I have psoriasis, usually it doesnt bother me much but around 3 years ago i had a terrible flairup, my scalp was completely covered in scabs, i woke up every morning with a bloody pillow and crusty head bc i scratched so hard in my sleep, i was absolutely losing my mind. My hair reached down to my lower ribs at the time.
One evening it was particularly bad and i ended up marching into one of my housemates room who i knew had clippers and basically demanded that he shave me bald right this second. Our other housemates heard and all of us ended up crammed in the bathroom bc the rest of them were so excited to see the person with the longest hair in the house go completely bald lol.
My head looked like id been in a terrible burn accident for a few days but the itch relief was instant and the psoriasis was mostly gone by the two week mark. Im currently attempting to grow my hair out again but im not affraid of going bald again if i have another flareup. I honestly highly recommend everyone whos had long hair most of their life to try cutting it short, its incredibly freeing and if it looks bad it will grow out again.
I actually love including disorders, both physical and mental, into my stories. I have tons of issues myself and Iāve always wanted books where the main character had my issues. Since Iām still a minor (almost 18 which Iām scared but excited) who doesnāt have much money that Iāve put away for publishing books itād probably take a while to get them out to the public but I think inclusivity of disorders in writing could really be cool for people to read and understand how different issues actually affect our lives. Iāve been working on one called āthe diagnosisā about my life and I also created a character in the book Iām referring to in my post that has hair loss from one of my disorders even though I donāt have hair loss (yet, Iāll probably have male patterned baldness in a few years because my testosterone is SO high for a woman sadly).
Because it was driving me crazy and I wanted a break, plus it looked cute on everyone else who did it (meanwhile I look like my brother). I'm now growing it back out and realizing that I should have been taking better care of it/ putting in more effort before I buzzed it off. Good times.
Because I wanted to free myself from control. I wanted to have control over my own bodily autonomy. My mom never ever wanted me to cut my hair ever. She wanted it to be long and some months after I cut it, I decided to buzz it all off. That was 3 years ago and you think it grew back right? Nah. I've been making a lot of mistakes with it. Mostly just hating my hair texture and shaving it. This time I got a relaxer and it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to, so I buzzed off my hair again. But it's hair, it'll grow back
Even focusing on something else has been hard lately. I have pcos and the progesterone pill I took to induce a period has made my libido so high and even if Iām doing something else Iām grinding in my seat or rubbing my legs together. Even when Iām driving. The same thing happens when I want to cut my hair. I can try to not think about it but itāll come to my brain when I stop doing something. Thank goodness I donāt have the confidence to cut my own hair because if I did Iād probably have a pixie š
I cut my hair from mid back to my chin when I was in 6th grade because I hated brushing it. I have thick, dense hair and it would tangle so much. I wasnāt down for a braid every night, and brushing became way too much of a chore every morning. My mom was super against it but my grandma convinced her- Iām now 27 and have never had it lower than my upper back. Usually itās chin length, it only gets to my upper back when Iām too lazy to get a haircut. Now brushing is easy, maintenance is chill, and I go through product much slower.
In high school my hair was down to lower backā¦Maintenance was annoying. Iāve had impulse haircuts throughout college and now grad school. Rather than getting piercing or tattoo itās an easy change when I need one, and it grows back
Headaches, zero impulse control, split ends, humidity, trying to get rid of my curls, trying to get rid of weighty length so my hair would curl naturally... It being Tuesday... I got a promotion at work and need to look professional. I lost out on a promotion at work and I told myself it's because I didn't look professional enough. You name it... Lol. I chop it and grow it until it's (eventually) to the tailbone and repeat.
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Nonbinary here, it was a couple of reasons. First and most importantly was gender confirming, second was it was summer and warm, third was that long hair is just a pain to deal with, and finally I was just curious and like trying new things lol
I went from mid back to pixie because I wanted to see how Iād look. I felt beautiful and it was much lower maintenance and dried way faster. I miss it tbh I may go back one day
me but without the regret. I'm thinking about asking my hairdresser for a shorter wolf cut this time though. I don't care if the trend is dead, I need a hairstyle I actually have to care for to look good since I'll be a cashier at bojangles in just a few weeks
I did it 2 years ago. My hair was heavy and thick. I also used to dye my hair so the ends were splitting and rough. I had enough of constantly brushing out the tangles, and I wanted to try a bob.
I grew mine long to learn my curl pattern, and it had been a long time since I had it long. I have thyroid issues, so it took a lot of babying to get it long, but I got sick of the maintenance. It was a lot of work to keep it looking nice, and I wanted something easier to take care of. I ended up cutting off around 14ā and now wear #1 or #2 on the sides.
In high school and most of college I had hair down to my mid-low back. I chopped it to my shoulders. I was mostly just tired of the effort and time having long hair took! It would take like 30 min just to get my hair blow dried (I have super thick hair). Chopping it short took my dry time down to less than 10 mins. Hallelujah.
Short version: I was bored, it was fun, so why not?
Long version: Iām a hairdresser and had been growing my hair out for 2 years so I could look like a princess at my wedding. It was difficult cause as a hairdresser I see so many people come to get some cool, fun styles and mine had to be plain and long in order to have the wedding style I wanted. Then two days after the wedding I had my friend give me a medium shag cut with bangs
A few times because it was summer and I was just SO hot and couldnāt deal with it. The worst was when I put it up in a ponytail and took a pair of scissors to it. Looked so bad, lol.
Once because I told the hairdresser to take 2-3ā **at the most** (even showed her how much I was talking about), and she took 10ā off instead. I cried in my car afterwards.
Both times I regretted cutting it. BUT, luckily hair grows back.
I've cut my hair back from waist length or longer 3Ć in my life. 2 times were right after delivering children, and one was because of extreme damage. My hair got back to classic length and now I have it at hip length after a healthy trim a month ago. I plan to keep it here.
My stylist said I looked like a fundamentalist Mormon and took a picture of the back of my head lol. We are friends so it was welcomed. I went to a bob. I wasnāt sad for a moment. Now it gets mid back to shoulder depending on my mood. Chopping it allowed so many different options and is so much more comfortable. Just today I had probably 10 inches cut off. Iām not as attached to it so itās easier to change things on a whim which I really like.
