So you probably hear it all the time. You definitely will if you read my blog posts – case in point would be today haha. “Get regular trims.” “Get a trim every six to eight weeks!” “Don’t skip your hair cuts!” You may have even heard this after having a seat in the chair…”Your last hair cut was when?!”
As hairdressers, we really do not tell you to come in more often simply for our financial benefit. There’s science behind this recommendation…and of course the benefit of seeing your smiling face and catching up on what’s new. 🙂 Here’s the why behind it all:
Cardinal Rule #1: No matter how persuasive that commercial is that tells you their hair serum or shampoo or conditioner is going to fix your split ends, you must promise to not believe them.
Have I ever told you my products will fix your split ends? Nope. Heck, if they did, I’d include a free finishing product with every hair cut and tell you I’ll see you again when your hair reaches your lower back. No product will fix split ends. Ever. Ev……er. Products will help seal split ends together, creating the illusion of having fixed them. *Wooo woo! Now you see them. Now you don’t!!!* [Insert David Copperfield smile here.]
Let me take you back to those fun days in science class when we got to use the microscopes. YAY!! I don’t know about you but I lovvvvvved those days. This below, my dear friends, is four different hair strands under a microscope. The captions are pretty self-explanatory and show the various levels of damage on each strand. Besides taking a very teeny tiny Crazy Glue applicator and crazy gluing your split ends together, you will notice that there is no way to truly get rid of split ends other than to cut them off above where they begin. And, for the record, I do not recommend taking the aforementioned former approach. Of course if you do, then call me. Just don’t say I didn’t warn you that it’s gonna be the most expensive trip to the salon you’ll ever take. 😉
As I always have said, I highly recommend getting trims every six to eight weeks to avoid getting split ends that look like the poor hair in C or D. Another thing worth noting is that when hair is over processed from color, it begins to look like picture C, then D. This is why overly-lightened blonde hair especially is so unruly and difficult to manage or stye.
xo
Renee
Dyehard Beauty Studio 