Bought A Pair Of Trimming Scissors

Im glad to hear that you ends turned out good.  See, you were panicking over nothing. 

Yeah, dont worry about the 1 inch piece, the shorter sections always blend right back in.  It grows back, you wont miss it much.  I remember cutting off a section of my hair,it was like 4 inches shorter than the rest, but it looked damage so i cut it out. 

PickledGeuse wrote: I'm sorry.  I am just nervous and clueless as to why people cut the frayed hairs like that..doesn't make sense unless they are damaged or you are trimming them back..I'm only going to dust

When my ends are damaged, they stick straight out and i clip them off.  Trimming like that is just easier for me to do.

So how did the trim go???

I'm sorry.  I am just nervous and clueless as to why people cut the frayed hairs like that..doesn't make sense unless they are damaged or you are trimming them back..I'm only going to dust

loveya4ever wrote: Honestly, you need to clip your ends in a really bright light so that you can see all the split ends and broken off pieces.  Most of the time, you can feel damage ends by tounching them...If its dry, rough, or hard compared to the rest of the hair, its probally damaged. Do really small pieces at a time.  I noramlly do pencil size sections.  You take the sections and kinda twist the hair around your fingers until the broken hairs stick up....Cut all frayed hairs that stick out.  Its really time consuming, but its better than cutting healthy ends off that dont need to be cut, and you keep your length.

How are you supposed to do that when you cannot see the back.  I'm not really worried about length..I'm worried about health at this point..and I am only going to dust.  And the idea of cutting off all the frayed hairs doesn't sound too effective to me. And doesn't sound like a good idea for a first timer.  It seems like I'd be cutting off unnecessary hairs that have been trimmed before and are shorter than the rest of the hairs.. I plan to just section..and snip...every picece of hair.  Just to get things back on track to growing somewhat fuller ends

Honestly, you need to clip your ends in a really bright light so that you can see all the split ends and broken off pieces.  Most of the time, you can feel damage ends by tounching them...If its dry, rough, or hard compared to the rest of the hair, its probally damaged.

Do really small pieces at a time.  I noramlly do pencil size sections.  You take the sections and kinda twist the hair around your fingers until the broken hairs stick up....Cut all frayed hairs that stick out.  Its really time consuming, but its better than cutting healthy ends off that dont need to be cut, and you keep your length. 

PickledGeuse wrote: Oh I am so scared to cut .. any last suggestions ladies

Don't trim your hair evenly across.  Take time and trim it in small sections.  Only take the damage ends off... dont try to make the hair even.  

I went into Rite Aid, and grabbed the first hair scissors, Goody Precision Scissors for 12.62.  Just wondering if these are okay to use for my dusting.