No cutting - for how long?

[sibilum]

I don't trim my hair since last November. What is the longest period of time you didn't cut/trim you hair, without experiencing damaged ends?

My ends are in great condition, and I can hardly find a split end, so I see no reason to cut, I just wonder how long it will take until the ends start to look bad...

[Raederle]

I'm heading up into about 2 years with no trims, and about 7 months since any serious S & D missions. That said, I'm not overly concerned with the shape of my hemine, since I wear my hair up mostly. If you're a fan of the blunt hemline, you'd need to trim occasionally, since we all seem to have hairs that grow at different rates. And some aver that a trim jumpstarts a growth spurt.

If your ends feel, and look fine, and you're content with your hemline, then it's hard to make a case for a trim, I think. If you nurture all your hair, you might be able to stave off a trim for quite a while.

[Aelith]

I'm at 10 months, and despite some damaging practices, I don't have split ends (I do have breakage at the temples though).

[Shanarana]

I don't trim my hair unless I really REALLY feel it needs it. Then I only do a dusting, but haven't done one in so long I can't even remember the last one I did.

[paper]

I was wondering the same thing. I'm thinking about going longer this time before trimming. I'm exicted about getting to APL, and can't do that if I keep trimming?

[spidermom]

I have discovered that I'm not happy with the way my hair looks or behaves if I go more than 3 months without a trim. It grows unevenly and the ends split if I give them a mean look. But at least I was able to stretch my trims out to every 3 months. I used to get it trimmed every 6-8 weeks, and contrary to popular belief around here, I DID get length increase on that schedule, an average of 4.75 inches per year.

[Raederle]

You were exactly the member I had in mind with a trim jumpstarting growth, girlfriend. :blossom:

[spidermom]

You were exactly the member I had in mind with a trim jumpstarting growth, girlfriend. :blossom:

I have indeed had some amazing growth following removal of more than an inch. Less than that and I don't notice a change in growth rate. But more than that and ZOUNDS! I've gotten up to 2 inches of growth in six weeks.

[Nimawae]

I have indeed had some amazing growth following removal of more than an inch. Less than that and I don't notice a change in growth rate. But more than that and ZOUNDS! I've gotten up to 2 inches of growth in six weeks.

Oh, good to know! I think it's time for me to trim again. :) I've always wondered if trims encouraged new growth. Thanks!

[AJoifulNoise]

I'm coming up on 3 years of no trims and I've just recently started having problems. So, I'd say 2.5 years. I'm going to be trimming within the next couple of days.

[ZaBasDa]

I've almost gone two years without a trim, okay it was more like a major cut. But my hair hasn't seen any scissors in two years.

[sexyjacksparrow]

I can probably get away with only 4-6 months without it looking manky. I went about 18 months before my last hair cut and my hair was in horrid contition and I had to cut off more than it had grown by in that time (which was probably only about two inches anyway as my hair grows sloooooooooow).

[chrissy-b]

I've gone seven months now without a trim and my hair is still looking good. No splits or breakage but a fairly uneven hemline.

From what I've learned since joining, it seems like gentle treatment and oiling really seems to help lengthen the time between necessary trims.

[toodramatik]

I trim like.. a millimetre off if i see white dots. I don't know if it's at all effective but it calms me down about them. -shrug-

[greekprincess]

The longest I went without a trim was one year....and my ends were pretty bad...but that was because I had old hair dye growing out also.

[sibilum]

It is nice to hear about all your experiences. Thank you for the replies!

If I see my ends getting dry or the split ends multiplying, I will certainly trim it. Until then, I won't touch it (except for doing search & destroy). I'm curious to see how much my hair will endure. So far, my hemline is ok, I mean, I have layers but the longest layer has a nice U shape, so I guess I have even growth.

[myrtle]

I have found that I only need a trim every three months and then I try to minimize it to as little as possible. The ends just looked too thin if I go longer than that without a trim.

[Carina]

I visit my stylist three times a year for a small trim.She cuts it about half an inch to an inch every time.

[nostalgic]

the longest i have ever gone was probably from about march 2005 till may 2007? i was growing my hair out for LOL from a pixie and once i'd gotten out of the mullet stage, i left it alone except for bangs....but when i was growing out the layers, it thinned the lower layer and it didn't look so great....
as of right now, my last haircut was in january (wow it was short, a sort of stacked bob and i couldn't understand why my dbf's mom commented on how long it was when it got to chin length hahaha!). anyhow, i've noticed a few little split ends but i go cross-eyed trying to s&d because it's still sooo short :(

[emeraldfaery]

Last big cut was Nov. '06 last trim was early July '07. I haven't done a S&D mission for months (need to one of these days). My ends look fine I think.

[Islandgrrl]

I had a wee little trim yesterday, after a 10 month wait. My ends don't look particularly damaged - I don't have splits, but they were dry and it was just time.

The longest I've gone without a trim is probably about 18 months or so, again with no discernible damage. But as mentioned above by someone...I like a blunt hemline so I trimmed to even things up.