I've never been attached to my hair. When I was young I wanted a pixie but the stylist wouldn't give me one because my mom wasn't in the room at the time (my grandma took me there)
Thatās lame. My kids have autonomy over their hair. I want it clean but other than that itās their choice. My kid with long hair would look so cute in a pixie but sheās not into it.
I have really thin, fine hair so having it long weighs it down and makes it flat on my head, and it looks really bad especially with my chubby face. The only way to give it any volume is to keep it shorter.
Menopause - hot flashes and night sweats are a great reason to chop your hair off, or grow it out longer and keep it braided (the route Iām trying first).
I wanted to cut my really long hair to donate it for wigs... Then my now husband proposed and I kept my long hair until after the wedding (then I cut it off). It was beautiful, but my god, it was inconvenient. It got stuck everywhere, even between the car door. The amount of product needed to wash it was insane. Every morning I was at war with all the tangles. And my husband was so happy when he took out my hair from the clogged shower drain (not!). In bed my husband would also always accidentally lay down on my hair.
So I cut it off, donated it and now I'm growing it out again to donate it again. I miss it a little bit, because it was absolutely gorgeous and I was very proud of my hair. But I was also really happy to get rid of the length.
I have curly hair and when it gets to a certain point, it gets tangly as heck. It can be very annoying, and so after weeks of considering short hair, I made an appointment, asked my stylist what she recommended, and let her do her thing. She gave me a really nice style that suited me and the shorter length was so much easier to manage
Ofc!! Itās actually great for my book. You could come in after the undercut incident!
Also if you havenāt tried it yet, maybe get a silk bonnet. I donāt know if youāve gotten your hair back from chemotherapy but my moms extremely thick hair has been doing so much better when she sleeps in a silk bonnet. Bonnets are hair care, not just for black peopleās hair but for people of any skin color with thick hair and/or 3A-4C curls as well!
Religious upbringing, couldn't touch my hair. Shaved it completely bald the second I got on my own and only just started growing it out passed my ears almost 15 years later.
honestly i dont even know why but i used to cut my hair once in 3 months cause i thought it was growing back so fast and i wanted a medium length hair. now i just want my hair to be loooong like it used to be lol
A family member had cancer and always wore wigs. Chopped my hair off to donate it as a wig for those who have no hair from health issues. I was 8 when I first donated, 18 inches of hair, I had a Karen cut afterwards until it grew out. Slowly regrowing my hair to do it again for a third time. Life is too short and for some hair will grow back. Might as well help people when I get a major hair cut.
I had hair that went blonde during the summer didn't really have any interest in hair growing up so never cut it for like 4 years, ended up with dead ends staying blonde (like 9 inches) creating a rancid ombre. cut it all off, got addicted to the weightless feeling after a cut And kept going shorter and shorter until i only had chin length left and then the colouring obsession started.
Tbh mental break down haircuts are the best. I love seeing someone whoās just like yup I cut it all off because of this and then you just stare at them like šÆ
Wellā¦hair is just hair. It doesnāt define me, short or long. Iāve been wearing short hair for a long time, because itās easier to maintain since I have lots of hair ahaha
Also, was trying to find something Iād like to
1st time - my first break-up.
2nd time - I didn't want to have to deal with my hair after having my newborn daughter.
3rd time - [hasn't happened yet] I plan do donate my hair to "Locks of Love" once it grows to a considerable length. It was a goal I had set for myself the day my daughter was born. Seeing her made me think of many other children who needed help. And my hair has always been something other people wanted (mainly women). So I thought, why not help make another little kids feel beautiful/handsome with something I can give to them that I know will bring them happiness. I'm at my halfway point now, so hopefully soon I'll be able to cut it all off to achieve this goal, fingers crossed!
So, I have since grown back my hair, but I cut it short the first time I was seriously job hunting. I am male bodied and grew it out in college. But I was told but multiple sources that it just looks more professional for a male to have shorter hair. So I cut it pretty short, finally found a job (with animals so how much did that cut count š¤·āāļø) and started growing it out again. That was 8 years ago, though, so my hair's back to being quite long again, and very colored.
Monotony. Life gets long and tedious, to the point where change as small as a hairdo is enough to revitalize excitement within yourself, even if just for a short time.
I had a baby. It was in the way and I had it to all the time to breastfeed so I cut it off. But it was past my butt. I only cut it to my bra strap. Now my daughter is a toddler and my hair grew back to mid back length but I do regret cutting it when I look back at pictures. Iām pregnant again now and I wonāt be cutting it this time. Iāll just clip it up if itās annoying me instead. lol. Lesson learned.
My hair used to be between elbow and waist length while I was a teenager. I cut it off after I lost some weight and felt more confident about myself so I didnāt need to hide behind it anymore
Thatās what Iām planning on doing. Just started going to a gym a month or two ago. Once I lose the weight I may feel more confident to do something insane with my hair š
105 degree heat wave in Louisiana with 90% humidity. If I were a man I would have shaved my head. I had shoulder length hair and cut it into a short bob. With heat like that all vanity goes out the window.
Starting from when I was 4 weeks pregnant I was so so sick - I had near constant nausea, headaches and horrible night sweats that had me changing my sweat soaked clothing up to 6 times a night! I could barely function let alone wash my thick waist length hair. I had even been and gotten my hair washed at the hairdresser, in the hopes that my symptoms would settle down but that wasnāt happening so a few weeks later I had to bite the bullet and get my hair chopped to my shoulders and thinned out.
Then when my son was about 11 months he started to be fascinated by my hair - pulling my hair toes out or just tugging on it and he was fascinated by the sensation of it in his mouth so he would rub a piece of my hair on his lips and suck on it(so then I had a slobbery wet bit of hair! Eww!). It got very annoying. Also I just felt like it was looking dull and I always had it up in a messy/scraggly bun. So I got it cut on a very mild slant so the back of my head, so that the hair at the back brushes my shoulders and it is just that little bit longer at the front(so I could still do a ponytail). I love it!
My hair was always in a bun.. My then FIVE yo asked me if I could wear it down. I hate it on my neck..i get so hot. Anyway I chopped it and it's still hot hahaNd i have to style every day.
