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    Post growing to maintain?

    My hair is okay. Not gorgeous. Not so damaged you can see it needs cutting off, just okay. I have split ends, I do S and D occassionally and I have my hair trimmed every 3 months. BUT, I want to go for my goal of 30 inches now without cutting my hair which is a realistic goal imo (I'd say I'm around 25 inches now after my trim last week), and i want to get some opinions-
    Should I maintain at the length I am now or
    Wait until I am at my goal and maintain from there?
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    Default Re: growing to maintain?

    You might try stretching out the trims. Maybe every 4 months, or 6 months. Of course if you notice problems then get a trim, but I'd play "see how it grows" for a while. I grew to waist with no trims, no money for salon visits. I just put my hair up and went on with my life. It was a wonderful surprise to see how long it had grown.

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    Funny how you say that! The triim I just had I was reallly unhappy with and I still am, so I have been wearing my hair up everyday and playing with styles because of how uneven it looks when down. By uneven I am regarding to my layers (hence the reason for me wanting to maintain) but if I was to maintain as I am now my hair would be this way for months, do I want it this length? No, I want it at my goal length. So perhaps to maintain at my goal length would be ideal as that's the length I willl be most happiest with, on the other hand- damage travels so would it be risky to leave it for such a prolonged period of time without cutting it. I don't brush it hardly ever anymore, I just use a wide tooth comb and a bbb for the occassional pampering/on the go brush but I used to brush it a lot more. Given this information- what do you think? Thank you!
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    As long as you continue to treat your hair gently (I am a HUGE proponent of fingercombing!) and S&D regularly, I think you should get to goal and then maintain there! But then I've never been into the whole regular trimming deal, myself. Too much trouble! I only cut my hair once a year (^(oo)^)v
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    I agree with the others, practice benign neglect, keep it up, S&D and you will get to your goal and THEN you can maintain for health/trim out all the splits, as long as the splits aren't slowing your growth or causing breakage in which case I'd say maintain now
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    Default Re: growing to maintain?

    Also improve your diet. Means less junk and more healthy food. I think it helps more than any kind of routine or shampoo/conditioner. Also don't forget the water.

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    Default Re: growing to maintain?

    Thanks for the advice I drink a lot of water and take multivitamins, the split ends are not causing hair breakage they are not usually exaggerated splits simply just small splits that I catch before the case becomes worse- by treatments could you give me some examples please?
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    You only have four inches to go to get to your goal, I say grow then maintain
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    Quote Originally Posted by palaeoqueen View Post
    You only have four inches to go to get to your goal, I say grow then maintain

    What she said. Keep it up lots, be gentle with it, do your S&D, and once you reach your goal, maintain away to your hearts content! Microtrim as necessary along the way, but I have uneven layers and I'm growing until I get a couple inches inches past APL, have them evened out a little bit, then once I'm a couple inches past BSL I'll have them properly fixed, then keep on growing happily until I reach goal. If I could, I would grow to goal and then maintain, but alas, I do not think that is attainable for 3 years. For you though, absolutely!
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    I'm on the side of grow and maintain. I'm doing that with mine at the moment. I'm going to try get past classic and maintain that for a little while till I can trim off a bit more of the dye. I figure if you can learn how to baby and look after the damaged hair so it starts to feel healthy and soft then your hair is going to stand a better chance when that eventually gets trimmed away.

    Edit: I've already done a grow and maintain last year at tbl, my ends loved it. If you have a look at my signature the last two pictures show the difference. My ends go from being transparent to thick just from one year of maintaining.
    Last edited by Johanna; May 14th, 2012 at 08:15 PM.

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