How often to actually get a cut

Short, tight cuts move fastest

A skin fade or a very short crop shows regrowth quickly, because the contrast between the faded area and the longer hair on top is the whole point of the cut — even a small amount of regrowth softens that contrast and the shape starts to look undefined. These cuts typically need attention every two to three weeks to keep the line sharp, sometimes sooner if your hair grows fast.

Medium-length cuts have more room

A crop with more length on top, or a style that's meant to look slightly grown-out, can usually go three to five weeks between visits. The edges soften gradually rather than the whole shape falling apart at once, so there's more flexibility in exactly when you come back.

Longer styles buy the most time

Anything long enough to tie back, or styles built around length rather than a sharp line, can often stretch to six weeks or more — the main thing to watch for is split ends and the overall shape losing its structure, not a hard line disappearing.

The real signal is the shape, not the date

A calendar reminder is a reasonable backstop, but the actual signal that a cut needs redoing is the shape itself changing — a fade losing its contrast, a fringe falling into your eyes, layers starting to look uneven rather than intentional. Hair growth speed varies enough person to person that two people with the "same" haircut can genuinely need it redone two weeks apart.

If you're not sure whether you're due, sending a quick photo and asking is a normal question to bring — it's a faster answer than guessing, and it means you're not either stretching a cut past the point it still looks intentional, or coming in before you actually need to.