Hate my short hair, not sure what to do

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I go through stages of growing and cutting it again for some reason, but I don't know why I have it so short, it would look so much nicer long.

I have it done at different salons depending, I ask the hairdressers for volume and shape in my cut. It usually looks great for around a week then goes back to being a flat shapeless mushroom that is short.
All the hairdressers tell me that I have a lot of hair/very thick hair, which is good, but any pixie cut ends up sitting flat even if i use products etc. It just never looks like it did at the salon.

I had a long fringe but it just ended up lank and greasy every day from touching it. I cut it myself, bad idea, now it's far too short and has little tufts. A hairdresser neatned it up but ultimate it has to grow.
It's only just over the top of my ear on one side so I face a good few months trying to grow it into at least a short bob.
I just scrape it back every day with an alice band which looks bad too, no style at all and just flat on my head.

Sorry for moaning i know there are worse issues in life but I hate looking in the mirror.

I do think short hair looks amazing on women but with me it just looks rubbish and flat after one week

Try and leave it alone now.

I've decided I'm growing it long, it will surely look a lot better on me. Any advice from anyone who's had the same thing on how to look better

Yeah i will, I've been through so many points of growing it, hating that awful in between stage then cutting it off but I need to have willpower

Get a hat? I'd leave it for a few months before tidying it up now

Sadly won't be allowed one at work but good idea!
I agree it would be silly to trim it again

Just wear lots of wide head bands and head scarves until its long enough to tie up then learn a few short hair up does.
I have grown out 2 pixies in my life so I feel your pain.

I think the headscarves are a good idea, I just find the headbands make everything look very flat and round.
It'll probably be a good several months before the hair grows past my ear and I can at least have a short bob

The answer is to stop cutting it! I did the same years ago and was really upset and regretted it and won’t do it again!

Someone at my work wears those forties fabric tie headband things, they look great.

I do need to stop cutting it, I'll just have to deal with the awful growing out stage
I'll look into those fabric things :)

Could you try putting small clips in your hair in different places? Or is it too short for that.?Or try wearing different style earrings.

Mine is really really thick too and I've cycled through long and short hair and always hated it.

An undercut has been truly life changing for me. I've lost 50% of the volume which make it manageable at last.

With thick hair, I've been given lots of pixies over the years - liked them, but need constant trimming. However over lockdown my hair grew..........so I went to a new hairdresser who didn't know what my 'go to style' was and I now have non layered thick hair thanks to new advice - so much easier to look after.

…wild idea op, but if you have it short maybe bleach it and do a bright non-natural colour? Then when you get bored with the brights and it’s getting a little longer just go over it with a semi permanent close to your root colour?

I have fine hair, it’s always flat, I just accept that and have fun with the colour.

Youtube stages of growing out a pixie cut.