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Tiffany Lo & David Kent

Barber gives homeless man free haircut in incredible transformation to make him ten years younger

A homeless man was completely transformed after receiving a free haircut – leaving people astonished by his new look.

US barber Joshua Santiago operates a mobile barbershop and met the man while travelling around the country giving out free cuts to anyone who was homeless.

His latest video has been seen millions of times and Joshua followed the man's instructions to a tee.

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Before the cut, the man sat on the side of the street with his unruly beard covering half of his face and his matted hair growing out of portion.

Joshua used a clipper to shave all the hair off, which revealed a tattoo above his ear writing "I will gladly feast on those who try to subdue me".

Then, he got to work on the eyebrows before giving him a clean hsav.

He also shaved his eyebrow hair – then moved on to give him a clean shave.

Homeless man looks unrecognisable following free haircut from generous barber (empoweringcuts/Tik Tok)

"Sometimes the nicest people you meet are covered in tattoos and sometimes the most judgmental people you meet go to church on Sundays," Joshua wrote.

People were touched by Joshua's work and many said the man's new look "took 10 years off him".

"You took off over a decade from this man!" one wrote and a second added: "Haircuts can really change a man's future."

A third penned: "Whoa! He looks like a completely different person, it's cool that you helped him."

Joshua explained in another video why he shaved the man's hair and eyebrows.

(empoweringcuts/Tik Tok)

He said: "I gave this man exactly what he asked for and due to him being homeless for quite some time, he didn't have the chance to really keep up with his appearance.

"He spoke about why he keeps his head bald because he wants his tattoos exposed. The same goes to his eyebrows."

Joshua said he won't stop helping people by offering them free haircuts.

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