With students taking photos of the hairy-to-hairless transformation, teacher Claudia Perez starts clipping away O’Brien’s dark locks. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
O’Brien receives the professional touch as barber Juan Monterroso gets close to the skull with an electric razor. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Monterroso employs a straight-edge razor on O’Brien’s newly shorn pate. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
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Student Karla Rios, 13, feels O’Brien’s smooth noggin. A hairy experience, indeed. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)