Lena Dunham Just Chopped Off All Her Hair

When we spotted Lena Dunham’s auburn hair last week, we were caught off guard: Finally living free of Girls’ Hannah Horvath, had the actress pulled a Keke Palmer and decided to explore new look frontiers? Turns out, no, that was a wig. But the hair change itch must have been building, because today Lena posted a picture of a brand-new, full-fledged pixie cut. Not totally uncharted territory—who could forget Hannah’s on-screen, spur-of-the-moment home cut—but it’s the first big hair change Lena’s gone for in a while. Spoiler: It looks great.

Lena’s description is hands-down our favorite part, though. Where some celebrities use caption-land to label their looks with variations of snack-based or similar adjectives, Lena dubbed her new aesthetic “Your mom’s therapist friend she leaves your dad for.” Potentially the most Lena Lena could get.

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A follow-up shot showed off all the hair recently on her head—according to her caption, a sizable chunk that still fell short of the required Locks of Love minimum. Lena wrote, “Didn’t make it to Locks of Love length but if y’all are considering a cut and have a 10 inch pony tail I urge you.”

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Who did the cut is unclear, but given that Lena didn’t tag a specific hairstylist, we’re slightly suspecting she did the pixie’s close-cropped sides and tufty top herself. Supporting evidence: A few weeks ago she gave her sister, Grace, a bob, and captioned it “Cut @simondunham’s hair myself and it did not come out badly and I am power mad and open for business.”

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Or maybe her sister returned the favor? Unclear as of now, but Lena’s also been posting more photos recently of her pixie’d self, so maybe she was her own inspo.

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Wherever it came from, we’re glad it’s here.

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