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I got tired of cutting the hair a while before covid hit and decided to just let it grow. I’m curious on how long my hair can grow and kind of competing with my daughter.
This christmas we finally meet up and measured, my longest hair was 56cm and her was 58cm so for now she is the winner.As for styling, to much work. I just put a headband and that’s about it.
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I’ve been growing mine out for about two and a half years. It falls about five to six inches below my shoulders at this point but I wear it in a ponytail in public with a colored scrunchie. No styling or color. The wife trimmed the ends once. I love having a ponytail.
Oh to have the head of hair I had 20 years ago… it was half way down my back. I used to braid it, or gather the hair from in front into a ponytail to hang with the rest in back. Now that I want to look like a woman it’s to thin to do that fun stuff.
Oh well, I guess that’s what wigs are for.Lara😕
I didn’t get a hair cut at all last, because of covid restrictions. I did trim my fringe, which was really bugging me.
I’m booked for a haircut this monday. My hairdresser cuts it long anyway. It needs a good trim to cut the split ends off.
Which is healthy for the hair, and makes it grow stronger. For those with thinning hair, a regular haircut will make it look thicker.
I have been watching Jason Hitchcock on utube. Especially his series on “your hairstyle makes you look older.”
He analyses photos that people send on and offers suggestions. His videos are extremely valuable.
Hi Lisa,
yes, I enjoy long fair. A few months ago, I found a friendly local woman hairdresser who gave it quite a sharp trim to attack split ends. I haven’t plucked up the nerve to get it styled a bit more femme.
Getting a trim sounds counter intuitive to growing your hair out as quickly as you can, but in the long run, it’s good for your hair.
Marti xxx
Hi Lisa,
My hair is about 10 inches past my shoulders and fairly straight. I don’t have any gray hairs yet which is odd considering my age, but I’m not complaining. I can style it a couple of different ways for a more feminine appearance. Any thing else would require hair spray which I don’t like using.
My hair has been quite long (it goes past the top of my breast forms) and has been for some time. Because of breakage, it doesn’t grow any longer. I have been coloring my hair for over 20 years to get the grey out, but have not had it done in 2 years because of COVID.
But I can’t really style it. First, my forehead screams MALE. So at a minimum, I need clip-on bangs. I have tried to have it in a wave over my forehead, but it doesn’t stay.
The other problem I have is that my hair is very fine. I remember my mother’s hair was also very fine. Although my hair is long, there is very little volume to it. If you take a wig and gather all the hair in front of one ear, you will have about as much (or maybe even more) hair as I have if I gather it all into a pony tail. This makes it sensitive to moisture which causes frizz and random curliness at the ends.
I have to flat iron my hair to keep it straight. Partly because of the fine texture, but partly because grey hair also tends to be wiry. Coloring my hair not only makes me feel younger, it helps to keep the grey hairs straighter.
If I’m lazy, or I’m going to the beach or a pool, I’ll wear my own hair with clip-on bangs. Otherwise I prefer the wig just because of the volume of the hair.
My hair is very black, very straight, and I used to let it grow down past my butt. Most of the time I would wear it in a pony tail or gather it up in a bun on the top of my head. These days I keep it shoulder length. I just submitted an article that should be posted in a few weeks regarding some stories about my hair.
Color me green with envy for all you girls with those lovely long locks. Lucky, lucky, lucky souls be you. I so yearn for the days when I grew mine out to just past shoulder length for all too brief a period during my ‘70s college days. Too old and balding now to pull it off and wouldn’t you know it my wife just adores long hair on men too! LOL
*** Kayla ***
I have tried during the whole lockdown stuff, had a perfect excuse to ignore it, but the problem was even after like a solid year my hair barely popped past my ears. I just seem doomed for eternally short hair so I just kind of put up with it and such so I am kind of sticking with wigs for the time being.
My wife has been after me for years to grow my hair out. At my age, I’m blessed not to have thinning hair or a receding hair line. Still very thick. When it grows out, it gets curly and wavy which can be maddening. So I would go get a short haircut about once a month.
I have finally relented and decided to let it grow. The last haircut I had was in late September. It still doesn’t completely cover my ears but getting there. Lots of curls and waves forming. It is time to get a little bit trimmed to get some of them under control and cleaned up a bit. I’m not sure how long I will let it grow. My hair has never been this long.
I’m going to keep a unisex look as my wife is the only one who know that I dress.
In my teens I had hair well down my back but unfortunately because of life style changes couldn’t keep it going. Then came the crew cuts and well seamed for ever since but decided 3 years ago to let it grow because of a family challenge. I started it and after proving to my daughter’s pictures of me back them that growing my hair was no problem decided to keep it and again I’m proud to say its well below my back with full body and natural color. Close to 50 years had passed and blessed to have it once again. Hardest part now is to explain to everyone especially my 3 daughter’s why I’m keeping it and letting it continue. Besides my wife and many of you ladies we know the reasons why Lol… 🌷
I to used covid as an excuse to let my hair grow out. It is now past my shoulders, just about where my breasts would start if I had real feminine breasts. The covid restrictions here in Iowa have been much relaxed since the summer of 2020, so I have had my hair colored twice now, mainly to cover the gray. I am looking forward to coloring it again this summer (maybe something further out there).
. . . Cassie
I too used COVIT as an excuse to let my hair grow. It’s now just past my shoulders and I’ve been wearing it in a ponytail. I really don’t know anything about styling it but I have enjoyed wearing different colored scrunches. It may be a long time before it gets as long as my wigs.
I thankfully have never had an issue with male pattern balding. I’ve also never kept my hair short. So growing out my hair was never an issue. While I typically do wear a wig, it’s just easier, I have allowed my hair to grow out past my shoulders a few times, without any issue. While today my hair is now gray, and I’d love to have it professionally colored, that will wait till I retire. I want to have my hair at least once in my life take care of at a salon. Proper color and style.
I started letting my hair grow when Covid started. It’s about 12” long now. The funny thing is that I think it’s so much easier this length. I just keep it in a ponytail tho. When my hair was short it required a lot of time and effort to look decent.
I was planning to donate my hair once it got long enough. Now that I’m at the point where I can almost donate it, I want to let it keep growing. So I’m going to keep it for now.
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