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Happy New Years MLHH! It's been a pretty good year for me and hoping the next year will be even better.

And also, this picture of me on the bottom is 2 minutes old. I tried to take the same angle as my avatar. Top picture taken on the day I found MLHH (October 29, 2007).

Here is a link to a letter written to my local paper that is in today edition. It amazes me that as we go into 2008 that someone is so against long hair on NFL players (and I think I could safely guess any man) that they would write a letter to the editor. (I had to check the calender to make sure I didn't wake up in the 60's)

1. Are you happy or relatively happy with your hair RIGHT NOW?

2. Do you believe you will be happy with your hair WHEN you REACH YOUR GOAL?

3. Upon reaching your goal, if you were NOT happy with your hair
would you admit it? AND...

4. If you did not like your hair long, would you be willing to cut it? OR...

5. Would you keep your hair LONG because it took so long to reach your goal?

Thanks

I have had no problems with the quality of my hair ever really, but in the last month or so, i have quite a problem.

I wash my hair every 2 days usually, with Johnsons baby shampoo twice and head and shoulders conditioner. I comb it normally then leave it to dry naturally.

The first thing i notice after washing is that streaks of light brown dirty blondish colour appear that look weird.

then, the next morning, my hair is stuck up everywhere as usual. When i comb it, it is tangled, dry and snagged and looks whicpy in places, i cant get it to stay down, and usually it looks really bad all day.

The day after, it is a lot better, it doesnt feel really dry anymore and is easier to comb.

Sometimes i leave it another day, because it looks and feels best 3 days after washing, easy to comb and soft.

What am i doing wrong?

(English isn't my first language so please bare with me!)

Hi there!

I've been growing my hair for more than 3 years now and as you can imagine, it's pretty damn long. Looking back, I can't even remember why I decided to grow it long in the first place. Maybe because my best friend had long hair or because I was getting into heavy metal and a lot of my idols had long hair or maybe I just thought it would look cool - I don't know. But I do know that I'm sick of having long hair, here are some reasons why:

1) Maintenance.
I have to comb it, wash it with special conditioners and shampoos every day (or every other day) to not look like a complete bum. And my hair still doesn't look exactly the way I want it to! Taking showers has become an extremely annoying procedure. I really miss the good old times when I could just take a shower in 3 minutes and go right outside. Also, I spend quite a lot of money on those shampoos and conditioners. So yeah, this is a major reason.

2) People see my long hair before they see me.
People often judge me before they even get to know me, but I think subconsciously this is one of the reasons why I started growing my hair long. I used to be this really shy, quiet kid. Maybe I thought long hair would give me some sort of identity and other people I could relate to. Maybe I thought it was cooler to be referred as "Joe, the long haired dude" than just Joe. Well I'm not that shy person any more.

3) Sexual appeal. I had no idea that many girls think of long hair as a turnoff. I used to say to myself that girls who don't like you just because you have long hair are just shallow, but that's not right at all! For example, I don't find redheads attractive, does that make me shallow? Of course not, the disliking of long hair on men is just a common preference but I had no idea it was that common. I'm 17 years old and these are my "fooling around years". My long hair is an extra obstacle I have to cross when approaching girls and it's making me miss out.

The only good side of having long hair is that I guess I look cooler on stage with my band. But I think I'd rather look attractive to girls than cool on stage.

I was pretty much ready to go to the barbershop before I met a girl who likes long hair (AND is good looking!!!). But I swear, I'm going to the barbershop the day we break up.

Phew, had to get that off my chest :D So how about you guys? Ever seriously considered cutting your hair?

Happy New Year everyone!

First off, I get confused on the New Year as I work for a school system and I am more accustom to the New Year being the start of the school year in the fall. LOL

Can you believe it, I went an entire year without getting zapped! well, I do have a few days left and I need to relabel that fuse box at the other house. I guess I will have to be careful on doing that. Pszzzt!

I did accomplish my goal for the year, which was to buy a house. Now if I could just find the perfect lady to accompany me. Being a crazy long haired nerdy guy could present a challenge.

Hope all is well!,

Mike

hey guys
thought it was about time to post a pic, been growing my hair out from short haircut now for 2 1/2 yrs with several trims all the way to even out the ends. figure i would post a pic too

It's 3:30 am and I have just gotten in from a night out on the town. I was given 3 phone numbers (one of which I kept) and I had 5 people proposition me; 4 men and one woman to be exact. It was a gay club, but, what the heck. I just read that even most gay men don't like long hair. WRONG!
My point is simply this: In my opinion, all the comments on here that I read about women and men preferring short hair is totally unfounded. Actually, I think just the opposite. I think that many people, especially women, prefer short hair on a man because they think it is too sexual; much like wearing a shirt that isn't buttoned up enough, or, pants that fit too suggestively. As far as IÂ’m concerned the myth about long hair being unattractive, or, less attractive is false and I have the phone numbers to prove it.

jeffrey.

I've been meaning to ask this question for a long time now; but everytime it comes up I'm either too busy w/ work and/or too tired to bother.

I mean, I completely understand when somebody says, "shoulder-blade length" or, "mid-back" or, "waist" or, "belt-length or, "butt-length" or, "hips", or...

But what the hell is, "classic?" What part of the body is THAT? The only time someone ever said that to me was several years ago (oddly enough, when my hair was much shorter, around mid-back length), when a co-worker said, "WOW, your hair looks great that way at that classic length!" At the time this guy said this, I thanked him with my best manners, of course; but around here occasionally someone will comment about someone's hip-length hair as "classic length"...

So, does that mean my current length is now, "UNclassic?", --- or just, "low class"-ICK!!

I think this term is one that they use over at the women's long hair place... where they refer to "bra-strap lenght", etc....

Apologies over being in a grumpy and sarcastic mood right now. It's just that I have to go back to work for another loooooong, grueling day, --- and if I see that term flung around one more time when I'm too tired to respond, I'm gonna be even WORSE (lol)!!

- Ken in "Classic" San Francisco

Hello Friends, I was in Paris recently and noticed a lot of men with quite long hair. It was especially gratifying to see older men with long hair. What was interesting was that many of these men had their long hair "styled" (I don't know what other word to use).

In other words, their long hair often appeared to be layered or perhaps some of it was thinned out to avoid a bushy look or to encourage the hair to hang a certain way.

I know that most of us don't ever want to cut out hair but I thought this approach was interesting for those men who feel they can't wear their hair long because of their professional job, etc. Of course this was Paris ("capital of fashion") and these men looked wonderful in their beautifully tailored clothes and "coiffed" long hair!

Any thoughts on this? Maybe this look is happening in other big cities?

My hair is around 3 feet long and I'd like to take off 6 inches or so. If any of you guys have given yourself trims, can I get some advice on the best way to do it? I did look at EdG's website but would like more details. Thanks.

Hello everyone, I'm new here... I started growing my hair for the first time about 18 months ago and it has reached a length of nearly 10 inches at the front. It was getting a bit too long at the back so I went to a hairdresser to get about an inch trimmed.

Unfortunately, this hairdresser did not know what he was doing. He cut much more than just at the back, and I am here for advice about what to do. On the left side of my forehead, I now have a lock of hair that is only a few inches long (just too short to tuck behind my ear) and another lock that is only one inch long!

I have definitely learned my lesson and will never go to this place again. But I can't even tie my hair back anymore due to the short hairs on the left side. It looks terrible. I think I have described it well enough but please let me know if a picture would help.

Since this is the first time I've had long hair, I don't quite know what to do. I was thinking of simply cutting it all off and letting it grow back properly, but I would really prefer to not get rid of the 10 inches of hair everywhere else on my head.

What would you suggest?

Thank you, and I wish you all a happy and healthy New Year.

Peter

OK, let me admit to a prejudice right up-front: personally, i totally HATE the word, "lifestyle"... Being a gay guy, I occasionally hear that word tossed around rather recklessly, in reference to me "choosing" the "gay life-style", --- like it's something as easy to change back and forth about as changing one's clothes, like puting on a different sweater (Hmmmm, let me see.... shall I wear my new GAY sweater today, or my traditional STRAIT one??)...

But, I'm getting side-tracked here... Talking about sexual ORIENTATION should be an off-topic thread to be saved for another day (or... maybe NOT - lol)!!

Anyway, here's my question, for any and all who would like to reply:
Does having long hair turn into a LIFESTYLE?
I don't know the answer myself (which is why I'm asking - lol)....

Here are what I consider, in my own humble opinion, to be a few examples of different "lifestyles":
1) Being rich & famous, with tons of adoring fans flocking around you and photograhping / tape-recording your every sneeze or belch;
2) Vowing a life of self-imposed celibacy in order to live on an isolated mountain top with other sexually deprived strait men who pray every day, shave their heads, wear dark-colored bathrobes, and say "Ommmmmmm..." together;
3) Married with 15 children and owning and operating an orphanage;
4) Living the single life; but, your only close friends are your 4 cats, 8 dogs, large tropical fish tank filled w/ Piranas, and pet ostrich who eats the rats you raise.

(OK, so I vaguely resemble #4, --- only I have another human being I live w/, too - lol!!)

So... back to my original question: Is having long hair a "lifestyle"??? (And if so, WHY do you think it should be called such?)

- Ken scratching longhaired head in San Francisco

This post is mainly for my fellow Christians here.

I am Christian, with long hair.
However, in church as I look around, there is almost never a male with long hair! I feel so much a stranger and a minority when I go to churches. Anyone else feel this way?

I moved and am looking for a church now, but haven't found one.
My long hair is becoming part of the reason.

My long hair represents a spiritual lifestyle of being natural.
I am vegetarian for many reasons and I also prefer eating organic food. But you don't find that in most churches either.

I notice that they aren't usually health conscious about food: they serve coffee or artificial-type fruit drink and a sugar snack after services. Meals are meat affairs. Vegetarian or vegan is not usually planned for unless you ask.

There are two denominations that are more vegetarian (Seventh Day Adventist) or with more new age (Unity Church) openness about long hair, but they don't quite cut it with me.

Okay. so a Longhair dies. (This could be you or a friend or a relative).

This person has:

1. been a longhaired man for a long time--maybe years.

2. his family/friends are all aware that the man loved having long hair, was proud of it
and that he never ever wanted to cut it.

BUT the people in charge of the funeral arrangements have made the decision that
the longhaired man would look better in his open casket with a 'nice' haircut.

Questions:

1. Do you think they should allow the longhaired man to be buried WITH his long hair?

2. if you learned that they were going to cut off his beautiful hair would you say something--anything--in defense of letting him keep his long hair?

3. do you believe that long hair is an important enough matter to mention it in a will? Perhaps a simple statement like: "In
the event of my death, my hair is not to be cut; I wish to be buried with long hair."

Would you like to add any additional comments concerning this matter?

Just got back from my barber. Other than the fact that he didn't have anything to hold my hair up while shaving the back of my neck (he borrowed a hair tie), it went really well. I'm quite happy with the result. I asked for him to try to even up the back a bit and trim the beard back to "respectable" proportions.

I think that he was happy to have a long term customer back and took extra care. I've been going to him for almost 20 years with a recent gap of over a year. I'll definately be going back to see him for my next trim.

Unfortunately for most people on this board, he's located in rural south-western Ontario.

I have been applying Aloe to my scalp 10 to 15 minutes before I shampoo. I live the aloe on for 15 minutes then shampoo and condition as usual. Supposedly this works, and I am not itching as much. Also the gel you get from the store is not as potent as the ones you can pick in your yard. Sadly I don't have any Aloe Vera growing in my back yard so I bought some from the dollar store.

Also I heard coconut oil works as well. As someone who has suffered dandruff for all my life, I would give anything to see it gone.

Heard about this today and thought I would share it with everyone.

from my personal experience, most of the cops around here can be a-holes. not all, mind you, but a considerable percentage.

what I want to know is why would they rough over a beauty like her?

Hello guys

I posted a few days earlier that I found my hair pretty dry. I asked how to deep-conditioning, Walter came with the olive oil idea, used as you use conditioner but rinse it with conditioner.

Just one more thing. I had to use conditioning 3 times in order to wash the oil away and I think some of the oil smell stuck on my hair. Is there any way to prevent that? or that was me being paranoid?. The thing is, it worked great, I could wear it lose for the last 3 days and it feels great, its time to wash it again but I don't want the oil smell to stick this time. Any suggestions?

Res.-

Hi guys. I was hoping some of you with curly or frizzy hair (or any other type for that matter)might help me. My hair is very dry and frizzy. I have to keep it in gel, slicked back, and tied up all day... I think this is mostly because the bangs experienced a lot of breakage and didn't get to grow like the rest (I comb it back a lot and always start with the bangs). I wash it every day with conditioner. But now I'm thinking of washing it once a week instead.

My question is, has anybody else experienced shorter bangs becasue of breakage? Did not washing it as often correct the problem? Also, would it be a good idea to wear a hat between washings (my shorter, frizzy bangs stick out when in a pony tail)?

By the way, to give you an idea of what my hair looks like, it's very frizzy and afro-like when dry... kind of like how some polynesian and pacific islanders have it. But when I let it dry naturally without combing it and apply a minimal amount of gel, it sort of looks like Kirk Hammet's hair from Metallica. In fact, there was a member here who drew the same comparisons (Helgast, or Helgar, I forgot). My hair looks similar to his too.

Howdy fellow longhairs...

In the last few weeks I showed some interest in 2 attractive ladies who I have liked for quite a while.... however they have not gotten back to me... and I know I shouldn't do this but I think my hair has come into it. And I'm abit down neither of them have called me :(

I am doing a survey on yahoo.com for the ladies..

I have used these following pictures for the ladies to decide whether I look more attractive with short hair or long hair. I have also tried to get the best pictures of me with long hair and shorthair... to make it an unbiased contest. There is no point in getting a great short hair pic against a bad long hair picture.

Well if any ladies want to comment on my pictures feel free.

Guys feel free to put forth your opinion too.... I am just frustrated being single... as much as I love long hair and enjoyed all the pictures and effort you guys put into your hair (especially Absalom) I don't really want to be single forever and I know many longhairs on here have partners.

But it seems they were your partners before you decided to grow your hair out... I am not into heavy metal music... just thought I'd grow longhair for individuality and spiritual reasons but I have a heightened respect for rockers and heavy metal enthusiasts alike since coming on here.

I will post the survey results here too..

Peace

p.s. Urban Cowboy if you see this msg write to it if u get a chance as I am a keen follower of your messages!

a bit political, but this is hilarious!

I bet even Carly would get a kick out of this! ;-)

(hopefully ,the mods won't have an issue with this.)

I had it done once before when I was in Colorado, but one fell out so I had to take the other one out too. I'll be making an update in a few weeks that shows the piercings.

I realize on some men piercings don't look that good, but I believe what is true for men is true for women. Long hair and ear lobe piercings are made for each other.

Yes, gentlemen & women of the board, here's my lousy post-Christmas update, taken w/ my iMac; I really oughta get that memory card for my digital, take some outdoors shots in the snow & neighbouring nature preserves. Yeesh.

Oh! And may I please endorse one amazingly talented animated e-greetings artist, Jacquie Lawson? Thanks again, Jonal. Here is her link:

http://jacquielawson.com

Situated in a lttle medieval town in jolly ol' England, many of her e-greetings feature an animated version of her pets, a black cat whose name evades me, her chocolate Labrador, Chudleigh, and Bertie, her Cocker spaniel. Great stuff.

All the best wishes for everyone in twenty-hundred-eight!

Dankbar, true, und wahr,
Rick (Quenyan)

You might remember me. It's been about a year and ten months since I started growing my hair out again. A recent pic can be found here: http://flickr.com/photos/webbpics/2116629126/ but it's kind of hard to show length do to lighting in my house and the dark clothes I wear. XD Anyway, what have I missed here since I've been gone?

