How the weekly hair news is made

Hair and barber industry news, weekly: haircut trend reports from named sources, licensing and regulation changes for barbers and cosmetologists, FDA cosmetic safety actions and product recalls, and notable salon and barbershop industry deals.

One issue a week, with 3 to 5 items. Fewer, more distinct issues: a week with fewer than three checked items gets no issue.

A fact goes in only if it was read on its original page that day: the trade body's report, the regulator's notice, the bill, the company announcement, or a reputable outlet. Search snippets and roundups are never sources. Every item links the page it came from.

Each item carries the day it happened, taken from the source page, not the day we read it. Issue dates are the day they were published.

Facts and opinion are kept apart. Our view is one sentence labelled "Our view" and adds no new facts.

AI agents research, read the source pages and draft each issue under these rules. Every claim is checked against its linked page before publishing, and a claim that cannot be checked is cut.

We report what regulators and courts say. We make no medical or hair-loss treatment claims; for a health question, see a doctor or dermatologist.

No company pays to be covered. Fitcut makes an AI haircut recommender; when an item touches Fitcut, it says so.

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