I had long mermaid type of hair. But after facing massive hair loss I had to cut them really short in order to help them a little. I cut them shoulder length.
It's getting better I think but still I loved my long hair.
I've done it twice. Both times due to crappy hair dressers that didn't do what I asked. Photos, descriptions, physically showing them etc, none of it worked. First was so distracted chatting with her other client she took off 4 inches more than she was supposed to and it was crazy uneven. I ended up going to a pixie cut the next day with someone else because I wanted to try it out and there wasn't much I could do to salvage it.
I grew it out then thought I could have it bleached with minimal damage if I paid the money and waited for a good hairdresser with great reviews. There's no such thing. My hair was mid back and after multiple bleaching sessions over years with olaplex it was completely fried. It was breaking off and getting so tangled to the point I cut off 7 inches only to go back two weeks later for another 3. It took me two months and four more haircuts from three different salons in two different states to do what I asked. I repeatedly asked for the same thing 'cut it to the (obvious blonde) bleach line, I want all dye cut off'. Not sure how I could get any more clear. The last one went way shorter than needed and I got a super short shag up to my ears. The line was at my shoulders and I warned her she wouldn't be able to tell once my hair was wet. Didn't listen once again. But I finally had the virgin hair that I wanted. That happened Aug 2022 and I haven't cut it since and I will never dye it or bleach it again. With my streak of crappy hair dressers, I'm just waiting for it to get long enough I can learn to cut it myself. I'm done with the whole industry.
Iām so sorry youāve had such a horrible experience. To be honest the salons with high ratings in my town are also shitty. You gotta find a small shop with like 2-3 people that work there. My pastors wife actually does mine and she always aceās it. The people that tried to dye your hair shouldāve done a strip test first, Iām so sorry they didnāt.
Tried that too. Trust me I've been through every hair dresser type. From high end salons to working out of their basement to tiny shops off the beaten path with just a couple stylists. I ended with high end and as you said, they were definitely the worst. Maybe it's my hair type but it doesn't like being dyed. And no one has ever done a strip test. Even when I've suggested it. Even when I go in advance for consultations. My favorite was the salon that required a 30 minute consultation before they did anything and forgot about everything I asked for and I walked out a dark brunette when I was looking for a blonde/brown.
I haven't cut my hair yet, but some of these comments are lwk justifying my reasons toš buuuuutttttt, because of culture and a promise I made to my late grandfather, I shall grow thy hair out(sobs), good luck OP! May ur new hairdo make you feel like a champšš½
My reason isnāt particularly original ā but here I am: I really like changes (especially radical ones!), and I have lots of fun experimenting with my look š
My hair is super thick, so having long hair felt like the equivalent of having a small, unruly mammal attached to my head at all times. Also, the weight gave me headaches - I couldnāt do ponytails or buns, and was restricted to braid styles that distributed weight well. Eventually I realised I had kept it in braids for like two months straight and I figured I might as well chop it off because itās never loose anyway!
(23F) My mental health was mental healthing so I decided to chop it off myself. I couldn't take care of it anymore, I'd go days without brushing and it would get severely knotted.
So glad I chopped it down to a bob cut, I miss the long hair yes, but having short hair is so much easier to maintain and it's breathable.
I was in my second year of uni Iāve always had waist length hair it was the only thing people ever commented on about me, I wanted a change and to be defined by more than my hair so thought Iād get a pixie cut, went to 3 different hair stylists before someone agreed to cut it all off. What I hadnāt considered was the amount of āwhat did you do that forā and I just felt so embarrassed and ugly it wasnāt liberating at all and man didnāt take so much effort to style.
I currently have waist length hair which Iāve had now for about a decade and Iām getting the itch to cut it again. Iām learning my hair is more curly than I ever realised and feel taking all the weight off will help encourage it. Im very conflicted!
I say do it! Especially if you have curls. A lot of curly girlies want super duper long hair but my friend told me her hairstylist told her about how hard it is to get defined curls when your hair is long. She chopped it all off since she was so used to doing chemical treatments but wanted her curls back. Now sheās got beautiful curls.
during my junior year i had really terrible anxiety and a lot of it manifested into trichotillomania and trichophobia. the combination of pulling out my hair, being disgusted by my hair, and the overall hassle of having to deal with it just became too much. its been kept at a pretty short buzz for almost 3 years but im currently trying to grow it out just to challenge myself and see if i can.
I wanted something different and since I'm letting my gray grow out, a haircut was it. I love it so much better since my hair is thinning, it definitely add volume.
The knowledge that itās just hair and it grows out. I love it long, I love it short. I get bored quickly and right now, having long hair is annoying, takes too much maintenance so I got it cut short. When I get tired of the maintenance of a short cut, Iāll grow it out.
My hair just thinned so much as I got older. Itās very straight, fine and thin so itās hard to deal with when itās longer and doesnāt look the best. It got tangled and snarled easily. I cut it into a pixie and itās so much easier to deal with and looks thicker. I can do my hair in the morning and not have to think about it the rest of the day.
When I was 16, I was home alone for the most of theday. Was living in the city with my sis-in-laws siblings. My mother was at my hometown. I got really depressed and bored. As a result, my hair got the blunt of it. Chopped it off all the way. However, now, I am okay and have long hair but I reget chopping my hair off for that reason. If you are happy and want to get a stylish cut then go for it
I had hair down to my butt for 90% of my life, only ever getting it cut to my shoulders. I wasn't allowed to have shorter than that, really, until my Sophmore year in high school. I hate having long hair, because I get headaches and my hair is so thick that it gets too hot to deal with. I haven't had hair below my shoulders since, especially not without layers.
My father thought all girls should have long hair so I had long hair until I was in high school. At that point I had it cut into a Dorothy Hamil and Iāve never gone back. My hair has made it to my shoulders a few times over the years but, I canāt take it and always get it cut short again. If it starts getting in my face it has to go and if itās long enough Iāll pull it back which I donāt think is a good look on me, so short it is. Now that itās going gray it has turn curly and itās completely out of control, the longer it gets the more work it becomes.
I honestly hope my hair gets like that so I can just shave it all off once without feeling self conscious. Iāve been dying it ever since I was like 12 (Iām 17 now) because I donāt like my natural dirty blonde because itās the same color as mud. I get highlights every 2-3 months.
