I DON'T TRIM My Hair | 5 year Update 

I'm a liscensed cosmetologist and product owner and what you are saying has validity. I was a huge proponent of trimming every 3 to 4 months but now i have been changing my stance to more of a search and destroy method and trimming the actual splits. People are so focused on having blunt ends and many times it can make the hair look better for particular styles BUT tampered ends doesn't necessarily mean damage or split ends. Tapered ends are absolutely fine and just as beautiful. Many beat themselves up if their ends aren't blunt. I'm heat trained and I use heat every 2 weeks. I have been retaining length with trims over the last 2 years with trims every 4 months. I'm thinking of changing to every 6 month to a year with monthly search and destroy.

If someone needs or wants a trim, then fine. But I've been saying for years, "the only thing that trimming does for me is make my hair shorter and more even."

Indigenous Strandz and naturally kinky dont trim their hair either and they have thigh/knee length hair. Im a firm believer that if you nourish your ends you don't need to trim. Thank you for this video. 🤗

I argue with my sister about not needing to trim and then I found someone that thinks like me. I knew I wasn't crazy. Doing trims just to do it never made sense to me

Isn't it great how our husbands know us better than we do sometime. I have trouble with my crown area and my husband prayed over me. They be on our journey with us😊

Finally someone knows. Each and every hair root is in a different stage . It with grow uneven. Doesn't always means hair is damaged. These blunt hair cuts send horror shivers .

I’ve learned to love on my hair. I’ve named my hair “Lovee” and I’ve noticed a difference in how she’s thriving. I really do believe that being gentle and kind to our hair is the key to thriving locks. ❤

I remember KimmayTube’s journey to tailbone length hair, and she very infrequently did any trims if I recall correctly. The first time I reached waist length, I had only trimmed my hair once a year over a 4 year period. I have never done it on a schedule. Doing it frequently ensures you will never retain length, and keeps “hairstylists” in business.

I'm so glad I finally found someone who actually knows what they're talking about when it comes to our hair

I dont trim my hair either, i baby my ends and if i feel my ends are split i do a dusting of my ends. I have hip length hair. 😊

You are the first person I’ve ever heard make this much sense when it comes to hair! People think just because your ends of uneven/not smooth, that it automatically means it’s split ends.

I agree. Indigenous Strandz here on RU-vid has darn near knee length hair, and she says she doesn't trim either. You ladies make a lot of sense. And I can see that it's working. I shudder to think gow much perfectly healthy hair I have cut off through the years.

This was eye opening on so many levels. My hair has grown a lot the last few months. I attribute that to a healthier diet, exercising, and way less products and manipulation. Just keeping my hair moisturized, ends tucked away and scalp massages, and just dusting my ends as needed. All of that combined is a game changer for me! Thank you for shedding light on this topic! Right on time 🤩🤗

Thank you for sharing this. I was away from my family when I started my natural hair journey. But ever since I moved back, everyone started from pretending to be excited for about a month, to constantly telling me my hair doesn't look "shiny" enough. My mom has gaslit me to tears telling me my hair is falling out. Fun fact, it's not. But it's like her brain just cannot compute. I try to explain that I don't want my hair to be covered in oil and and she literally CANNOT UNDERSTAND how that's possible. It's so crazy how I've almost gotten to the point of cutting ties with people who just will not shut up about my hair while meanwhile they can barely grow theirs.

My stylist is very light handed, and I get 2 strand twist every 6 weeks (with hair added) since 2008. I wash and deep condition every week. I was getting it trimmed every 3 months for a years and she recommended to stop trimming. It wasn’t needed. I take care of my hair, its healthy and I don’t wear it out and its in a protective style. I finally see a lot of growth.

Thank you soo soo much for this video. I have been searching everywhere for anyone who believes as I do. That trimming your hair is not necessary. When I was a kid all the way up until a teenager, I never had a trim. My hair was never damaged, and I never got split ends. It wasn't until I started to go to beauticians that I got my hair trimmed because they said it was necessary. The black hair community has so much trauma behind our hair and how we take care of it. We allow outside influences to tell us what is beautiful about our own hair. Our natural way of taking care of our hair has had to be re-taught by African Americans because Europeans threw away our true African teachings and methods of how to care for black hair.

