Do you dust/trim/cut yout hair wet or dry???

[LondonDiva]

I now take the scissors to my hair when wet and only after a relaxer. I don't see the point in trimming with tons of new growth.

 

[Ericka]

I'm 100% natural so I get my hair cut and trimmed when my hair is dry. I also dust my ends when my hair is dry too.

 

[memee1978]

if i decide that i tryly need it,then ill dust only what needs to be dust.i dont believe in constantly cutting the hair and dusting.if your hair isnt truly damaged whats the point?i rarly cut or dust my ends.it has not effect my growth at all.splits can accur all throught out the head not just on the ends....but if it needs to be clipped off then do just that...only when needed...also...keep those ends from breaking!!!!!!!!!!!!!youll nitice growth then more......................great job.

 

[prospurr4]

I trim my hair when dry and right after a relaxer touchup.

 

[tiffers]

LondonDiva, why do you trim wet hair? Are there any benefits to it? I thought we black folk had to trim our hair while dry because of shrinkage

 

[drasgrl]

Dry. I can see the splits better.

 

[Ivonnovi]

I lilke the result better when I do it dry.

 

[LondonDiva]

LondonDiva, why do you trim wet hair? Are there any benefits to it? I thought we black folk had to trim our hair while dry because of shrinkage

I only trim straight after a relaxer. As I relax in sections as soon as I'm done with one section and neutralising is done, I'll run a fine tooth comb thru to make sure all ends are straight and level (doesn't work with a wide tooth comb) and trim. Relax next section then repeat. With the weight of the water on the hair plus it being pretty straight post relaxer I get a better result from the trim and its more even for me. I do it like how the pros do it (just not as pro like) glide the comb thru to stretch the hair a little, dust a little off until I get the desired result. There's less hair to tame in order to trim and I get a really good blunt effect when I do it this way.

I also noticed once where I trimmed the left side dry and the right side when wet that the right side acted differently when combing and brushing weeks and months after that. The right side also hardly tangled a comb or brush would glide through it dry with much more easy than the dry cut side.

With the cut I did in the siggy I did that in 3 sections post relaxer when wet and for me it turned out great. Even still my cut is visible and thick like I did it yesterday. Of course it only works if you have sharp professional haircutting scissors.

I started doing this when I was in the indian salon waiting to get my eyebrows threaded and was watching the hairdressers, the cut looked so sharp and on point, once blowdried it looked amazing. I thought I'd give it a try and haven't looked back since. Dry cuts don't do a lot for me at all. I also find it easier to gather the hair to cut it when wet than 4b texlaxed hair when dry.


Also I find when cutting dry, it's easier to over trim. When I cut it wet I can comb thru it and see if anymore is needed to trim off, as it lays just straight and blunt. Each section of dry hair acts differently and lays at slightly different lengths.

I hope that made some sense. Of course I'm no cutting/trimming pro, just observed what's worked for me.

Oh and I've been meaning to tell you for the longest, your babies are so beautiful. Am I right in saying little Miss on the right is the most mischevious, she has that cute naughty look about her.

 

[taj]

Dry, split ends appear clearly and the result of that is great!!!

 

[tiffers]

I only trim straight after a relaxer. As I relax in sections as soon as I'm done with one section and neutralising is done, I'll run a fine tooth comb thru to make sure all ends are straight and level (doesn't work with a wide tooth comb) and trim. Relax next section then repeat. With the weight of the water on the hair plus it being pretty straight post relaxer I get a better result from the trim and its more even for me. I do it like how the pros do it (just not as pro like) glide the comb thru to stretch the hair a little, dust a little off until I get the desired result. There's less hair to tame in order to trim and I get a really good blunt effect when I do it this way.

I also noticed once where I trimmed the left side dry and the right side when wet that the right side acted differently when combing and brushing weeks and months after that. The right side also hardly tangled a comb or brush would glide through it dry with much more easy than the dry cut side.

With the cut I did in the siggy I did that in 3 sections post relaxer when wet and for me it turned out great. Even still my cut is visible and thick like I did it yesterday. Of course it only works if you have sharp professional haircutting scissors.

I started doing this when I was in the indian salon waiting to get my eyebrows threaded and was watching the hairdressers, the cut looked so sharp and on point, once blowdried it looked amazing. I thought I'd give it a try and haven't looked back since. Dry cuts don't do a lot for me at all. I also find it easier to gather the hair to cut it when wet than 4b texlaxed hair when dry.


Also I find when cutting dry, it's easier to over trim. When I cut it wet I can comb thru it and see if anymore is needed to trim off, as it lays just straight and blunt. Each section of dry hair acts differently and lays at slightly different lengths.

I hope that made some sense. Of course I'm no cutting/trimming pro, just observed what's worked for me.

Oh and I've been meaning to tell you for the longest, your babies are so beautiful. Am I right in saying little Miss on the right is the most mischevious, she has that cute naughty look about her.

Cool! Thanks for explaining cause I never knew we could trim our hair while wet!

And yes, you're right, she's definitely the most mischevious I always have to keep a very close eye on her. I'm sure she'll be the first of my kids to try and take the car and throw house parties when dh and I are away

 

[Aggie]

I don't trim my own hair so I have my stylist do it and she does it on dry hair, never wet.

 

[LondonDiva]

So far very interesting, it seems I'm the only wet cutter.

 

[Traycee]

The problem with cutting curly hair wet is that the hair is going to bounce up a lot more than you think.....Remember curly or kinky hair stretches when wet...So cutting it wet will leave you with 1 to 1 1/2 inch shorter than you expected.....

Opposite for straight hair....

 

[vtoodler]

The problem with cutting curly hair wet is that the hair is going to bounce up a lot more than you think.....Remember curly or kinky hair stretches when wet...So cutting it wet will leave you with 1 to 1 1/2 inch shorter than you expected.....

Opposite for straight hair....

Also, I believe that wet hair is more fragile, so cutting wet hair could pose some breakage issues.

 

[Lanea87]

Dry hair only or it would be uneven bc of my NG. But DRY period...

 

[Lilmama1011]

Both, it depends when I start obsessing about my ends, whether I just washed my hair I will trim or after I have styled and decided to trim

 

[Angel of the North]

I get my hair trimmed on relaxer day day by my stylist, she does it on wet hair, I dust my ends when wet, I would do a S & D on dry hair and when my hair was natural it was trimmed dry. I prefer trimming wet hair, I like the results and I think you can see better what needs to come off.

 

[Amarilles]

Normally it should be on dry hair, one gets a blunter and better cut that way.

Imagine cutting a paper that has been wet...it'll kinda slip and slide and won't produce a clean cut. Hair acts similarly.

 

[pre_medicalrulz]

I trim/cut/dust while dry.

 

[soulglo]

dry

easier to see splits

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

I trim/dust on dry hair. Only once has my hair been wet to cut it and that was when I first big chopped and needed to see the difference so I could cut.

HPG

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