This is exactly how often you should be getting a haircut, depending on your length

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• Haircuts may be a pain, but they're also an important part of self-care. 
• Since every hair texture is different, you should talk to your stylist to come up with a timeline of how often you should be getting a trim. 
• Both shoulder length hair and long hair need less maintenance with the former requiring a haircut every 8 weeks and latter every 3 months. 

Haircuts are like workouts: You dread doing it, but then feel so amazing when it’s over that you wonder why you put it off for so long.

A salon visit may not be the top priority on your to-do list between work, sweat sessions, and Kombucha cocktail hours, but treating yourself to a regular trim is actually an important part of self-care. “Your haircut says something about who you are and how you feel inside—it’s part of taking care of yourself,” says Rutger, a celebrity hairstylist for Streeters. “Getting a haircut can also be therapeutic, so if someone is feeling down, getting a new haircut can work miracles.” See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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