I agree with the over combing and obsession with definition and smoothness. I noticed when I would wear durags and bonnets it would break the nape of my hair off. I haven't worn anything to bed in months and the back and nape of my hair has grown about 4 inches and is beginning to go down my back finally. I also don't believe we should be doing styles that create to much tension like constantly retwisting locs, high sleek ponytails and tight braids. Its creating traction alopecia. And our hair grows up then out and then as it gets heavier it hangs down, other cultures their hair just grows up and then downward. Another thing stylist don't mention is that the hair grows at different rates throughout your hair so it will NEVER be %100 even lol. And for me my sides grows faster then my crown so it gives me a wolf/heart shape.

My mom did my hair until I was 10 or 11. She used Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo and conditioner on it and I never had a trim until I was 15 and even then it was about a one inch trim on the ends once blown out. My hair was waist length straightened. I know from experience that a lot of this stuff is unnecessary.

THANK you for talking about coily hair naturally twisting and coiling around itself. I despise that people have been saying it’s not supposed to coil or make fairy knots. My hair makes fairy knots for protection of the shaft not because it’s bad

You are a godsend!!! I am 9 min. into this video & so much resonates! My hair looks extremely similar to yours. Same story, I haven’t trimmed or cut my hair since 2020. I’ve only blowdried it twice since then. I always protective style 100% of the time & I have long healthy hair. Recently, I stretched my hair without heat & my ends looked like yours but my gut told me hair is healthy. I’ve been tempted to blowout to get a more informed look at my hair. But there is no excessive breakage, it looks extremely healthy & shows up differently depending on how I stretch it. This is the 2nd time I’ve been waist length without a trim. Thank you for confirming this & your hair is absolutely gorgeous!❤️🙏🏾

I have always lived by this!! I have waist length hair. I almost never trim my hair. Honestly I comb and detangle every 4-6 weeks. Somehow my hair repairs itself when I leave it along.

Bravo, PreciousFro, these are exactly the words my soul needed today. My hair has not been trimmed in 1.5 years for the very reasons you outline in your video, and I have no plans to change that! It's unnecessary to trim your hair if you take excellent care of it! Low manipulation and plenty of moisture are the keys to success. My hair is always in mini twists, I deep condition and moisturise regularly, and I never use heat styling tools. Each SSK is clipped individually after I thoroughly examine my strands. As a result of this method, I have been able to retain so much length. When we are constantly gaslighted into believing our hair practices aren't good enough because they don't align with Eurocentric standards, hearing someone like you advocate for what actually works is very reassuring. Over the years, I have learned to take an intuitive approach to my own natural hair and that of my daughter. When growing and retaining hair takes what seems like eons, what is the point of cutting inches several times a year? Thanks for speaking up and validating us outsiders! I love your content ❤❤❤!

To add to my comment- thank you so much for challenging us to rethink how we view & see our naturally textured hair & the appearance of our ends & limiting/eliminating the excessive use of hair tools on the ends of the hair. You are spot on! 🎯

Thank for validating my decision to stop cutting on my hair every 6-8 weeks. ❤ It’s been 5 months since my last trim. I have time to take good care of my ends, so they don’t suffer. My hair is the healthiest it’s ever been. I’m in “hair trim recovery” now 😂 trying not to think about the 4-6 extra inches I could have right now. 🤨

Thank you thank you, that has never made since to me. “If you cut your ends, your hair will grow” I don’t cut or trim my hair due to my religious beliefs. And if other ethnicities hair can grow to their butts, hips, ankles then so can mines w/o cutting it. More ppl need to talk about this or better yet do away with the scissor happy mentality .

What I learned through going through my own natural hair journey is that if I’m taking care of my hair (finger detangling, moisturizing my end, drinking a lot of water) then I don’t need to cut my end. The only time I cut my ends is when i leave my hair in cornrows for a long period of time or if I see split ends . My hair is now to the middle of my back now.

