The prospect of chopping off your long locks and opting for a pixie or bob cut can be scary, and though not everyone can pull off a short 'do, these pics of Hollywood A-listers with short haircuts prove that sometimes less is more when it comes to hair.
Click through for 17 celebrities who chopped it all off.
Tell us: Do these celebrities look better with long or short hair?
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The Harry Potter movies prevented the actress from changing her hair during her teen years, so once filming finally wrapped, Emma Watson decided to experiment with short locks.
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She may have ditched her trademark bob several years ago, but Victoria Beckham's signature camera pose hasn't changed.
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The Oscar winner claimed dying her hair for the Hunger Games movies fried it, so she cut it short to start over.
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The Once Upon a Time actress loves her pixie cut so much, she's claimed that she will never have long hair again.
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She rocked long hair during her Hannah Montana days, but her short crop fits Miley Cyrus's edgier, more grown-up persona.
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She may have won an Oscar for her role in Les Miserables, but cutting her hair short for the film made Anne Hathaway cry.
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A buzz cut does not look good on everyone, but luckily Natalie Portman has a nicely symmetrical head.
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Ditching her long hair extensions, Jenny McCarthy debuted a cute bob cut in 2014.
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The British actress is known for period movies, but in 2005, Keira Knightley opted for a very short and modern cut for the film Domino.
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The Big Bang Theory actress said she hadn't changed her hair in 20 years before she cut it off in 2014.
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The Blue Valentine actress sported a boy cut for over five years and claimed the only straight man who loved it was her ex Heath Ledger.
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Perhaps it's the influence of her good friend Victoria Beckham at work, but Katie Holmes has cut her hair into a dramatic bob several times over the course of her career.
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The actress is no stranger to short 'dos, having cut it into a pixie for Factory Girl and into a bob for Burnt.
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Plastic surgery rumors have dogged the actress in recent years, but her hair has changed just as much as her face.
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The Mad Max actress proves that short hair can be just as sexy as long locks.
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Even as she approaches 60, Sharon Stone's short cut makes her look sexy, not matronly.
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The mom of Bronx and Jagger (and Jessica Simpson's little sis) cut her platinum hair short in 2010.