Hey all. Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Heres a little update on my Hair growth. Enjoy ;)

Cool Long hair

hi, everybody!

sorry for my absence of late. this is inventory time for me at work, so i don't get any computer time. i know i've missed a ton of fun stuff, and there is no way i will be able to catch up. (it stinks not having a home computer - but that should change soon. yippee!)

from what i see, you guys are all still looking quite dapper with your long hair. i'm still seeing my wonderful long-haired man. :) in fact, he is flying me to colorado to meet his family for the new year. (i'm so nervous!) to tristan and james - i wish i was there long enough to get to meet you guys, as well. unfortunately i will only be there for a couple of days. hmmm... what are you doing fo celebrate the holiday?

hope everyone had a nice holiday season, and i wish you all the best of new year's! i'll try to get on again this weekend and play a little bit of catch up.

peace and love to you all!
nic

I know it's a little bit early, but here are some more pics...

Dear Moderators,
Please remove me from the directory of users along with my picture...
Thank you,
David in Louisiana

Was just wondering what happened to Gollan? He had a great website which now seems to be closed. Thanks, Johnnie

im gonna leave the conditioner in all night will it hurt any to jw? haha

Dear Moderation Crew,
Please remove me from the directory of users along with my picture...
Thank you,
David in Louisiana

my hair is just over 9 months of growth and at the very ends on my left side i can feel some really dry frizzy little hairs and not sure if its time for a maintence cut yet or what should i do?

Hi there,

I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays and they had a good Christmas. I was great spending the time with my family as we don't get together that often at the new parental unit.

This is my "official" x-mas pic that was taken at our works office party a couple of weeks ago at the end of the night!

Happy growing for 2008 and keep away trimmers!

Cheers,

John.B

Sometimeas, I can go for 5 days without washing my hair and it generally becomes VERY dry and is a tangled mess...when I try (TRY) to brush it, I am able to painfully pull out a dozen hairs. |[ I have recently been washing my combs to make it wet and I have noticed no more breakage! My hair only (for some reason) gets tangled at the back, btw.

Is this a good method to comb?

Hello! :)

I have been lurking around for some time, but now,i decided to cry out how much i admire the beauty of your hair and your will to keep on growing ^^;

As a longhair fangirl, i have some experiences to share because i think you all should know you're more appreciated by girls than you think.

We stopped a taxi to go to the university.It was an ordinary taxi,but the driver surely attracted our attention with his white shirt and long,perfectly straight dark brown hair...I have no idea what his face looked like,i spent all the time staring at his hair :D after he drove off, he left the impression of a handsome young man :)

Second story...I have a short haired friend (a girl) who always went on about how she hated longhaired men.One day, just to test her level of hatred, i showed her one of my paintings which included a handsome young men with shoulder lenght brown hair.She stared at it for some seconds and said "oh...not that bad...i mean...some can be handsome, of course" :D

Here's the closing statement: If you always hear negative comments about your hair it DOESN'T mean that no-one likes it.People like critisizing better than appreciating.

PS. if you ask about my hair, it's hennaed brown wavy hair,past the shoulders.

I saw some friends and family not too long ago and im getting complements like "wow Mark your hairs gotten alot longer since i seen ya" and just makes me feel good about that :) and one lady randomly came out to me in a store and said wow you have beautiful hair how you dry it & what i do to take care of it and just asked me random questions about it, just made me feel damn good inside haha when people talk about my hair just feels good.. thought id share that with you guys have a good day!

Sometimes I see the likes of famous women with their really awesome long hair, and I'm so jealous. Even before my hair was nearly hacked all off by the hair dresser recently, my hair never looked as good as theirs.

Anyway, hI've included a pic of my hair before it was practically all hacked off my that stupid hair dresser.

I want it to look like this though. I know it's a girl hair cut, but that's how I really want it.

Does any one else feel the same even though they're guys?

Guys and Gals

How to deep-conditioning the hair?. I tried the following in different times and still feel the hair so dry I think it might catch fire if walk under the sun at noon.

1. Washed with conditioning instead of shampoo
2. Used deep conditioning creams, meant to be use one a week but I tried up to 3 times a week. No result.
3. Used Silicon after bath to hydrate the hair.

I hear about treatments using olive oil or something like that.
Any help would be highly appreciated!

Res.-

hey ppl
i wanna hv hair as long as this model
not exactly like this but m talkin about the length
how much time wud it take ??
rite now m hvin short normal hair ..ma age is 17 !

I am 38 years old I have had long hair off and on my entire life. MY curent long hair I have had for 8 years. Resently I was in the hospital for a week. Since it was surgery no shower either. When I got home my hair was one big knot to say the least. So I had my wife brush it out. Was that a mistake? Because it ripped lots of hair out. Now its not noticable to all but it feels differnt to me. It feels thiner and you can see the line in back of my dark hair. People have to shave my head grow it back, others say to cut it short and grow it back. some say, cut to the back to where the ends broke, some say just grow it out. I neen advise what to do.

Hi everyone,

I would like to wish everyone here on the hyperboard a VERY Merry Christmas, and may your New Year be blessed with happiness, love, and good health.

Also, I would like to thank everyone for their warmth, friendship, and support, which really does make the hyperboard a truly special place on the internet.

This picture was taken a year ago, at our office Christmas party, where we went for a sleigh ride and then had a meal at a cozy little place in the woods, followed by a gift exchange. This one is of myself, with an EMPTY beer glass in hand! Please excuse the VERY corny facial expression!

Merry Christmas everyone,
David

Ah........just what I always wanted! Think they go well with long hair?

Firstly I want to offer my Xmas greetings to all the fine people on this board.

Aside from xmas it is also that time of the year where romance is higher than normal...

As a single man currently growing hair out... I have wondered whether this would jeopardise my chances of finding a partner. I am quite aware many longhairs on here have partners but I'm not sure if they were your partners before you had longhair...

I keep my hair well looked after.. obviously if you feel good within your own skin you will attract more women as confidence is rated highly by all women.

If anyone wants to discuss their experiences with women when you had short hair v's when you had long hair let me know.

Occasionally I frequent nightclubs where people tend to judge on appearance only. But I don't drink as much alcohol as I used to... so its hard to tell whether more women are attracted to me or not! but its really cool having hair longer than 95% of the men in there!

Short hair

Current hair

From the back

I can get better pictures of me with my longhair.. and I am much happier with it now v's my old shorthair.

Let me know your thoughts - PEACE

Ryan S

Here's my Christmas update. Sorry I've been away =(. Sorry my hair is a bit greasy in the photo's I haven't had a chance to wash it today.

I like this one. Again, sorry my hair is a bit greasy.

Here is me in Negative.

I had alot of static in my hair in this one lol.

I wonder why I have Blonde hair and Green eyes? Well they're mostly green. Merry Christmas MLHH!

Best regards,
Josh

Just a quick message off the topic of hair, but for all of the music lovers out there...you know you all are. Check out this great music site www.jango.com you get to build your own radio station without all of the commericals and you can add friends and listen to what other's are interested in. Great way to hear new music you might not have ever had the chance to experience. Feel free to add me (EarthyGirlnUT) and check out my tastes in music.

Happy Holidays!

-EarthyGirl

I posted a thread a few weeks back and i wasn't able to get pictures to show. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

(hopefully this works and pic loads in thread.)

"Why would anyone want to have their hair so long?"

OK, here are my top ten favorite answers to respond to moronic shorthairs who are clueless about having any basic good manners in the first place:

1) Because it helps me find a good parking space at Christmas time
2) Because I have 4 cats, and they told me to grow it, --- or they'd stop paying my rent
3) Because my job requires it. I'm Santa, by the way, --- and I can tell you right now: no presents for you this year!
4) Well, gee, your wife sure likes it... in fact, she likes it a LOT!!!!
5) Doctors orders. I totally HATE it long myself, of course, --- in fact, I can't understand why anyone on Earth would ever want to run around town looking like a girl with a beard! But, my allergist says I have no choice in the matter. Golly, I sure wish I could be YOU!!
6) It's against my religion to cut it. I'm a dyslexic agnostic insomniac, by the way, who stays awake all night wondering about the existence of Dog. That has absolutely nothing to do with my hair length; but, there's your answer, anyway!
7) Because most gay men are attracted to short haircuts, --- and I'm into depriving and denying myself of dates!
8) Long?
9) OMG, I can't believe I forgot to go to the barber last week! Shoot!! Do you think Supercuts is still open at this hour? I'd better hurry: I certainly don't want anyone else on the street to see me look like THIS!!!
10) My mother forces me to wear my hair long like this, --- and she's very, VERY rich!!! She is so evil and manipulative that she'll take me out of her will if I cut one single lock of it... Oh, dear God [dramatic sigh], although I am very grateful that I have no sibling around to compete with me over getting her millions, I keep praying that she'll die soon, --- then I can be free!!! FREE!!! FREE!!!!!!!

--- So, there's my input on how to aswer the brain-dead and ettiquette deprived & unenlightened...

- Ken in San Francisco

Hope everybody's christmas goes well and stay safe happy holidays, Mark :)

The Beatles performing "She Loves You" live in 1963.

that looks pretty short for "long hair", but maybe most guys had buzzcuts back then. I dunno. I wasn't around then.

So I ask a hair dresser to cut my hair, just to basically thin it out, and leave as much length as possible, thinking it would leave all of the length in tact, and what happens? She takes the sides almost completely off, leaving me with only an inch at the back. Set me back a year!!!!

She told me that letting her trim it will make it grow faster, but this is the second time she has done this!!! I'm keeping her away from my hair. I had such a great head of hair about 3 months ago, now this girl comes along, I specifically ask her to just thin in it, and she hacks almost all of it off. I feel so depressed over it all. :(

To all of my friends here with whom I share my morning coffee and my evening tea...

Tonight, A mug of EggNog and Wishes for a Very Merry Christmas !

Walter

and hope everyone has a happy new year! :-D

I have wanted to post information about my city councilman for quite a while now. I'm really proud of him. He's a long hair who is well respected in our community.

I thought he might encourage some here to keep their long hair even when more conservative situations seem relivent.

City site with Dan's picture
City site with Dan's picture

I leave for Calgary in 8 days!

I also did well on my Uni exams (and only 2 subjects now till I finish my degree :)

and almost finish my Personal Training qualifications!

But yeah...8 days

Dean

P.S. In a couple months I will be at 4 Years since I started growing out the 2nd time :-D

P.P.S. I hope everybody on the board is well!

There's a TV commercial on some stations in the U.S. for what I believe is a financial institution of some sort. I don't watch tv much but I saw it when I was visiting my mom (she has a regular tv schedule) and not paying close attention so I missed the name of the sponsor.

Anyway, it starts out in a diner and one of the customers looks out the window and sees the logo of the sponsor floating out over the parking lot. He and other curious onlookers straggle out and each person takes a turn looking at the logo. When they do this, they see themselves reflected in it, but in what is obviously future settings they dream of, such as a career woman seeing herself with children, some guy seeing himself as a doctor, a waitress seeing herself flying an airliner and so on. The message is supposed to be the advertiser will help you realize your dreams. But the last people to gaze into the future are a couple of longhairs. They are reflected back all clean shaven, with haircuts and wearing suits and ties and working in offices. The message is they are currently deficient but they'll get better by turning themselves into corporate executroids.

That commercial steams me every time I see it, twice so far.

We all know there is a Santa Claus, but the physics of it all is staggering. This argument can all be a bit drawn out and pedantic sometimes; I have located two points of view so that we may make an informed decision. I've made up my mind already for I have SEEN him bringing me stuff!!!

But, you be the judge! Will Santa make it this year to your house or not??? He's already been here and left me all kinds of stuff. A bag of coal, a bundle of switches...I think he got me mixed up with someone else, yes that has to be it...I was EXTRA-good all year...the nerve of the man!...there just had to be some mistake...I bet he found out about that speeding ticket I got...I was only doing 87 in a 55. But, I'm not entirely sure he'll have time to make it back this Christmas!

PRO's

Calculations maintain that the laws of physics should prevent Santa Claus from delivering all his gifts and that Santa would burn up in the atmosphere if he tried. The internet magazine, forskning.no, has put together a team of four top researchers to look into the case. The panelÂ’s conclusion is clear: Santa can do the job and Christmas is saved!

Every Christmas, calculations circulate that have been dubbed "The Physics of Santa Claus". The calculations cast doubt as to whether Santa Claus could possibly deliver gifts to all the world’s good children – and still remain within the laws of physics. To deliver gifts to all who deserve them, they assert, Santa would need to move so fast that he would vaporise due to air resistance, be torn to pieces by gravitational forces or suffer other terrible fates we wouldn’t wish for Santa Claus.

Many fall for these calculations. Yes, there has even been one instance in which a vicar was criticised for using them to explain to small children that Santa does not exist. Luckily, some would say, the vicar has apologised to the traumatised children.

Because, even though the physics of the calculations is apparently good, the reasoning rests on a completely wrong premise, namely that Santa Clause does not exist. Even small children understand that this premise is completely wrong!

How will Santa Claus ensure that all the good children receive their presents and once again save Christmas? To clear up this important question, Internet magazine forskning.no has gathered four the country’s sharpest researchers: astrophysicist Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard, professor of physics Gaute Einevoll, professor of mathematics Nils Lid Hjort and Elf expert Ane Ohrvik.

TheyÂ’ve taken the job very seriously.

Ion-shield

If Santa Claus is to deliver all the gifts to all the good children, his sleigh must fly so fast that he would burn up due to air resistance. But it has already been documented that Santa has no problem climbing down a chimney with a fire burning below. So how does Santa solve the problem of heat?

"Santa obviously has an ion-shield of charged particles, held together by a magnetic field, surrounding his entire sleigh. This is how he solves the heat problem," points out Knut Jørgen Røed Oedegaard, who also casts a new light in the night sky:

"There are many meteor showers in December. Many astrophysicists, including apparently serious ‘celebrity’ astrophysicists at the university, who maintain that these lights in the sky are the result of dust particles that burn up as they enter our atmosphere. But this is nonsense, because they ignore the truth: That the lights are the result of Santa Claus moving out of and into the atmosphere as he travels around the globe delivering Christmas presents!”

Oedegaard believes that Santa saves time, energy and air resistance by producing gifts out in space. A new snowboard or doll weights quite little when it is high above the earth.

"Likewise, Santa Claus doesnÂ’t travel in our four dimensions (remember that time is the fourth dimension), but makes use of some 11 dimensions. These dimensions make it quite easy to pick up gifts from his warehouse at the North Pole," emphasises Oedegaard, while Nils Lid Hjort and Gaute Einevoll feel that recent string-theory allows for the use of at least 26 dimensions.

The more dimensions, the easier to deliver gifts.

Einstein = Santa Claus?

Such physics are Gaute EinevollÂ’s speciality, and he brings a bold hypothesis to the table:

"We are talking about moving matter, and no one had more knowledge about matter than Albert Einstein. Do I need to point out that the dishevelled physicist reminds many of Santa Claus? Einstein published his special theory of relativity in 1905 and his general theory of relativity in 1916, but after Coca-Cola more or less defined Santa’s ‘look’ in 1930, Einstein didn’t publish that much more. I have wondered if that’s because Einstein became Santa," speculates Einevoll.

He believes that the reason that Einstein never was able to link together quantum theory and relativity is due to the fact that the famous tussled head was busy in secret helping Santa to become a kind of “Quanta Claus”.

Coincidence? Certainly not!

Santa Claus – A Threat to the Environment?

"Even though Santa uses both the ion-shield and travels between dimensions, the problem of air resistance remains," allows astrophysicist Oedegaard.