1st, you are stunning 😍 2nd, there are so many points you've made that I wholeheartedly agree with. While I believe hair needs to be trimmed, I also believe the way we manipulate it sets the tone for why and how often. The more you're in it, the more often you'll need a trim. I think locs show us that unmanipulated hair will flourish. The largest part of your case that resonates is applying the Euro-standard to our natural hair. I've been natural my whole life, but it's only been the last 20yrs I've been heat-free and totally accepting of my curls. I was as addicted to my Marcel iron as many are addicted to relaxers. But, I've also had my whole life to "get" my hair. I think, subconsciously, many are still trying to make their hair "do" what their relaxed hair did. Hence the 50step wash routines, endless search for the best curl definer, all kinds of tricks to encourage the hair to lay "down" instead of "up" like it wants to. The whole obsession w length and curl definition, to me, is an extension of the Euro-standard. I had hair down my back most of my life and many don't understand why I keep it short on purpose. To me, there something is wrong w that mindset. Why can't I have beautiful short natural hair? But that's another topic! Loved the video 💕💚

I agree with you. Our hair will tend to revert unless it's "heat trained". So the people who are fully natural and who only get a silk press once a year, our ends will still curl. People who regularly get silk presses or who get their hair done regularly, they will have bone straight ends. But heat trained hair is also prone to more heat damage. This is the first video I've seen of yours and I absolutely loved your stance❤️ also... I've seen videos of people saying loose naturals should only trim their hair once or twice a year. Much less than people who use heat. So you're making a very good point in this video

Thank you for validating how I fell about trimming. I know several ‘beyond waist length’ black women who do not trim their hair. I firmly believe trims are needed when hair is damaged 🙌🏽. Love love your hair…..when it’s curly and also when straight. Absolutely gorgeous.

Omg YES. I always hated the uniform blunt look of a trim (and it's a bit harder to style).

I have to say you are so gorgeous. I was literally just saying to myself that I was done with my hair. Its been so hard. When you showed your ends it looks exactly like mine. Im literally in tears. Thank you for seeing me and thank you for saying it.

I love the fact that your video just starts without a long intro! Thanks this is good, and so true!

I last trimmed my hair in March, 2001, and I've only trimmed it twice since 1993. My hair grows incredibly slowly, so it always seemed really illogical to me to trim it, but until I was a teenager it wasn't really up to me. I have European wavy hair (around Type 2B to 3A) but I am also working through changing to natural hair care, because my entire life, my mother told me that my hair was straight and I've treated it as if it were straight. So I would have to brush my hair every 2 hours or it would look bushy because the waves tried to re-assert themselves. I would break hairbrushes in half or else snap the handle off while brushing because it took so much force to detangle my hair and make it look straight. Since I gave that up and began to follow natural hair care methods for my hair type (this was in 2021), my hair has finally grown past my elbows and is now past my tailbone if I pull is straight! I decided in 1986 that I wanted hair down to my waist or longer, and in 2023 it finally got there! I 100% agree that trimming hair is unnecessary. I wasn't sure about how other hair types would do if they weren't trimmed and I'm very interested to know that type 4C also does well with not being trimmed. So I'm pretty sure that it's a universal for all hair types. By the way, I think type 4C hair is absolutely beautiful. The ends of my hair are really thin, too, and tapered, and I think that's much prettier than a blunt, straight horizontal line. I never liked how even my hair was when I trimmed it. It never looked natural to me. I realize that what I need to do to prevent the curl from falling out of my fine, wavy hair when it is weighed down by water after I was it, is something that wouldn't apply to Type 4C hair which wants to coil, though I find that I can learn a lot by watching videos about Black natural hair, some of which I can apply to my hair type. My techniques involve apple cider vinegar rinses, finger detangling, drying hair in a T-shirt towel to prevent the curl from being weighed down, and boar bristle brushing once every 1-3 days instead of brushing with a detangling brush every couple hours. My idea is to use the gentlest possible methods for taking care of my hair so that I can retain each hair on my head for a longer amount of time, allowing it to get as long as possible before it is shed, and it really works! I really believe that there's absolutely no need for anyone to ever trim their hair unless they want to or unless they have not taken proper care of their hair...which isn't necessarily their fault if they don't know how to care for their hair type. I didn't even know about hair typing until I watched a video about the Crown Act...and then I wanted to discover my own hair type and learn how to better care for my hair...so glad that I did!

