View Poll Results: Have you been told trims make hair grow faster?

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    Default Re: Been told trims make hair grow faster?

    Quote Originally Posted by Kazazi View Post
    Well, I recently went to a long hair salon where they offer a dusting package specially for people who are growing their hair long.

    I mainly went to have some face framing layers cut but she did the dusting, too, and first of all, she really did manage to just take the most miniscule amount off to make the hemline look better, I really don't seem to have lost any length.

    She then explained how this sort of micro trim helps with growing even if you don't have lots of damage and splits: as hair grows somewhat unevenly on all heads, a few weeks or months after a trim, the hemline inevitably won't be as blunt anymore as straight after a trim. So what you get then are comparatively more isolated hairs sticking out at the hemline that are exposed to all sorts of mechanical stress.

    In comparison, in a freshly trimmed blunt hairline, all the ends will be surrounded by other ends of exactly the same length and they sort of protect each other from exposure and breaking off.

    This makes sense to me and might convince me how keeping a well maintained blunt hemline might keep ends healthy and thus increase net growth (*not* the growth rate at the roots), *even* if you are not dealing with splits or damage.

    However, although this hairdresser recommend to this every couple of months, this sounds way too frequent for me. I am considering going back there for a dusting in maybe 4-6 months because I was really impressed how nice and blunt a look they achieved with absolutely minimal length loss.

    Salons specialising in long hair are cool!
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    Default Re: Been told trims make hair grow faster?

    I've been told that too, and one of the perpetrators was a hairdresser who should have known better. It's all about business!!! lol
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    Default Re: Been told trims make hair grow faster?

    Quote Originally Posted by JamieLeigh View Post
    I've been told that too, and one of the perpetrators was a hairdresser who should have known better. It's all about business!!! lol

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    Default Re: Been told trims make hair grow faster?

    I don't believe this for a second. I stopped trusting hairdressers after a couple of very bad styles on me. They always cut more than I ask for. Cutting hair is their living so no wonder why they want us to come back as often as possible just to keep the style in shape. Long hair doen't need cutting as often if you want it to grow super long. I do the trimming bit myself until it is to long. From past hip-length I may need someone to help me with the trimming. But until then, nobody is getting near my hair with a pair of scissors.

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    Default Re: Been told trims make hair grow faster?

    Kazazi, I wish I had a salon like that to go to! I trim my own hair but it would be so nice if i could go someplace that would do microtrims for me. I'm always stressed out that I could make a mistake and cut more hair than I want.

    And yes, every time I say that I'm trying to grow my hair out, the first advice I get is to trim more often. I understand trimming often to maintain length or to prevent/take off damaged ends, but never understood the need to trim it for faster growth.

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    Default Re: Been told trims make hair grow faster?

    My mother use to believe this. But she either doesn't any more, or she has just stopped talking to me about it!

    My daughter in law told me that my granddaughter would have trims or else her hair wouldn't grow. She got it from her mother and believes everything her mother says.

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    Default Re: Been told trims make hair grow faster?

    I've heard it and i know it's complete....yes. Its not true. But it sure does help to get rid of any damage.

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    Default Re: Been told trims make hair grow faster?

    Yup it's a myth!! Once I stopped getting my hair trimmed every 2-3 months it grew so much

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    Default Re: Been told trims make hair grow faster?

    I voted: YES
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    Default Re: Been told trims make hair grow faster?

    I have been told that trimming hair will make it grow but I don't really believe this.

    However trims make my hair look better and I will never forget how, in the middle of a massive shed, I went for a trim and the shedding stopped that very day.....maybe it was just coincidence though.

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