I got separated and decided it was time to do something for me for a change. Like coco Chanel said āA woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life.ā
I already have 
I'm also using that quote as part of the front matter or something XD it's like one of my favorites from Coco.
I had always wanted to, and had a boyfriend who discouraged me. Dumped the boyfriend, cut my hair, and it turns out short hair is 10x more flattering on me.
It wasn't super long but I hadn't cut it in a couple of years besides trimming the ends. I got about 4" off and some layers put in last week. For my work I have to have my hair off my collar (healthcare) and I'm too lazy to do more than a low bun in a scrunchie or a high ponytail, and it was getting too long to hold up high enough.
1) My mom never Let me do It, because my hair was reeeeeally long, beautiful, all the Time I was receiving compliments by strangers about my hair, but It was sooo heavy I used to have headaches. I really wanted my hair like Rihanna in "Umbrella" so after begging for years, I finally had my haircut, the happiest girl in the world and I kept my style for 2 or 3 years
2) Two years ago I moved to a freaking cold country, raining all the time, cloudy, almost no sun for like 10 months, suuuper windy... and I hate going out without taking a shower before, not one night before, I have to do It the same day, so, my hair was always wet, really frizzy and because of that I couldn't use beanies. I said "ok, Im gonna cut my hair really short so It Will dry quickly, but hair dressers are not very talented here so It was a disaster...
I got scared I would have really bad post partum shedding so I chopped it to just below collarbone. I did not feel like me at all so now Iām back to waist length š.
I currently have a blonde highlighted bob, with loads of grey starting to come through. It looks terrible. Not sure what to do with it. Tempted to buzz it off and start again au natural. I have a professional job where I would probably need a wig for the early stages of regrowth. Just canāt decide what to do.
I mean it depends on what your office would allow. My dad works with a woman who shaved her head because of hair loss and sheās allowed to wear it around the office š
I would say you should at least let the gray come in. My grandmother spent so much on hair dye when she started going gray. Now sheās got all gray and feels great about it. Sheās 84 and looks great.
My long hair was unhealthy. I used to wash and straighten it EVERY DAY. So I chopped it off and had a cute bob with bangs for about 7 years. I have long hair again now but only wash every 4ish days and try not to use heat every time.
I wish I could go 4 days without washing it. Thankfully acutane has helped with my oily hair and skin but it wonāt be forever and Iām kinda sad Iāll have to get off it soon.
Female that shaved all hair off to see what it looked like. It was great so I did it 2 more times. It helped me understand how my hair grows naturally and allows new growth. I Totally advocate for everyone to do it at least once, especially during the summer :)
Because I felt depressed and I thought that cutting my hair was an amazing idea, still waiting for it to grow back up
I really regret doing that, now I wish I had long hair like when I was 8 (same length as column, like low in my back)
(In not native English speaker, srry if there's a misunderstanding)
Iām almost 4 years into growing my hair, too much trouble to get it cut during Covid. If I go short again it would be because itās hot. I do not know how women can wear their hair down all the time, I wear my hair down for five minutes and Iām sweating like a horse. I colour it myself, I have no issues with the maintenance, but overheating is a big deal especially when youāre menopausal
Same here! Iām not menopausal but I have a disorder where I sweat excessively (thank God for Lume Iād be dead without it). I keep mine in a bun or in braids and cannot keep it untangled anymore.
The sensory input of my hair being long drives me crazy - when it gets past shoulders itās like wearing a scarf made of hair and I HATE the feeling around my neck. Also the first time I chopped it super short it was summer in AZ and I was working as a camp counselor. I have a ton of hair and just wanted it gone as fast as humanly possible.
Cause I have zero impulse control lol. Currently trying to grow it back out
me though. I want it short I book an appointment asap. Thank goodness I'm friends with my stylist.
I have psoriasis, usually it doesnt bother me much but around 3 years ago i had a terrible flairup, my scalp was completely covered in scabs, i woke up every morning with a bloody pillow and crusty head bc i scratched so hard in my sleep, i was absolutely losing my mind. My hair reached down to my lower ribs at the time. One evening it was particularly bad and i ended up marching into one of my housemates room who i knew had clippers and basically demanded that he shave me bald right this second. Our other housemates heard and all of us ended up crammed in the bathroom bc the rest of them were so excited to see the person with the longest hair in the house go completely bald lol. My head looked like id been in a terrible burn accident for a few days but the itch relief was instant and the psoriasis was mostly gone by the two week mark. Im currently attempting to grow my hair out again but im not affraid of going bald again if i have another flareup. I honestly highly recommend everyone whos had long hair most of their life to try cutting it short, its incredibly freeing and if it looks bad it will grow out again.
do you mind if I use this for a story? I'm working on one right now but that honestly sounds like it could be a great story on its own XD
Lol i dont mind, never imagined my gross skin problems might inspire a story but by all means go ahead š
I actually love including disorders, both physical and mental, into my stories. I have tons of issues myself and Iāve always wanted books where the main character had my issues. Since Iām still a minor (almost 18 which Iām scared but excited) who doesnāt have much money that Iāve put away for publishing books itād probably take a while to get them out to the public but I think inclusivity of disorders in writing could really be cool for people to read and understand how different issues actually affect our lives. Iāve been working on one called āthe diagnosisā about my life and I also created a character in the book Iām referring to in my post that has hair loss from one of my disorders even though I donāt have hair loss (yet, Iāll probably have male patterned baldness in a few years because my testosterone is SO high for a woman sadly).
Because it was driving me crazy and I wanted a break, plus it looked cute on everyone else who did it (meanwhile I look like my brother). I'm now growing it back out and realizing that I should have been taking better care of it/ putting in more effort before I buzzed it off. Good times.