I'm really glad you said this. I deep condition and wear protective hairstyles on the regular and always wondered why do I feel that I need a trim only when I would flat iron it. When I would go to the hairdresser for a blowout (maybe once or twice a year), she would cut about 4 or 5 inches. It never looked unhealthy in its natural state.

I’m so glad you made this video, so many GOOD points made! My hair grew the most when I trimmed it once a year. I already prefer finger detailing, and only use heat for my winter birthday season, but I’m going to experiment for this next year without trimming and see how it goes! Thanks for this 🙏🏾

Ooooh! You said a WHOLE LOT in this video ❗️And I agree with you 1000 percent! My hair was waist length before I got my locs, and I haven’t cut my hair in almost 10 years. I remember at one point in my hair journey cutting my hair every 2 weeks because that’s what I thought I had to do in order for it to grow 🤦🏿‍♀️! So glad I know better now😅! Thank you for sharing this awesome video ❤🙏🏿!

I was so overloaded with practices and products the first maybe ten years of being natural that I completely overlooked trimming, lol. My hair never suffered. I only started lightly trimming now that I'm straight natural and my hair always looks best with a fresh snip snip. I feel like we should all explore what our hair needs and prescribe it at a case by case situation.

I totally agree w/you. I never trim my hair and it retains just fine. I’m near waist length also and I’m 4c natural. Your hair looks nice and thick. Edit: I’m a straight hair natural- so I also use heat regularly and retain too.

I love that you are challenging the idea that we need to constantly trim. Many of these haircare tips just don’t make sense for 4C hair. Trims are great if you need them but the idea that if you haven’t trimmed in the last 3 months it’s unhealthy makes no sense. And YES - to me it’s more important to ask why are the ends consistently raggedy and think about changing your haircare practices if needed.

This is the best 4c hair tutorial, hands down! Thank you! ❤

Ah thank you very very much for this! I kept hearing about this trimming business but in practice it never quite worked... please keep doing this, you're definitely helping people!

Wow that’s a total different concept from what I’ve heard. I will be cutting my hair less moving forward. Thank you so much and your hair is beautiful

Amen sister. Let’s give her an applause an a standing ovation She is totally right. Someone who is speaking the truth for the black hair community. I’m following you thank you so much!

At the beginning of the natural hair movement I always felt this!! I often trim strands individually or small sections and not huge chunks :D

I so appreciate your saying that about running a comb or brush through the ends of our hair! I never heard anyone say it before, because it just gets assumed it's normal to comb/brush one's hair. But my hair does NOT want to be brushed to the ends. Not even combed to the ends other than a detangling wide tooth comb when I have conditioner in. I needed to hear that normalized. Letting it go.

Thank you for stepping out with such a controversial statement as this in the hair community. I was on the fence about this concept as well. I was noticing that my hair grows in the heart shape every single time regardless of how often I cut it, but this time, I’ll try not cutting for a while. It’s just hair😅❤

EXCELLENT VIDEO!!!!! YOUR HAIR IS EPICALLY TODO:) I am about a 4th Cherokee. My grandmother had hair to her knees and they NEVER CUT THEIR HAIR. I also never had my hair 'trimmed' when growing up. YOU HAVE RESOLVED THIS FOR ME!!!! As of last night(trimmed just the tip ends) I will not be cutting/trimming my hair anymore!!! Thank you so much for making this video.

Finally! You articulated what I've been thinking about for years! I only trim knots and that isn't many. Very rarely have I found a split end. Even if I reasonably detangle, my hair just goes right back to tangling in minutes. I could go on and on but you shared much of what I've experienced. I was so tired of hearing 'bad ends" just cause they looked scraggly and uneven but not broken, damaged or split. Thanks for the video and healthy, Happy Holidays!

So glad you are speaking on this ❤ Your hair is gorgeous!

