Meet the Single Father Who Took Lessons So He Could Do His Daughter's Hair

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    Greg has always shaved his head so doing hairstyles was totally foreign to him!
    1/23 Greg has always shaved his head so doing hairstyles was totally foreign to him!
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    When 3-year-old Izzy’s hair started getting long, Wickherst realized he could barely do a ponytail.
    2/23 When 3-year-old Izzy’s hair started getting long, Wickherst realized he could barely do a ponytail.
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    “At that point I was like, I want to try different styles,” he told BuzzFeed News. “I didn’t want to be the dad that just didn’t know how to do my daughter’s hair.”
    3/23 “At that point I was like, I want to try different styles,” he told BuzzFeed News. “I didn’t want to be the dad that just didn’t know how to do my daughter’s hair.”
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    So the Pueblo, Colorado-based dad turned to the cosmetology department at IntelliTec College, where he works as an admissions representative, to give him a little help.
    4/23 So the Pueblo, Colorado-based dad turned to the cosmetology department at IntelliTec College, where he works as an admissions representative, to give him a little help.
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    Wickherst stopped by on his lunch break and asked for some help from the program supervisor, who set him up with a cosmetologist.
    5/23 Wickherst stopped by on his lunch break and asked for some help from the program supervisor, who set him up with a cosmetologist.
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    Turns out he's totally awesome at it!
    8/23 Turns out he's totally awesome at it!
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    “I spent a couple hours just working on a mannequin and she showed me how to do a bun, a French braid, all the different styles,” he said.
    10/23 “I spent a couple hours just working on a mannequin and she showed me how to do a bun, a French braid, all the different styles,” he said.
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    “It blew my mind how easy it was to do a bun,” he said. “I thought it was something super special, like real intricate, especially the one where you don’t finish pulling the ponytail.”
    12/23 “It blew my mind how easy it was to do a bun,” he said. “I thought it was something super special, like real intricate, especially the one where you don’t finish pulling the ponytail.”
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    “I thought, Oh my god, that’s so pretty for something that’s so simple,” he added. “I don’t think most guys know that it’s that simple.”
    13/23 “I thought, Oh my god, that’s so pretty for something that’s so simple,” he added. “I don’t think most guys know that it’s that simple.”
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    He even makes up his own hairstyles...with varying success! “Last weekend I ended up with 10 ponytails in her hair and I tried to put them together and it didn’t turn out very well,” he said, laughing. “It looked OK, but it looked like imitation cornrows.”
    14/23 He even makes up his own hairstyles...with varying success! “Last weekend I ended up with 10 ponytails in her hair and I tried to put them together and it didn’t turn out very well,” he said, laughing. “It looked OK, but it looked like imitation cornrows.”
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    Now, he’s basically become “the hair dad” on Facebook, where he shares the pictures of his creations, and where other parents often send him tutorials of new hairstyles.
    15/23 Now, he’s basically become “the hair dad” on Facebook, where he shares the pictures of his creations, and where other parents often send him tutorials of new hairstyles.
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    “My favorite part of the day is when I wake her up and get her out of bed and she’s still sleepy, so she nuzzles her face into my neck. … That love right there, feeling that love and that trust is the most rewarding part,” he said.
    20/23 “My favorite part of the day is when I wake her up and get her out of bed and she’s still sleepy, so she nuzzles her face into my neck. … That love right there, feeling that love and that trust is the most rewarding part,” he said.
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A single dad in Colorado has easily become a strong contender for 'Father of the Year'.

Greg Wickherst, of Pueblo, has primary custody of his daughter, Izzy, after splitting from the three-year-old's mother.

But as he adjusted to parenting a little girl by himself, there was one main obstacle - doing her hair.

However, as an admissions representative at the IntelliTec College, he decided to turn to the cosmetology department for help.

 

Source: Dailymail, Buzzfeed