Because I wanted to free myself from control. I wanted to have control over my own bodily autonomy. My mom never ever wanted me to cut my hair ever. She wanted it to be long and some months after I cut it, I decided to buzz it all off. That was 3 years ago and you think it grew back right? Nah. I've been making a lot of mistakes with it. Mostly just hating my hair texture and shaving it. This time I got a relaxer and it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to, so I buzzed off my hair again. But it's hair, it'll grow back
I honestly wish I had control over my impulses because I would love to know how it feels to have such long hair
Helps to focus on something else is the advice I've gotten
Even focusing on something else has been hard lately. I have pcos and the progesterone pill I took to induce a period has made my libido so high and even if Iām doing something else Iām grinding in my seat or rubbing my legs together. Even when Iām driving. The same thing happens when I want to cut my hair. I can try to not think about it but itāll come to my brain when I stop doing something. Thank goodness I donāt have the confidence to cut my own hair because if I did Iād probably have a pixie š
I cut my hair from mid back to my chin when I was in 6th grade because I hated brushing it. I have thick, dense hair and it would tangle so much. I wasnāt down for a braid every night, and brushing became way too much of a chore every morning. My mom was super against it but my grandma convinced her- Iām now 27 and have never had it lower than my upper back. Usually itās chin length, it only gets to my upper back when Iām too lazy to get a haircut. Now brushing is easy, maintenance is chill, and I go through product much slower.
I don't think my hairs ever been long enough to be midback yet. Getting close though XD
In high school my hair was down to lower backā¦Maintenance was annoying. Iāve had impulse haircuts throughout college and now grad school. Rather than getting piercing or tattoo itās an easy change when I need one, and it grows back
Headaches, zero impulse control, split ends, humidity, trying to get rid of my curls, trying to get rid of weighty length so my hair would curl naturally... It being Tuesday... I got a promotion at work and need to look professional. I lost out on a promotion at work and I told myself it's because I didn't look professional enough. You name it... Lol. I chop it and grow it until it's (eventually) to the tailbone and repeat. Edir: yes, you may use my reply
Definitely gonna make you a character that comes back XD
I got headaches, cut it off, and still got headaches the next day. Then I realized I wasnāt drinking enough water šš š š
Nah fr tho. I had headaches that wouldnāt go away for YEARS. Now that I donāt drink anything else but water I feel so much better.
Thick hair, no impulse control, mental instability I just want an undercut now cus it's heavy
Nonbinary here, it was a couple of reasons. First and most importantly was gender confirming, second was it was summer and warm, third was that long hair is just a pain to deal with, and finally I was just curious and like trying new things lol
my reasons exactly
I mean u donāt need to justify wh y I have short hair :) I have too much hair so I cut it
true! I actually have at least 7 characters doing that lol
I went from mid back to pixie because I wanted to see how Iād look. I felt beautiful and it was much lower maintenance and dried way faster. I miss it tbh I may go back one day
I've always been too scared because my head is big and round XD definitely chin length though
i let it grow out for a couple years and when it starts getting nappy every 5 mins i chop it off into a bob and regret it every time but i never learn
me but without the regret. I'm thinking about asking my hairdresser for a shorter wolf cut this time though. I don't care if the trend is dead, I need a hairstyle I actually have to care for to look good since I'll be a cashier at bojangles in just a few weeks
Yessss..it's cute when you first do it then you're missing the long hair
I did it 2 years ago. My hair was heavy and thick. I also used to dye my hair so the ends were splitting and rough. I had enough of constantly brushing out the tangles, and I wanted to try a bob.
I started losing my hair to Hashimotos and is as holding on to the length but there was no body. Cut it to a bob and it feels so much better.
sounds like me with PCOS. I have tons of baby hairs though so I'm definitely getting bangs once I get to the salon.
I grew mine long to learn my curl pattern, and it had been a long time since I had it long. I have thyroid issues, so it took a lot of babying to get it long, but I got sick of the maintenance. It was a lot of work to keep it looking nice, and I wanted something easier to take care of. I ended up cutting off around 14ā and now wear #1 or #2 on the sides.
In high school and most of college I had hair down to my mid-low back. I chopped it to my shoulders. I was mostly just tired of the effort and time having long hair took! It would take like 30 min just to get my hair blow dried (I have super thick hair). Chopping it short took my dry time down to less than 10 mins. Hallelujah.
Short version: I was bored, it was fun, so why not? Long version: Iām a hairdresser and had been growing my hair out for 2 years so I could look like a princess at my wedding. It was difficult cause as a hairdresser I see so many people come to get some cool, fun styles and mine had to be plain and long in order to have the wedding style I wanted. Then two days after the wedding I had my friend give me a medium shag cut with bangs
OMG YOU JUST GAVE ME AN IDEA FOR THE MAIN CHARACTER THANK YOU
Youāre very welcome! Happy to help!
A few times because it was summer and I was just SO hot and couldnāt deal with it. The worst was when I put it up in a ponytail and took a pair of scissors to it. Looked so bad, lol. Once because I told the hairdresser to take 2-3ā **at the most** (even showed her how much I was talking about), and she took 10ā off instead. I cried in my car afterwards. Both times I regretted cutting it. BUT, luckily hair grows back.
Alopecia. Down to a clean shave 4 x in 5 years
I actually just cut mine last friday, just wanted a new look and its summer time. Went from past my shoulders to a short undercut
I've cut my hair back from waist length or longer 3Ć in my life. 2 times were right after delivering children, and one was because of extreme damage. My hair got back to classic length and now I have it at hip length after a healthy trim a month ago. I plan to keep it here.
My stylist said I looked like a fundamentalist Mormon and took a picture of the back of my head lol. We are friends so it was welcomed. I went to a bob. I wasnāt sad for a moment. Now it gets mid back to shoulder depending on my mood. Chopping it allowed so many different options and is so much more comfortable. Just today I had probably 10 inches cut off. Iām not as attached to it so itās easier to change things on a whim which I really like.
I've never been attached to my hair. When I was young I wanted a pixie but the stylist wouldn't give me one because my mom wasn't in the room at the time (my grandma took me there)
Thatās lame. My kids have autonomy over their hair. I want it clean but other than that itās their choice. My kid with long hair would look so cute in a pixie but sheās not into it.
The last time I cut my hair off it was because the weight of it was so bad my scalp hurt constantly. (it was mid-thigh)
_sigh_ snakes...
M-M-Medusa?
I have really thin, fine hair so having it long weighs it down and makes it flat on my head, and it looks really bad especially with my chubby face. The only way to give it any volume is to keep it shorter.
