Ladies? Ever cut your hair short and regretted it?

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  • mmsilvia
    mmsilvia Posts: 459 Member
    I say just do it...it's only hair & will grow back. If you didn't like it short you don't have to do it again.

    I live in New England so, I keep my hair short in the summer & long in the winter.
  • jabdye
    jabdye Posts: 4,059 Member
    Just did it 2 weeks ago -- and LOVE IT!!!! Most women are wowed by it -- saying they'd love to have short hair but don't have the nerve. I usually cut it super short when I'm feeling confident. and it's just hair -- hair grows -- but I do love the empowering feeling. I always admire short hair on women. Long hair was so much maintenance...hated being attached to a hair dryer all morning. So post pics -- would love to see the new do!
  • xo_morgan
    xo_morgan Posts: 298
    i didnt get a boy cut. but my hair was about 20 inches long & down my back and i got it cut all the way up to my ears in an inverted cut. i honestly loved it at first. and even for the first couple of months. it was easy to maintain and i could do so many different things with it. but after that i started dreadfully missing my long hair. especially when it got to the awkward stage at my shoulders. ive been trying for about a year and a half to grow it back. Slowly but surely :frown: :grumble:

    ETA: my reason for cutting was to donate to locks of love. i got about 12 inches cut off..then AFTER they cut it they told me it was color treated and they couldnt donate it :/
  • frosty73
    frosty73 Posts: 424 Member
    UGH! I cut my hair short in December and it was kind of cute.... for about a month.... then it's either, grow it out or keep cutting it. I want to grow it out again but it takes FOREVER! It is very much like losing weight, it changes at such a slow pace when you are trying to grow it out. The Michelle Williams cut is cute, but..... no more short hair for me. I hate the "bedhead" look, too, which never happened with longer hair.
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    Just did it 2 weeks ago -- and LOVE IT!!!! Most women are wowed by it -- saying they'd love to have short hair but don't have the nerve. I usually cut it super short when I'm feeling confident. and it's just hair -- hair grows -- but I do love the empowering feeling. I always admire short hair on women. Long hair was so much maintenance...hated being attached to a hair dryer all morning. So post pics -- would love to see the new do!

    See that was my thinking when I chopped all mine off, that it would be so much easier, but in fact, it took me twice as long to do my hair when it was short. My hair isn't curly, isn't straight, is kinda this weird in between wavy/not wavy thing. So when it's long I can wash it at night, let it air dry, and be good to go in the morning and it has a little wave to it. I have to do pretty much nothing to my long hair. When it was short? Jesus. I had to blow dry, and flat iron, and style, and all that crap. I think it just depends on the cut and texture of your hair.
  • Charliesuccess
    Charliesuccess Posts: 181 Member
    That cut is hot! do it! its hair...it grows back!
  • frugalmomsrock
    frugalmomsrock Posts: 1,123
    I did--and that isn't a boy cut... ;) I wore it like this for quite a while:

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    but I was having to get it cut about every 5-6 weeks because it grows so fast (and it gets curly in the back for some reason), so I asked her to take a little more off than usual, and this is what she did to me:


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    It was definitely the last time I ever went to her... I didn't cut my hair again, in fact, until a couple of months ago, and this happened before I go pregnant for my 6 year old!!
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    OP, I think you'd look great with short hair! From what I can tell by your profile pic, you've got the right face and the right kind of hair to pull it off.

