Its a myth people cutting your hair will NOT make it grow!!!. Your hair will grow with proper hair care routine and an effective regimen that is properly constructed. The end result of the latter is healthy strong hair, with healthy hair, the need for trimming or cutting will be reduced. Let's get technical, the average hair growth rate is 1/2 inch per month or 6 inches a year. If the hair is constantly cut on a monthly or bi monthly basis, let's say an inch, whether or not you had lots of new growth, you really have no length to show for it.Therefore, the obvious thing to do here is RETAIN your length. How do you do that? By making sure your hair is healthy and immune to breakage or damage which is done by doing protein and moisture treatments, by protective styling which hides away the ends from external conditions which may make it dry or damaged and making sure the hair is always moisturized by moisturizing and sealing on a daily basis. However, needless to say, cutting the hair does get rid of the damaged or potentially damaged hair and helps to keep the hair neatly maintained but, cutting hair is only necessary if your hair is damaged and you want to start a fresh. If you are planning to start your hair journey getting a fresh cut is always recommended, but as you go along you will notice you need not cut your hair, but a minor trim may be necessary to maintain the ends.
Note: Refer to other posts about what is moisturizing and sealing, 10 steps to grow long hair and building a regimen.
Early in my journey I actually saw a video that said to stop cutting to retain length, like absolutely no cutting. Terrible idea, interestingly enough that actually started my hair journey :)
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