can a 10-year old get away with/carry off a pixie cut?

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dd has the face shape for it and I have always said to her that she should, at some time in her life, go for it. Well she's wondering whether to bite the bullet now - and I really can't quite imagine it. Having only really seen it on late teens or grown ups I just don't know

Yes. My DD1-11 got one and it is so adorable. She also has a great face shape for short hair.

how did her friends react? I can imagine a bit of teasing at dd's school.

Yes - dd2 did at that age. It was mostly greeted well, although a couple of strangers (step forward vile little boy in the library whose mother was ignoring him) thought she was a boy.

She did it right the week before Christmas. She's in Year 7 at a girls' school. She got loads of compliments -- it really suits her. Even her brothers like it.

My 7yo has one and looks great in it. She does get mistaken for a boy, but she quite likes that.

A fiends DD has one and looks very sweet and still feminine.

Yes, but I wouldn't take DD for one at that age.
In a year or so she'll want her hair up like her friends and new styles etc etc...

My sis had one at that age. She hated my mother forever for it!!

She looked brilliant and really suited it, everyone still brings up how cute she looked with one (she's 24 now), but she is adamant that she looked and felt like a boy.

I would have her completely involved if I were you in the whole process and make sure she knows how long it takes to grow back etc!!

My mum is almost sorry she did it now! She honestly never stops talking about it!

I had one. I totally suit them now and then but I was mistaken for a boy all the time aged 10. Was v slight and slender and not at all boyish too. Was a bit traumatic and nearly put me off it as an adult. I always say pixies should wait for the late teen years.

Totally agree with roary - I did it age 11 & it made me look a fool (even if my mum & sister liked it). I looked awful and it took years to re-grow. Awful I tell you! I had a short cut age 25 & it looked great, so IMHO you need to have boobies & a womanly figure to get away with a boyish cut. Otherwise you, errr, look like a boy.

Life's hard enough as kids without doing that to them.

Try a sharp angled bob instead - my dd has a really petite face and is swamped by lots of hair and wants to be a boy lol- this is a great compromise boy hair at the back (she has it shaved ) and girl hair at the front

My DD had decided for herself that's what she wanted -- I take the attitude that's it's her hair, she can choose the style.

DD1 had one when she was 9 or 10 and it was lovely on her. She was very skinny and small at that age. Whatever way they cut it, it didn't look like a boy's haircut, more Mia Farrow

I think the key is whether she really really wants one and isn't suggesting it to please you because you've said she'll look great. She will look utterly adorable, I'm sure, but that won't matter if she's secretly unsure about it. But if she genuinely thinks they look cool and fab and wants one she'll probably love it and think she looks great and feel more able to ignore any teasing prats she encounters.

thanks triskae - that's a really helpful and, I think, accurate, post. I will try to gently find out.