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Hey guys,
This is after the trim. The stylist used a thinning razor to thin out my hair. He also used the clippers at nape of neck to handle the longer hairs, not too excited about that. In fact, he actually seemed to nick me with them.
Anyway comments are welcome.
Steve
Steve this really wasn't what you should have done.
Thinning is a technique to make hair less bulky its acheived by randomly cutting around 20-30% of the hairs within a lock with each snip. It leaves the hair various lengths, preserving some hair at the original length but the majority at shorter inconsistent lengths
It makes your hair more prone to be frizzy and rebelious. Whats more imagine what its going to be like when your bangs can reach a tail. Half of the bang will reach, the rest of it will be 1-2 inches shorter.
At this early stage this wont be a tremendous problem, just don't persist with this practice otherwise you are going to regret it as your hair gets longer. If you are going to trim your way out, you should be focussing on trimming the back and sides shorter and letting the hair on top catch up with the length at the lower layers.
There is normally about a 5-6 inch difference in your layers when you begin grwoing out. So work on trimming 3/4 of an inch off the back and sides every 3 months. (Asking the hair dresser to blend it in with the top, which you don't touch.) Then after a year you have trimmed 3 inches and you will only have a 2-3 inch difference in your layers, (perfect for 12 months.) By 2 years you have an even cut.
Don't think your hair otherwise it'll be ragged by the time you hit 1 year.
(That should have read "THIN" not "Think")
PS: Sorry Steve, I doubt that was what you wanted to hear. :-(
But don't feel bad, no damage has really been done at this stage. Just consider it for next time.
Well I think the hair looks pretty good man, but, the thinning may not have been in your best interest. It still looks really good so far though!
But yeah, I've heard that thinning it out can be a bad idea, because all the hairs are at such different lengths. But I think if you were going to keep your hair shorter, then wouldn't thinning it be ok? I hear you shouldn't do it when growing your hair long enough to put in a tail, but if you just want it to be a few inches long then isn't thinning ok?
I've heard that thinning it out can be a bad idea, because all the hairs are at such different lengths. But I think if you were going to keep your hair shorter, then wouldn't thinning it be ok? I hear you shouldn't do it when growing your hair long enough to put in a tail, but if you just want it to be a few inches long then isn't thinning ok?
If your keeping your hair shorter then thinning is OK - but it shouldn't be overdone. IE: Don't thin more than once without cutting back most of what you thinned before you thin your hair again. Otherwise your ends will just get finer and wispier (sp) until there's nothing left of them.
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D,
No hard feelings here. That is why I should have had a picture or done some recon work regarding who to trust in trimming my hair. Because my hair is so thick most folks instantly want to thin it out.
Well it will grow I guess. Just have to be wiser in what I do and where I go the next time.
Here is another shot of it.
I dont know how good this advice is for most people.. Personally, I find growing out your hair when the top is kept longer than the sides and backs only make the awkward stage that much more awkward. If you let all of the hairs grow out from the same length, it makes your hair look longer sooner, and is much easier to style.
To deny the fact that your hair looks great "after" the trim would be untrue. Looks great! But, if you want to attain a long mane it would be the most wise to just let the hair grow now untouched for a couple of years. Then perhaps decide at that point if a trim is in order.
