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Guide for Growing Out Bangs
Learn how to grow out bangs with simple tips, easy hairstyles, and step-by-step guidance for every stage of the transition.
Updated on January 6, 2026 | 4 min read
Jaclyn LaBadia, Davines Writer
Bangs are always a good idea. Until they’re not anymore. Growing out your bangs can take anywhere from three to six months. But it doesn’t have to be a struggle. We’ll tell you how to style bangs that are growing out. Plus, the must-have products and go-to tricks to get you through it gracefully and encourage faster hair growth.
Key Takeaways
How to Grow Out Bangs
- Growing out bangs is easier with patience, creativity, and the right techniques.
- Manage each stage—awkward, transition, and fully blended—with simple styling tricks.
- Use pins, side parts, or face-framing layers to help bangs blend seamlessly as they grow.
- Keep hair healthy with trims, gentle care, and minimal heat.
- Davines products like OI All In One Milk and Medium Hold Pliable Paste can support growth and styling.
- Embrace the process and experiment with styles along the way.
In This Article
The Challenge of Growing Out Bangs
The Stages of Growing Out Bangs
Hairstyles for Growing Out Bangs
Essential Hair Care Tips to Aid Growth
Nourish and Style with Davines
FAQs
The Challenge of Growing Out Bangs
Getting bangs is a commitment- and so is deciding to grow them out. Growing out bangs is a waiting game that requires patience. You’ll go through awkward stages and weird lengths where you can't exactly figure out what to do with them. And this can take anywhere from three to six months, depending on how fast your hair grows.
The Stages of Growing Out Bangs
If you’re ready to grow out your bangs you need a plan. So we’ve put together a guide to get you through. Here’s what to do at all the growing out bangs stages.
Stage 1: The First Few Weeks
As your bangs grow out, they’ll start to cover your eyes. Trimming them at the center helps the outer corners blend in with the rest of your hair as they grow. When your bangs are dry, use a small pair of scissors held vertically, and cut into the hair that falls between your eyes.
Stage 2: A Month Out
By now your bangs are too long to wear across your eyes, but not long enough to do much else with. Separating them down the middle gives them a curtain bang vibe that’s incredibly chic. Leave them straight, separate and spray with a light-hold hairspray to keep them in place.
Stage 3: Two Months Out
Your bangs are now long enough to flip out at the ends for a more intentionally grown out fringe. Apply a salt spray to give your bangs grit, before blow-drying them out and away from your face. Keep the heat low for a subtle bend; higher temps will cause it to be too harsh.
Stage 4: Almost Grown Out
Your bangs are now long enough to blend in with the rest of your hair and look like grown-out, face framing layers. Style them away from your face, with a round round and a blow-dryer. Prime them first with a heat protectant.
Hairstyles for Growing Out Bangs
Need some easy hair looks to get you through the grow out period? These are the best hairstyles for growing out bangs.
Accessorize Them
Having a few key accessories are a must to get you through growing your bangs out. Use a headband to pull your fringe back classically, or twist them back and tuck them into the headband as you twist. Use bobby pins to create a pouf with your bangs, brushing them back and pushing them forward, pinned at the crown.
Side Part Them
Of all the growing out bangs hairstyles, this faux side swept look might be our favorite. As they get a little longer, try styling your bangs in a deep side part. Pull them dramatically to one side, using hair paste to keep your bangs in place. Secure your side part with This Is A Strong Hairspray.
Slick Them
The best way to make your bangs completely disappear? Slick them back like they never existed. If you like the wet look, use some gel and a comb to slick back your bangs; for a matte-effect, a paste will do the trick. Work on damp hair and blast it in place with a blow-dryer for hold.
Braid Them
For a playful take on disguising your bangs during the grow out stages, try braiding them. Add some grip with a paste or sea salt spray to stop your bangs from poking out, then create a classic three-strands braid and pin them back. Or add more strands to your bangs and braid them into a halo.
Essential Hair Care Tips to Aid Growth
The best way to support healthy hair growth is with a nourishing hair care routine. Weak hair is prone to breakage, which can prolong the growing period. Incorporate hydrating hair oil products and hair milks, and deep condition with hair masks often (see our ENERGIZING line, a family of revitalizing products enriched with a Hair Energy Complex to stimulate healthy growth). Trim your hair regularly to remove split ends and add face-framing layers to blend your bangs seamlessly into the rest of your hair. Finally, focus on protein-rich foods, omega-3s, vitamins A, C, D, E and Biotion; and minerals like iron and zinc; and stay hydrated with plenty of water.
Nourish and Style with Davines
These products from Davines will help you style and care for your bangs as they grow out, improving the overall health of your strands so they grow to their full potential.
This is a Medium Hold Modeling Gel
A hair gel for creating perfectly slicked back, wet-look bangs as they grow out.
OI Oil
Our multi-function hair oil for adding softness and shine while strengthening strands for maximum hair growth.
This is a Sea Salt Spray
A sea salt spray for adding grit to growing out bangs hairstyles.
This is a Medium Hold Pliable Paste
A natural finish styling paste for holding bang styles as they grow out.
OI All In One Milk
A hydrating hair milk with heat protection up to 446°that tames, detangles and protects, leaving hair silky and strong for maximum growth.
FAQs
How long does it take for bangs to grow out?
Growing out your bangs can take anywhere from three to six months depending on how long it takes your hair to grow.
How do you gracefully grow out bangs?
With some high quality hair care and styling products, a few easy bang hairstyles and with a little bit of patience, you can grow out your bangs gracefully.
Do bangs make you look younger or older?
Because they hide forehead wrinkles, soften features and visually shorten the face, wispy, curtain and side-swept bangs tend to make you look younger; although heavy, blunt bangs can have the opposite effect.
What are the downsides of having bangs?
The downsides of having bangs are that they require daily styling, can make your forehead greasy and can take a few months to grow out.
What haircut makes you look 10 years younger?
The best haircuts for looking younger are face-framing ones that soften features and lift the face, including shags, layered bobs, textured lobs and bangs that are wispy, curtain or side swept.
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