"There are so many more people now, and so many more good children, that there are more gifts and thus more air resistance. Therefore, it is natural to explain the warming up of the polar region with all the extra heat that is released. But this problem will solve itself over time, because if children are too good, then all the ice at the North Pole melt. Then there will be no more winter, and thus no more Christmas."

"This leads to a discussion of ‘the bad children problem’: Why do bad children also receive gifts and whether, out of respect for the environment, children should be a little more naughty – without creating more problems with discipline in school.”

Elf expert Ane Ohrvik believes we should turn it around.

"Maybe Santa Clause should raise his standards?” she asks, and recommends a point system for naughty children. Santa has been receiving more and more mail every year, and for him to also send a “report card” could create a big postal problem, she points out.

Nils Lid Hjort suggests that the bureaucracy can be cut back if every family reports on childrenÂ’s behaviour direct to the local authorities.

Santa Sees You

Another question is how Santa Claus knows how nice children are. Gaute Einevoll suggests that childrenÂ’s winter caps can measure brain activity in order to read the infinitesimal magnetic fields that are generated by their thoughts. This information is then forwarded to RudolfÂ’s antlers, which of course act as an advanced antenna system.

Ane Ohrvik points out that many Americans believe that Rudolf’s red nose is a very advanced navigation system and everyone knows the saying “Santa Claus sees you” – something some interpret to mean that Santa Claus has psychic abilities.

In Nils Lid HjortÂ’s opinion, it suggests co-operation between Santa Claus and the defunct East-European secret police: STASI.

"The STASI archives are still secret, and this is a clear indication that information about nice and naughty children is there,” believes Hjort, who doesn’t rule out co-operation with local security services, which often have the latest information on whether a child is naughty or nice.

Flying Reindeer

Another apparent impossibility with Santa Claus are his reindeer, who donÂ’t just plod along. Nils Lid Hjort doesnÂ’t find it so strange that there are flying reindeer.

"You find flying creatures everywhere, and dinosaurs are a good example, but now they have developed feathers and are birds. Therefore it is no great paradox that we have flying reindeer,” he believes.

Gaute Einevoll, who works with physics in organic systems, points out that it is a bit odd that reindeer don’t have wings. But Ødegaard has elegantly solved the problem:

"Santa Claus of course uses vacuum energy. The sleigh and reindeer use repulsive energy to compensate for the force of gravity and therefore can fly."

And with that, the conversation turns to a discussion whether Santa has chosen the North Pole because of its social, religious and political neutrality; multiple universes with a Santa in each; and so on.

Papa With a Fake Beard?

There are quite a few flippant and speculative assertions about Santa Claus. The most ridiculous of these is that Santa Claus is just papa who has dressed up in the garage:

“This is the worst I have heard,” says Nils Lid Hjort.

He is a professor and knows what heÂ’s talking about.

Although Hjort admits that a visit from Santa Claus often happens while pappa is out shovelling snow, there are many examples in which both Santa and pappa are in the same place at the same time, which weakens the argument that there is some connection between the two.

"I want to comment on the alternative situations: Of course you can find many trivial and sometimes fake Santas out there. But that doesnÂ’t mean that you wonÂ’t find some real Santas," says Einevoll, who adds:

"If I lived alone at the North Pole and were to visit children and their mothers, I would want to do it when their father was out, he says, and suggests that this is the source for the socially realistic popular song 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus'."

All together the panel the panel agrees without doubt that Santa Claus not only makes use of advanced physics, but he is also a brilliant organiser.

"Santa lives at the North Pole and there isn’t so much happening aside from the occasional polar explorer. So he can use the whole year for self improvement,” points out Gaute Einevoll.

Therefore, all children of all ages can relax: The laws of physics assure us that Christmas will come this year as usual!

CON's

No known species of reindeer can fly. BUT there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects and germs, this does not COMPLETELY rule out flying reindeer which only Santa has ever seen.
There are 2 billion children (persons under 18) in the world. BUT since Santa doesn't (appear) to handle the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and Buddhist children, that reduces the workload to 15% of the total - 378 million according to the Population Reference Bureau. At an average (census rate of 3.5 children per household, that's 91.8 million homes. One presumes there's at least one good child in each.

Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, and assuming he travels east to west (which seems logical). This works out to 822.6 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with good children, Santa has 1/1000th of a second to park, hop out of his sleigh, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left, get back up the chimney, get back into the sleigh, and move on to the next house.

Assuming that each of these 91.8 million stops are evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course we know to be false but for the purpose of our calculations we will accept), we are now talking about .78 miles per household, a total trip of 75.5 million miles, not counting stops to do what most of us must do at least once every 31 hours, plus feeding and etc. This means that Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second, 3000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle on earth, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second - and a conventional reindeer can run, tops, 15 miles per hour.

The payload on the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium-sized lego set (2 pounds), the sleigh is carrying 321,300 tons, not counting Santa, who is invariably described as overweight. On land, conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that "flying reindeer" could pull TEN TIMES the normal load, we cannot do the job with eight, or even nine. We need 214,200 reindeer. This increases the payload - not even counting the weight of the sleigh - 353,430 tons. Again, for comparison - this is four times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth II.

353,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance - this will heat the reindeer up in the same fashion as a spacecraft re-entereing the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer will absorb 14.3 QUINTILLION joules of energy per SECOND, EACH! In short, they will burst into flames almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them, and create a deafening sonic boom in their wake. The entire reindeer team would be vaporized within 4.26 thousanths of a second. Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centripital forces 17,500.06 times greater than normal gravity. A 250 pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim!) would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force.

If you made it this far, Merry Christmas!!!

The other day a was dropping off my motorcycle for a repair. While I was in the waiting area, I was turned towards a wall looking at a picture. The manager walked in and said "Good morning maa..uh sir!" I thought it was kind of funny. I must admit that it made me second guess my outfit for a moment, but I wasn't wearing anything feminine. Maybe they are used to seeing not-so-feminine women in bike shops!

A couple of days later, i was Christmas shopping with my dad and I could hear two little girls behind me speaking very loudly:

Girl 1--"Ooooh lookit dat lady! She tall!" (I'm pretty tall)

Girl 2--"Dat ain't no lady! Das a man!"

Girl 1--"It is too a lady! Lookit her hair!"

Girl 2--"Das a man, girl!"

Girl 1--"Ooooooooh!"

I told may sister about it later on and she said "Yeah, you should really wear a ponytail--your hair looks really gay (she's young). Ooooh can I braid it??"

I thought it was pretty funny. I guess this is a milestone. This will probably happen a lot more.

How many of you would like to live in a place like this? Any thoughts?

Grow Your Hair, Here

Christiania

It would be nice to live life any way I want to; to be allowed to make my own decisions, to be trusted enough as an adult human to experiment with substances less destructive than alcohol.
Children and the elderly are told what they can and cannot do. Wouldn't it be nice if we could experience freedom somewhere in the middle? L.L.

Christiania's Mission Statement: "The objective of Christiania is to create a self-governing
society whereby each and every individual holds themselves responsible over the wellbeing of
the entire community. Our society is to be economically self-sustaining and, as such, our
aspiration is to be steadfast in our conviction that psychological and physical destitution can be averted."

Today, it´s illegal but drugs are openly sold and used in Chritiania.

The Danish Parliament (Folketing) legalized the city in 1989 and exempted the Christianians
from laws on heritage and environment conservation. In 1991, a local law made of Christiania
a "free zone", open to all, car-free and placed under the responsibility of its inhabitants.Christiania has officially 878 inhabitants, including 150 children. Each inhabitant
of Christiania has to pay a monthly rent of 1,600 Danish crowns (215 euros) for electricity,
heating, road maintenance, land tax, child-care center, kindergarten, leisure and other public
costs. The Danish government has decided to "normalize" the situation of the enclave. A
commission made of ten members worked ten months and wrote a report of several thousands
pages, without drawing radical conclusions.

Merry Christmas!

I hope you spent this night with all your beloved ones and have lots of presents! Remember to enjoy every time possible with your family... Cherish the day and spread love all over... these are my vows for everyone's christmas!

^^

Yeah, I washed it, so it feels in great condition. :D.

Everyone have a good day tomorrow! Merry Christmas to one and all.

- Chris PhoeniX -

Just thought I'd wish all the longhairs on this board a very Merry Christmas and hope your holiday is fulfilling.Just to get you all in the mood I give you "The Tree"!Hope you all have a great day:)Mark

Merry Christmas and Seasons Greatings to all you guys and Gals out there who frequent this great Hyperboard of ours and have contributed to making it what it is today.

And.............

may each and everyone of you have not only a fabulous day tomorrow, but a most joyous, happy and healty new year 2008 as well.

My best to you all-

Justin~

Much happiness and peace in the New Year.

Here's another corny Christmas song for download

The Angel in the Christmas Play

Bruce :)

Hello everyone

It ist time for a new update, i guess.
Now it is 2 1/2 years that i let my hair grow (last cut, april 2005, decission made in may). Now it definetly past my shoulders, at about breast length. So i have reached my "first" goal. That's how i always wanted my hair to be, so no regrets and not the smallest feeling of cutting it...i love it more than ever. But gone that far i now deided to go further, for mid-back or even waist length (if it gets thal long).

And another problem is solved too. For the newer users, when i started letting it grow, i had some very hard quarrels with my father about it. But that's more or less over now, because i moved out in october, to live closer to where i work. ( I work as a parcel deliverer for GLS, by the way)

That's all for now, bye and
Merry Christmas
Fröhliche Weihnachten
Joyeux Noel
Buon Natale
kaj Ghojan Kristnaskon,

Guido

Hey everyone,

I've been growing my hair for many years now, and it's about mid-back length. One thing that's been bothering me though, is how poofy my hair is. I have a lot of hair, and when I tuck the sideburns behind my ear, the rest of the hair poofs out. Because of this I usually wear a pony tail. I was considering cutting these strands off, because it would let the rest of my hair sit comfortably behind my ear, but I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not. Also, since this hair is tucked behind my ear all the time, there is a gap between where the hair ends and my facial hair begins, and it looks kind of unkempt.

What do you all do about these side hairs? Should I cut them or leave them the same length as the rest of my hair?

Ok, here is just less than 3 months progress. Place your bets. When will I reach:
1) shoulder length
2) shoulder length all one length
3) mid back

I have a way to go to catch my idols, Jason and Jao David but I am on my way.
Happy Holidays,
Michael

Just took two photos randomly to check my camera for tomorrow, and i got two photos of myself I really like, i dont know why, they dont really show my length, but i like them (maybe i'm just vain)

And Merry Christmas everybody, or whatever you choose to celebrate this year...

have a goodun

Hey there fellow long hairs!

I just found the time, finally, to post some new pictures ^^ There is nothing really new to say, as usual I am loving my hair more and more everyday, and I really have no plans of stopping growing it. Classic lenght remains to be my goal, and I am really close to waist lenght now!

I am only posting two pictures this time because I am quite tired and really busy with uni, but I think they show my hair well...

This one is the usual one with my hair from the back, hands on my waist... So close ^^

And my hair texture... lately I have been gaining lots of shine, and I'm loving it! It may be from the hair mask I've been doing once a month... It really improoved the shine!
Well, that's all ^^ I hope everyone is doing ok and working on a splendid Christmas night ^^ Happy growing!

v

Yeah, 10 months strong, now.

I hope each and everyone of you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Tomorrow will also mark 18 years since my birth (25/12/89).

- Chris PhoeniX -

Just in case it hasn't happened to you --you've been elfed- I prefer to be a lurker but this was a pretty good likeness of me back in 1984 when I graduated-finally!!! from college-Yes I have my own personalized Cabbage Patch Doll. Happy Holidays
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1755921812

Just want to wish all a great holiday season and a New Year of new growth and progress!!!

(Photo is one from last March as I wanted to post something a bit snowy.)

Karsten

Hi Guys and girls. I know this is a little early but I am working all the holidays so have to post when I get time. Anyway!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
to one and all

peace, jonalbear

I thought it would be good to send a photo. Not much to see regarding my hair, but the painting has a couple long haired guys!

Hope folks are enjoying the season.

cheers, Pete

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Me and all my sisters home + boredom = well, there ya go.

not complaining

Hey everyone,

It's been a while since I've updated, but finally I have a decent photo. A few years ago I dyed my hair and now finally I've cut all of it off, so it's back to its completely natural colour; I just got a trim last week, taking off about 3" or so. I've also been trying to grow out my facial hair, for about 3-4 weeks now. How's it going with you all?

Also, who is in charge of profile pictures these days? Any way I could have this photo set as my icon? The one I have currently is really really old.

Thanks

Well, I suppose I could just re-grow my beard and try henna on it, but does anyone know if henna works and/or has any negative effect on facial hair? I really don't like the clean-shaven look, but I want my chin and my head to match! I haven't seen any drugstore variety beard colors that have any red in them. Suggestions?

This happened on my original post. can't seem to get the update picture posted. I know there is a size limit but there is not that much more hair LOL. help please

Hello all,

This morning I got a tiny trim from my ends, removing splits and most of the dryness that had been causing much of my tangles and knots over the past couple months. My hair is feeling much healthier now and I have no regrets about it. Nothing more than 1/2 inch was removed, so no harm done. =)

Spent my day trying to make it to Wyoming to visit family, but because of traffic and icy roads, it took me over 4 hours to go just over 100 miles. Therefore, I'm just now back home... ah well. Merry Christmas everyone!

-James

Hi guys,

I haven't been too active the last few weeks and I apologize for not commenting more on some incredible updates that have been posted. Everyone is really doing great and it's awesome to see goals being approached and even fully attained.

Next month will mark 4 years for my growth for the hair on top of my head. I kept cutting the back for quite some time to get rid of layers.

I really feel like I'm in new territory. I'm having a hard time getting my brush through the ends because they're so far down my back. It's very exciting to see that my hair continues its growth and fills me with hope that my terminal length is still far away. I hope to reach classic length with still relatively thick ends.

It has snowed 26 inches so far in December here...

Hey again,i just wanted to show you guys how my hair looked before,this is a really good hair day.I'll post more pictures when i have time,peace,and thx for posting about my hair in the first picture :).

we are having nasty weather here in central Wisconsin today.
temps are only about 10 degrees and wind up to 40 mph.
also weather service is calling for up to 15 inches of snow.
been a while since it last behaved like a real winter here
but it now seems to be making up for it.
hopefully every one is staying warm and
hope you all have a happy holiday season.

here 'tis.

Hey guys,im new here,although i've been reading topics and long hair tips in this website,which i found very interesting.I had 1.1/2 years of hair growth,but i decided for some reson to cut it after some annoying tangles started to appear.Now I know how dumb i was to cut my hair off,so im growing it all over again;I already have 3 months of growth,and everyday is a fight to keep my hair looking good,because i have thick hair.Anyways,i'm very happy to post for the first time in this website,peace!

Hello all !
I read on LHC that baking soda can be used to remove build up made from cone but i didn't even know how to know if i had build up, but since i have been using a lot of cone product since i began to grow my hair and never used a clarifiant shampoo i thought i should give it a try.
I put a tea spoon of baking soda in a glass and pour some water in it and before i washed my hair put the content of the glass on my hair from the root to the end ( i tried to be gentle beceause baking soda is abrasive when not totaly dilued) then i did my usual hair whasing routine and i worked great ! my hair is softer and really more manageable it also get more shine, i was stunted by how munch just some baking soda changed my hair and i was so happy that i tried again with good result.
now every 2 or 3 shampoo i will do a baking soda wash :)

I wonder if some people there has ever tried baking soda and got coparable results.

