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Hi. I've been growing my hair for about a year now. When I stretch my bangs, they will reach my lips. I've been having a friend cut the back occasionally to reduce the "mullet effect". Recently I decided to get a trim....1) because I had major split ends, and 2) because my hair is really thick and I wanted to thin the underneath layers out. I stressed to her that I did NOT want any length taken off besides the very tiny tips of the ends of my hair. I was so happy afterwards...there is almost no noticable length difference...and my hair feels SO much nicer. She thinned out the underneath layers a lot...so the back of my head doesn't protrude like the Alien anymore. It just feels so much better.
If you have major split ends after only one year of growth, you'd better reevaluate your hair care routine, or your hair isn't going to get much longer. It takes major abuse to get major splits that soon.
With your hair as with your life, tread lightly man.
Bill
My hair has been growing just fine, and at a pretty good rate as well. I'm guessing that the reason I had split ends is because I used to dye my hair a LOT before I started to grow it. My hair's actually pretty nice now, especially since the trim. It's very soft and fine, and I'm really happy with the way it has grown despite awkward stages. Since I decided to start growing it out, I have regarded my hair as with my life....I tread lightly...man.