For hundreds of years American women have consistently been expected to uphold traditional hair beauty ideals. Normative expectations tell women to wear their tresses long to maintain youthfulness and sexiness, yet thousands of young women choose to wear their hair as the antithesis. This qualitative study examined the inspirations, motivations and influences guiding millennial-aged women to make the personal decision to shave, buzz or cut their hair very short and to discover how their short hair relates to their identity and self perception. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with eighteen women. Thirteen major themes were derived from four main objectives: 1) To discover what motivates women to cut their hair extremely short, 2) To discover how women view themselves with short hair, 3) To reveal how women with short hair perceive others views of their short hair and 4) To discover how short hair relates to identity and self-confidence.