Cya and Merry Chrismas

Wishing all of you the best this holiday season.

im happy to announce that i passed ALL of my classes :{ ] it feels good to be on vacation first semester of college was rough but i still picked up another class for next semester
i thought id share some pictures of my lovely new cat ive had her since September not sure why i never posted anything everyone here seems to like cat posts
her name is momo :{ ]
enjoy take care and happy holidays everyone!

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to post a pic of my new
Border Collie puppy, totally off topic, but
hey, he will eventually have a pretty long coat,
so maybe it's his first progress pic (you can see
my hair too, but it's pulled back so it's not
too exciting)

Happy Christmas everyone!

I intended to post three pictures when I welcomed Robert Home, but only one arrived.

Cal

So I've been thinking...

Last night I watched "Being John Malkovich" and I noticed that there is a long-hair theme going on here, and I thought this was kind of interesting. I've seen plenty of movies, but none of them really stick out as having any notable male longhairs.

Since I'm on vacation and I have nothing better to do, I'm looking for any and all suggestions of movies with longhairs :D

Thanks,
~JeffL

Just a short message to wish all members of the board the very best for Christmas

Bless you all

RainMaker

Readers of 6 months or more may recall that I have not had very good things to say about leave-in conditioners. But my comments were made out of inexperience and incorrect use. As my hair has grown out and I've had more practice, I've discovered that leave-in conditioners are one of those hair care products that can only be appreciated with hair that has gotten past a certain length. So I wish to firstly correct my earlier statements (probably forgotten by everyone but this is for the record) and more important apologize if I mislead anyone.

One product I have eventually had good results with is a cheap leave-in made by Pantene, that was originally called Pro V daily renewal treatment, which came in a 300 ml pump spray bottle.

While out of town I went looking for a new supply and found that Pantene (a.k.a. Procter and Gamble) had been up to the usual hair care industry marketing tricks, in which they routinely fiddle with the naming and packaging of the product to appear to have something new and different. The same product is now being sold as Pantene Pro V Protecting Damage Defender Spray in the same 300 ml container, for $3.96 (U.S.). But there is also another pump action product being sold by Pantene that is called Detangling Light Conditioning Mist, in a 250 ml bottle. This was for sale for $4.36 (U.S.). A check of the product ingredient lists on both revealed that they are identical to the original Pantene leave-in I had been using. These are minor cost differences but it reveals an example of how consumers are manipulated and ripped off by these giant personal care product consortia. Don't rely on manufacturer claims on some product label. Examine the ingredient lists. You could, as I did, find a way to pay less for more.

Well, I promised pics of my hair after I got it cut, and so here they are!

The fact is, I'm actually glad I got it cut. For me, the trouble of keeping long hair outweighed the benefits of having it. Plus, it was all I had ever had, and the curiosity of short hair had been tugging at me for years.
Also, I've only gotten positive feedback from those around me. The word "hot" has been tossed around for the first time concerning me, which I must admit is nice. :)

Now...even though I can't call myself a longhair anymore (and fankly, happily so), that doesn't mean I'm not still a longhair at heart. I fully support everyone here, and I'm glad this board exists. I think - ironically - that I'll be posting more now than I ever did.

Some men were born for long hair.

Apologies in advance if you have already posted about it and I just missed it but I saw your updo picture in a recent post http://www.mlhh.org/messages/212534.html and want to know more about your handsome, gold colored, possibly Celitc patterned clip. At first I thought it looked rounded away from your head but maybe it is flat. How does it clip, where did it come from, and do they have a website?

Inquiringly,

Elizabeth

was trying new video camera was hand holding it
so that is why a bit shaky just wanted to see
how good or bad of video it takes.
the camera is a Oregon Scientific ATC-2000 Helmet Cam Camera.
and you can see a bit how my beard and hair is so far

Why should I grow out my hair? I mean I want to and I currently am growing it out. But are there really any benefits to it? Because when guys ask me (who are usually really rude and condescending) they say "why did you grow it out?" and along the lines of that. To be honest I don't know why, I just like how it looks. But that's not a good enough answer for them. So can you guys give me some reasons that I can use xD It sounds weird, but whenever I say "because I like it like that" they say something stupid like "oh you're trying to be a metalhead or a goth" ....I stand there in awe at their stupidity every time. Although I my favourite music genre is death metal. Anyways thanks to everyone.

Hey,

Sorry for all the off-topic posts. I think eventually, sometime during the Winter holidays (which for me began today!) I will do an update related to hair, but for now...petroleum!

Everyone knows that crude oil is a fossil fuel formed by decomposing plants and animals, both under the ocean, and on land, right? Yet this theory, when closely analyzed, fails to explain many scientific observations. Usually theories in science have to adapt to new data, yet this theory, proposed by Lomonosov in 1757, is still widely taught in schools as the ONLY theory. That's what I was taught, and now reading this article I stumbled upon, I realise that I've been brainwashed as a young child in yet another important issue.

In actuality, in the USSR, an alternative theory was developing from 1946. "Stalin, recognizing the importance of oil, and recognizing also that the Soviet Union would have to be self sufficient, launched a massive scientific undertaking that has been compared, in its scale, to the Manhattan Project." Over 50 years of research and hundreds of scientists from many fields have completed a new theory, which says that petroleum cannot be a fossil fuel, and that oil is formed from inorganic matter in the earth's upper mantle 100km underground, in other words - oil is abiotic.

I'm not going to summarise the science, the facts, and the argument here because the link I will provide does it all too well, and with hundreds of references. Read it all, and you won't regret it :)

Over the past 16 months of growing my hair I have not had any idea of what kind of brush or comb to use. What kind do you guys/gals suggest I use for my current length? (seen below)

They are claiming your hair will grow faster if you use their products. Luckily I don't believe them and I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about these people in the UK.

http://www.body4real.co.uk/product.php?productid=18076&xid=31ba9b58fa0a5e4f2817d79902584f14&js=y

At least the beard will get trimmed. I grow it out every fall to the "could lose a badger in" size and then trim it after the new year to what my wife thinks of as "respectable". I'm also thinking of getting about 1-2" taken off the back to even it up. I've pretty much decided now on a goal of mid-back. Long enough to have some fun with (braids/buns etc) but not too long to be a major maintenance issue. At least that's my thought right now.

Oh - and a very Merry Christmas to everyone out there who is also celebrating it (can't abide the "Happy Holidays" thing).

Hopefully I can get the URL right on these pictures. As a reminder, my server is often off between midnight and early morning GMT-5 time (Ontario, Canada).

http://www.floatingbear.ca/pix/hairpix/

It's been a long time since I've posted on here regularly, but I've been reading the posts for the past couple of days, and it's great to see some familiar faces, as well as new ones. Lots going on in my life, not all of it good, but I'm coping. Life itself is good, and that's good enough for me.

What happened to the "hairy man" icon? I was surprised to see that he's gone. I do like the new look, though.

PEACE AND LOVE

I have had long hair for about 2 years now but have had to keep trimming it for when I was in high school. Now that I am out I am going for the long grow and my hair is a bit past shoulder length. I have straight and fine hair and I just notice every day that my bangs seem extremely thin, especially the ends. My last trim was in May and I take good care of my hair with only using a minimal amount of shampoo and a Pantene Pro-V Thickening conditioner, which has helped quite a bit.

Any suggestions would be very welcomed, but I keep getting urges to get a trim but I dont know if it is in my best interest or if it would even help. I do still want longer hair and will continue to grow it out. What could I do?

hi all.

very refreshing to see all the long haired men. i'm from south africa and long hair is still too rare on the male species! (still very conformist).
even as a woman, there is increasing pressure to cut my hair as i 'age' - and keep the colour subdued. i disagree vehemently. we werent born with scissors in hand. i'm taking a stand and growing it now - as long and dark as i can.

btw: after that bout of verbal trainsmash, i hope women are still welcome here!

(am trying to post a pic of hair length: if it fails - forgive me - computer klutz of note!)

Haha I got bored and brushed my hair into a Flock of Seagulls hairstyle (sort of) No I didn't go out and cut it but it looks kind of similar exept much longer than his =)

It was fun, I felt like a pratt walking to school, but it was worth it for the £15 raised for CAFOD, which some struggled to raise by shaving their heads.

In the morning it looked great, though i had to keep topping the lift up, as it sags down.

By break time, i had to wet it throuroughly, the same dinner.

By home time, I looked vaugely like an emo.

Heres 8:00 am this morning

Hi Scooper...just wondered how one "formats" a memory card...as you suggested?

Hello guys i am new here and i can understand some english but i try. what you think about my hair. i think it should be cut.

In this picture I was sneezing so i took picture.

Hi all,

My hair growth is now at 30 months, from shaved. My hair seems to grow very slow, about an inch every 3-4 months, but I'm still persisting!

Happy holidays!

I posted this as a response to an earlier thread in which Josh mentioned his length goal was "terminal".

Here's a fairly simple formula for estimating what your terminal length might be - some version of this has probably been posted here before, but I think it's been a while:

T = (G*H)/(S*30)

You need to know (or estimate) three things:
1. # hairs on your head (H)
2. Average # hairs you shed each day (S)
3. Average monthly hair growth rate (as a decimal).(G)

For #1, use 80,000 for red hair, 100,000 for brown or brunette, and in your case, use 120,000 for blonde.

For me, I have brown hair, my average growth rate about 0.6 inches per month, and I shed about 50 hairs per day. So the formula works out like this:

T=(0.6*100,000)/(50*30) = 60,000/1500 = 40"

See, Math can be fun!

Jim

Hey, everyone--check out what I found on-line. It's called a Hair Cinch, and you can get it at www.haircinch.com.

Thought I'd share.

"Are you the man with the beautiful hair?" said the 70 year old women standing in front of me at
the post office. I turned around to see if she was talking to someone else but
there was no one in back of me.

"Aren't you the one with long, beautiful hair?" Obviously she had seen me before.
I turned around and pulled my tail out of my coat.

"Yes, I knew it was you" she said.

My hair wasn't washed et and it was sticking out all over the place. And when I pointed this
out to her she said: "But it's still beautiful."

Hmmmmm, I guess I was more surprised than flattered until she added: "You should donate it
to Locks of Love. My grandson did. Yes, my grandson--not my granddaughter."

Needless to say her suggestion spoiled the moment.

This has to do with hair, of course.

So, this is how I fix my perpetual troubles with putting my messed-up hair in order: I go to the bathroom, moisture it with water, wait for some 5 minutes and then comb it gently with my wide-toothed comb. I happened to comb it dry, immediately, a few times. In any case, I never let it undone and shaggy, in fact, I even first fix my hair and only later wash my face and brush my teeth.

But what's that you, guys, do in such occasion? Is there any better way than mine?

No, I wasn't ostentatious :)

Hi Everyone!

sorry it's about a week late in coming. I've been sick (as you can see from the lovely pasty complexion hehehehe. I wanted to say thanks to everyone on here for being so supportive and for all of the good advice. BTW. I don't think that I ever thanked you for your advice on the hair straightening David. I don't want drano products in my hair. That little tidbit helped clear my head on the subject ;)

Hopefully some of you technowizards can help me...I just purchased a Dell Inspiron 530 from Staples. The unit comes with media card reader slots...I have tried to download pictures from my Canon camera by inserting my memory card (CF) into the CF/MD slot with no results. I went to the Dell website and downloaded a 32 bit card reader application. I still cannot get my pictures transferred using the CF/MD slot. Any ideas? Any info will be helpful. You can reach me also at beachbum90742@yahoo.com. Thanks!

More on that Christiania-inspired thread, buried way down the postings here now. Yes, I'm so far Left I'm nearly fascistic in my leanings. Jason, not only AM I a Straight-Edger, I'm ironically a believer that all drugs OUGHTA be legalised. Now I'm mark'd for assassination, jus' like Rastafarian reggae great, Peter Tosh was, whose Lp "Legalize It!", cost him his life, as that's the end of truly astronomical profits for drug lords.

I hear whatcher sayin' abt "They Man" just as much wanting to take our hair from us as much as our rights. Who here knows the (fortunately!) thwart'd bill that would've literally instituted arrest for perceived "though crimes"? Anyone?

You're right, Scott, ain't nobody's business but my own, OUR own, jus' like the melody. As a matter of fact, Matt, you raised a heap of salent points in YOUR excellent article quality observations, too.

Here. Hopefully the following URL will put the new prohibition into perspective. Thirty-eight years ago I got an A PLUS in high school (that's right, I'm old, LOL!) on a thesis done on this very topic. So, I may not be a user OF this, to some, miracle herb and bless'ed sacrament, but I AM an activist for industrial hemp, decrim, and medical marijuana.

http://world-mysteries.com/marijuana1.html

So, there's that. Doug Yurchey, another fellow proponent of legal reform in this arena, author'd the piece. It includes a link at the end for its sequel, too. Amazing, innit? We're run by a gov't full of thugs! A thugocracy ...

TIMOR OMNIS ABESTO,
Quenyan

I was performing in a concert in San Francisco recently, and I noticed this guy's hair in the audience. Turns out he's a friend of one of the performers in my group, and is somewhat well known. I guess he did the Amazing Race, among other things. I only chatted with him briefly (very nice guy). In any case, his hair is AWESOME! I figure there are probably others here who know who he is.

Hi everyone...I've been a lurker for several years (sorry!)...and am a sort of on/off hair grower.

I was just curious if it's possible for a fairly light Blond haired person's hair to naturally become darker. I'm in my early 20's with a sort of lightish golden blond hair colour...but I have dark (like...very very dark red) facial hair and I'm finding more and more dark brown hairs on my arms and elsewhere.

What do you think?

Hello everyone, long time since I have posted. Just wanted to say Hi to all the new guys and Hi to all the old guys (like me) and gals. Hope you all have a safe and happy holiday.

[IMG] I was just waiting for my wife to snap the damn pic.. Lolhttp://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n83/Technogeek_photos/100_0860.jpg[/IMG]

Just took a look at your December 15th update pics... there's really nothing like the cold and snow that makes growing one's hair long a good decision. Your hair looks great in these photos... thanks for reminding me of another reason I'm doing this!
--Val

Still not using shampoo, been without it for 2-3 months now I lost count. In the winter months from the lack of sun I suffer from SAD, so I usually do sprint intervals (HIIT) 3-4 times a week for whatever chemical the body releases to increase my mood. On days I do this I don't shampoo the entire head just around the ears and where the forehead meets the hairline, using only about a dime sized amount. I've had to stop running for a while because of tightness and shallow breathing for the last 3 days, went to the ER and turns out it was bronchospasms, got put on a nebulizer and have an albuderol inhaler. Never had any asthma my hole life so I hope this was just a one time thing from doing a lot of pushups on a carpet that had been sprayed with carpet cleaner...

I've only taken cold water showers for a little more than a month, it seems to have made my hair way shinier, as well as using infusium 23 conditioner and leave in conditioner the frizzology/moisturology stuff. After growing the hair out the first time and this time, infusium is the best stuff I've ever used. The leave in conditioner is lightweight, detangles and makes my hair really smooth. I also have this garnier fructis palm size sphere bottle with some frizz serum that I use occasionally.

I also got a tattoo 2 days ago, right now it's going through the scabbing phase. The symbol and meaning of it are very important to me, I'd been thinking it over for two years now and decided to get it. It's an ouroboros that I drew up influenced by the alien movies (the first 2 only...) There's a little symbol that looks like a flower opening, it's actually one of the alien eggs that the face suckers hatch out of ;]

I'm being kinda pest with this hair-breaking problem, huh? I posted similar threads a few times, for this is a situation that often makes me lose confidence and have ridiculous doubts.

So, while combing/ brushing/ detangling hair, do you think that certain weaker strays can snap, as well as individual hairs? A friend of mine explained to me that the reason why some strays are shorter than others (on the same layer on head) is that those strays are younger and haven't yet reached the lenght of the others. Yet, I think YOUR explanation will settle me for real.

