Blogging from A to Z challenge: S is for search and destroy

Back on the 5th I talked about dusting, and I thought it would be a good idea to compare the two methods. Both have their strengths and both have their weaknesses.

Where you trim without really looking for dusting, search and destroy is the opposite. You look for damaged areas, isolate the damaged hair strands and then cut the damaged area away a little bit up where the hair looks healthy and undamaged. How high up you should cut is a matter of opinion, but you should definitely take a few extra millimeter to make sure you have removed all the damage. 

Dusting

Good: You cut off all ends to keep them fresh and healthy, and you remove damaged areas before they really develop

Bad: You also cut length off healthy ends

Search and destroy

Good: You only remove damaged ends and don't cut off length off healthy ends

Bad: You can't always spot all damage and you don't remove damaged ends in the making

So which method is best?

Honestly I use both methods depending on what I feel like.

But as a general recommendation, I would say using S&D for the top to mid length is a good idea and using dusting for the mid length to ends is good. Once hair reaches a certain age, it's almost guaranteed to be damaged and a good dusting can help it look and feel a lot better.

Another recommendation is to keep your scissor near your computer, because the monitor has a good contrast for spotting damage against.