GOING to the hairdressers is meant to be a relaxing experience, a treat for yourself – after all, you're in the hands of a professional.

But not if you're Aamie, whose visit to the salon left her in tears after a botched transformation.

The Melbourne-based TikToker shared the mortifying video on social media, where it's gone viral, with almost 535,000 people tuning in.

''If I don't laugh, I'll cry,'' she said.

According to her, she had asked the hairdresser for natural-looking highlights and a refresh – which the professional claimed would be possible.

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Aamie added that she even showed the person the reference photo five times.

However, despite this and being charged $250 for the new locks, the end result couldn't have been any further from what she had initially hoped for.

The Aussie shared some snaps of what she left the salon with – bright red roots and odd patches of light copper highlights.

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''I messaged her and told her I’m so unhappy with it and she has refunded me the money,'' she said.

''She could of said it wasn’t possible which would of been fine.

''I wouldn’t be going back,'' the customer said, explaining that the hairdresser had fried the ends of her hair.

''I was there for over 2 hours, the next day my hair was breaking.''

''Why can’t stylist just admit when they can’t do something…'' a confused viewer was wondering.

A professional was mortified and commented: ''We all have bad days (im a hair dresser) but dang 😳😬 im sorry!''

Another added: ''Jesus lord I don’t get it been doing hair for 9 years and when I’m not confident I can do it I simply say ✨no✨.''

Some shared their own terrifying experiences, like this salon visitor: ''For my wedding I went in for blonde, then walked out with grey brown.

''The toner did not work how they expected, but I just left to cry.''

One thought: ''This is why i always do my hair myself.

''You can’t even trust “professionals”.''

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Meanwhile, this woman asked her hairdresser for a classic ombre and ended up with fried hair which was a patchy disaster.