Friends,

I read the Phillip Pullman novels a couple years ago, and decided not to give them to my teenage godson, not because they are critical or authoritarian religion but because I do not think there is a coherent positive vision.

I could not resist going to the movie yesterday, first movie in a theatre for me in a year, and found the visuals wonderful, but not least because many of the good guys had long hair, not least among them Sam Elliott.

For an extra thrill, just google him and look at his hair grow. This does not seem, I hope, to be for a role. I hope he keeps it.

Cal.

PS, I have not been on line in a while and really like the new graphics.

Hello all!

I hope you are all doing quite well, and I want to wish everyone a merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, etc etc... as I probably won't be around too much over the next week. Got back to Colorado on Sunday afternoon after fighting the massive blizzard in the eastern part of the US to make it to Chicago for my flight, which was a rather scary experience, especially at 5am when the roads were not plowed too well.

A lot of wonderful updates have been posted over the past few days, and I am sorry I cannot respond to every one of them, but you all are great people and there is definitely some wonderful progress being made on this board!

Anyways, it feels great to finally be home. I may have a bit of a cool surprise to post later this week, weather permitting...;)

Until then, again, you all are awesome and please continue to post those superb updates! =)

-James

All this week and last, people in my year have been doign sponsored silences, sponsered pyjamas to school days, everything, to raise money for charity.

Tomorrow i'm doing a Mad Hair day with Josh, and another friend called Mikey.

This will involve using gel (it just flops down with water) but its only for one day.

If i get chance, i will take a picture to show you, but if not, It'll still eb fun and worhtwhile.

On a side note, I do my first live George Bush impression on friday in a year and a half, so wish me luck.

No talcum powder this time..

sbeen a while

Here it is, in some ways it feels like just yesterday, and in others its seems a loooong road. One thing is for sure I am really glad I found this place to keep me going and inspired.

One pic is a timline from day one, and the other is me yesterday!

Thanks all and Merry Christmas!!

~ nuttidave

A few years ago I remember reading about a group of men, at about the turn of the century (1900), who were an organized religious group in New England. They refused to cut their hair. I can't find the web information about them now. Has anyone heard of this group? Does anyone know more information about them?

Thanks!

DavidH

Hey, long time lurker here, there are alot of lurkers who like me dont post i think ;p.

But while growing long hair, ive also warmed to the idea of growing a long beard aswell, i suppose the look most assiosiated with "wizards" from fantasy books/movies lol.

What ime wondering is..
How long can most people grow their beards?
How fast to beards grow in comparison to head hair?

Oh and i thought ide include a picture of the guy whos supposed to have had the longest beard. I didnt think this was possible lol. xp

G'day guys!

I have been having trouble keeping the side hairs behind my ears in one place. They always keep sticking out... I have tried to use wax to hold them which sort of works.

I was just wondering is it a good idea to cut them off? or let them grow? seems like it will take a long time before they can get in my ponytail!

Yes, ladies and gentlemen of the board! I'm just NOW listening to a radio talk show, "Coast to Coast AM", Ian Punnett hosting at the moment. The guests are maverick historians, Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince. The guy of the pair is longhair'd!

Please, go to their most magnificent website attached here. Who says that we're a bunch of uneducated boors?

Best wishes for longhair'd scholarly camaraderie,
Quenyan

Well, today is my one month update.

Here's what happens when self-timers go off prematurely. And, thanks again for all the responses to my previous update post.

Hey long Hairs! How ya ppl doing? I'm just bored at school with nothin to do and decided to check on the board. I was also wondering how long it takes to get put on the hyperboarf directory. Thanks

-Michael

I saw an interview with Brad Pitt today...and, again, he was wearing a hat. I think I have seen four or more interviews with him during this year and he is always wearing a cap or hat. He has a great head of hair...so am wondering why he covers it up. Surely he would see that he looks good for an interview. Just wonder'n?

ive hit 9 months of growth but not showing pictures until my 10 month update the last pics i showed were a 8 month update so cant wait and take it easy guys! Mark Smith aka MarkS

Is it ok if your hair grows 14 inches a year? or something like that?

Hey Guys and a few Gals (to burrow jonalbear's fun phrase - lol),

WOW, sure is different reverting back to being a lurker! It provides its own sort of flavor of entertainment, though... For example:

I was completely baffled when I first saw animosity's thread titled, "Natural Evening of Hair" My initial reaction was: 'What could be so different about hair in the evening that couldn't also be said of morning hair???' Thank goodness I'm smart enough to click and read what he said inside, as it made perfect sense then (hey, just because I'm a little "slow on the uptake", doesn't mean I don't EVENTUALLY get it - lol)!!

And then there was reading Luckskind's thread, "Hair is not Fur... Head hair vs. Beards + Body Hair", ---- HOLY ROAD TRIP!!! Man, I've been on long car drives before; but, usually mostly across the North American continent only in the East-West directions. To tour the human body in that way, exploring in such great detail how hair is so diferent, depending on its longitude and laditude placement... Well, all I can say is: I was genuinely dizzy going so far South!!!! I've always dreampt of someday seeing the stark beauty of Polar regions, as well as would love to visit more of the sunny tropics; but, after reading Luckskind's thread, I felt as if I was on the National Geographic Exploration Team, having visited both the North AND the South Poles *AND* a few brief steamy stop-overs in Equatorial regions as well, --- even in places where the sun don't even shine! Great job, Luckskind! It was a terrific read (and I think you should write for Michelin)!!

I wish I had time to reply to all of the great updates I saw; but, my new job at the moment is keeping me too busy (and too exhausted afterwards). I also want to say a warm, hearty, "WELCOME!" to all the new guys who've recently introduced themselves, --- you've just found a great place to hang out on the Internet!!

And a special message to all the guys who've recently posted about having cut their hair...
Hey, there's no shame in cutting hair, anymore than shame in growing it. We all have the right and priviledge to pursue happiness in whatever form it takes. The journey of Life is ultimately a very individual one, --- even though we collectively get to enjoy moments of pursuing similar goals together sometimes. As far as hair itself goes... I, personally, am always a bit saddened to see a great mane have to be detached from its original owner. But, hey, that's MY problem; it doesn't have to be yours!! Most people here already know that I cut my waist-length hair backin Y2K, and deeply regretted it afterwards. But, there are plenty of folks who cut off their long hair who DON'T grieve over the loss (my nephew, for example, who had dreads for over 6 years, and now enjoys having his hair short). The solution to my grief after my Y2K haircut was to grow my mane back; but, I remind myself daily of the fact that there are people on the planet who have lost their hair because of accident or illness who aren't so lucky...

There are 2 eternal facts about hair that nobody can argue with:
1) Mother Nature dictates that head hair always grows back, regardless of any effort on our part (the only exceptions to this would be because of the result of unusual accidents or illness);
2) Man invented the scissors a long time ago, resulting in mankind's ability to have hair CUT.

Even the most boring, non-adventurous people in the world, --- the ones who have maintained the exact same hair-length and style throughout their entire lives --- still experience going back & forth between #1 and #2 above.

So, rest assured: if you have gone through the experience of having grown your hair out long, you have done something that the vast majority of men in Western Society usually DON'T have the guts to do... to at least TRY having their hair long! And, even if you've just now cut it... nobody can ever accuse you of being, "boring!"

My best to all!

- Ken in San Francisco

I was under the impression that all the 1960s musical groups had long hair, but here is a band with very short hair.

these guys don't look like what I would expect from a 1960s musical group especially from 1966.

didn't these guys acknowledge the Beatles? not just musically, but stylishly?

they look more akin to young conservative businessmen than a band.

Admins I would like to put this picture up on my avatar and I would like everyone to see it. As usual edited for size and light.

Howdy fellow longhairs!

As promised here is my 1 year update since discovering this fine board! I hope this inspires people who are sitting on the fence when choosing to grow their hair out. Read some of my paragraphs at the end of this message to learn the strategies I used to overcome maintenance hair stage & conformer ignorance stage! :)

My first picture at the top is what I looked like 1 year ago. I have left my favorite picture at the bottom of this page.

If anyone is wondering what shampoo I use - it is Pantene Pro V. So far I've used about 4-5 different shampoos and after using pantene my hair feels soft and a nice shine develops.

I made the decision to grow my hair out because:

1) I liked the look of longhairs... lord of the rings has many characters with great hair!
2) I am a nonconformer and one of the ways to express individuality and attract unique individuals is through your appearance
3) The mental journey and challenge of it and to be associated with fine people on here!
4) My hair grows way too fast to manage a shorthair style.. every 4-5 weeks I had to get my haircut just to manage it!

So far this journey is NOT an overnight process. It takes perseverence, dedication and the ability to withstand criticism from conformers in society. Sometimes it feels like you get similar attention to a celebrity and like celebrities you're going to need to develop a tough skin against conformers who believe men should have shorthair - otherwise you will bomb out during maintenance hair stage. Obviously the older you are the less likely you will get criticism... even the ignorant in todays society generally respect their elders but if you're young (or older this info is still relevant!) it might be an idea to read my strategies I used to help me not go near the hair salon or scissors!!

If you want longhair.. here is the steps in order of how to achieve it with minimal chance of dropping out.

1) List all the reasons on why you want long hair. You will be reminded of these reasons if negative thoughts creep in later down the track!

2) find a picture of a longhair you want to look like and stick it on your wall or desktop or anywhere you see it everyday. This changes your mindset to focussing on growing long hair just by taking a glance at it once a day prevents you from quitting

3) Set short term goals... it doesn't take 4 weeks to become a longhair lol! and the only way to stay positive and focussed is to achieve your short term goals before the larger goal becomes realistic. Some of my short term goals included... hair touching eye brows, hair sitting on top of ears... then some of my later short term goals include hair completely covering my ears, hair going past my eyes, hair going past my shoulders etc! my current goal is to pull my hair all the way around my neck lol!

4) At the beginning of your journey realise there are conformers in society who will do their best to take you down. These people are dangerous... they dislike people who think outside the square and many of them are complacent people who do nothing to improve themselves. To tackle this... build up your self esteem, make sure positive people are in your life, read Dr Phils Self Matters which promotes individuality or Awaken A Giant Within by Tony Robbins. One way or another you're going to need tough skin! and must be prepared in advance against comments from complacent people who dislike setting goals and chasing dreams themselves!

4) Enjoy the journey and always celebrate your short term goals. Don't get discouraged by people with longhair down to their waste! it takes a long time to get hair that long! admire these people and include them in your social circle for moral support!

Ok I think I have summarised what I wanted to say... thank you to all who regularly contribute here! my hair wouldn't be this long without yas!

Ryan S

p.s. any chance I can become a member?

I owe you guys the courtesy of letting you know I cut my hair about 3 weeks ago. I went through the 2 week rule on several occasions over the last few months, and decided each time I would not regret cutting. My decision is based on general health issues, depression and financial hardship.

Looking after my mane was becoming a burden and over the last few months or so whenever I looked in the mirror I was seeing someone I didn't want to be. I also felt it was becoming an unhealthy obsession for me, constantly doing more and more update photos & videos each month. I tend to get obsessed and addicted to things and it was getting to the point where I was on the computer all day and half the night updating my pics, chatting about my hair or otherwise.

I really enjoyed having my hair long and it's something I can be proud of.

I know a lot of you have cut your hair short in the past, and have regretted it and been so upset you cut it but to be honest I feel nothing either way, and I've had it short for a few weeks now.

I will not post a short hair pic as I don't want to give those buzzcut guys a cheap thrill. I don't plan on doing any new monthly updates until I get to three years, which is a journey I am not willing to start again at the moment so it may be even further away

Moderators if it's OK I would still like to remain a member and hang around, drop in from time to time as this is a really great place offering so much support, full of great guys.

My photobucket account will remain open, (click on my avatar), as will my yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mattshairgroup/

One day when I have climbed up this mountain of problems and am looking out over the top of it to a better future I will grow it back again, at the moment it's a low priority.

The burnt out tree represents destruction, but if you look closely you will see the new leaves growing already ;)

Until the leaves (my hair) grow back, I wish you all well and thankyou for this wonderful place.

MattT

Hello again all :) - Was fiddling around with my webcam the other day and decided to make some GIF's. Hopefully they work on here!

Always wanted to be a rocker... ;)

Now... I started to grow my mo/beard for 'mo-vember'. I can't decide what I liked better, Had a shave yesterday and brought it back to stubble. Here are the results :)

What do you guys think suits me more?

--Anthony

Hi, i was browsing the internet about longhairs when i eventually stumbled upon this msg board. I'd like to post images of my journey here to show men that there is so much diversity within longhairs. To give prospective longhairs that oomph to join, would be great.

The pictures here span about 2 years. Starting from my short "spiky" look to a semi recent longhaired look in november 07. I have yet to take any recent pictures (though i should) since my hair has grown several inches since then.

The beginning. This is my style about 2 years ago. The reason why i decided to let my hair grow; Is multi-factored, but mainly because of my girlfriend.

1:I love the look women have with long flowing hair and i was very sad when my girlfriend announced she wanted to get a "pixie" cut. In retaliation, i warned her i would grow mine long if she dared to cut hers. (she had stated her dislike for longhaired men on numerous occasions) Disregarding my warning she got the pixie i grew mine out.
Funny side note, she has become completely infatuated with my long hair now to the point she (jokingly?) threatened a break-up when i said i was going to sport a shaved head.

2: i have grown tired of being like everyone else. I work (and live) in a predominantly asian sector of queens NY, and have come to notice how cookie cutter many of the males are. Looking at a group from the back, no one stands out. They all have "asian fades" (i did too) and are quite hard to distinguish without looking at their faces.
I always pride myself in being different. Definitely not a person who jumps on trends or likes riding the bandwagon.

There seems to be many posters who want to grow their hair to, at least, waist length...I can't imagine that many have achieved that goal...how about some examples who post on this site?

I was getting bored of taking pictures in my room, so a took a few outside. I think this is the best one.

Please do excuse the time on the picture. Setting the correct date and time is some of the least my priorities.

Hey all. Just thought I would give an update! I don't remember when I last posted here but I'm guessing it was around August. I also haven't been tracking how long I've been growing (Which I should be!) but I think it's been around 14months (I've always kept my hair about 3inches long though). I've probably trimmed 2-3inches in that time also which was a mistake.

From Last update:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b241/throwdown88/S5300020.jpg

And as of about 2 weeks ago:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b241/throwdown88/l_912735f848d1a0e62339edd2df8206b4.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b241/throwdown88/l_2d1091a2732909f3ca55be1850dc3d6c.jpg

Any tips for dark circles also? Mine never go away, I probably spend way to much time on the computer and don't excercise. Eat farely healthy though.

Hope yous have a good Christmas!

Heey everyon! I've not been too much on the board these past couple of weeks due to moving into a new house with my mother and stepfather, and i just got the internet connection working again last weekend:D
Damn, i get crazy if i don't have the net awailable, lol, it's funny how important the internet can be for most people nowadays:D

As for my hair, it's there and growing, only 3 months to my 1-year mark of regrowth, somehow my hair doesn't feel as thick now as it did before, but either way i want to try to grow it to terminal at least once in my life:)

The front, one thing that is bugging me is the bangs, they're like flipping upwards and are always frizzy, i wonder if this is normal at this stage or if it's damage?

Back, i may head in for a trim in naybe a month or so, or at least cut a little bit from the back so the the sides will catch up a bit

Another pathethic tail attempt, but it seems like it's thickened up a bit since last time:)

The side

That was it, take care guys & gals and seeya around!

