# Should I cut my hair? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 23, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852 "2011-05-23T03:12:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![classyladyhp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@classyladyhp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/classyladyhp)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852/21 "2011-05-23T11:15:40Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > How about something like [this?](http://www.easy-hairstyles.com/images/medium-asian-hairstyle.jpg) Longer on top and shorter on the periphery, but I think it would look really good with a rounder face. Plus you can put all kinds of funky colours in it. 🙂 I don’t like that at all. It look dated. It’s the Joan Jett hairstyle. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852/22 "2011-05-23T12:55:51Z")
Another yes vote. Influenced by Demi Moore in _Ghost_, I had a pixie in the early '90s (or whenever it was) and loved it. Of course that was cough\*several pounds ago. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852/23 "2011-05-23T13:04:52Z")
> [@classyladyhp](#): > > I don’t like that at all. It look dated. It’s the Joan Jett hairstyle. But dated is in right now, as weird as that sounds. But I agree that she looks best in pic #4. How much work is that? And I agree that pixie cuts are hard to pull off. It doesn’t work unless you have a fairly tall face, otherwise your face looks squished. I’d go with the second option. The curls really, really make it work. With straight hair (as in #2), you wind up looking like every other Asian girl, and you are too pretty for that. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852/24 "2011-05-23T13:45:06Z")
I vote no, I almost universally prefer longer hair on women. **ETA:** you’d still look good either way, it’s just my personal preference… ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852/25 "2011-05-23T13:51:22Z")
I’m also going to vote no on the pixie. You have a face shape similar to mine and I’ve been told by three stylists that really short hair would only make my face look wider and rounder. Like BigT says, it’s a style best carried off by the narrow of face. I’m going to pimp my favorite website for haircut ideas – [voila!](http://www.beauty-box.jp/style/short/). The links on the left side of the page will take you to sections of the website for long, medium, short (and updo styles) hair. The site is great because most of the pages for each cut show the hair from front, side, and back, so your stylist can get a solid idea of the shape. Plus, the models are so varied in terms of face shape that you can get a good sense of what would work on you and what wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852/26 "2011-05-23T13:58:40Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m also going to vote no on the pixie. You have a face shape similar to mine and I’ve been told by three stylists that really short hair would only make my face look wider and rounder. Like BigT says, it’s a style best carried off by the narrow of face. even then, I’m not sure I care for it… Emma Watson is a knockout with long hair, now she looks sorta like Justin goddamn Bieber. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852/27 "2011-05-23T14:31:06Z")
I’ll echo some others in saying that any of them would look great, but #3 seems to be the least flattering cut of them (and, incidently, the one that made me go “how did she photograph herself from inside a wastebasket? oh…”) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852/28 "2011-05-23T14:41:25Z")
I think a pixie might be a very hard look for you. If you are looking to set a more aggressive mood, then great, go for it! You are lovely enough to get away with just about anything you want to try. I really like this one though: [http://www.beauty-box.jp/style/short/li136.html](http://www.beauty-box.jp/style/short/li136.html) Shorter than you’ve tried before, but just enough left to let you go with a softer look when you want it. Either way, I have to say that I absolutely love having my hair short. I had elbow-length hair for most of my life. When I went short, it was a real education in just how much more time other people have in their day. Washing, rinsing, drying styling - all in about five minutes. I figured out that I had saved _two weeks per year_. Never again. Long hair is pretty, but ti’s not worth that. And in the end, it turns out that hair can still frame the face exactly yhte way we want it to do, without its having to be long. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852/29 "2011-05-23T14:46:22Z")
Do it! You can definitely pull it off - I love pic #2. Women with short hair radiate a lot more confidence to me. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852/30 "2011-05-23T15:05:31Z")
Go for curls. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852/31 "2011-05-24T06:18:01Z")
What have you decided “HazelNutCoffee?” The more I think of it for me - by mid summer i think, it’s coming off. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852/32 "2011-05-24T06:25:55Z")
I’m still on the fence. The pixie cut is a lot cheaper than getting curls, which will set me back a hundred bucks or so (cut costs around 30). I usually wouldn’t care about the cost (I splurge on my hair once or twice a year) but I’ve had some unexpected expenses recently so I might wait until next month before making a decision. I’ll post pictures once I actually do the deed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852/33 "2011-05-24T06:38:35Z")
Damn Hazel! You could go with medusa cut and still look good!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852/34 "2011-05-24T06:38:50Z")
I love you in pictures #1 and #2. I think you’d probably look absolutely adorable in a pixie, and if not, it’ll grow back to #2 in no time. How about trying it first virtually on one of those websites where you upload your picture with your hair pulled back and try on a hairstyle? I’d do it for you myself using photo #1, but it’s late and I’m going to bed. And I forgot the name of the website. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852/35 "2011-05-24T15:48:25Z")
I’m a guy and my general advice to all women is don’t cut your hair. I’d say the first picture you posted (shoulder length) is best, followed by “Even longer hair with curls.” You’re a babe by the way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-my-hair/582852.md?page=1)