View Poll Results: Do you think it's better to have regular trims or just keep growing?

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  • Regular trims are always best.

    20 8.93%
  • Only trim when needed.

    104 46.43%
  • I'm trying to trim as little as possible!

    86 38.39%
  • I'm still trying to figure it out!

    34 15.18%
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Thread: Better to trim or just keep growing?

  1. #81
    Member Sweet_Decadence's Avatar
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    Default Re: Better to trim or just keep growing?

    Monthly S&D seems to do me best. My hair is very fine and delicate, so splits and tangles very easily...even in a braided bun. Even if I chop a few inches off, I'd always quickly find new splits within a few days. It does give a lot of taper at the ends, but I plan to get on top of that once I've reached my goal.

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    Default Re: Better to trim or just keep growing?

    apparently I posted here 6 odd days ago lol? even so I picked trying to trim as little as possible, and figuring things out, it's only recently that my trimming urges have faded
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  3. #83
    Learn more. Know less. foreveryours's Avatar
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    Default Re: Better to trim or just keep growing?

    Early this February I started trimming 1/4" off the very longest tips every other week. But, after amonth, I stopped. So many other things I could do while it's growing. I mean wtf was I thinking?
    scalp > SL > MBL > TBL > FTL > KNEE > KNEE+

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    Default Re: Better to trim or just keep growing?

    For me personally I trim about 1 - 1.5cm every two months and still notice good growth. I'd call this regular since I'm tidying up the ends as I go but I am planning on stretching my trims if I can.

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    Default Re: Better to trim or just keep growing?

    For the past several years, I’ve been stretching the time between trims from 3 months to up to a year. It’s been 13 months since I’ve been to a salon now, not counting the self trim 4 months ago.
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    Default Re: Better to trim or just keep growing?

    I only trim my ends once a year.

    Hurray! I've reached tailbone length! Last trim 1-2-23.
    Lady Roxanne,Keeper of the Caprines 🐐in the order of the Long Haired Knights.

  7. #87
    🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸🌷 Glitch's Avatar
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    Default Re: Better to trim or just keep growing?

    I only trimmed when needed, which for me meant a year and a half of going without them! Not including S&D. However, after that long time period, my ends became too fragile and tangly, so I had to trim, and trim a bit more than I liked. So, I would say I prefer to trim regularly but as little as possible. Saves the ends and therefore, a lot of the length

    That being said, I'd have never arrived at my length as fast as I did had I been trimming on the regular, lol. If I had to re-do that growth era, I'd do the same thing again.

  8. #88
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    Default Re: Better to trim or just keep growing?

    I need regular trims. It slows my growth down, but I'm fine with that. I'm growing out layers, so more frequent trims gives them a chance to catch up and gives me the blunt hemline that I like.
    long hair is self care
    Chin ♡ Collarbone ♡ APL ♡ BSL ♡ Mermaid ♡ Waist ♡ Hip ♡ TBL ♡ Classic ♡

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    Default Re: Better to trim or just keep growing?

    I only trim when it is needed.
    A nice​ bun makes the day.

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