This is why I do my own hair because stylists are so scissor happy and want to cut my hair every 3-6 weeks (which as you said, the math ain’t mathing). I trim once a year when I do a silk press at the salon, then I dust if I notice dead ends/heat damaged

THANK YOU for this video. I just stopped using combs a few months ago and I've always felt trimming so often was counterproductive if you are taking good care of your hair and protecting your ends. Subscribed!

Your hair is perfectly AMAZING, you look radiant and this video is Gold!

Im so glad I took the time to watch this video. i clicked on it because finally someone else doesn’t cut their ends. But also it taught me a perspective on our texture I never truly had before. It reminded me of the one time I went to work with my natural hair straighten. It was silky, but the ends became puffy when I woke up. Probably from humidity, sweat and heat in my sleep. At work someone told me that I should cut my ends. I knew I didn’t. I don’t remember arguing since she was caucasian. But anybody could have made that mistake honestly. you created a great conversation about European beauty standards when it comes to how we approach trimming our Afro ends.

Your hair is so beautiful, never let anyone tell you to trim it. Looking very healthy 👍🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾💕💕

Love your poise and demeanour. Great advice, so well delivered. Stay independent and vocal ❤

Yes!!! Excellent points. This is what I have often suspected. In fact I have trimmed my thin, rough, tangly ends thinking that was a sign it was damaged, only to examine the cut ends under a magnifying glass and couldn’t find a single split end 😳 All was healthy hair. And it seems that long haired naturals have a similar thought on it. Y’all got the receipts so I will certainly take this advice!

Great video and glad to see you back! I also carefully assess my 4c hair regularly, and I am really impressed with how healthy my ends look. It's been months since I've seen a split end and I am supposed to trim it this month but I don't think I need to. I also think I retained healthy ends due to not using brushes or combs. I only use a pic at the root and finger detangle the rest. Works great for me.

Very enlightening! Since I think my stylist is actually trimming, not just "dusting," per my requests, your perspective has me reconsidering everything. Trimming is the sole culprit behind my hair plateauing in length (always near, but never past my bra strap) as my hair is VERY HEALTHY. I am a straight-natural, and unless my ends are totally shot, I'm considering reducing dusting to every six months, depending on the state of my ends. Thanks! P.S. Your hair looks GREAT!!

I agree…the brainwashing about our hair is real. I despise all the cutting they try and push on us in the natural hair community. I completely ignore them

I have 4C hair. I only trim my hair when I see split ends (I cut the splits I can see), single strand knots (I cut the knots I can see) or when I decide to straighten my hair (for aesthetic reasons only).

I trim every few months and to me it looks healthy and feel better. I am listening to you it makes sense. Thank you and your hair is healthy and beautiful.

I haven't cut my hair in probably 2 years. This video is very informative. I love this topic and how you explained everything. Thank you

This is true. I do not trim my hair. I never thought I needed it. If I see breakage and thinning, I trim that part only. Thanks for sharing. ❤

Thank you, thank you haven't cut my hair in years and it's still growing

i’m so glad i came across this video! i usually only trim maybe once a year and it’s a light dusting. the natural hair girls will really make you feel as if your hair won’t grow if you don’t trim your ends every 3 months……what’s happening to all that growth??? you’re throwing it down the drain! i think as long as you treat your ends well and have good maintenance you should be fine with trimming only when necessary.

Omg I knew i wasn’t crazy thank you for uploading this video!!!

If the ends don't have splits or knots, they don't need to be cut, I agree.

In 47 years i have never met, seen or had the privledge of dating a woman who has hair like yours, I only see black women like you online. i live the land of heated hair, weave, and straighten hair. man i wish more sistas had hair like yours, Wow Beautiful

It is so nice that everyone can do what they feel is good for their hair. Cut it if you want or don’t. Choices are a beautiful thing.😊

Thanks...my hair entered a new phase today thanks to you...id be so stressed about cutting my ends...after 8 months and now I know I have to do what's right for me ..thanks girl

I'm thinking (just my opinion) each follicle grows at different rates also many different factors affect our length, for me I sleep on my left more frequently and that side is shorter, even when i was relaxed, that side was stubborn therefore many factors are to be taken into consideration. Blunt ends aren't naturally akin to curly hair. You made a lot of great points thats most shy away from generally.

