HOURS:
Tuesday-Thursday, 10 AM - 8 PM
Friday, 9 AM - 7 PM
Saturday, 9 AM - 5 PM

Welcome to Jake's Place, Hampton Roads' Men's Barbering Lounge and Spa catering exclusively to gentlemen.

A division of CHANGES CITY SPA, Jake's Place offers a private setting for complete men's salon and day spa services, including barbering and grooming, hand and foot detailing, skin and body treatments, and massage.

Your Grooming Questions Answered

We quizzed our lovely stylists on some of the men's grooming questions they've been asked. Here are their honest (and often hilarious) answers.

When I shave, I get ingrown hairs. What do I do?
Jake’s Place answers: The secret to avoiding ingrown hairs is slow down, take your time and enjoy the shave. When you schedule an old fashioned hot shave, we’ll warm up a towel which softens the skin.  A little shoulder massage from one of our lovely stylists relaxes your muscles and gets your shoulders off your ears and down where they should be. Now that you’re mentally and physically ready, your shave will start and finish a lot smoother.  

Bonus Grooming Tip: Give the rotating razor back to your dad.  Swirling blades that cut your hair in all kinds of crazy directions (including down and into your skin) is so twenty years ago.

Will shaving make my hair grow back thicker (and darker)?
Jake’s Place answers: Take a look at your family album. The secret to how much, how dark and how full your hair will grow back really depends on what kind of genetic/hormone cocktail you’re mixing under your skin. When you shave, you cut the hair at an angle and that’s going to change how it feels initially as well as how light or dark it looks. Once it’s grown out a bit, however, you’ll see it’s still your same hair.

Bonus Grooming Tip:  Trying to rock the devil-may-care, my –day-starts-at-5-o’clock look on the daily? We can show you how to prep your skin and choose the right blade so you look like you just rolled out of bed. A big, luxurious bed.

My skin gets really irritated after I shave. Should I just grow a beard to cover it up?

Jake’s Place answers: Rugged is a nice look, teen wolf…not so much. Your skin is your sensitive friend. It wants time, attention, patience, love and a spa treatment (we recommend the GQ facial).  A hot towel to relax the skin, some intense exfoliation to remove the irritants, some anti-aging serums for the laugh and smile lines (so much friendlier than wrinkles, yes?) and your sensitive friend will be glowing again.

Bonus Grooming Tip: If your skin seems to cut more easily than others the problem may not be in your razor. Use a warm, wet towel to soften and prep your skin for the shave. No time? Toilet paper polka dots for you, then.

Jake's Place is conveniently located in Historic Ghent in the 21st Street Pavilion Shopping Center.

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