oh yeah it'll still be long. it's just that he has curly hair, and his hair doesn't grow that fast, so he's freaking out about how much they're gonna have to cut off. and I should rephrase, I'm forcing him to get his split ends cut off it took me (and other people) a few months of convincing him that, if he doesn't get them trimmed, they're just gonna break off and it's never going to get any longer.