I used to keep mine long for the same reasons. But last winter it fell out by the handfull. Just--every morning there was a boatload of hair in my comb, and it got really ridiculous, so I told the surprised lady at the salon, "Start. We'll see how it goes." And also, "I'd definitely go Dench if I thought I could carry it off." We stopped somewhat short of Dench, but now I need to go in for a trim, and maybe a bit more than a trim. I do like the freedom. I'm also contemplating buying clippers.

I went pretty short my last haircut (Friday - it seems so long ago!). It doesn't look very different to me, but a few people have commented. It feels lower maintenance, for sure.

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I had my hair past my waist for so long it seems like my stylist is hesitant to cut enough off now that it's shoulder-ish length. I don't have a good enough sense of face shapes or hairstyle trends to actually have an opinion when I go in, so I just say "cut off as much as you want as long as the shortest layer can still reach a ponytail." (Because I do know face shapes enough to be convinced that with my chin(s) and (lack of) neck, I can't pull off a Dench). I think I might push her to go a little shorter than usual next time, it seemed a little too long to have any shape last time.

I just say "cut off as much as you want as long as the shortest layer can still reach a ponytail.

I do that too. Sometimes stylists are fine with that, sometimes they freak out and leave it longer than I really want.

I just say "cut off as much as you want as long as the shortest layer can still reach a ponytail.

Usually when I do that, I end up with much shorter than I'd wanted. The stylists don't always seem to realize how much my hair shrinks as it dries.

I have naturally curly hair, so I say "four inches long over all." That let's my hair relax into curls all over and hide the thin spots.

The stylists don't always seem to realize how much my hair shrinks as it dries.

Yeah, my hair has ZERO curl, so not a problem for me.

I've had my current haircut (shaved on the sides) for almost two years now, maybe? And something similar (short on one side, flopped to the side) for even longer. I do worry that it's getting old/boring/out of touch. But I feel like the only other option I like (or have patience for, since I won't straighten it daily) is...basically to grow it out to be a chin length bob. So that's even more boring!

Yes, stick-straight, babyfine, and now thinner than it used to be. I think...rather than Dench, at the moment it's sort of Hanna Gadsby. Or was. I need to get it at least that short again. The cutter's mandate was "no hair on my face. No bangs--no wait. Leave the bangs long enough to pull aside and pin off my face."

So that's what she did, and I bobby pinned the stuff near the hairline to one side and the longer stuff on top kind of fell across it and hid the pin. Worked.