I'm a new subscriber. I watched your collab with Coily Diaries and was really impressed and inspired by you and your journey. I am now of the belief that trimming is unnecessary for our natural hair. I used to believe that blunt ends meant healthy ends. I think that comes from the days of being relaxed and getting trims when we get our relaxer retouched. I believe that if I'm not using heat and really pampering and caring for my hair, trimming is not necessary. Great video ❤

I truly appreciate this at this early stage in my natural hair journey ❤

My Gosh! Your hair is G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S.! It makes me love my hair a lot more! 😊

I have 4c hair, I needed to hear this. Thank you!

I had a big chop in 2017. Bone straight relaxed hair. Not a curl in sight except for roots. I had never known my true texture until now, but because of this and constantly trimming what I thought was raggedy ends, I’ve retained no length. Trimming perfectly healthy hair, smh. I just found out I have at least 3 different curl patterns. Kinky curly 3b-4a high porosity hair. It took all these years to get to know it and what works. Thank you for this. I’m now reassured and I will be on a retention journey, trimming only if absolutely necessary. 🙏🏽

Thanks so much for this. I haven’t cut my hair in maybe 3 yrs and I believe it was you I saw some time ago that inspired me to put the scissors down. ❤ My ends haven’t seen the light of day in years. I keep them moisturized and tucked either in ponytails, wigs and crochet styles. But I trimmed it because I felt like I HAD to due to the numerous RU-vid videos. So yes love, I will continue to use my spray bottle of water, I will continue moisturize with my Shea butter mix and I will continue to tuck my ends. Because it works for me. And thanks for pointing out the fact that people are saying break away from the trend but put natural hair back into a trend with scissors 🥰

I'm white (Eastern Europe) , and have gone years without cutting my hair. Untreated hair rarely needs to be cut imo. I wash my hair nearly every day and don't even use conditioner and it's still ok. Most people I know cut their hair because they like it at a certain short lenght. Btw your hair is gorgeous ❤❤❤

I’m a new follower just from the title. I don’t think it should be trimmed all the time. Thats one of the reasons I stopped going to others to do my hair. Thank you. 😊

I definitely needed to hear this because that’s exactly how my ends are❤️❤️❤️❤️

I have to say, I truly believe this, I get so sick of the thing about constantly cutting my hair, thank you for this video.

You are a God sent and so correct .. infact its not even after 3 months when my hair is cut the same time after it reverts the ends still looks thinner at the ends .. we need to know we are black and have textured hair even when mixed .. it doesnt have to be blunt thats a look not meant for our hair unless its a style we want .... God knows what He is doing is we care for our hair we dont need cut and even when i say this there are times i go back to that feel that i need to see blunt ots been told to us ao long... its so untrue our hair does what it wants no hair care should tell us we need accept who we are ..im back on a healthy journey we need accept ourselves God made us .. mindset is key Your hair is beautiful!! You look amazing! God made such beautiful women with such gorgeous hair .. we really need to accept ourselves and He does the rest ..

i agree with her 100 % yet i still trimmed my hair because i got frustrated. Thank you I will always wait 24 hours before i do that again!!!

Your hair looks beautiful Soul sis. ❤️🙏🏾 I love it when our Women embrace their natural hair.

I don't have 4c hair, but hope it's okay for me to comment. First off, your hair is gorgeous.❤ Your video helped me out so much though. I have wavy hair, but I have had different people comment on my hair. I had struggled with comparing my hair to people with stick straight hair with this perfect blunt bottom. And I got to a point where I would trim my hair obsessively feeling like it looked unhealthy. In the past I would try to just take care of it and let it grow. Your video reminded me I could just trust my hair to just grow and stop obsessing over it. So thank you. Your video had showed up on my newsfeed. Btw your husband is a keeper reminding you of that. Thank you for sharing this video. God bless you❤

Yes, I don't trim anymore either... maybe once a year but...this video may push me into never lol