    To answer your question about reget - yeah, been there, done that. Unlike some of you lucky gals, I have crazy curly fine hair and two wild cowlicks that make it a pain in the *kitten* to have a short cut. It's just way too much work and never comes out right unless I spend hella time straightening it and putting all kinds of gunk on it. Much easier for this low maintenance girl to have longer hair - just let it air dry and spend 2 minutes straightening my bangs with a round brush and fluffing up the rest.
  • kcdrake
    kcdrake Posts: 512
    I loved my short hair! I am def going back to it after I grow it out. I have never had hair longer than my shoulders so right now I am letting it grow below my shoulder blades, but I plan to donate it next time I cut it short
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    I had this style for a while and I loved it!!
  • HauteP1nk
    HauteP1nk Posts: 2,139 Member
    i didnt get a boy cut. but my hair was about 20 inches long & down my back and i got it cut all the way up to my ears in an inverted cut. i honestly loved it at first. and even for the first couple of months. it was easy to maintain and i could do so many different things with it. but after that i started dreadfully missing my long hair. especially when it got to the awkward stage at my shoulders. ive been trying for about a year and a half to grow it back. Slowly but surely :frown: :grumble:

    ETA: my reason for cutting was to donate to locks of love. i got about 12 inches cut off..then AFTER they cut it they told me it was color treated and they couldnt donate it :/

    I have donated my hair too. And I felt the exact same...missed my long hair after a few months especially when it was growing out.
  • cbcw1964
    cbcw1964 Posts: 43 Member
    I almost always had a Pixie Cut...Demi Moore in Ghost style and always always always loved it...now I am salt and pepper and have a long layered shag style that I also love! Short hair is easy and fun!:flowerforyou:
  • ColleenAtherton
    ColleenAtherton Posts: 230 Member
    I was probably 6 or 7 the last time my hair was shorter than my shoulders. My mom cut it chin-length when I was that age and I don't think I ever fully recovered! Lol! My hair has always been long since then, with the shortest being shoulder-length. I have a round face, and my stylist refuses to cut my hair short because it wouldn't look right on me. Plus I LOVE my long hair...literally. I am waaay too attached to ever chop it off. I want to donate to locks of love, but it would need to be a LOT longer than it is now (hits at my bra line) so I could have enough to donate and then enough left over for me!
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    Every single time I cut my hair I regret. So I've now decided I am not going to cut it until it's super long as I've always wanted to grow it out.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I never had my hair pixie-cut short, but every time I chopped it to chin length, I think, "Why do I ever grow my hair out?!"
  • flyingwrite
    flyingwrite Posts: 264
    I've had as little as 1/4 inch of hair on the top of my head. I loved every minute of it. I've done them all: pixie, bob, you-name-it. And you know what? It ALWAYS grows back. It's tricky like that. Go for it! You won't regret it. Just make sure you invest in earrings and lipstick. Long hair covers a multitude of ills. :bigsmile:
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    I have had my hair every length from completely bald to waist-length. I never regretted the super-short cuts until they started growing out. My hair only looks good when super-short or at least shoulder-length... not in-between. That's just me, of course, but it's something to consider.
  • mandie0378
    mandie0378 Posts: 73 Member
    In my early 20's when I was thinner I got a pixie cut. It was awesome looking. Unfortunately, as I started to pack on the weight I just started looking horrible, so I grew my hair back out to hide the roundness of my face and double chin. I expect that if I trim down I will cut my hair back off because I'm terrible about styling it.
  • BeachGurl815
    BeachGurl815 Posts: 295 Member
    I never had my hair pixie-cut short, but every time I chopped it to chin length, I think, "Why do I ever grow my hair out?!"

    Me too. I have curly hair and when it gets past my shoulders its just too heavy and the weight pulls out the curl and it just hangs there with no style. Chin length to above my shoulders suits my face better.
  • deniseg31
    deniseg31 Posts: 667 Member
    Thank you all for your replies. I love shorter hair (above the shoulder/chin length hair) but I know I am the type of person to regret a haircut once I've cut it...so I will do some thinking. I will call my stylist (whom I've known for a long time and is now my friend) to see what she thinks because after reading all of your comments I remembered that once while she was doing my hair she mentioned something about having a crazy cow-lick in the back of my head...so the short hair might not work if my hair will be sticking up in the back when it shouldn't. We shall see...

