That whole dry cutting thing I was dead wrong about

I used to roll my eyes at the stylists who insisted on cutting hair dry. For 7 years I was strictly wet cutting everything and thought dry cutting was just a gimmick. Then I took a class 3 months ago at a salon in Portland where the instructor proved it with my own client. Her curls came out so much more balanced and she actually said 'this is the first cut in 5 years that I don't need to fix at home.' Has anyone else been converted to dry cutting after fighting it forever?

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kai8394d agoMost Upvoted

Yeah but see thats the thing, I think people get mixed up thinking dry cutting is ONLY for curls. My wife is a stylist and shes been telling me for YEARS that dry cutting works great on straight hair too for getting that perfect shape. The instructor probably shouldve mentioned that its not just a curl thing. Ive seen some of her dry cuts on fine straight hair and they lay way better than when she used to wet cut everything.

the_laura4d ago

@kai839 hit on something I wish more stylists would admit. I was the exact same way with wet cutting for years until that Portland class made me rethink everything. Now I do a dry shape first on most of my clients, even the ones with straight fine hair, and it does lay way better. The curl thing is just what finally got my attention, but the real lesson was that dry cutting gives you a truer picture of what the hair actually does. It took seeing it with my own two eyes to get past my stubbornness.

hernandez.gavin4d ago

Yeah I was one of those people who thought dry cutting was just for curly hair. Bought into it completely. Then my barber showed me how he does a dry shape on his straight haired clients and I had to admit I was wrong. The hair falls exactly where it's gonna fall and you can see the real weight and movement. Wet cutting hides all that because the hair is heavy and stretched out. Once you see the difference in person it's hard to go back. I still wet cut for certain things but dry shaping first made more sense than I ever gave it credit for.