I’m a guy and I have one every 2 or 3 months. But at work I think some guys have one more than once a month because they look groomed all the time.
PS: I trim my beard once a week. I’m talking about haircuts specifically.
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I bought the proper hardware to cut my own hair, learned how to do the fades. It’s easy to keep it the same length all the time this way.
Mainly I just got sick of paying so much for a 10 minute cut.
Edit: I’m not gonna say it was smooth sailing from day 1 I should add, I buzz cut my failures off as I was learning a couple times lol.
did you put mirrors on both walls?
Besides the bathroom mirror I make do with a handheld that’s double sided. One side is magnifying for close ups.
A 360 / 3 way mirror would be better. Looks like this:
If you have two mirrors you can hang one on a door for an adjustable side view.
When I was doing sales, every 2 weeks. Now that I don’t ever see a client, I buzz cut once a year. Might go 2 years this time so I can be a proper Gandalf for Halloween.
3-6 months, just self cut for the first time. Longer hair, don’t know what to call the style. Like a bob with the back 80% heavily layered and the front hair being the longest (a bit past my chin).
I try to do every 6 weeks
If I’m going to a wedding or something at the 4+ week mark I’ll get it done early
If I don’t get it done until 8+ weeks it starts to get into an unmanageably scruffy zone
It’s been like 6 months for me. I’ve gone over a year before. I have thrash metal hair though. lol.
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I think you’re technically supposed to every two weeks. I have very short hair and that’s how often I cut mine to keep its style. I taught myself to cut my own hair though, for most people this would be very expensive.
I don’t get my hair cut that frequently, but to each their own. This was downvoted to zero when I found it, I like to imagine one of the “six months” or “never” guys were responsible.
why would you be supposed to cut your hair in any specific way? are you in the army or something?
no lol, my hair is really short on the sides, like a couple centimeters. If you have super short hair then you’re supposed to cut it every 2 weeks to keep it short. It’s longer on top.
Well, first let me say that you should go to the barber as often as you want, not as often as an average man does.
I personally go every 3 months because I have long hair and only need to get it into a bit of shape regularly. If I had a short hairstyle I would go more often.
This is kind of a tautological answer. Of course it’s as often as I want, but what do I want? I had that question when I started making my own decisions on my hair. I was never fully happy with how things looked and haven’t figured out how to style it the way I like. What part of it was I unhappy with? I couldn’t tell. Would more frequent hair cuts help? Or less frequent so it spends more time in that slightly grown out state and I have more consistent hair to work with? And so many other questions.
If you know that most people get their hair cut after X weeks, then that gives you a starting point to experiment with instead of going into it completely blind.
What people do in that case is look at pictures of people with various hairstyles online, trying to find one where they feel like “this looks good, I want to try that one”. Or consult with a good hairdresser when you’re there who might have some suggestions of what could fit you. Nowadays there are even apps where one can try to put various hairstyles onto their own picture.
What people do in that case is look at pictures of people with various hairstyles online, trying to find one where they feel like “this looks good, I want to try that one”
I don’t know what problems OP is facing, but in my case, this is basically what the hairdresser recommended that I do and also what I tried doing. Except it didn’t help because nothing was appealing to me (I’m rather change adverse). I really needed to maintain a particular style for a while to get used to it before I could decide if I liked it or not. After that time has passed, I couldn’t tell if I disliked it because it was grown out too much or if I just didn’t like that cut, or if it was some other reason.
Also for people like me atleast, yeah it might look good on this or that person, but they don’t look anything like me.
I’ve basically just resorted to never cutting my hair though. I’ve had everything from darn near bald to just past my shoulderbladees which is about where I am currently.
Every 5-6 weeks for me, once it starts growing over my ears on the sides
Every 6 weeks but my hair grows quite fast.
6 to 8 weeks. If I allowed it, my vanity would have it closer to every 4 weeks but that’s an expensive indulgence so I just look like a need a haircut a lot of the time.
I cut my own hair every weekend. I’m in the military, though (and no, I don’t just shave it). I found that I do it more to my liking (and consistently) than the barbers I’ve gone to, it only takes 20 minutes, I don’t have to pay $30, and I can shower immediately after. I use a 6 (3/4 inch) on top, a 3 (3/8 inch) around the curve transitioning to the sides, and then fade down from there, 2 to 1.5 to 1 and finally .5 (1/16 inch) around my ears, side-burns, and most of the back. Keeps everything clean, I always look good, and I spend about $40 every year or two.
2-3 weeks? By 5 weeks I look a little scraggly (I’m balding, so it’s not great to let it go too long, unless I’m dressing as a mad scientist for something)
Around 8 times a year.
I take my son to the barber and we have a haircut together.
If it was just myself I wouldn’t notice when my hair was long but I can see it on him so I know when its time.
A full haircut once a month with a cleanup 2 weeks in. My hair is thick as fuck and grows pretty quickly, so I need to stay on top of it.
I cut my own hair for years using clippers, but within the last few years started going to get it cut because they do a better job.
You made of money?
Cleanups are free since I pay ahead of time.
Once a month.
It’s actually become a bit of a self-care routine because I go to a Turkish barbers who’ll also do ear hair burning off (nowhere near as intense as you’re imagining), noise hair waxing, and a hot towel cut-throat shave.
I actually like the sensations from them all and I walk out feeling clean and fresh, gives me a monthly little boost of confidence.