Simon

hey everybody!!!!
first off let me thank everyone who left me some kind words about my update i really appreciate all the support :{ ]
i consider myself a long hair fledgling but i think my hair is long enough to enjoy some of the long hair perks so to speak. in my personal opinion besides the way it looks the best thing about being a long hair is the feeling of just washed hair all over my face. :{ ]
i want to know what everyone else's is. is it the feeling of your hair walking into the wind. or waking up and seeing nothing but hair. (some of my favorites) let me know im not sure if anyone has ever posted anything like this but if they have oh well lol :{ ]
take care everyone :{ ]

I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find it, I'm considering applying there and was curious as to where I could find it.

Here is my hair now. BTW I have a brush now. Boar bristle I think. Someone special picked it out for me.

Pic4 - being artistic

Hi I've been on this board at least two years now.. made an attempt at growing my hair before, and got pretty close to my goal but had to cut it all off in order to get a job.. now that i have a job, i am deciding to start growing it all over again!! i've been growing my hair now already for a couple of months now.... my aim is shoulder length, jim morrison style.. lol... The picture here was just taken 5 minutes ago... I'd luv to hear some comments!!! I hope this time it's a bit easier for me....!!!!

ROCK N ROLL!

This was years ago when I used to attend church.

Every time he passed the collection basket he would be me the most nasty looks. Never got to know me and what I really stood for. Never gave
me a chance.

Even today do not assume that everyone is so accepting. We live in a dangerous world and longhairs can find themselves just as much at risk as any other minority.

I am not suggesting that you should be afraid but it's always a good idea
to be cautious and careful about the situations you find yourself in.

WEll here it is.

I haven't perfected how to use this digital camera, as I look like a Dopehead right now.

Well here they are, I haven't been able tot take these kind of photos since 2005.

My hair from my last good Quality photo in Michigan.

First another bad pic.

[IMG]http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=12660951&albumID=1886880&imageID=24171585[/IMG]

Than another from the Front.

And the last pic which shows the length.

Hello. I've been growing for about 3 1/2 years now, and for me, it will never be long enough, haha. I guess it's a sort of reverse anorexia with long hair. I've recently discovered a group of people with 'extremely' long hair, namely Danny Cecati from Australia's Eyefear. Now that's a whole new definition of length to me! And a new challenge haha. Glad to see a community of fellers who take pride in their flowing locks of might and triumph. See ya around!

Howdy fellow longhairs!

I was just wondering if anyone is working behind a bar with hair longer than shoulder length.

I don't think discrimination will be a problem because there are PLENTY of barmaids with long hair. Unfortunately my hair isn't long enough to pony tail with the annoying side hairs unable to fit in tail!

Well let me know

PEACE

Ryan

Hey guys, hope you're doing great! I've been rather busy lately so I haven't been around but I saw many great updates and I see there's a new header (not sure which one I like more)

So December rolled over and that's my favourite month with XMAS, New Year and LOTS OF SNOW, hopefully lol... My hair feels like has grown a bit more and finally I can wash it evey 2 days instead of every other day. Here it is... You wanted to see my face, well I did 2 pics to see how scary it is and that's why I dont like showing it lol

Sorry for the amount of the pics, I admit this time I took a bit more.

Hey guys - I viewed this forum about 2 and a half years ago - and completely jealous of how long everyone's hair was! My name's Anthony, i'm from Sydney Australia and i'm 19 years old.

Just a little back story... My inspiration was actually 'Edge' from the WWE. Lo and behold... I actually have nearly exactly the same hair type as him!

I used to read a lot on here about how bad colouring your hair was (my natural colour is dark brown) - but I find that my hair quality is really soft and well defined. Though I have to agree that it does cause damage, its much harder to comb, with it being coloured.

I have to add though... The bottom of my hair, the most curly part (ringlets hehe) are quite rough at the ends. And these parts actually haven't been coloured. I know curly hair is naturally a bit more prone to damage, but to cut back all the rough on it - it would be almost 1/4 the shaft.

But i digress :P - i'll post a couple pics - some before and afters. I've been growing my hair for about 2 years and 5 months now. I'm looking to have it go down to just below my pecs, its only just now reached shoulder length.

This is me about 3 years ago, short hair, clean cut, and 20kgs lighter hehe

This is me at about 6 months hair growth - ACK! so awkward!

This was me at my cousin Darren's wedding - This is my favourite photo :) It's about 1 year 6 months growth I think.

Took this one about 5 months ago when I got my tatt :)

Right! now, I took these ones last week - my current length, enjoy!

I've been nothing but happy since having long hair. It gave me the confidence to start lifting at the gym too actually. Only a little over a year and a half ago, I was a really thin 66kg teenager, and I'm currently about 86kg. I think thats like from 145lbs to 190lbs, for the american users. I do have some insane stretchmarks though.. as you'd imagine putting it on that quick.

I look forward to posting in the future with more pics of my longer hair :)

Love to hear all your opinions of the mane ;)

cheers!

Hey guys I am really sorry I have never responded before this to all of you wonderful people who commented on my last post about getting my hair cut back significantly back a few weeks ago. To anybody who missed this unique event it is at:

http://www.mlhh.org/archive/?210202

I cut my hair back for several reasons then, and I did a very poor job of explaining them before:

First I was having to spend way to much time on it for the level of interest I had at the time (and now for that matter). This lack of interest I suspect is related to the health problems I have been struggling with. I am still hopeful that the crazy guy who first posted here several years ago may re-emerge with hair passion as I get better and learn better how to control my health. So while I may not be hair centered now I still know what cool hair looks like and can certainly tell you all so ! If you trust a guy who cut his hair that is!

Second this lack of interest was making me feel uncomfortable with my hair, I hate to say it but it seemed like a liability to me rather than a banner of proud individuality (which I knew it should be). Depression can certainly change your feelings to vulnerability and self –criticism. Again I hope when this improves more as other things improve.

Third I have received very few compliments from anyone in the real world. Even my partner was glad I cut it back but only really said this when I asked her point blank about what she thought. She was always supportive of me growing it out but objectively she does have opinions lol. I doubt I ever would have let it grow as long as it did had I not been on this board. But I did let it grow inspired by others here but often without a real goal in mind. Looking back such lack of attention to what I was doing with my hair was not good, but entirely understandable to me given the extreme circumstances I was in. Following blindly without thinking is not a strategy or goal. LOL

All these reasons are rooted in the same reason of course and while I am waiting to see how my interest in hair goes I will let it grow in the meantime. The reason I waited so long to get back to all of you is that for one thing I was far from sure how I felt about my haircut for many many days after. I wanted to think more about what I felt before I posted replies to you all. The other reason was because as of last week I have begun working again after many many months of being unable to work due to my sever illness. That is what really prompted this post right now, I wanted to share the good news and I hope it lasts! After many trials and errors I got close enough to being able to control the candida enough to work, though I am far far from being like I want to feel optimally and farther still from a cure. But one step at a time!

Anyway onto much belated replies to your wonderfully supportive posts, once again I am sorry I seemed rude not replying back then. I hated to wait but I had to.

Nic - thanks nic I am still not sure yet what I like or want for myself. I felt a bit like a blind man picking out paint colors when I was going to get it cut. I literally couldnÂ’t decide so I told my (longhair) stylist to do what he thought wise. This is what he came up with.

DavidN – thanks for always saying the nicest things, even if they aren’t true lol. Best quality hair I wish lol. Thanks for recognizing what I was trying to say (not so well I suppose ). Sorry for making people a bit sad regardless, twas a complicated issue

Validus – thanks for the kind words and you are right for now I am happier this way, no guarantees about the future, hopefully I will want to grow it out more, thanks again

Elektros – thanks for the encouragement, it is weird to think that from our point of view I butchered my hair but everyone else still sees lots of hair lol. As for goals I still don’t have one, which was the problem before!

Herb2992 – First thing I want to say is you have a great gift for writing and expressing yourself Herb, you really should post here way more often! You are a very smart guy and wise : ) Well now that you have read this far you know that depression was indeed the cause of the haircut, just like I described to you earlier. One thing that stood out for me you said:

“But you never really know what the future and its fortunes intend, it's really not that easy to handle such subjects, as I know from my own experience...sometimes your are convinced of things which just let run your blood cold another time (which I think is not the case fpr your subject)....”

You are so correct this did indeed happen to me regarding my illness, things I was sure of that caused it and other beliefs I held that prolonged it terribly. All because I was sure I had the answer, and as you said looking back those ideas make my blood run cold! Like I said earlier Herb you have great insight and a gift for writing so post more often I know I cannot be the only one to enjoy your posts! Take care Herb and donÂ’t be a lurker LOL!

David L – thanks for the compliment, I hope you mean that when you could see yourself doing the same thing I did you only meant making all the hair the same length rather than cut off over 1 year’s worth of growth!!

Rob – you are right about having to try things to see what you think of them. I probably wont grow it back that long but I may grow it to somewhere between then and now

White Tail – thanks for your kind words Walter, I will probably refrain from any more cuts for the time being. I did what I needed to do, or thought I did anyway. Life sure is complicated – agh! LOL Hope things are going fine for you Walter, take care!

Quenyan – always a pleasure to hear from you my friend, thanks so much for the encouragement dude it certainly helps with my muddled mind lol. Vacillated, indeed I have! You guys are sure patient with me! BTW I like your clean shaven look too, tis awesome!

Axel – Sorry for the shock mate, I did what I had to at the moment. As many have said nothing is permanent so who knows what the future holds. Thanks for the compliment mate and take care

Big George – You are quite wise my friend, at the time my hair was making me unhappy so I did what I thought best. Caution is sensible for now I won’t do any more cutting! Thanks for the sensible advice and the kindness George. Hope all is well for you.

Justin – thanks for the compliments and the understanding. Going for happiness over all is good my problem was I couldn’t always tell what would bring me happiness. Talk about confusing! I did try though and that is something, it doesn’t even have to be permanent decision either. Thanks for the wisdom Justin we couldn’t have a better leader!

Chris H – Thanks so much for your enthusiastic compliments man, I really appreciate them. I admit I was very worried about making that cut after all the horror stories I heard about how people reacted immediately after such a cut, but fortunately it wasn’t too bad. Some uncertainty lingers yet but nothing traumatic lol. You are right that being happy is the most important thing. Take care man : )

Hairball – Mark you have been an inspiration and friend to me for a long time here on the board, and we have similar hair so very straight! I really put a lot of thought into my decision as to whether to cut or not before I did it. That still didn’t help much though because I knew I wasn’t able to make a clear decision because of how I felt and I knew that I couldn’t wait any longer so I did it. The good thing is that I didn’t have any post cut trauma like some people have had. If it turns out I do get back my passion for longhair then I will start again. It won’t have been a mistake, we’ll see if I still feel that way then LOL. Either way I am not going anywhere I will continue to post but who knows if I have now lost all my street cred with this cut. Nobody may pay any attention to me now!

Kevin C – thanks for the kind encouragement, for me it was the best decision at the time and for right now. We’ll see about later

Jonalbear – thanks so much John it was a somewhat more complex choice than just looking for a change, but I do hope to take your advice about the longer sometime!

James Raymond – Thanks for the kind words and understanding James, I am sure it might be hard to figure out and relate to someone who cuts their hair when you are so passionate about growing it. I know because I felt the same way when I used to hear stories of people cutting years back. I would think why lose such awesome hair, well I understand it now. I guess as you said it is one of life’s experiences to have tried growing out. Thanks again James : )

Mouse – Thank you so much Mouse for your kindness and wisdom, although I don’t know how conservative I was lol, I cut over a year’s worth off at once. But yes I coul have done worse!

Nuttidave – you always seem to cut straight to the heart of things Dave, you should have been a psychologist! You certainly read me right just from a picture, then again you are an artist so you are very visually attuned. At the time I really was considering more cutting but for now I think it best to do nothing. Thanks for always being wisedave too!

Max L – thanks so much for your compliments. At first I didn’t think I looked fine at all I felt like I was neither longhaired nor “typical”, a real hopeless case and decided to just ignore my hair image wise for now.

Just Carol – You are certainly right about my look (see nuttidave’s post who noticed it too) . I hope you are wrong about me never being happy with my hair, but from past experience you are most likely right. Thank you for your compliments on my long haired self. I will try to be careful in future decisions about my hair, this whole thing was needlessly complicated by being all tangled up with my health and mood issues. I wouldn’t have wished this whole damn nightmare on anyone. Thanks for being there and always listening and supporting me and everyone here, this place has been brighter with you around! : )

Aussie Guy – thanks for the kind words, I will certainly be careful with what I decide to do. This was a compromise cut to be sure. Hope your journey is going smoothly as well

Wintersun – thanks for the compliments man I will try not to cut any more , I am glad people liked this length at first I sure didn’t. I am always more critical of myself than others are though!

How exactly do you make a bun? I've been trying for hours, and just had my sister do it.

Man, I Love Men with long hair...I was wondering if there were any sites.
I live in Tennessee, and there is like 1 man in 1000 that has long hair, and that's so sad.
There is nothing sexier than men with long hair...lol.
well thought i'd ask a question and voice my opinion.
-Dee

I had kept thinking about this and decided to ask you guys. I wash my hair every morning with conditioner, sometimes shampoo but mostly conditioner. Is it somewhat harmful to continuously wash my hair with conditioner and shampoo? I have also spotted some flakes but I am dead scared to put dandruff shampoo in my hair. Recomendations? Comments?

Thanks,

-Hegg_The_Norsk

Heyho Longhaired Fellows,

it's me again - with another update.
In a few days I'll reach the 2 year mark :D *yaaayys*
Buuut... i thought i post some photos today ;)
(I think I'll post more in a few days or in january).

Please ignore my face, I'm lookin horrible because I'm ill (have to take antibiotic etc.).

Soo...

Starting with the standard "from behind pic":

Now, front:

"Bang Length":

Aaand now another photo:

Soo... First of all I'm sorry I didn't respond to your responses the last time but I just had no time :(
I'll do my best this time :D

Can't wait to read your comments

Keep it growing
Neo

I guess this is it.

As of Monday, I will no longer be able to call myself a longhair.
For the last couple years, I've been getting steadily less patient with various aspects of having hair of various lengths. I've had waist length, lower and mid back, and now shoulder length (again).

I'm getting a haircut.

I did, however, promise pics at some point. These are probly some of the best to show off the hair itself that have been taken in a long while. Plus, today was a good hair day :)

Back of the head, showing the pony tail.
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Hair down.
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Again, hair down...
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Now..let me say this.
I have found this site to be very supportive, informative, and at times supportive. I never really got into posting much, but I've been a steady lurker for at least two years. Kudos to everyone here.
Also, I have tremendous (first hand) respect for those with long hair. I know it takes a lot to maintain well, and it's very much a lifestyle. Everything you do, or don't to can be affected by it, or affect it. More kudos.

I, however, now bow out and take the lazy way out.

Keep it growing, guys. I've seen some beautiful hair here.

Heres me playing my good friend Carlos's Dean. He took these I belive a few months ago when I just got back from the mall

I don't like this one very much >.< my veins are poking out of my neck

This one is my faveorite

Hi,

I did a little vid of me brushing my hair - at the end I didnt want to show my face and didnt find the cam ._.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dB4xHD9-X4I
Heres the vid.

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Greetings

I just heard on the news that an employee at a local dry cleaning place died when her hair got caught in some mechanism. She was working alone and apparently had a habit of removing clothes from the still moving machinery despite warnings not to.

Those of us with long hair sometimes learn the hard way that it can be a real hazard. Please, always be aware of your hair and potential hazards.

I lived through this today:

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” Dr. Suess

So true!!

Hello all,

I am back after being with out my Internet for two weeks! It was nice to unplug a little, but I did miss it as I couldn't chat with friends over IM.

My hair is still nice and long too and I am enjoying the new house!

Mike

I've been checking out this site for quite a while and thought it was about time to post a pic - seemed only fair. Sorry it's a bit out of focus. Next time will be better!

