Barbers typically focus on cutting and grooming men's hair and may also provide shaving services, while hairstylists work with clients of all genders and often provide a wider range of services, such as coloring and styling.

Men can go to either a barber or a hair salon. Hair salons are unisex. Having said that at the hair salon that I go to, you hardly ever see a man and I have gone there regularly for a number of years. I think this is perhaps that it is seen as a female domain.

The term is not gender-specific, and both men and women who cut and style hair professionally can be called barbers.

In modern times, the term "barber" is used both as a professional title and to refer to hairdressers who specialize in men's hair. Historically, all hairdressers were considered barbers.