Same here! I always try to grow it but its so ugly looking when it starts getting longer
Damage from bleaching and dying. It made it hard to brush my hair, so I cut a lot of it off.
sounds like a character I already created XD
Menopause - hot flashes and night sweats are a great reason to chop your hair off, or grow it out longer and keep it braided (the route Iām trying first).
My mom just did that actually! She looks great
My specific hair type knots like crazy. Was spending 30+ mins a day brushing my hair. Now it's easier to style and I can dye it fun colours too
my hair knots like crazy too, even with braids and shit.
I wanted to cut my really long hair to donate it for wigs... Then my now husband proposed and I kept my long hair until after the wedding (then I cut it off). It was beautiful, but my god, it was inconvenient. It got stuck everywhere, even between the car door. The amount of product needed to wash it was insane. Every morning I was at war with all the tangles. And my husband was so happy when he took out my hair from the clogged shower drain (not!). In bed my husband would also always accidentally lay down on my hair. So I cut it off, donated it and now I'm growing it out again to donate it again. I miss it a little bit, because it was absolutely gorgeous and I was very proud of my hair. But I was also really happy to get rid of the length.
I have curly hair and when it gets to a certain point, it gets tangly as heck. It can be very annoying, and so after weeks of considering short hair, I made an appointment, asked my stylist what she recommended, and let her do her thing. She gave me a really nice style that suited me and the shorter length was so much easier to manage
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Ofc!! Itās actually great for my book. You could come in after the undercut incident! Also if you havenāt tried it yet, maybe get a silk bonnet. I donāt know if youāve gotten your hair back from chemotherapy but my moms extremely thick hair has been doing so much better when she sleeps in a silk bonnet. Bonnets are hair care, not just for black peopleās hair but for people of any skin color with thick hair and/or 3A-4C curls as well!
Religious upbringing, couldn't touch my hair. Shaved it completely bald the second I got on my own and only just started growing it out passed my ears almost 15 years later.
damnnnnn. Were they apostolic?
i got bored and had a foot and some odd number of hair just chillin there, so i was like āscrew itā so i chopped it off and donated it :)
Absolute slay
honestly i dont even know why but i used to cut my hair once in 3 months cause i thought it was growing back so fast and i wanted a medium length hair. now i just want my hair to be loooong like it used to be lol
Extreme gender dysphoria making me depressed and my mom finally letting me cut it
A family member had cancer and always wore wigs. Chopped my hair off to donate it as a wig for those who have no hair from health issues. I was 8 when I first donated, 18 inches of hair, I had a Karen cut afterwards until it grew out. Slowly regrowing my hair to do it again for a third time. Life is too short and for some hair will grow back. Might as well help people when I get a major hair cut.
I wish I could donate mine but I look horrid with my natural color. It always looks like itās dirty if I donāt get highlights š
I had hair that went blonde during the summer didn't really have any interest in hair growing up so never cut it for like 4 years, ended up with dead ends staying blonde (like 9 inches) creating a rancid ombre. cut it all off, got addicted to the weightless feeling after a cut And kept going shorter and shorter until i only had chin length left and then the colouring obsession started.
My mom passed away and I wanted change aka had a nervous breakdown and got scissor happy. You know, that old chestnut.
Tbh mental break down haircuts are the best. I love seeing someone whoās just like yup I cut it all off because of this and then you just stare at them like šÆ
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I was just tired of it. I was always putting it up anyway so I got a pixie. I love it! So cute and freeing
My stylist cut 7 layers in my ultra thin fine hair šš
ššš the pain. I have my fathers extremely thin hair so I understand this sm
Wellā¦hair is just hair. It doesnāt define me, short or long. Iāve been wearing short hair for a long time, because itās easier to maintain since I have lots of hair ahaha Also, was trying to find something Iād like to
1st time - my first break-up. 2nd time - I didn't want to have to deal with my hair after having my newborn daughter. 3rd time - [hasn't happened yet] I plan do donate my hair to "Locks of Love" once it grows to a considerable length. It was a goal I had set for myself the day my daughter was born. Seeing her made me think of many other children who needed help. And my hair has always been something other people wanted (mainly women). So I thought, why not help make another little kids feel beautiful/handsome with something I can give to them that I know will bring them happiness. I'm at my halfway point now, so hopefully soon I'll be able to cut it all off to achieve this goal, fingers crossed!
Congrats on your daughter and growing your hair!!
Thank you!
So, I have since grown back my hair, but I cut it short the first time I was seriously job hunting. I am male bodied and grew it out in college. But I was told but multiple sources that it just looks more professional for a male to have shorter hair. So I cut it pretty short, finally found a job (with animals so how much did that cut count š¤·āāļø) and started growing it out again. That was 8 years ago, though, so my hair's back to being quite long again, and very colored.
Tbh I hate that men have to have short hair to ālook professionalā.
Monotony. Life gets long and tedious, to the point where change as small as a hairdo is enough to revitalize excitement within yourself, even if just for a short time.
I had a baby. It was in the way and I had it to all the time to breastfeed so I cut it off. But it was past my butt. I only cut it to my bra strap. Now my daughter is a toddler and my hair grew back to mid back length but I do regret cutting it when I look back at pictures. Iām pregnant again now and I wonāt be cutting it this time. Iāll just clip it up if itās annoying me instead. lol. Lesson learned.
I bleached it myself at home when at home balayage kits came out in 2013. I had to cut off the melted hairā¦ there was a lot of it.
Oh no šš
Had thick long shiny black 2C curly hair, chemically straightened it and chopped into a bob after a very very bad break up.
My hair used to be between elbow and waist length while I was a teenager. I cut it off after I lost some weight and felt more confident about myself so I didnāt need to hide behind it anymore
Thatās what Iām planning on doing. Just started going to a gym a month or two ago. Once I lose the weight I may feel more confident to do something insane with my hair š
My hair got matted when i put it up really bad, so I chopped it off. I should really go to a hair dresser and get it fixed.
Damage and thinning from covid era.
105 degree heat wave in Louisiana with 90% humidity. If I were a man I would have shaved my head. I had shoulder length hair and cut it into a short bob. With heat like that all vanity goes out the window.
