To Dust Or Not To Dust?
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Printed Date: July 29 2025 at 1:07pm
Topic: To Dust Or Not To Dust?
Posted By: Starburst
Subject: To Dust Or Not To Dust?
Date Posted: May 14 2003 at 1:18pm
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Hi, So if you are growing your hair longer and it stalls like many of you have mentioned, do you still dust or do you not? Do you do it yourself to control how much hair is shed or do you go to a stylist to do it and tell them to go lean on the shears? |
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Posted By: hairalways
Date Posted: May 14 2003 at 8:17pm
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Starburst...funny you should ask that. I have been trying to decide this same thing ( though my hair has not stalled in growth) for quite awhile now. I haven't done anything until I can decide for sure which can't hurt as my hair is growing while I think about it. LOL Let me know what you come up with. I will tell you that I dusted my hair about 5 months ago and it really didn't look or feel any different. I think I may not have dusted enough. Jacqui ------------- |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: May 15 2003 at 5:01am
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Hi Starburst, Sometimes it's hard to tell if your hair growth has actually "stalled," such as when your hair is growing past an imprecisely defined point of reference. Some women refer to their hair as being BSL (bra-strap length), but it seems to me that that gauge of measurement could vary, right? (as a guy, it seems very odd discussing this)  So maybe your hair is still growing longer but you just don't realize it. Also, as your hair gets longer, the incremental length gains are a proportionally smaller amount of your total length. So Jacqui is right -- just wait some months and assess the growth at that time.If I were to go to a stylist unfamiliar with an intent to grow longer, I would be very specific about what I want. "Trim one-quarter of an inch from the tips -- no more" should suffice. I would never go to a stylist and say "go lean on the shears." They might misunderstand. LOL ------------- |
Posted By: uzma
Date Posted: May 16 2003 at 2:36pm
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I would suggest you dust only if your hair is showing damage. If your aim is to maximize length, wouldn't unnecessary dusting just slow you down? Just a suggestion: have you considered the "search " destroy" method of removing the ends of hair that are split and leaving un-split hair? I personally do not dust or S&D and am aiming for maximum length as well as healthy hair. Best of luck to you. Uzma ------------- Uzi |