How often do you S&D?

[joflakes]

Hi Everyone!

I was just wondering how often you all S&D?

I've just started doing it about once every month or so but wanted to know how often the average was!

Thanks :)

[jacqueline101]

Only when I see them is when I do it.

[faellen]

Only when I notice bad splits, and if I'm in the mood for it. Admittedly I'm not over anxious about not doing it religiously, it is a bit of a chore.

[SerinaDaith]

Every so often I'll fan out my hair and spot a couple so then I go through and check as well as I can on my short length. Still can't quite see the hair at the back of my head so I do sometimes worry about how bad it may be back there...

[arjay.d]

When I comb my hair at night, I kind of check it. If I see any obvious ones, I cut them. Otherwise, I do a true S&D maybe once a month, if that often.

[CurlyMopTop]

Never. My hair breaks before it splits. I just trim every 3 to 4 months.

[cathair]

Every time I find a tangle that has a split in it, or every time I see one and I am near my scissors.

[Yozhik]

Ever since I did a big 6" chop and got rid of my most damaged pre-LHC hair - never. ^_^

This is a pretty new feeling for me, though, because I used to S&D for 10-30 mins most days for the first two years when I joined. :eek:

[shutterpillar]

I just snip them off whenever I see them. About once a month I will sit down and do a big lengthy session, but it's usually just when they make themselves known.

[ravenreed]

I do it on an as needed basis. If I see a few, I make time to do a thorough session. Otherwise I just cut off the obvious ones. If I have a lot, for whatever reason, I just microtrim and move on with life.

[sisi33]

I chose the "cheese" option, as I only do it when I remember, can find my scissors, and am in a good mood. Otherwise, they stay where they are. S&D'ing tends to be around every 2-3 months.

[neko_kawaii]

As needed provided the weather outside is not damp or windy and I can expect to be left alone for an extended period of time. Basically cheese.

[anitacs9101]

I keep my scissors in my purse in a case and whenever I see one I snip it. I should probably do it more often, but whenever I try I can only find one or two in like a 10 minute session and I feel like I'm not making progress >.< Then I'll be looking at my hair the next day and they seem to pop out of nowhere... :rolleyes:

[earthnut]

Never. I guess that's cheese? I never see split ends anymore so I only trim to shape my hemline.

[minxe]

Every day. I'm growing out heat damage (I straightened or curled my hair every day for around three years) so keeping up with my ever-splitting hair is a necessity. I'm always near my shears.

[joflakes]

Thanks all! It's interesting to hear. I was in the sun the other day and I saw a load of white dots, freaked out and planned to do a S&D asap...then when I got home I couldn't find them! Argh! So annoying :laugh:

[missfaroe]

Once a month- or whenever i see them :)

[rowie]

To be honest I used to S&D, but now I don't because my hair breaks off before I need to trim it. I know this cause every night i'd condition my ends with virgin coconut oil and i'd massage it to my ends with a pulling method, and if their are any splits it would of broken off. But that is just me, I have a lot of wirey strands that are thick and coarse. My hair is hard to manage and is resistant to heat and bleach (what's funny is I don't do any of those when I could, but i'm just a boring guy who likes fancy toys to contain my crazy hair in a bun on a daily basis).

[ladylowtide]

I never S&D. So I chose the cheese. I'm no scissors period until I get to TBL. So far 2 years, but the only time I've ever seen spilts in my hair is when I bleached it platinum, and I cut that off years ago. I am getting excited for when I can trim to thicken up my ends though.

[spidermom]

Lately - never. It makes me hate my hair because I always find scores of splits, knots, roughened cuticle, and scrunched-up looking ends. Also I don't think it does one bit of good. I have probably 120,000 hairs; there's no way I can get a good look at even 1% of them.

[Naiadryade]

Every day. I usually have my shears nearby, and whenever I notice some I take a few minutes to find more. If I've had it up and/or been busy all day, I'll make some time in the evening or the next morning to do a good 10-20 minutes. Splits multiply exponentially in my hair, because they cause tangles which cause more splits, so keeping on top of them before they can create problems helps keep them minimal.

[QMacrocarpa]

Still never. :)

[juliaxena]

I am against doing it on my hair because I achieve nothing but layery look. Hair just splits again and keeps getting more and more uneven. I did it a couple of weeks ago after not doing it for a long time. First time ever my hair is not just splitting further.

[Sharysa]

Once a month every new moon.

My hair is pretty coarse, so it's resilient unless I try to bun it or I leave it down too much.

[oktobergoud]

Whenever I see one! I had a S&D about 2 weeks ago and yesterday I found a split end again and did another S&D session :) Only found another one pfew :P

[Kyaatje]

At the moment "whenever I see one" means I S&D daily. Not to long because then I get scissor happy and start snapping away wildly. At the moment I need to do it like that (and sadly finding splits really easy) when I dipdyed my hair pink, I didn't have any bleaching experience and I think I overdid so now I'm S&D-ing a lot LOL
Now with the new scissors and doing it almost daily, i notice a decrease in splits. I'm adding catnip rinses to my routine and hope to prevent even more that way

[starlamelissa]

Never. Ten charecters

[knhess]

I s&d every weekend! It's usually when I have the most free time and I'm able to devote at least 20 minutes to it.

[Quahatundightu]

Now that I'm microtrimming I barely ever have splits, so I just cut them when I see them (same for white dots, which have always plagued me more)

[joflakes]

That was my next question! I have an area where white dots are a pain, but when the little end bits of hair break off there is still a white end. Is this chop worthy? Would you cut a little off?