The comb chasing method has been around for a while but it is an add-on technique, not a a necessity. I flat-ironed my hair for nearly 20 years without comb chasing. It's just a technique that can be helpful to some. I agree that most people are not truly looking at their ends to determine if they are truly split. Unevenness does not mean split. Even broken hair is not necessarily split hair. I'm also starting to believe that while splits should be cut, I don't think the pace at which splits travel up the shaft is as fast as we think it is I think we are imagining the hair to be like a split zipper. What I believe to be true is that a person has to be EXTREMELY diligent about their hair care to go without trims for a prolonged period of time. For the most part, I was on a 4 month schedule. I decided to test it out for myself and I was able to push it to nearly 6 months before determining I needed a trim. My hair does grow about 1/2 a month. I know because of gray new growth. I'm not weary of routine trims because I'm not going to outcut what I grow. I'm also not on a length retention campaign either. My ultimate point though is trim schedules are guidelines for how the average person cares for their hair. Not everyone is conscientious and diligent. Some are extremely conscientious. The question I do have is what's behind the desire to grow long hair? There is nothing wrong with having long hair but there is an intensity behind that desire for a lot of women that I'm left to wonder what they think long hair does or will do for them.

I only spliff my ends according to the moon phase maybe after 5 years, almost waist length. I've experienced breakage with over brushing even though I was only using bamboo brushes and combs. I admit handling my hair under great amounts of stress and being pressed for time has been dangerous. I put combs and brushes away and if I straightened it's once every other month when I wash it. Love your video ❤

I’m from the old school RU-vid natural hair community (my primary channel) from 2013. It was a conversation back then too. The ends are only supposed to be trimmed if they are split, which happens from over manipulation, combing/heating, etc.. I noticed some newer hair channels teaching things that seem a little off.

Ms lady you are beautiful and right! I went to two stylist and they told me the truth, about trim. People dont realize their hair is often just uneven due to how they treated their hair. I started using detangler combs and get very little trim a year and now I notice length and fullness. I DETANGLE comb my hair only 3 days a week and detangle and dust it (to get dead hair out) with a tight comb once a month. I roll my hair and no heat curl or twist my hair two weeks a month so there is no additional combing. My hair looks super healthy and it's thick. Two weeks a month i massage oils in and rinse my hair with rice water and i see growth.

Finally someone who shares the same ideals about trimming. My hair was last “trimmed “/cut by a stylist in 2015. My hair is braided up 98% of the time. I occasionally wear glueless wigs to switch it up. If and when I do decide to trim it I will have it silk pressed and trim then, with a stylist I really trust, not the last one I went to smh.

i love this video, you confirmed alot, i had not trimmed my hair in years, i trimmed it like a month ago but not again, this video confirmed that i really dont need to at all. i was going back and forth but now i know.

Huh… I was think of trimming soon but being really anxious of doing it… I’m glad YT recommended me this… thank you 😢❤

I needed to hear this. I regret the one trim I had this year. My hair has never been healthier, but because of a little loose ends I went back to a scissor happy stylist😢. I’ve never been more confident to retain my length so I’ll grow it back in no time 😊

I loved everything about this. truly caring for natural hair requires a shift in perspective, you have to accept it where it is at and for how it is naturally. It wasn't always easy to see it as beautiful but after some time reframing I love everything about my hair. I have always been against regular trimming of my natural 4b/4c hair . I try to tell other that and they think I'm crazyyyy.

Well done. The most realistic and relatable video .😊. I had to stop by, like, subscribe and comment 😌

Aww rest in peace to Napp Queen. Her story is so sad. Thank you for sharing her thoughts on trimming and your journey growing your hair ❤

Very true, I cannot remember the last time I trimmed (years). I have long and full hair, and had it trimmed when I got a silk press back then. Great video 💜

What an encouraging video! I’m not going to trim mine either… I love this opinion!

Man, that style is so cute! You are speaking truth. I feel like this is the case for type 4 hair period. I'm 4b only slightly looser texture and face the same is with my ends looking like they need to be cut (according to current social standards) but are just fine. My hair just naturally grows uneven, always has. I'd never gain any length if i just focused on keeping it perfectly blunt.