Achieving blunt ends

**qvbit** · December 7th, 2020, 08:40 PM

I have wispy ends right now and I personally prefer my ends to be blunt, but since I did a no trim 2020 and I've grown out layers in the past they're quite uneven. Blunt-enders who have been in a similar situation, what do you find is the best way to achieve/maintain them? Did you trim regularly until your ends were the same length, or do one big chop when your hair got long enough and then maintained that?

**Shorty89** · December 7th, 2020, 08:53 PM

I haven't done a year with no trims, but I think you could easily get blunt ends by doing micro trims every month.

**lapis_lazuli** · December 7th, 2020, 11:14 PM

I prefer to do microtrims and let my hemline gradually fill in. I think both have relatively the same effect, it's just about whether you want it sooner or later.

**midbackorbust** · December 8th, 2020, 01:07 AM

I don’t have the patience for microtrims so I prefer getting it cut by about half an inch every year or so. I love the feeling of freshly cut hair, it feels so blunt and thick!

**illicitlizard** · December 8th, 2020, 01:22 AM

It depends what you prefer, microtrimming or big chops. The benefit of microtrimming is it never really feels like losing length, but it means that the blunt ends will happen more gradually. Benefit of big chops is you have blunt ends immediately, the only problem is usually you lose a lot of length which can suck if you're trying to maintain long hair.

Seems to be a priorities thing. Though I have seen some people say microtrimming didn't work for them because the ends were actually damaged (rather than just naturally tapered) so leaving them there carried damage up the hair and never really resulted in blunt ends. I don't really have experience with either, I just trim semi regularly and usually end up with pretty blunt ends.

**SnowSpot** · December 8th, 2020, 01:36 AM

I did a big chop two years ago. My hair used to be somewhere around BSL and the ends were quite tapered and maybe also damaged (I don’t remember so well anymore). I cut them between SL and APL and have been microtrimming since then. For me, the key to achieving length has been both the microtrims and conditioning the very ends regularly. At some point I used to condition the ends every day to keep them from sticking to each other to prevent breakage.

Cg · December 8th, 2020, 08:20 AM

I microtrim every 6 weeks. Sometimes a little, sometimes quite a bit, it varies. Evidently my hair grows fairly fast. If you microtrim you will learn the optimum interval for your own hair.

I did start early on when growing out the layers with a big chop as soon as I could, maybe shoulder (?), absolutely no regrets ever.

What you do depends on how much you want blunt ends now versus whether you're willing to use that as a goal for some nebulous future.

**lapushka** · December 8th, 2020, 08:48 AM

Seconding the microtrims.

Technically I don't do microtrims. After growing, and being on the challenges for a number of years, I am now maintaining my length. I last took off an inch and a half, which means I take my growth of, which comes down to some odd 6 inches or so a year.

Feye's self-trimming is lovely for blunt ends, and you can take off however little of much you like. And I would go slowly. Take half an inch or a cm and then see if you like it. You can always take more, but you can't put it back on.

**Belgrade Beauty** · December 8th, 2020, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by illicitlizard

It depends what you prefer, microtrimming or big chops. The benefit of microtrimming is it never really feels like losing length, but it means that the blunt ends will happen more gradually. Benefit of big chops is you have blunt ends immediately, the only problem is usually you lose a lot of length which can suck if you're trying to maintain long hair.

Seems to be a priorities thing. Though I have seen some people say microtrimming didn't work for them because the ends were actually damaged (rather than just naturally tapered) so leaving them there carried damage up the hair and never really resulted in blunt ends. I don't really have experience with either, I just trim semi regularly and usually end up with pretty blunt ends.

I completely agree with this. It really depends on what you prioritize. I personally prioritize nice ends, so I took off some growth this year because I couldn't handle how my ends looked. If length is more important to you than ends, you go with micro, if you prefer ends over length than regular trim

**harpgal** · December 8th, 2020, 10:49 AM

I am a big believer in trimming. I trim every 3 months and take off anywhere between 1/4 to 1 inch. This allows the slower growing strands to catch up and it does keep somewhat of a hemline all the way down. Because I do this, I was able to have a hemline at ankle.

If your taste runs toward more of a taper then do not trim. However, if you would like to keep a hemline, trimming is very important.