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89 Hilarious Childhood Hairstyles From The ’80s And ’90s That Should Never Come Back
For most of the world, getting through the '80s was a bumpy ride, and the '90s weren't much better until later on. Kids, or their insane parents, did the most regrettable things with their hair, and these school photos are most likely not something they look back on even a little bit fondly. In fact, we're pretty sure all of these hairstyles are now illegal.
If you or your kid's hairstyle was also straight up trippin' back in the day, we want to see it. Add it to our list below, then vote for the ones that made you the most glad we now live in 2017.
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Rashleigh Eavis 8 years ago
is it me... or did she comb her long haired eyebrows back over her head?
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Funny Kid Haircuts
Amanda Panda 8 years ago
She looks like she's been inhaling too much of that Aqua Net hairspray!
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
Joan Camerota 8 years ago
She looks pissed. Probably cause she got no sleep with all those curlers in her hair
Barbara Kam 8 years ago
Lol I know where the bangs styling begins....there's a line on the hair where the brush was to make this fantastic hairstyle of the era.
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
the derp king (Liam) 8 years ago
Am I the only one that thinks that this one (apart from the dad) is actually good?
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Funny Kid Haircuts
Benny Lava 8 years ago
Last time I saw her she was in Narnia starring alongside a witch and a wardrobe.
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
Angelina Wilkins 8 years ago
The higher the hair, the closer to God! If you're going to have a mullet, you should have a super mullet.
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
Amanda Panda 8 years ago
She was rockin that Lord of the Rings Elves style hair-do before Orlando Bloom!
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
Jessica MüRi 8 years ago
In Germany this is called "vokuhila" short for "vorne kurz hinten lang" which means "front short back long" we are efficient but not funny... ^^
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
Wanda Queen 8 years ago
I remember wanting a mullet in the 80's. It was one of the few fashion choices my mom ever put her foot down on . She said, with the most sincerest of wisdom, "NO F*CKING WAY ARE YOU GETTING THAT STUPID HAIRCUT". Thanks, Mom, you were right!!!
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
Nicole Rosandich 8 years ago
from the look on her face, she cut her own hair a week before this photo.
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
Madeleine-Lindy Deckard 8 years ago
She was probably one of the coolest girls in her class. Truth
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
#65
My Sister Is Going To Like Me. 1988 Maybe? You Got To Coordinate!
Final score:
9points
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
#71
11 Or 12 Years Old. So Hated Those Glasses.
Final score:
6points
Tiny Dynamine 8 years ago
I haven't seen evidence of not knowing how to crop a photo for about 10 years!
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Funny Kid Haircuts
#74
Grade 9 - 1992
Final score:
5points
#75
The Aqua Net Bangs
Final score:
5points
#76
The 1950's :)
Final score:
5points
Willie D'Kay 8 years ago
I was wondering why I saw this style on kids in the 70's and 80's and it was out of place with the big hair and mullets. This would have been the generation of the parents of those kids. Makes sense.
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"83.. Hair Do By My Mom
Final score:
4points
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Funny Kid Haircuts
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Yes Im A Girl And Yes They Called Me Birdsnest.....
Final score:
2points
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My Mums Handy Work 😂 X
Final score:
2points
#85
Kid Hair Cut Fail
Final score:
0points
Jennifer Barbee (Submission author) 8 years ago
My hair as a 90's kid we all did it that way. Now looking back I ask why????
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Back In The 90s
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Bevis And Butthead
Final score:
-1point
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The Bowl Cut ... They Literally Put A Bowl On My Head !!!
Final score:
-1point
Willie D'Kay 8 years ago
I'm not saying they didn't put a bowl on your head but this is not a classic bowl cut. Bowl cuts go straight around nearly parallel to the ground. This actually tapers nicely. It's rather cute.
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Daria B 8 years ago
Most of these look good on adult rock and pop stars, rather than or regular kids, but some on this list are actually pretty nice.
Mireia Dos 8 years ago
This^. If you saw it "live" it stops being creepy and the photo slides straight into context inside your memory.
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Nancy Arnold 8 years ago
Admit it we've all had a haircut in our teens that would make us cringe now
get in 8 years ago
I grew up during that era and my hair never even came close to these weird looks. Guess I wasn't into the FADS, I was normal.
Mireia Dos 8 years ago
Me neither, but I wasn't normal, the girls with the high hair on top and hair swept backwards at the sides with lots of hairspray were the majority...