    Again, thank you! :)
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    I buzzed my hair off a few years ago for a part I was singing in a show....like a quarter inch long all over. I figured what the heck, it will grow back. I ended up liking it that way so much I still have it that way. Its easy. It suits my life. I just like it and will probably never grow it beck again.
  • marieautumn
    marieautumn Posts: 928 Member
    yes...and it took FOREVER to grow back and STILL isnt there yet. DONT DO IT unless you know you have the face for short hair.
  • SouthernSkylark
    SouthernSkylark Posts: 128 Member
    i am booked int to get my just past shoulder length hair cut short on Wednesday next week... it's been great reading this thread!
  • viser_haut
    viser_haut Posts: 97 Member
    When I was 15 I had it cut off so short, loved it for about a week, then hated it. I only get it cut every couple of months now, it has grown all the way down to my hips again :happy:
  • eig6
    eig6 Posts: 249 Member
    I loved my pixie! I would still have it but my boyfriend prefers long hair and I like long hair too, so I decided to grow it out. It was so easy to get ready in the morning and it felt great since I in Arizona and its so hot. I think I look better with very long hair or very short though, so I was in not happy growing it out...I got mine cut when I was still overweight and it looked great then and after I lost some weight too! I think its thinning to a round face when done right, draws the eye upward :)

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  • osualex
    osualex Posts: 409 Member
    I have short hair and I love it. I'm African American and live in Europe, so I don't really have the time or resources to devote to long hair, so before I moved here, I cut about 10 inches off and went natural. It has its ups and downs, but I loved it when my hair was shorter - now it's in an awkward phase and I'm kinda mehhh about it and I'm trying to grow it out. It's easier for me to deal with, but it's definitely not the case for everyone - my best friend cut her hair short like mine as well and she absolutely hates it :frown:
    Here are some things I wish people had told me when I cut my hair:

    It does not grow back evenly. Like, not even a little bit. My hair is ranging from 3.5 - 8 inches all over my head. It's really frustrating.

    It's not always less time. Depending on your hair texture, long hair can be less time because it can hide hair issues better.

    You won't look like a boy! i was scared of this, but no one has ever insinuated that I look even remotely masculine with short hair.

    When I first got it cut

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  • osualex
    osualex Posts: 409 Member
    also, i should mention I was 40 pounds heavier when I cut my hair, and I still got a ton of compliments, so don't let your size stop you!
  • MelissR75
    MelissR75 Posts: 735 Member
    I like to think I rock a pixie cut (:
    My hair has been short for years! Then Ill let it grow out, hate that, and cut it all off again. Short hair can be very sexy!
  • Aquaduckie
    Aquaduckie Posts: 115
    I am the heaviest I have ever been in my life right now. (Just started MFP) and I recently cut all my hair off. I was hesitant to do it as well, because of the roundness of my face. (My profile pictures is my hair cut now.) I was pleasantly surprised that the shorter hair didn't make me look any bigger. I love my short hair. It's so easy to style. I can do my hair from wet to dry and styled in about 4 minutes.
    You can always do a shorter cut, to see if you like the way you look with shorter hair now that you've lost a lot of weight. I wouldn't recommend a pixie first... you can always go shorter if you want later. But that's just me. I take baby steps with my hair. The nice thing about hair is that it grows... so even if you go for the pixie and aren't super crazy about it, in a few weeks, you've got a completely new style and you might grow into a style that you really love! Good luck! Post pics if you do cut it!
  • WandaVonDunajew
    WandaVonDunajew Posts: 183 Member
    I think it would suit you well, you are very pretty. I have ALWAYS regretted cutting my hair but not because it did not suit me, rather due to me really loving long hair :)
  • rkennedy54
    rkennedy54 Posts: 21
    Short hair can look really great if you choose a style that suits your face shape. Depending too if you have curly, frizzy or straight hair, the style may be difficult to manage. It is also really important to have a stylist who is really good at cutting and knowledgable with face shapes to be able to manage it well as the hair will thensit where it is supposed to. Another thing, short hair and makeup looks awesome. Short hair and bland face is not always the best.
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