Hi all,

I was comparing some pictures I took last year in December with some I took yesterday. Although the picture from yesterday is "off" as far as contrast goes, it is a quite remarkable comparison to last year's shot from the same perspective and angle. It's really a bit difficult to see the hair length in the picture marked December 2007, yet surely and slowly it is creeping down the shoulders and past the collar.

I am going to try to do some better (outdoor) hair pictures soon, in a few days, to demonstrate the length that is finally, at long last, beginning to show.

Matt B.

I havent posted a new thread since october - i think. I have been quite busy with college work so i havent had a lot of time on my hands. Anyway i thought i would stop by and show you my 43rd month of growth

sorry for the bad quality photo - my brother is terrible with a camera lol

hello everyone this update is shorter then my last i have finals this week so im going crazy! my hair is slowly but surely creeping to my shoulders! im really happy with my progress so far let me know what you guys think
thanks again everybody
take care :{ ]
really enjoy the new logo btw

The structure of hair is very different from fur, and a scientist will never confuse the two.

But beyond that, it is obvious to even the casual observer that hair structure
varies widely depending on where it grows on the human body.

Head hair is easily recognizable to almost everyone. Find a hair in your cake and
just by looking you can tell if it detached itself from someoneÂ’s scalp
and then somehow embedded itself in the cake or frosting.

Now, if we move just a few inches south down to the beard area, once again
we see a noticeable change in hair structure. Place a long beard hair side
by side with a an equally long head hair and you can usually tell the difference
with the naked eye—and certainly any expert can tell the difference.
Beards rarely go bald (in the healthy individual) for a number of reasons
and when plucked will almost always be replaced. Even after years of plucking
these hairs are so tough that there would hardly see any noticeable reduction.

Let us go a little further south to the chest and shoulders: any hair growing
in these areas will once again be easily distinguished from head hair and beard hair.
What most people are NOT aware of is that ordinary plucking (yes, plucking--not electrolysis)
will, over time make these areas completely bare! This might take a few years but
it WILL happen. This is because body hair is very susceptible to this kind of "damage and abuse."
Similar to what happens to the eyebrows when they are plucked to excess over a period of time.

Now let us go even further south to the public region. Find one of these hairs lying around
and once again you will probably be able to guess just what part of the body it came from.
(Remember that infamous "public hair on a coke can").

The legs can also be extremely susceptible to circulatory effects on the hair.
Even the elastic on stockings can be enough to make the entire foot area completely bald!
And genetics can also play an important role in losing leg hair. Some guys lose
almost all the hair on their legs over time. I know this for a fact because my legs
have become virtually hairless--as were my grandfatherÂ’s before me!

Hair on the head can disappear over time, while beards rarely ever go bald.
Chest and shoulders and eyebrows are extremely sensitive to plucking (over time)
and will eventually just “give up” and not grow back. Pubic hairs usually last
a lifetime but may thin out over time.

Almost all body hair will change color over time but this will be much less
noticeable on the arms and legs.

I am sure others could add to all this info.

In the end ALL hairs are NOT alike but no matter where the hair grows on the human body it will never be “fur”!

It's my 8th month into my 2nd hair journey, so time for an update. I wasn't planning on doing monthly updates this far in, but I decided to anyway.

This is my normal, front view of the hair

This is my normal, side view of the hair

New pics of attempted tail
(i thought i would start trying the tail out, so far it doesn't all fit, but i can't wait until it does)

That's all for now, have a happy long hair journey.

P.S. Bill, I like the changes to the website. They're a refreshing new look.

Hey hope everyone is doing well. Since I've been posting a lot of old pics I decided it was time for some fresh ones.This past Saturday I went to New York City with my cousin and her family to do some sight seeing and just enjoy the Holiday displays around town.We did quite a bit of walking but braved the subways to save our legs a bit.LOL. So during the day I took the opportunity to grab a few fun shots of myself and some other things.So without further ado here we go..........

This one is of me and my nephew at the Guggenheim Museum

Hey, guys and gals--I just was looking through the archives and I realized I haven't posted in over 6 months! But I've been lurking; I just haven't had anything new to say and I've been kind of discouraged about my hair.

I've also been busy with a radio show that I've started on my local station. I play jazz every Sunday from 5:00 to 7:00 pm CST--if you're a jazz fan you can listen on-line! The website is www.wrlr.fm.

Anyway, I've had 2 compliments about my hair so far today, so I thought I'd post some update pics. I'm using henna on my hair now, and I'm real pleased with the color.

I'm glad to be back!

So i i've realized some time ago that my hair grows real slow now. in the time i've let my hair grow i could honestly say i trimed about 4-5inches. Then again if i wouldn't of probably would of been ugly, dead ends more slipt ends...a disaster.
I really hope it grows out this next year so that i can really see a diffrence that i havent seen in awhile.
comments, thoughts, questions, advice anything welcome

I pulled my hair back too much, and alot of the back small hairs are gone now, and it's kind of noticable whenever I put it up. It's the section of the back of your head where it almost reaches your neck, and I'm a bit worried about it. Are those hairs supposed to be shorter than normal kind of like "Baby" hairs? Or are they supposed to be the same length. I'm very worried about it because I'm wearing my hair down for a few days to see if they will grow back quick. Tell me if this is a bad thing or not.

Thank you,

Josh

Well as some of you may remember I basically shaved the back of my head and left the top and bangs last year cause I was an idiot. I haven't gotten trims since and honestly its almost even somehow its amazed me. How exactly does hair even out so well naturally, even Absalom had a rat tail and look at his hair..thats amazing. Also I was wondering if it is true that the very bottom hair in the back (the under layer) grows slower or shorter than the top and rest of the back because thats where a lot of baby hairs are. If this is true its possible that I will have completely even hair in a couple months.

Does anyone know? Thanks. I'll be posting an update soon hopefully.

-animosity

Hi mlhh people

I have currently been growing my hair since April 2007 and I have Always had a short military style haircut.. almost bald but I decided to grow it. I'm currencly 19 It is well about 15cm now and the closest resemblance to my hair would be like this guy in the link below
http://www.style-hair-magazine.com/images/largemale10.jpg

Sooo... My PROBLEM is that when I wash my hair with shampoo and add conditioner and so on.. It becomes ultra dry and frizzy. It simply poofs up a bit. This has caused me to use shampoo very little and after I have washed it and walked around with it for a couple of days only washing with water It lays down and has the perfect amount of grease to look good. Not too dry not too greasy. HOWEVER this last about two weeks or so and then my hair starts to become very greasy at the roots.. So I have to wash it again and it poofs and looks frizzy/very dry for a couple of days and then looks good later for the next 10-14days.. The axis of evil continoues :/

So here is my question.. What can I do about this? It seems like ANY product I add and rinse out with water just takes ALL the grease out of the hair and leaves it completely dry

Another question I also have is.. How many Hairs is normal to loose every day? It seems like on a bad day I loose alot sometimes I count 20,25,30 hairs. Most of them break.. Others fall off completly, also I never come my hair I only fingercome it gently

wheeeww.. Long post, Anyways I currently live in Northeren Europe so the weather is very shifty. Dunno if this has any relevance to my situation.

looking forward to your replies
thanks in advanced..

The snow is refreshing ... it seems to renew one's mind and soul...

The hair continues to legthen monthly ... half tail is now an option finally! Sorry I've missed so many great updates and new avatars ... its good to be back though..

Peace...

Tristan

If Santa's reindeer play "reindeer games", surely longhairs play longhair games. Today I encountered a new longhair game on the Internet, turban tying! When you've perfected your ponytail tying, bandanna tying, and braiding techniques, you can move up to the expert's level in the longhair gaming world, and enter Turban Competitions! Check out the link....

Bill

Here's a bit of long hair related news on Sam Elliott

Lot's of people made fun of me!!!!

Like before they just kinda hinted that my hair didn't look good, but this time they were straight forward laughing at me.

Stupid people can be unintentionally very cruel.

What's with the new header? I liked the old one tbh.

I haven't been on in quite a while! I have started a Myspace page, so I tried to send friend requests to those who responded. Some of them require a CAPTCHA response (mine does) and it works well to discourage spam friend requests. Others require that you provide a last name or e-mail address. Most of them told me that my name or e-address were wrong (I know my name!).

How about round 2? Here's mine!

Hello again all you wonderful forumers,

I'm a bit early this month in posting, but seeing as next week is finals week, there's no way I'll get around to posting on the 12th. Therefore, let us commence with the progress... =)

Haven't been sleeping well lately (seems like I've been staying awake every other night to finish work)...

The back...

Tail...

Half-tail...

All my hair pushed to one side...

And my best efforts to remain happy...

I fly back to Colorado on the 16th (thank God!), so I'll likely take some pics while there. To all those here who are also currently immersed in their semester end endeavors, best of luck! As always, comments, questions, etc etc are welcome, and please check out my site! Thanks! =)

-James

Hello all, just here to ask for a little advice. I've always wanted long barbarian hair, but my hair, while completely straight, is so thick and harshly textured that it doesn't seem to fall down. I've tried several times to grow it out, but inevitably cut it when it gets around three to three and a half inches, because it's like a giant straight afro that looks like a poofy mushroom. I take pretty good care of my hair, but I just wanted to know if anybody had any advice/encouragment.

Pic5 - my trusty old music machine

So many people have one....and I'd be interested in checking them out.....so please do share!

Mine is http://www.myspace.com/fastmhz

So I've been noticing A LOT of frizz on my hair lately. My hair is still not long and some of these frizzy hairs look kind of damaged...like, they're really curly, while the rest of my hair is straight. Is this sign of damage or not?

PS. This has nothing to do with awkward stage. I'm only 3 months in after the cut. (Although I noticed them before the cut at 10 months, and they were at a larger number but I was hesitant to talk about it...)

I want to grow may hair long and ive been growing it for five months. but it seems like my hair just keeps getting bigger like an afro instead of going down. I have thick curly hair. does this mean I cant grow long hair that goes down? Should i just cut it and go back to the buzz cut?

I know 19 months doesn't sound special, but it is to me. My bangs have finally reached the top of my neck, after waiting nearly 2 years.

I have been growing my hair from 1 inch since August 13, 2006 and I want to hear some opinions :D I do not know how to post pics on here so I'll give you the URL's (sorry for my n00bness):

Front view:
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj193/Nattestid1349/frontsmall.jpg

Side view:
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj193/Nattestid1349/smallside.jpg

Bottom view:
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj193/Nattestid1349/smallbottom.jpg

I have a question about the bottom view, you see that extra hair towards my chest? Do I cut that off? My mother and sister say I should.

Hi. I was wondering how much longer it will take my hair to grow out. I have really curly hair that nearly reaches my shoulders. However recently it has been getting split ends and I am going to get them cut off. My ideal hair length would be a couple inches below my shoulders, so between my current length, my hair texture and the fact that I am getting a little off due to split ends soon, how much longer should it take for it to get that long.

Smile =)

I personally like this one

I think I was bending my neck just a little bit on this one

I like this one as well. Can't see all of my back but just enough to tell the length.

Have a great day guys!

Josh

I haven't been on this forum since I chopped my hair off two years ago. I'm glad to see it still going though. I think men should be allowed to have long hair despite what schools and places of employment will say. Personally though, I tired growing my hair out for a full year in an attempt to emulate my favorite classic rock bands, didn't like the look or feel, so I went back to the short tapered look. But hey guys, I'm not a shorthair trying to tell longhairs what to do, so keep on keepin' on guys and in the spirit of the season, "oh let it grow, let it grow, let it grow"

Hey all longhairs! Well I figured it was time to post my last backdate photo when long,long ago I decided it was time to fulfill my draem of having longhair.This pic was taken around two years after I graduated from high school.I guess you could say I was in the awkward stage at this point but I hardly remember it really being an issue.Its really fun to think that was the shortest my hair was from that point on to present day.Anyway I know its not too impressive a pic but its cool to look back that far into the past.As always comments welcome but please be kind:) Mark

Greetings everyone...

After a few months of some very difficult times ... alas its time to return ... my locks remain uncut. Winter has set in both physically and mentally..

A special thanks to Jason for his continued support..

Peace ...

Tristan

I'm back from vacation and it may take me some time to catch up, but I just wanted to express my appreciation for the kind and generous responses to my "update - lite" post, way back there. The trim hasn't happened yet and I'll post an update when it happens. Also thanks for the suggestions on Rogaine, propecia, finasteride, and monistat. It looks like I should do a little more research.

Thanks everyone,
Bruce

Side view.

Pic1 - looking out over my hometown

Hi all, I am a big fan of this forum, and many of you guys are my role models and my inspiration for the long journey of growing my hair. I want to re-grow my hair after cutting it last year to get to college, now IÂ’m determined to grow it again, but as you all know by now its curly/wavy, last time I grew it I just wore a cotton hat throughout my journey, although this method saved me a lot of hassle but it wasnÂ’t presentable, which is why I was forced to cut it in the first place. So after the long intro I get to my question, what products will suite my hair type i.e. shampoos and conditioners. Secondly my hair get dry very easily this is where my hair puffs up and starts afro-ish, therefore is there any way of keeping my hair hydrated apart from rinsing it with cold water every now and then? Thank you all and I hope I will learn from the experience of you,
P.s. is there any other advice that could help me, please donÂ’t hesitate to comment

I don´t really know if it counts as some sort of milestone. However, I have stoped dreaming about having long hair. I have come to the stage when I don´t really think about how cool it will be, I just go on doing what I do. For me it´s kinda like dreaming about christmas in march... my goal is soooo far into the future (all the way into the year 2000). I guess my hair will start looking decent in 6-7 months, and maybe good in a year.

Anyways, if that doesn´t count as a milestone... I´m constantly geting my hair in my mouth, especially when I sing. Very, very, very annoying.

Hi there, friends! I wanted to post real quick as I've been thinking of many of you and wanted to say "hey"...it's been a while since I last posted. I hope everybody is doing well and enjoying their individual hair journey's...whatever stage you may be at currently. I'm happy to report that I'm still growing my hair and actually just reached 30 months (from a 1" buzz and no trims along the way)...see attached current pic. I'm also happy to say that I'm just about past the length I was at when I, too, went through the "big chop"...mine happened almost 10 years ago. It's a big milestone as I've dreamed of having this length again ever since. It still feels like a dream sometimes...

The excitement of growing my hair out has sharply tapered off the past 6 months as my hair doesn't change much anymore...it just gets longer (which is definitely a good thing). Days are pretty much all the same now and I've developed my little routines that seem to work pretty well. Recently, I've really started to feel my hair length and am now enjoying some familiar sensations that have been long forgotten. From here on out will be pretty much new territory as this is the longest my hair has ever been and I'm all for continuing the growth. Waist/belt length is still my goal and I seriously think I'm in it for the haul.

I still use Natures Gate hair products and recently switched to the HEMP blend a few months ago with excellent results. Since I haven't trimmed my ends I need to rely on the right product for my hair to help with the tangles. Natures Gate ALOE blend is great to my hair as well. But that HEMP shampoo and conditioner, man...I dig it.

So, anyway...life is good and I hope the same is true for all of you, too. For those of you who celebrate the holidays, I say "have a great one". I've been impressed with some of the growth I've seen recently here on the board. Congrats to all of you still going for it. I'm diggin' the longhair trend in society these days...very nice to see.

Well, take good care, everybody :-)
Gman

Well I have been Trying to grow out my hair for a while but alway decide to cut them after a while because it was slow to grow and ugly.

But this time I decide not to (around May 2007) And since then Ive grown a bit.