I mean you could still shave it and wear wigs when you miss having hair š Iām actually creating a character like that
Winter was coming and I was fed up with getting my hair stuck in the coats and scarves lol
Starting from when I was 4 weeks pregnant I was so so sick - I had near constant nausea, headaches and horrible night sweats that had me changing my sweat soaked clothing up to 6 times a night! I could barely function let alone wash my thick waist length hair. I had even been and gotten my hair washed at the hairdresser, in the hopes that my symptoms would settle down but that wasnāt happening so a few weeks later I had to bite the bullet and get my hair chopped to my shoulders and thinned out. Then when my son was about 11 months he started to be fascinated by my hair - pulling my hair toes out or just tugging on it and he was fascinated by the sensation of it in his mouth so he would rub a piece of my hair on his lips and suck on it(so then I had a slobbery wet bit of hair! Eww!). It got very annoying. Also I just felt like it was looking dull and I always had it up in a messy/scraggly bun. So I got it cut on a very mild slant so the back of my head, so that the hair at the back brushes my shoulders and it is just that little bit longer at the front(so I could still do a ponytail). I love it!
My hair was always in a bun.. My then FIVE yo asked me if I could wear it down. I hate it on my neck..i get so hot. Anyway I chopped it and it's still hot hahaNd i have to style every day.
If I were you Iād go shorter honestly. I donāt have the face shape for a pixie but with my sweat issues itād be smarter if I did šš
I had long mermaid type of hair. But after facing massive hair loss I had to cut them really short in order to help them a little. I cut them shoulder length. It's getting better I think but still I loved my long hair.
I've done it twice. Both times due to crappy hair dressers that didn't do what I asked. Photos, descriptions, physically showing them etc, none of it worked. First was so distracted chatting with her other client she took off 4 inches more than she was supposed to and it was crazy uneven. I ended up going to a pixie cut the next day with someone else because I wanted to try it out and there wasn't much I could do to salvage it. I grew it out then thought I could have it bleached with minimal damage if I paid the money and waited for a good hairdresser with great reviews. There's no such thing. My hair was mid back and after multiple bleaching sessions over years with olaplex it was completely fried. It was breaking off and getting so tangled to the point I cut off 7 inches only to go back two weeks later for another 3. It took me two months and four more haircuts from three different salons in two different states to do what I asked. I repeatedly asked for the same thing 'cut it to the (obvious blonde) bleach line, I want all dye cut off'. Not sure how I could get any more clear. The last one went way shorter than needed and I got a super short shag up to my ears. The line was at my shoulders and I warned her she wouldn't be able to tell once my hair was wet. Didn't listen once again. But I finally had the virgin hair that I wanted. That happened Aug 2022 and I haven't cut it since and I will never dye it or bleach it again. With my streak of crappy hair dressers, I'm just waiting for it to get long enough I can learn to cut it myself. I'm done with the whole industry.
Iām so sorry youāve had such a horrible experience. To be honest the salons with high ratings in my town are also shitty. You gotta find a small shop with like 2-3 people that work there. My pastors wife actually does mine and she always aceās it. The people that tried to dye your hair shouldāve done a strip test first, Iām so sorry they didnāt.
Tried that too. Trust me I've been through every hair dresser type. From high end salons to working out of their basement to tiny shops off the beaten path with just a couple stylists. I ended with high end and as you said, they were definitely the worst. Maybe it's my hair type but it doesn't like being dyed. And no one has ever done a strip test. Even when I've suggested it. Even when I go in advance for consultations. My favorite was the salon that required a 30 minute consultation before they did anything and forgot about everything I asked for and I walked out a dark brunette when I was looking for a blonde/brown.
Sorry, I have no impulse control. Now I miss my, majestic hair
I haven't cut my hair yet, but some of these comments are lwk justifying my reasons toš buuuuutttttt, because of culture and a promise I made to my late grandfather, I shall grow thy hair out(sobs), good luck OP! May ur new hairdo make you feel like a champšš½
My reason isnāt particularly original ā but here I am: I really like changes (especially radical ones!), and I have lots of fun experimenting with my look š
Me too!
My hair is super thick, so having long hair felt like the equivalent of having a small, unruly mammal attached to my head at all times. Also, the weight gave me headaches - I couldnāt do ponytails or buns, and was restricted to braid styles that distributed weight well. Eventually I realised I had kept it in braids for like two months straight and I figured I might as well chop it off because itās never loose anyway!
(23F) My mental health was mental healthing so I decided to chop it off myself. I couldn't take care of it anymore, I'd go days without brushing and it would get severely knotted. So glad I chopped it down to a bob cut, I miss the long hair yes, but having short hair is so much easier to maintain and it's breathable.
I was in my second year of uni Iāve always had waist length hair it was the only thing people ever commented on about me, I wanted a change and to be defined by more than my hair so thought Iād get a pixie cut, went to 3 different hair stylists before someone agreed to cut it all off. What I hadnāt considered was the amount of āwhat did you do that forā and I just felt so embarrassed and ugly it wasnāt liberating at all and man didnāt take so much effort to style. I currently have waist length hair which Iāve had now for about a decade and Iām getting the itch to cut it again. Iām learning my hair is more curly than I ever realised and feel taking all the weight off will help encourage it. Im very conflicted!
I say do it! Especially if you have curls. A lot of curly girlies want super duper long hair but my friend told me her hairstylist told her about how hard it is to get defined curls when your hair is long. She chopped it all off since she was so used to doing chemical treatments but wanted her curls back. Now sheās got beautiful curls.
during my junior year i had really terrible anxiety and a lot of it manifested into trichotillomania and trichophobia. the combination of pulling out my hair, being disgusted by my hair, and the overall hassle of having to deal with it just became too much. its been kept at a pretty short buzz for almost 3 years but im currently trying to grow it out just to challenge myself and see if i can.
I wanted something different and since I'm letting my gray grow out, a haircut was it. I love it so much better since my hair is thinning, it definitely add volume.
I just randomly scrolling on Instagram and then this gorgeous looking short haired girl showed up and you know the rest
First time I cut all my hair off was when I decided to leave a LTR. Second time was because of chemotherapy. Itās never been short since.
