Thanks for posting this. I had a similar experience at the end of my maternity leave, right before I was due to go back to work. The hairdresser cut half of my hair off and gave me and undercut, I went in with healthy shoulder length hair. I was devastated and felt really violated. All I had asked for was a bob just below the chin, but he had other ideas. A year on and I'm still growing out the undercut and layers. I miss my old hair.