Trimming Question

[hiddy3]

Hi guys,
I was wondering...
How do you get your trims? Straight across or following natural shape? I seem to recall reading an article about long hair specialist and stylist Dr. George Michael saying something about the way to trim, but I can't remember what he said. Anybody know?

Pallas

 

[Guest]

I don't remember what he said but I did read something on longhair.org. They also tell you how to trim split ends. Here is the link to the article: http://www.longhair.org/trimming.htm

They advocate trimming only split hairs and not necessarily trimming straight across in a straight line. It also mentions that with blunt cuts stylist tend to have to cut more hair to keep the ends even.

Hope this helps!

 

[Guest]

I've been getting mine cut in a blunt cut for the past couple of trims. I tend to think that stylist do cut more when you have a blunt cut. I'm debating what to do when I need another trim because I'm trying to grow my hair and I think my stylist took off too much of my length due to trying to keep the shape of the blunt cut.

 

[adrienne0914]

hey, how are you, pallas!!! /images/graemlins/smile.gif

my stylist is what i call an instinct cutter. lol! what i mean by that is she cuts as she goes, but not in an organized way. it always comes out even though so i have no complaints.

she trims along the natural shape rather than blunt.

adrienne

 

[Guest]

Pallas, I believe that article you are referring to is posted somewhere on hairboutique.com. I'm looking for it and if I find it I will post the link.

 

[Lucia]

Here's a summ-up of the article with Dr. George Micheal: he said that blunt or slight U-shape one length hair is best because the hairs are stronger like this and grows faster. Layers are bad especially bangs b/c longer hair sheds to match the shorter hair.
hth

 

[hiddy3]

Thanks for the replies and answer to the George Michael question you guys. I've been wondering about this for a long time. My hair is trimmed blunt. I tend to think that more hair is cut off maintaining a compleatly blunt cut, and want to go a bit more towards the natural shape. I guess my stylist would know, but I'm wondering how do I start to do this without it starting to look "raggedy".

Pallas

 

[Supergirl]

Yes, I had a prob. with this also. My (former) stylist was trimming my length off by trying to keep it perfectly even. Well, my hair does not grow straight across. It is longer in the back. I have since changed stylists and explained to her upfront that my hair does not grow evenly straight across and please don't try to get it that way!

 

[Guest]

Supergirl and Hiddy, thanks for sharing your experiences too. I thought it was just me that had this issue. Now I don't feel alone. Hiddy please let me know what you decide to do and I'll post what my results are after my next trim. Supergirl, I will be asking you for an update as well. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Supergirl]

My new stylist trimmed my hair a week ago. I am pretty pleased. Another thing I did when I went to her was to tell her that I was trying to increase my length by 6 more inches(but I told her more so that she would be especially careful) and then I told her that I'd left the other stylist(a woman who did beautiful styles and kept hair healthy but just trimmed too much!) because of the trim factor.

I really believe that giving some hair history and goals is key. I told my former stylist but obviously it did not work. (or she just didn't know any other trimming method). I also became intimidated to speak up with my former stylists because if ever I did--she would make a remark to let me know that she is the professional and she does not need anyone telling her how to do her job /images/graemlins/frown.gif Of course, another reason I left is because I was paying her to do MY hair!

But the blessing is that I stopped using heat when I was going to her because I figured if I used less heat, she would trim less. My hair did improve, but the trims did not.

Remember though, it's yo' hair!

 

[Tara]

bumping for those of us about to start trimming our own hair.