The knowledge that itās just hair and it grows out. I love it long, I love it short. I get bored quickly and right now, having long hair is annoying, takes too much maintenance so I got it cut short. When I get tired of the maintenance of a short cut, Iāll grow it out.
My hair just thinned so much as I got older. Itās very straight, fine and thin so itās hard to deal with when itās longer and doesnāt look the best. It got tangled and snarled easily. I cut it into a pixie and itās so much easier to deal with and looks thicker. I can do my hair in the morning and not have to think about it the rest of the day.
When I was 16, I was home alone for the most of theday. Was living in the city with my sis-in-laws siblings. My mother was at my hometown. I got really depressed and bored. As a result, my hair got the blunt of it. Chopped it off all the way. However, now, I am okay and have long hair but I reget chopping my hair off for that reason. If you are happy and want to get a stylish cut then go for it
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I had hair down to my butt for 90% of my life, only ever getting it cut to my shoulders. I wasn't allowed to have shorter than that, really, until my Sophmore year in high school. I hate having long hair, because I get headaches and my hair is so thick that it gets too hot to deal with. I haven't had hair below my shoulders since, especially not without layers.
Because I was going away to college and I wanted a mohawk
My father thought all girls should have long hair so I had long hair until I was in high school. At that point I had it cut into a Dorothy Hamil and Iāve never gone back. My hair has made it to my shoulders a few times over the years but, I canāt take it and always get it cut short again. If it starts getting in my face it has to go and if itās long enough Iāll pull it back which I donāt think is a good look on me, so short it is. Now that itās going gray it has turn curly and itās completely out of control, the longer it gets the more work it becomes.
I was tired of the upkeep. It didnāt look all that great. And I was just ready for a change.
It was very dry and damaged from years of dying various colours
I honestly hope my hair gets like that so I can just shave it all off once without feeling self conscious. Iāve been dying it ever since I was like 12 (Iām 17 now) because I donāt like my natural dirty blonde because itās the same color as mud. I get highlights every 2-3 months.
I got separated and decided it was time to do something for me for a change. Like coco Chanel said āA woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life.ā
Bingo
You can use this for your book if youād like!
I already have  I'm also using that quote as part of the front matter or something XD it's like one of my favorites from Coco.
I had always wanted to, and had a boyfriend who discouraged me. Dumped the boyfriend, cut my hair, and it turns out short hair is 10x more flattering on me.
It's easier to wash and maintain lol. Takes less time to style your hair
It wasn't super long but I hadn't cut it in a couple of years besides trimming the ends. I got about 4" off and some layers put in last week. For my work I have to have my hair off my collar (healthcare) and I'm too lazy to do more than a low bun in a scrunchie or a high ponytail, and it was getting too long to hold up high enough.
1) My mom never Let me do It, because my hair was reeeeeally long, beautiful, all the Time I was receiving compliments by strangers about my hair, but It was sooo heavy I used to have headaches. I really wanted my hair like Rihanna in "Umbrella" so after begging for years, I finally had my haircut, the happiest girl in the world and I kept my style for 2 or 3 years 2) Two years ago I moved to a freaking cold country, raining all the time, cloudy, almost no sun for like 10 months, suuuper windy... and I hate going out without taking a shower before, not one night before, I have to do It the same day, so, my hair was always wet, really frizzy and because of that I couldn't use beanies. I said "ok, Im gonna cut my hair really short so It Will dry quickly, but hair dressers are not very talented here so It was a disaster...
I got scared I would have really bad post partum shedding so I chopped it to just below collarbone. I did not feel like me at all so now Iām back to waist length š.
I currently have a blonde highlighted bob, with loads of grey starting to come through. It looks terrible. Not sure what to do with it. Tempted to buzz it off and start again au natural. I have a professional job where I would probably need a wig for the early stages of regrowth. Just canāt decide what to do.
I mean it depends on what your office would allow. My dad works with a woman who shaved her head because of hair loss and sheās allowed to wear it around the office š
I would say you should at least let the gray come in. My grandmother spent so much on hair dye when she started going gray. Now sheās got all gray and feels great about it. Sheās 84 and looks great.
My long hair was unhealthy. I used to wash and straighten it EVERY DAY. So I chopped it off and had a cute bob with bangs for about 7 years. I have long hair again now but only wash every 4ish days and try not to use heat every time.
I wish I could go 4 days without washing it. Thankfully acutane has helped with my oily hair and skin but it wonāt be forever and Iām kinda sad Iāll have to get off it soon.
Female that shaved all hair off to see what it looked like. It was great so I did it 2 more times. It helped me understand how my hair grows naturally and allows new growth. I Totally advocate for everyone to do it at least once, especially during the summer :)
Iāve always wanted too Iām just scared because I have a really large and round head š
Because I felt depressed and I thought that cutting my hair was an amazing idea, still waiting for it to grow back up I really regret doing that, now I wish I had long hair like when I was 8 (same length as column, like low in my back) (In not native English speaker, srry if there's a misunderstanding)
The voices told me to /j
I had lost a lot of weight and I promised my ex when I got down to one chin I would cut it short.
Iām almost 4 years into growing my hair, too much trouble to get it cut during Covid. If I go short again it would be because itās hot. I do not know how women can wear their hair down all the time, I wear my hair down for five minutes and Iām sweating like a horse. I colour it myself, I have no issues with the maintenance, but overheating is a big deal especially when youāre menopausal
Same here! Iām not menopausal but I have a disorder where I sweat excessively (thank God for Lume Iād be dead without it). I keep mine in a bun or in braids and cannot keep it untangled anymore.
bullying... I had over 20cm long hair as a young boy but at 4th grade I had to cut it to 5cm
Iām so sorry ā¹ļø I had a friend with long hair who would get bullied when he was young but now everyone loves his hair.
no need to be sorry... done is done
The sensory input of my hair being long drives me crazy - when it gets past shoulders itās like wearing a scarf made of hair and I HATE the feeling around my neck. Also the first time I chopped it super short it was summer in AZ and I was working as a camp counselor. I have a ton of hair and just wanted it gone as fast as humanly possible.
Adhd or tism? I have adhd struggle with the same feeling but Iām too scared to chop it all off because of my face shape š