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Hi guys.
"SOADdude" recently mentioned it to me but i just wanna find out some more info. Are average sharpness scissors the best for cutting hair or do they need to be like super sharp?
Also can you simple use just normal scissors or do you need special hair ones?
When i trimmed my splits i used proper stainless steel haircutting scissors but they were only medium sharpness, not blunt but not that sharp. I noticed that when i was cutting i wasen't getting a "clean cut" on the strands and sometimes i would have to re-cut the same lock because i missed a section of strands. Another thing that is worrying me - alot of the split ends i cut, although gone, seem to have a frayed end. Is this normal or do you think i might have not made an accurate cut over the strands? Keep in mind it is difficult to cut hair whilst looking in the mirror and having oil all over your hands lol. Advice would be appreciated, thanks.
Super sharp is the way to go.
As long as they were "really sharp" it wouldn't make all that much difference.
Good. :-)
Bad. :-(
Fault of the sissors and especially hard on the hair when sissors are not sharp. Kind of like trying to cut down a tree with an ax that is dull.
That is because of the sissors used and not severing the strand of hair nice and clean above the split. The ends in no way should be frayed in the slighest.
I think you were most likely cuting accurately enough, but despite this the sissors were failing to get a good clean severance of the hair.
Yes, I would imagine.
I would get a professional set of Salon sissors and do the whole thing all over again "very soon" before what is happenning worsens.........or go directly to a Salon, tell them what you want and let them do it.
Yeah thanx, good advice Jus'.
I have found some professional salon scissors on ebay which are good quality and relatively inexpensive. I will buy a pair and re-cut my hair. This time they are going to be "super sharp" and i will have a perfect, straight cut. Blunt scissors can only exacerbate my split end problem and make it worse, never again!
Hey 80's -
Don't beat yourself up over all of this........you didn't realize as you were doing it the 1st time. Wish I had known ahead of time so as to tell you to make sure you used very sharp sissors. Oh well, in the end you won't have lost all that much, learned by an error that you were not aware of, and GAINED a great conquest in making sure your hair is in top condition. All part of the learning process we all went through.
All the best-
Justin
hi 80's,
2 days ago a read about that on an german hair forum and on other websites and i have found that the scissors should be sharp ...
if they are blunt, the cut might not be clean and the hair tends to split again at the point where you have cut your hair ...
some professional hairstylers and a few longhairs also use "warm scissors" or "hot scissors" (it's a special scissors and a device where you put the scissors in and this thing will heat up the blades) ...
that means that the blades of the scissors is warmed up and it seems to be true that the warmth will kind of "seal" the cut, so the hair doesn't tend to split again so easily ... (haven't tried that - only read about that on some websites (non commercial !)) ...
in summary: in what i have read on these forums, it is most important that the scissors is really sharp - otherwise it might split again easily ...
greez,
ALH
found an link:
a website, especially for hairdressers, introducing this "warm scissors" ...
greez,
ALH
Yeah thanx. Sharp scissors. I will need to invest in a good, heavy duty pair of stanless steel, professional hair trimming scissors. Preferably with a sharp blade.
I think you are right.I can see potential split ends re-forming where i have cut. Makes me sad, but i am still learning and discovering about hair and what is most efficient for me, trial and error. Growing my hair is a challenge of obstales and challenges but it is getting easier and easier by experimentation and the wealth of knowledge i am aquiring.
That thermal technology sounds way too high tech and expensive.
Cheers.
When I was a child the barbers always used to warm the scissors before use, but this seems to have gone out.
I use proper haircutting scissors, but they only come from a chemist/pharmacist. I don't sharpen them either, but I also never use them for anything else except cutting hair. Other uses can dull them very quickly.
