I don’t “set” my hair and no longer colour it – and I’m not saying people shouldn’t a) I did for years and b) I’m lucky to have very nice silver hair with black streaks. But I’d never think of cutting it myself (except for the odd clip of split ends, especially in the wintertime) as my hair is thick and very curly. Fortunately I have a neighbourhood salon that does a good job and isn’t expensive. While I work mostly at home, I’m working at a conference in a few days and have to look a bit “professional”, though on the casual, communications sector side of that.
We do remember the remarkable woman from a remarkable family behind the Frankenstein story, Mary Shelley:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley
