(Cover) - EN Star Style - Emmy Rossum has joked that the short haircut she sported as a child has scarred her for life.

The 24-year-old American actress-and-singer is famed for her luscious long brunette locks, although she admits she didnt always have such a feminine style. Emmy remembers being jealous of all her female classmates when she was a short-haired schoolgirl because they all had long blonde hair in the style which is now sported by Gossip Girl character Serena van der Woodsen, played by actress Blake Lively.

My hair was super, super short when I was five years old and other every girl looked like Serena van der Woodsen, she lamented.

I had short, inch-long curly hair so it was pretty scarring. I havent cut my hair since.

In fact the gorgeous star says her childhood hairstyle traumatised her so much that she now dreads going to the salon. Even if shes just having a trim, the brunette beauty cannot stand being near scissors.

Im really afraid of scissors, she told People. I get that panic moment I think every girl does when theyre snipping and you cant quite tell how much theyre snipping. (C) Cover Media