To Cut or Not to Cut? What should I do?
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Printed Date: September 29 2024 at 8:26pm
Topic: To Cut or Not to Cut? What should I do?
Posted By: BrooKiki
Subject: To Cut or Not to Cut? What should I do?
Date Posted: September 22 2005 at 8:41pm
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I want to start this by saying I want long hair. I probably won't
go to terminal length, or even classic. I'd be satisfied with
hair that reached to the bottom of my rib cage...a few inches beyong
BSL. As of now, my current length is flirting with BSL.
It's not quite there, but it's pretty close. My problem is that
it's layered. The length is about 14 inches at the shortest
point, if I'm meauring correctly. This means that if I try to do
an updo, put it into a bun, use hairsticks, etc, I'm looking at several
pieces that are just too darn short to do anything with. Some
parts also slip out of ponytails. There really isn't significant
damage...a few more split ends than I would like, but nothing
major. Of course, I haven't given it the care it should have had.
To make it all one length, I would have to cut about four inches, putting at my shoulders, maybe a hair past. Should I cut it to all one length? Should I do nothing? Should I split the difference and cut a couple of inches now and wait for the rest to catch up? Or what? And by the way, I count a couple of bad hair-related puns in this post. They were not intentional. *g* |
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Posted By: PurpleBubba
Date Posted: September 23 2005 at 12:26am
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I say give yourself at least two to three weeks to decide. Then if you decide that you want to cut some do up to 2 of the 4 inches. In the meantime you'll have given yourself not only decision time but time for up to 1/2" to grow. But it's always up to you. And no matter what decision you make we will support you. If you can't stand it and really need to do something now then try not to go over 2 inches. And don't let anyone talk you into doing what you don't want. That includes me. If you want to do something other than what I said that's fine. Good luck and let us know what happens. ------------- 
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Posted By: Kalika
Date Posted: September 23 2005 at 3:14am
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Me personally, I would just trim as it grows, get rid of the split ends so they dont travel and eventually your layers will grow out. P.S. Robert, your hair is looking beautiful. |
Posted By: PurpleBubba
Date Posted: September 23 2005 at 3:22am
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Thanks Kalika :) And Kalika gives good advice too. The key is to slow down. Try not to act too impulsively. There's lots of ways to reach your goals. Some involve cutting now and some involve cutting later. Find what works for you, and will make you most happy of the options. -------------
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Posted By: BrooKiki
Date Posted: September 24 2005 at 3:18am
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Your hair does look great, Robert. Honestly, I'm not in a burning "I need to cut my hair and I need to do it NOW!" phase. I'm just kind of considering what might be easiest to work with. I may go with the trimming it as it grows thing. It just looks really bad right now, I think, because it's more or less bilevel. |
Posted By: Bob S
Date Posted: September 24 2005 at 2:27pm
BrooKiki, if YOU think it looks "bad", do what you must do, but maybe playing with the curling iron with those last four layered inches might be more fun and satisfying for you. (Knowing you're desirous of length!) Best, Bob 
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