After the much-awaited permission to reopen from June 28 onwards, salons, beauty parlours and barbershops in the state are looking at a complete revamp of the simple exercise of a haircut, given the numerous SOPs and guidelines laid down by the grooming industry.

The average salon-visiting individual cannot walk in to a salon anymore. All visits have to be pre-booked via phone or online across all brand outlets. Vikram Bhat, founder of Enrich Salon, told mid-day, "Customers can call our call centres, go to our website, or our application, to book appointments suiting their location, expert, etc. For social distancing purposes, we are requesting clients to take prior appointments and are maintaining 50 per cent occupancy at any given point. We are also working with only 50 per cent staff. Currently, we have planned to keep the salons open seven days a week."