut is like slicing off a limb. You get over it eventually. Curling was like mangling a limb and setting it on fire. 
 
 I prepared a bed for her overnight monitoring. Thank God she's got Medicare.
