Welcome to the thread, angel! I had good luck growing slow with microtrims to get rid of damage but still gain a bit of length. Just took extra time, but apparently I like to test my patience I think I also like the ends of my hair to look a certain way as well for wearing loose, but never thought about it that way until recently…

When I wear my hair loose I tend to pull it forward over my shoulders and noticed that the straight-ish hemline I cut looks weird this way and I reshaped it to be a deeper U again. (Yesterday I just took off probably 1cm from the edges, which is subtle and didn’t completely fix it, but helped for now). When I do a full trim in August, I hope I remember this detail!