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I'm a guy and I have one every 2 or 3 months. But at work I think some guys have one more than once a month because they look groomed all the time.

PS: I trim my beard once a week. I'm talking about haircuts specifically.

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[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 minutes ago

For both men and women, the type of hair style matters. Long flowing can go 6 months between cuts. The shorter the cut and the more detail the more often it needs to be cut. 6 weeks is often the case for short cuts. If shaved parts, every week might be necessary. In warm weather more often than in cold weather.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Not often enough. It looks pretty ratty by the time I force myself to go. Maybe 4-6 months?

I’ve always been annoyed by haircuts so it’s difficult to motivate myself to go. However by the time I settle on a new location to regularly use, they close down. Then it’s that much more annoying o find a new place I don’t hate

I do trim my beard weekly though. Since I have the tools and know how to use them. Currently I have a full beard but cut very short, and shave my neck - shaving a straight line is tough to do

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

3 to 4 months. From short to thick helmet style and it starts getting annoying to style and it starts generating too much heat inside to survive.

[–] Master@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago

I shave my head 2-3 times a week.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

My husband has straight hair he keeps in a tight fade, like nearly bald on the sides to very short at the top, and gets his hair cut every 2 weeks. I (lady, curly hair) can go a year between, just get it cut in short layers and let them grow out to long layers. The two of my kids who like theirs short but not crazy short go a month or two between.

Basically the shorter it is, the more you have to cut it - hair grows, on average 1/2 inch (13mm) per month, so mine has a 6 inch tolerance (it doesn't really look like 6 inches of vertical growth since it isn't straight) but my husband, with such straight and short hair, has a quarter inch tolerance.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I shave it off once it starts looking like shit

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] lando55@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago
[–] Doublenut@lemmy.zip 3 points 21 hours ago
[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

I cut my hair when it bothers me. I don't keep track of the interval.

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I bought the proper hardware to cut my own hair, learned how to do the fades. It's easy to keep it the same length all the time this way.

Mainly I just got sick of paying so much for a 10 minute cut.

Edit: I'm not gonna say it was smooth sailing from day 1 I should add, I buzz cut my failures off as I was learning a couple times lol.

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[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Once a month.

It's actually become a bit of a self-care routine because I go to a Turkish barbers who'll also do ear hair burning off (nowhere near as intense as you're imagining), noise hair waxing, and a hot towel cut-throat shave.

I actually like the sensations from them all and I walk out feeling clean and fresh, gives me a monthly little boost of confidence.

[–] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Every 1 or 2 weeks. I buzz the whole thing with #1 guard on the clippers.

I buzz my head about once a month, otherwise I start to look bald.

[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I let it all grow in winter for warmth. Once it starts to warm up I start shaving my head twice a week. When the heat of summer arrives I shave my beard off and it gets added to the bi-weekly shaving.

[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

used to go once a month or so, but then covid lockdowns happened and the barber I liked actually complied with the regulations (which is a good thing), which made it more inconvenient than I though it was worth to get a haircut. At first I figured I'd go back once things started returning to normal, but then that took a while and I never did. So, I haven't gotten an actual haircut in almost six years.

I did start getting the ends cleaned up every six months or so about a year ago though.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

haven't cut my hair in years, long hair supremacy.

[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think my last one was about thirty years ago. Or close.

[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 13 hours ago

why is that sad?

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I cut my own hair every weekend. I'm in the military, though (and no, I don't just shave it). I found that I do it more to my liking (and consistently) than the barbers I've gone to, it only takes 20 minutes, I don't have to pay $30, and I can shower immediately after. I use a 6 (3/4 inch) on top, a 3 (3/8 inch) around the curve transitioning to the sides, and then fade down from there, 2 to 1.5 to 1 and finally .5 (1/16 inch) around my ears, side-burns, and most of the back. Keeps everything clean, I always look good, and I spend about $40 every year or two.

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TIL most dudes on Lemmy grow long hair

[–] sixty@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago
[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

As a woman I get my hair cut every 8 weeks.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Almost never. I had long hair in high school and chopped it senior year due to this thing I was doing yearbook picture wise. Took years for it to grow out and this is where I made the big mistake. For versatility I went with a mullet because of I could throw a pony tail into my collard shirt and look all conformy. As I aged my hair grew slower and slower and it never grew all that fast to begin with. At this point my wife will clean me up before an inteview or such but otherwise I don't get it cut.

[–] Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I would only cut my hair once a month or later if not for the neck hair. I get a cut once that shit becomes too long.

[–] southernbrewer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Whenever my wife complains I look homeless and is willing to spend 20 minutes cutting it for me.

Which is roughly every 2-3 months I think. It'd be less often if I didn't have a wife and had to pay someone to do it, that shit gets expensive.

I trim my beard about once a month.

I haven’t had a haircut in about a decade.

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 24 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Once a year. I look like an animal all the time

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[–] mr_stank@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Every six weeks. Don't trim the beard though. Business up top... zz top down low

[–] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I get mine done about every 1-2 months. Usually when it starts poking me in the ears and getting annoying.

My mate at work who's very fashion conscious gets his done every 3 weeks or so.

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Our male apprentices, especially when they are eager to "score," have a haircut 2-3 times a month.
Then again, they also take their cars to the big car wash every single week, and meticulously vacuum the interior afterwards.

[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 22 hours ago
[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

When I was doing sales, every 2 weeks. Now that I don't ever see a client, I buzz cut once a year. Might go 2 years this time so I can be a proper Gandalf for Halloween.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

I shaved my head every day or so

[–] Microw@piefed.zip 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Well, first let me say that you should go to the barber as often as you want, not as often as an average man does.

I personally go every 3 months because I have long hair and only need to get it into a bit of shape regularly. If I had a short hairstyle I would go more often.

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When my wife states I'm looking too much like a murderhobo which can be from three months to a year depending.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago

I go with a ponytail, and haven't had even a trim in 2 years.

If I had my preference I'd go in about once every few months to have more vivid hair dye applied, and get a trim then.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 16 points 1 day ago (10 children)

I haven't had a haircut since I was 19 (I am currently 40).

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