do you get a haircut every time you have your hair colored?

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, due to my increasing gray hair I have to color my hair about every 6 weeks or so and my hairdresser automatically trims it after the coloring. I never cut my hair every weeks before I had to color (maybe four times a year, if that). The trim costs about 50 dollars extra. If you color your hair, how often do you get it cut?

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

I get mine cut twice as often as highlighted so usually get a cut at the same time. But last week I just did color. Just tell her that's what you want and make the appt for color only. Normally you need to dry your own hair when you do color only.

[Anonymous]

Not neccesarily. Just depends.

[Anonymous]

I have to color my hair every 5-6 weeks to cover the grays. I used to always get a cut at the same time and recently realized that it's stupid to pay $80 for a trim that I don't really need. My sister (a stylist) agreed that was totally unnecessary and surprisingly, so did the guy who cuts my hair. When I told him honestly that I just don't want to shell out the cash for a cut every time I color he said that he thought that was fine and that frankly, I didn't need the cut as often as I do the color. Would have been nice if he had said so three years ago!

[Anonymous]

I color every 4-5 weeks (sometimes longer if I forget to schedule) and only get it cut every second or third time. My hair is fairly long--maybe 4" below my shoulders--so it just doesn't need it. When I had shirt hair I used to get it cut every six weeks (but that was before I needed to color gray roots).

[Anonymous]

I cut more than I color, but my hair is a short, curly style that needs to be cut every 6 weeks. I get highlights/lowlights every 12 weeks or so. I have noticed people coming in just for color at the salon - no cut.

[Anonymous]

I color every 5-6 weeks and get it cut every 10-12. Every other color I get a trim. I have hair slightly below my shoulders. It stays very neat and not a style that needs a trim every 6 weeks.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but I only go every 12 weeks. Drives my hairdresser bonkers.

[Anonymous]

Yes, because the color dries out my long hair. The ends need to be trimmed every 4 to 6 weeks to keep my hair shiny healthy. I don't want the "oldhair" dried-out parched hay head.

[Anonymous]

I get my hair colored every five weeks. I used to get it cut every time. Now I do it every other time and it works out fine. So, about every 8 - 10 weeks I get a trim.

[Anonymous]

No. Cut every 6 weeks, highlights every 12 weeks.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for all replies. I am going to stop getting my hair cut so often.

[Anonymous]

My guy charges almost as much to blowdry after highlighting as he does to cut and blowdry. So, it's a bit of a racket and so I do go for the cut since I feel like I'm paying for it anyway.

[Anonymous]

My hair goes really fast. I always get highlights when I cut my hair every six or seven weeks.