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Sondre Strøm Linde 8 years ago
Now that I'm losing my hair, well, some of these don't look too shabby. (ok, they're horrible, but not having the ability to have a haircut at all? yeah that's worse)
Trevor andrew watson 6 years ago
I don't think anything we wear today, will ever look this bad in 20-30 years, we have already seen the worst of the worst, we are living in an age of no sense of fashion at all, because it's all been done.
David Nelson 8 years ago
Get off those folks, that was the fashion for that time frame and they fit right in with any other person
Rodolfo Moreira 8 years ago
there is only 2 pics in here that belong to 90s, the green fat dude and the last kiddo with the half hair cut. The first one is from 70s
Delores Heady 8 years ago
Those big Ole dorkee round grandma glasses are so Ugly.....Even the ones they wear today and people think they look good on them....come on people look in the mirror. ..they look awful on everybody!!!😂
Steve Cowlishaw 8 years ago
Thank f**k for the plugins that load multiple pages into one. I would've been here all day.
Jackie Trenary 8 years ago
Number 18 is a serial killer Aileen wuornos they made the movie monster after her
Dawn Pearce 8 years ago
Ah, the 80s. The best music but the worst hair. Am I the only one that thinks #7 and #49 are way better than the girls aqua net dos?!
Sindi Stack 8 years ago
The worst ones were the little gals with hair standing straight up at the crown. WHat frightened them? A classic bob will neve be out of date and is the best style for any gal no matter what the age.
jacluckycat 8 years ago
I had to make sure i wasn't included in this list..i went through some crazy hair phases in my youth
Diane Konarske Reilly 8 years ago
A lot of these are NOT from the 80s and 90s. Some of them were from as far back as the 50s. But yes, they were all terrifyingly bad!
Notchimine Mette 8 years ago
They all look like aliens!! I lived through the 80's and 90's and nobody had hair like this. Everybody had glasses like those, but I don't quite remember that hair...?
Daria B 8 years ago
Most of these look good on adult rock and pop stars, rather than or regular kids, but some on this list are actually pretty nice.
Mireia Dos 8 years ago
This^. If you saw it "live" it stops being creepy and the photo slides straight into context inside your memory.
Load More Replies... Nancy Arnold 8 years ago
Admit it we've all had a haircut in our teens that would make us cringe now
get in 8 years ago
I grew up during that era and my hair never even came close to these weird looks. Guess I wasn't into the FADS, I was normal.
Mireia Dos 8 years ago
Me neither, but I wasn't normal, the girls with the high hair on top and hair swept backwards at the sides with lots of hairspray were the majority...
Load More Replies... Sondre Strøm Linde 8 years ago
Now that I'm losing my hair, well, some of these don't look too shabby. (ok, they're horrible, but not having the ability to have a haircut at all? yeah that's worse)
Trevor andrew watson 6 years ago
I don't think anything we wear today, will ever look this bad in 20-30 years, we have already seen the worst of the worst, we are living in an age of no sense of fashion at all, because it's all been done.
David Nelson 8 years ago
Get off those folks, that was the fashion for that time frame and they fit right in with any other person
Rodolfo Moreira 8 years ago
there is only 2 pics in here that belong to 90s, the green fat dude and the last kiddo with the half hair cut. The first one is from 70s
Delores Heady 8 years ago
Those big Ole dorkee round grandma glasses are so Ugly.....Even the ones they wear today and people think they look good on them....come on people look in the mirror. ..they look awful on everybody!!!😂
Steve Cowlishaw 8 years ago
Thank f**k for the plugins that load multiple pages into one. I would've been here all day.
Jackie Trenary 8 years ago
Number 18 is a serial killer Aileen wuornos they made the movie monster after her
Dawn Pearce 8 years ago
Ah, the 80s. The best music but the worst hair. Am I the only one that thinks #7 and #49 are way better than the girls aqua net dos?!
Sindi Stack 8 years ago
The worst ones were the little gals with hair standing straight up at the crown. WHat frightened them? A classic bob will neve be out of date and is the best style for any gal no matter what the age.
jacluckycat 8 years ago
I had to make sure i wasn't included in this list..i went through some crazy hair phases in my youth
Diane Konarske Reilly 8 years ago
A lot of these are NOT from the 80s and 90s. Some of them were from as far back as the 50s. But yes, they were all terrifyingly bad!
Notchimine Mette 8 years ago
They all look like aliens!! I lived through the 80's and 90's and nobody had hair like this. Everybody had glasses like those, but I don't quite remember that hair...?
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