Do you pay more for a hair cut/trim when it's longer?

[Speckla]

I don't think people should have to pay more for longer hair.
$14 above shoulders, $19 below shoulders. My stylist does a great job (cuts it dry, examines my scalp/hair and pays attention to the way the curls form before she cuts) and doesn't set the price she has to charge...but I still think it's wrong to charge more.
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SIERRA RS COSWORTH

[intothemist1999]

More for a trim doesn't make sense to me if it's a blunt cut. If it's heavily layered and they have to trim all over the head, it makes sense to me that they'd have to charge more. Then again, that's not according to LENGTH...so no, I don't think length should be the determining factor.

If they are trimming a shoulder length blunt or a waist length blunt, let's assume they are dealing only with the hemline. Shouldn't make a difference where that sits!

[SHELIAANN1969]

That is odd. If someone takes off 1/4 inch, it doesn't matter if the hair is classic length or chin length, it's still 1/4 inch.

Weird. It sounds like they just want more money and are trying to trick people into thinking that if your hair is longer, they have to cut more, so it takes more time, so it costs more money.

[Speckla]

Maybe it's due to my hair being multi-layered and curly? But 1-2" off the ends and no style or shampooing is being done. I need to learn to do my own trims.

This has been my experience with every salon I've gone to. Trims are cheaper when it's short vs. more when it's longer. Unless I'm being charged for a full cut and not just a trim?
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EPILEPSY FORUMS

[squiggyflop]

most places around here charge more for long hair.. i got me a pair of hair scissors.. i can do my own trimming thank you very much.. i can understand the cost of coloring hair going up when its long but cutting is ridiculous

[florenonite]

I'd've thought it'd be the other way round, seeing as lots of shorter cuts need layers or different lengths to look nice, whereas lots of people with longer hair wear it blunt and just want 1/2 " or something off all of it.

[Chanterelle]

While it might take longer to cut short hair (layers and all), long hair usually takes much longer to style.
So I think it's weird.

[spidermom]

My hair stylist doesn't charge a different price for trimming longer hair.

[Roseate]

I've never seen different prices according to length. What I have seen is different prices according to gender, (men cheaper than women), which is just as silly. Some men are just a clipper cut, but some are much more time consuming than a unlayered trim.

19$ for a good trim though? Still a bargain in my book. Sounds like she should just raise her prices across the board and not bother with nickel-and-diming people for 5 bucks.

[Nes]

I have seen this done but don't agree with it at all. A short razored and layered bob will take ten times longer than an inch trim of classic length hair.

It doesn't really make sense. I wouldn't go to a salon that charged this way on principle.

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