“How often should I come in?” depends less on a universal rule and more on one thing most people never hear: whether your cut grows out or grows in shape. A good cut does the second — and that changes the whole schedule.
The calendar answer, by hair type
As a starting point, not a rule:
- Short and clippered styles — every 3 to 4 weeks. Short hair shows growth fastest; two weeks of growth on a fade is a different haircut.
- Short-to-medium layered cuts — every 4 to 6 weeks to keep the shape crisp.
- Long, one-length hair — every 8 to 12 weeks. Length forgives a lot; you’re mainly refreshing the ends and the face frame.
Curly and textured hair sits on the longer end of every range, because curls visually hold their shape as they grow.
The real signal: grow-out, not the date
The better question isn’t “how long has it been?” — it’s “does it still look cut?” A French-trained precision cut is built to grow out in shape: the weight and the graduation are placed so that as the hair lengthens, it falls back into a softer version of the original style rather than collapsing into a shag. When a cut is done right, you don’t notice a single day when it “needed” cutting — you just look at week six and realize it has been quietly growing out beautifully the whole time.
That is the difference between a calendar schedule and a good cut. Bad cuts announce themselves at week three. Precision cuts earn you the longer end of every range above, because they were designed to.
Between visits, a bang trim buys time
If you wear a fringe, the face frame grows fastest of all. A bang trim is $30 and reshapes the fringe in minutes, stretching a full appointment by weeks — a genuinely useful bridge between cuts.
What it costs at Red Market
A women’s haircut is $180 and a men’s haircut is $140, both including our shampoo ritual, scalp massage, and a finished blowout or styling. The cut is built to your texture and lifestyle, so the grow-out does the work between visits.
Ready for a cut that outlasts the calendar? Book online or read more about our precision cuts.
Learn more about Precision Cuts at Red Market Salon, New York.