Shall I get a fringe?

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I have a longish face and think a fringe might suit me. However:

• I'm 50 and I don't see many women my age with fringes.
• I've got a bit of a wave and quite frizzy hair. When I used to have short hair as a teenager, it looked rubbish around my forehead... but there weren't any hair straighteners around then, I guess.
• My hair grows very quickly, will I have to be at the hairdresser's every couple of weeks?
• If I don't like it, I imagine growing it back is a nightmare, right?

Thanks for listening!

I went for this as a just slightly longer than shoulder length. I've got a GHD hot brush, so its tidied but not too straight, but mostly I just blow-dry it all into place. I'm quite lazy, so like the fact that it carries wavy hair without too much styling.

I’m 55 and have had a fringe since I was about 9. I missed the legislation banning fringes in women over 50.

I don’t know if it will suit your hair. You could use straighteners.

A fringe is good for hiding forehead wrinkles and frown lines.

I am an expert in trimming my own fringe in between hair salon visits.

I love me a fringe.

I trim my own fringe between haircuts.

loads of people have fringes of all ages so that’s not an issue.

maybe by a clip in one to see if you like it?

I just blow dry mine straight down.

A fringe is good for hiding forehead wrinkles and frown lines
Very true! I miss my fringe and I don't have enough hair for a proper one now but I say go for it OP!

www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/article/fringe-at-50

if it’s good enough for Vogue…

Oooh, I love Monica Belluci's fringe, but she's so beautiful! Mind you, I'm not ugly myself 😉.

Hm. Clíp-on fringes, I didn't know such a thing existed! I'll Google them now.

I've bought a clip-on fringe! What a great idea to try that first and see how it suits me. I'll report back!

God, Monica Belucci is a stunner...

Only get a fringe if you can be arsed with styling it.

I grow mine out for a year or two, then get bored and cut it back in, then remember why I grew it out (I'm lazy and cant be arsed with faffing with it every morning)...and repeat for decades

Ms Monroe, you must like the look of it or you wouldn't go back to it!

I can't wait for my fake fringe to arrive to see what it looks like 🙂

I'm 55 and have quite a heavy fringe - the trick it to brush it one way then the other quite quickly with the hairdryer on it - it can't decide which way it's supposed to go & just hangs straight.
Lasts more than a day & doesn't require straighteners!

Fringes work best on people with heavy straight hair. My hair is fine so likes to waft about and just doesn't give the same effect.

I have always had a fringe and I am 59. Most of my friends have fringes too. My hair or very straight and just looks better with a fringe. I tried one of those sloping ones recently but I just looked like a throwback from the 80's! Phil Oakey anyone?

Hmm, where I am from it seems to be the other way round. 20 somethings' all have long hair with a centre parting and us 50 odd year olds have had the same fringe since we were two 😁
I look best when my fringe is parted to the right, but currently sporting this look due to a slightly thinning parting..
images.app.goo.gl/k39cv2qgyhGnAxNTA

Anyone got any advice for fringe and glasses? Like pp I’d like to cover forehead wrinkles, but I worry it’s look bit busy.
I have no impulse control and hairdressing scissors 😂

Same here.

This is quite fun. I think all of them look better with fringes- the 2 women at the end in particular. They are very pretty to start with, but are stunning with a fringe.

My hairdresser always did a final fringe check once I'd popped my glasses back on. It helped to make sure it wasn't hanging over the top of them.

I started growing my fringe out in autumn 2019, thankfully just before lockdown as I would never have survived butchering my own fringe. It wasn't that horrific to grow it out, my hairdresser helped shape it and having a side parting also helped.

I'm now thinking about having it cut back in again though, I always think my forehead is huge, plus I think it adds a bit more character to my face. I'm 47 but I don't think ages matters.

I had a huge blunt fringe for years and it really suited me

sadly my hair has really thinned out and I don’t look great with it so just beware - sometimes your hair thins out without you noticing !!

Fringes emphasise your jaw, i think

I had a fringe most of my younger years but find now it draws attention to my jowls