How often should you cut your hair if you want it to grow?
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Hair usually grows about half an inch every month, which is about six inches a year. You should cut only what's needed every 8 to 10 weeks. This helps you get rid of split ends and allows your hair to grow better. Seasonally, hair grows faster in spring and summer, so you might want to cut your hair a bit more during those times.
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Generally speaking, if you're growing your hair out, it's a good idea to get a trim every 12 to 16 weeks or so. If your hair is exceptionally healthy, you might be able to get away with a trim only 3 or 4 times a year, but if your hair is damaged (e.g., if you get it bleached, colored, chemically treated, or heat styled often), you may have to get it trimmed every 8 to 10 weeks to keep it healthy. Even if you don't have damaged hair, if your hair is very baby-fine or prone to breakage or split ends, get it trimmed every 8 to 10 weeks.
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If you are dealing with hair breakage, you probably should lessen up on hot tools and have some deeper conditioning occasionally done by a professional or even by yourself.
An adequate trim can help with hair breakage: imagine breaking a pencil and causing all those rough, split edges. It's the same with hair: if the hair is broken, the ends split (hence the word split ends). If you cut the hair regularly, preventing the hair from getting to that split end stage, it's not going to keep splitting all the way out. So, by getting a trim, you can actually help the hair to grow a little bit longer by nourishing the ends and by keeping them cleanly cut, so to speak.
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An adequate trim can help with hair breakage: imagine breaking a pencil and causing all those rough, split edges. It's the same with hair: if the hair is broken, the ends split (hence the word split ends). If you cut the hair regularly, preventing the hair from getting to that split end stage, it's not going to keep splitting all the way out. So, by getting a trim, you can actually help the hair to grow a little bit longer by nourishing the ends and by keeping them cleanly cut, so to speak.
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