{"id":2280,"date":"2019-03-20T12:25:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T16:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prose.com\/?p=2280"},"modified":"2022-03-16T17:21:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T21:21:00","slug":"dusting-vs-trimming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prose.com\/blog\/dusting-vs-trimming","title":{"rendered":"Dusting vs. Trimming: Why One of These Will Save Your Hair Length"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike a true trim, which maintains the lines of your <span style=\"color: #ffa180;\"><a style=\"color: #ffa180;\" href=\"https:\/\/prose.com\/ultimate-haircut-guide.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">haircut<\/a><\/span> (and may cost you an inch or more if your ends are riddled with splits and breakage), a dusting is a very conservative snipping of just your ends\u2014usually a quarter-inch or less and only in the spots you really need it. \u201cA dusting gives your stylist the chance to snip off <span style=\"color: #ffa180;\"><a style=\"color: #ffa180;\" href=\"https:\/\/prose.com\/how-to-prevent-split-ends.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">split ends<\/a><\/span> before they start traveling up the hair shaft, a practice that can save your hair\u2019s health and, in the long run, its length,\u201d says <span style=\"color: #ffa180;\"><a style=\"color: #ffa180;\" href=\"https:\/\/prose.com\/stylist-qa-faith.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Faith Huffnagle<\/a><\/span>, Prose&#8217;s director of education and veteran stylist. A dusting can often be tacked onto a salon blowout or color service, and many stylists will charge you a nominal fee (or nothing) for it.<\/p>\n<p>By comparison, a true haircut or trim is something you need only do every three to six months, says Huffnagle, and its primary purpose is to reshape a grown-out <span style=\"color: #ffa180;\"><a style=\"color: #ffa180;\" href=\"https:\/\/prose.com\/spring-haircut-trends.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cut<\/a><\/span>. Regular dusting doesn\u2019t mean you can skip your regular cuts (hair doesn\u2019t grow evenly and even the best cut will eventually need reshaping\u2014especially with shorter styles), but it may enable you to push off that trim an extra month\u2014and, ultimately, because your ends will be healthier, lose less precious <span style=\"color: #ffa180;\"><a style=\"color: #ffa180;\" href=\"https:\/\/prose.com\/grow-hair-faster.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">length<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Regular dusting keeps your hair healthy and so does a custom hair care regimen. Create yours <span style=\"color: #ffa180;\"><a style=\"color: #ffa180;\" href=\"https:\/\/prose.com\/consultation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your hair goals include increasing your locks&#8217; length, discover which technique will compliment that desire and help you gain inches in the fastest way possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":2307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,4,403],"tags":[260,258,259,257],"class_list":["post-2280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cut-style","category-hair-tips","category-styling","tag-long","tag-short","tag-shoulder","tag-very-short"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is Dusting or Trimming Better| Dusting vs. Trimming<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If your hair goals include increasing your locks&#039; 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