What is the Contrast between Regular Scissors and Hair Scissors?

What is the Contrast between Regular Scissors and Hair Scissors?

You might be thinking that there aren't many prominent differences between a regular scissor and a hairdressing scissor. So, in general, you can even use the standard scissor to cut hair.

Regular scissors and hair scissors may look alike, but there are many minutes yet super significant differences hidden in their design that affect their performance. Don’t worry if you don’t know much about such differences; we will discuss them thoroughly today.

Desired Results

That's the main point. Using either of the two scissors in place of the other will never generate the desired results. For example, the hairdressing scissors' blunt edge or convex edge is not made for cutting paper or cloth.

Similarly, regular scissors are not designed to deal with cutting hairs. It isn't like that they will not be cutting hair. But if you expect a more refined and even look after cutting your hair through a normal, it will not happen. The chances are that you will be damaging your hair more than cutting them.

Split Ends ratio

A split end means the overall end of a hair follicle once it is cut by using a blade, preferably by using a haircutting blade. As you can already imagine, the split ends ratio using a haircutting scissor will give the hair a more refined and even look.

While when you observe the split ends, ratio generated using a regular scissor, you will get highly roughed up and damaged split ends. Overall, the look of the hair will also be exceedingly rough, and the chances of getting your hair follicles permanently damaged will also be high.

Sewing Scissors vs. Hair Cutting Scissors

Not! The impact of using a regular paper cutting scissor is far less than that of a sewing scissor. You see, a traditional paper cutting scissor has both straight blades integrated within that will straight damage your hair from the point of blade collision before cutting them.

But in the case of a sewing scissor, the damage dynamics are far worse. The sewing scissor contains both the blades in a convex orientation; the edges will grip the hair ends from two different spots before finally cutting them off. Hence the hair will get damaged from two different points.

Final note

Let's be honest here. There's no way we haven't got the inner feeling of cutting the hair with a regular scissor instead of a haircutting scissor. It's pretty natural for humans as a species to try out new ways of doing things.

But considering the impact of damage you can create by doing so, we advise you not to do both haircutting scissors, and the regular scissors have quite differences in their performance. You might be thinking that stuff like blade orientation or handle design may not matter, but in reality, it can impact your hair in unimaginable ways.

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