So im wondering , How long more will It take for a bit longer then shoulder lenght?

around may 2007 : http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r53/charlisangel/Picture146.jpg

Today Front View : http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r53/charlisangel/IMGP2141.jpg

Today Side view : http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r53/charlisangel/IMGP2144.jpg

Here is a picture of me and Felix just sitting around (He kind of didn't want to be here =))

I was working my way through an apprenticeship to be a master plumber (drag 5 years of trade school, 2 nights a week). I worked for a mechanical company when I first started that ran plumbing/heating service. I was a shorthair, they made me cut my hair. Not the company, the apprenticeship board of trustees.

So I get sent out on a call to a Fortune 100 company. The Vice President of the company was having temp control problems in his office (it was so big it had its own heating cooling system). I was taken to his office and introduced. He was setting behind this huge and beautiful desk organizing some things into a folder. He was wearing undoubtedly a $3000 suit. His hair was mostly white and "slicked" back. We talked for a few minutes while he was seated, him telling me the problem and me telling him what I was going to do to fix it. He explained he was a little late for a meeting, and that meeting may take 2+ hours. I said I thought I would be done and gone before he got back.

He stood to shake my hand as he left. As he left the room I turned around to see...a white braid as big as a baseball bat ! It hung down past the bottom of his tailored suit jacket. I was a kid and thought, cool ! Some day when I am old and gray I am going to have one of those too.

20 years have passed, I am now graying and working on that baseball bat sized braid.

Hey ladies and men, girls and boys of the board.
Just thought that I'd post my progress shot.
These tresses were merely two and a half inch bangs
in 2006 (April). Let this serve to encourage all of our newbies.

Yours in longhair'd camaraderie,
Quenyan

Greetings All, well I'm at 20 months...thought it was about 3 months ago since my last update...doesn't appear that there is much growth since then though. :-( I'd hate to think that this is it...

Thanks again everyone for your constant motivation and support and lively discussion!

Cheers! And to any that might celebrate...happy holidays!

Max

Pic3 - in the middle of nowhere

Pic2 - During a hike out into the countryside

The site is undergoing some design changes. For now some of the pages may look different than you are used to.

Bill
Tech Crew Chief

Hey all,
I've noticed the whole idea of balding is on my mind a lot lately. I guess when you're caring for your hair more you just think about it more, but the idea of losing it I find really troubling, to the point that I'm checking my hairline virtually everyday for any possible changes.
Now, I would think it were a normal concern if I had thinning hair at all, or any recession, but I have neither. I'm almost 22 at the moment, and I, as far as I can tell, retain all the hair on the temples that seems to be where the MPB begins with the small V's that gradually recede.
It continues to worry me though because the hair on my mother's side, simply, there is no nice way to put it, stinks. My mom has extremely fine, thin hair, and her mother's hair is so fine it looks like cotton candy, and I wish I were exaggerating there. All the men on that side, are entirely bald. But, they all went bald extremely early, usually having noticeable hair loss in high school.
On my father's side, we have virtually the opposite story. My father, at 57 has a full, thick head of wavy black/graying hair, as does most of the males on that side, with one exception that I can think of.
I have two brothers, both of which have no MPB, and are at 32 and 37 respectively, yet we do not share the same mother.
My own hair is, from what I can tell, thick and wavy, much like my father's. I've been told before that I have nothing to worry about, but then again I've been told you get your hair genetics from your mother, although I've also head it can come from either parent, so I really don't know who to believe, or how to stop worrying about it!
Sorry to sound neurotic,
Austin

People are making fun of me at my school for growing out my hair. Why do they? What do you guys tell people that make fun of your hair? And what do you suggest I do about people like this?
Greatly Appreciated!

-Lone_Drow

Sorry I haven't been around too much lately, it gets pretty crazy around the holidays, then we take a vacation after Thanksgiving.
Boy, there was a bunch of birthdays of late... Happy Birthday to all of you longhairs!
And a great number of updates... impressive guys, keep it growin'!
I passed two years since my last haircut in October, but I feel my real anniversary is now, in December because that is when I consciously had to not get a scheduled haircut (I called up and actually cancelled it!)
Lately I've come to a decision to start Rogaine after I get back, and I'm going to let my wife trim my hair. I think it's time to neaten up the ends and she's promised me that she'll cut just an inch. I know, in the past I've said she would like to see me with short hair, but still I trust her to do it right thing. I'll let you know how that goes.

Well here's a couple pictures of a week ago. I don't think my hair was the best in these pictures, but they are the lastest

Keep on growin'
Bruce

Since when have you been able to comfortably push your bangs behind your ears? It's a pretty cool look if your hair is too short to tie back.

i've been wondering.. about many differnt kinds of shampoo and conditioner and
i want to see the vareity of them and the results
it gives you

what shampoos and conditioners do you guys use?
and do you really see a difference when you use other ones?

Hi,

year's going to end soon and I'll be not able to upload new pics until the beginning of 2008.

I washed my hair yesterday, air-dried it over night and brushed it this morning. I'm always wearing it in my shirt because I'm worried someone cuts it off.

Hope to get some good comments and wish you all the best.

Dusk

Not sure how long I've been growing. Around 8-10 months.

My afro hair has been buggin me so much, it isn't a proper afro and it won't just lay down!

I tried combing it to the sides, I don't feel confident with it tho.

Hesitant afro ?

My school has this software on all the computers which filteres out sites which are deemed to be innapropiate.

I have been able to go on MLHH since i found it, but now it's been blocked.

Smartfilter has blocked the site www.mlhh.org, it is the blacklist of inapropiate content.

or something like that..

Why is this banned at shcools?

So I've been trying a new method with my hair.

Shampoo and condition as always, except this time, I leave in the conditioner on my hair from the neck down, basically, not applying conditioner to the scalp. (I actually recently read doing that somewhere)And it's not conditioner that is necessarily made for 'leaving in' either.

I also don't towel dry.
For some reason, it's always been suggested to towel dry your hair. Perhaps as an alternative to blow drying? But i swear, each time that I towel dried it, it became more difficult to finger comb/comb/brush/do whatever.

So what I do is, give it a few fingercomb strokes and let it dry naturally. And perhaps it's the conditioner but dayum, it just makes my hair slightly more wavy.

I guess I'll stick with this method for now...or until I get my hair trimmed/cut, maybe.

I dont know how to put multiple pics so here are the links..
Feb 2007 (start)
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/4112/feb92007tg6.jpg

Sept 2nd 2007 (7 months in)
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9021/sept22007ni7.jpg

December 3rd 2007 (current, 10 months in)
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/9125/december32007xu7.jpg

thoughts?

Hey fellas and gals!

I just snapped a few pics and uploaded them to my Photobucket page, which you can access from the link below:

I'm really happy with it so far. Unlike my first journey to Longhairland, I've resisted going to get a trim or to shape it up. Last time it left me with much shorter bangs than the rest of my hair. Now they're pretty much uniform. Now if I can only lose the tons of weight I put on in the past couple of years...jeez.

A funny thing happened at work yesterday. Since I've been more comfortable with the way it looks, I wear my hair down instead of a ponytail. Yesterday it snowed and a co-worker said she didn't want to go outside because it's a "bad hair day." She touched my hair and said, "You know aboout that, now. Don't you?" Good times.

Take care and keep it growin', y'all!

Brett

Does anyone have any pictures of what fine hair looks like a long lenths?

Hi all...not trying to be nosey, but does Oren ever drop by here? Haven't seen him in ages, and would LOVE to see an update. Plus, I just miss his kind comments... : )

I took these today. I think it's been close to 14 months since my last haircut. I was looking over some pictures I took this year. I can't believe the progress over the last 6 months.

Many of the doubters I know are starting to come around and say they like it now. I was at my parents house last night and my dad was giving me the usually "get a haircut" routine and my mom was like "NOOOOOO. He has my hair and it looks good!"

I think it's starting to look really good. The only bad part is the thinning on top. My grandfather on my mothers side was bald, so I'm a little worried. I guess I can enjoy it while it lasts.

Hi all. Here is a pic from Halloween. I'm on the left...can you guess who I am trying to emulate? ; ) My buddy on the right has some sweet dreads AND threads.

I've started another beard recently, and am about at the point in the pic (just over a week). Any thoughts on just how long the small "barren" patches will fill in?

Thanks!
friction

ps: All of the recent updates have been inspiring! : )

Well after my self induced trim I'm here to report I'm at 49 months now. Here are some pictures. Even after cutting off my raggedy ends I'm still waist length.

Well, it's been a month since I shaved my head down to the baby-smooth skin. I've attached a picture to show my progress. The "darker" portion of my beard is also a month old in the picture, and I started letting the cheeks grow in about 5 days ago. I'm not committed to keeping the beard, as my facial hair grows so quickly and thickly that I can change it without too much trouble, though I do like to wear one throughout the winter months here in northern Wisconsin. The head hair, however, is here to stay.

--Val

I have updated both of your names in the users' directory. Bragi, You are now officially "Matt B." and Matt B, You are now officially "Gumja" LOL! Take care guys.

I was wondering what kind of jobs/careers everyone had if they wanted to share. My parents are forever telling me to cut my hair or I'll never get a good job, but that's just bunk, yes?

Right now I manage a Gap, taking a year off between undergrad (anthropology) and grad school (or becoming famous).

i know this has come up a few times before, but i just stumbled across this and thought it was interesting.

back in high school, i used to have arguments with my mom all the time about what the bible said about long hair on men. (for those who don't know, i grew up in an uber baptist home and went to a christian high shcool). i have been attracted to men with long hair for as long as i can remember. so every time i would come home with a long haired guy, the argument with my mom would start anew. she is still determined that god says men should have short hair, and still gives me a hard time about dating long haired guys. (think she'ss ever give it up? i'm nearing thirty, for goodness dake!)

anyways, i used to pull out verses and show them to her to prove her wrong, and she would get mad. i've never bothered to dig out my bible and look them up again to post them here, but i ran across them on the net a few minutes ago. thought i would share them for anyone else who has to have this argument with people.

here ya go:

http://www.elite.net/~ebedyah/PastorsSite/otherareas/longhair.htm

peace,
nic

How can you make long spiky hair
if you have long hair.. my hair is about 10-11 inches long
how can i stick it up
?
i heard something of beeswax is that true?

My first actual ponytail!

A little over 7 months since my hair last seen scissors, I did this...

Much of my hair is now long enough to fit into the tail without the aid of hairspray, but until the front gets a little bit longer this will have to do.

I've worn my hair back to keep it out of my face but I think I may be wearing it like this from now on. Thanks for your motivation on MLHH!

http://picasaweb.google.fr/longhairmen/LongHairMen

I would like to share my gallery with you guys.
Also, reciprocity and comments weÂ’ll be very welcome!!

Enjoy!
SamsoKera

Hello guys,

I forgot what is it that I need to do to change my avatar picture. I'd like to replace the old one with the one I'm posting now. Hair is longer and It's kinda an update.
Thanks.

R.-

Okay...I've come to that point that I think many longhairs face: I've been debating whether or not to cut off my hair (ack!).

I'm not real sure what to think, actually. I've had long hair since I was young, so it's pretty much all I know. It's almost getting annoying, and I'd kind of like to try something new...but I'd hate to say goodbye almost. There's strong, mixed opinions from all my friends, and I realize it's really not about what others think anyway.

I guess I'm just somewhat confused. Comments, criticisms, horror stories, success stories, etc would be most appreciated!

Hello All! It's been a couple months since I posted an update pic -

Here's the back:

And here' the side:

For comparison purposes, here's a pic from back in June (5 months ago)

I'm going for a 1/2inch-1inch trim today at a local hairdressing place, A good friend of mine told me to ask for a certain hairdresser, aparently this guy will do just what you tell him too and he is very good.. I'm looking forward to getting it done, although i am nervous! I've been growing my hair for 3years(+1month) and this will take care of split ends(i figure i have a average amount of them) and it wont be as thin on the bottom.
I will make sure he doesnt screw up the job, but im not sure what you guys would recommend?
How much length cut for this kind of trim?(1/2in-1in?) my goal is to make that as little as possible while still doing the tric..
Joao David had a really nice trim? Was that a specific type of trim?i dont know much about trims!!!!

Haven't posted in a while, but I'm still here. My hair is about...mid way down the neck, so many a month in a half, or two from touching my neck. The back of my hair already does so. However, my friend earlier today asked me if I had been getting small trims, as he has not noticed any growth in the last month! I haven't noticed anything. Its hard to tell. When my hair was shorter, I could see its growth as it went past certain facial features, my nose, lips, etc. But its now off my face, and as a result is harder to judge if its growing. I can easily pull hairs out, but I figured that was just shedding-those hairs were loose as they were going to fall out anyways. But now I am not so sure. Why would hair growth stop? Damage? How does the damage occur? What should I do if my hair has stopped growing? Would a trim knock new life into it?

Note: I'm hardly an expert at what split ends are, but I don't think I have any. I would think my hair is healthy from looking at it, but really, I don't know. :S

In my Previous post. I wasn't trying to sound coincided and selfish. I was trying to make a point that my birthday was bad because the way people were acting and treating me. Not because I didn't get the things that I wanted. Please forgive me if I put those words in those terms. Now I'm worried that the hyper board is mad at me, I'm sorry, please don't be mad at me for it was all just a big misunderstanding.

Josh

bad dream this morning: I was shaving my head with a razor, then regretted it a quarter of the way in and stared in the mirror at the mess of my hair.... I was happy to wake up and see it was a dream.

- Chris PhoeniX -

aaaaaaaannnnnnndddd.....dec 01, 2007

Hey all. I've been lurking all night, and finally thought of something to post.

How many friends do y'all have that are longhairs? I had 2, but one of them cut his hair. Here's my friend Philip.

Hi

Was long hair still a major fashion for guys in 1978,79 and 80?

Thanks

Chris

7 months is a big milestone for me, I don't know why, maybe because it's when i see the biggest change in people growing out their hair, or mayeb because for me, 7 months is the last month of the year.
My fringe hasnt really grown, but the back has, it's gone from reaching my collar to going past it.

Sorry for the sad look, i've been very ill lately, and still dont feel very well...

My Birthday totally sucked. I got an iPod, and that was basically the best part about it. I went to the movies, and saw Beowulf, then went to the mall for a few hours. My friends Donnie and Cody were with me, and when I went into Hot Topic, my hair went poooooooooof. It was kind of funny, but then my mom came in, and kept calling me over to her, and got my friends to call me over there when I was trying on rings that I wanted to buy, getting on my last nerve.

Then I went to try on a hoodie in the dressing room to see how it looked on me, and while I was in there I was just trying to fix my hair, so I put it up and it looked better, but that was the least of my worries, my mom kept knocking on the door every 5 seconds, and I was just trying to keep to myself, then I got out there and told her how I felt about her bugging me and embarrassing me.I bought 3 rings with my own money thinking that my mom was going to buy me the hoodie I was trying on, but she asked me to help her pay for it, and tried to convince me to take back my rings that I purchased with my cash, and making me kind of upset. Before then, She was talking to EVERY single person in the store (I'm very quiet and I like to keep to myself, so that REALLY bugged me). Then we walked out and went to Spencer's, by then I had a throbbing headache, and my friend Cody is very very crazy, and was annoying me very badly, so I told them to calm down, I hope they understood, I'm worried that I might have made them mad.

So we went to Spencer's, and looked around laughing and checking out the novelty items, looking through posters and whatnot, then I spot a necklace that looked very very cool, and it was only 10.00, and my mom just came up with the excuse that we had to eat, and she refused to use her debt card for it, which kind of made me upset because I really didn't get many things for my Birthday, which I really don't mind, I'm not greedy or anything like that, but it was my birthday, and it's really the only day of the year I ask for anything.

So then we went to go eat, and took forever to order our food and by then my head was about to explode. I was so stressed out because my mom just kept bugging me over and over again about something, and my friend Cody was SERIOUSLY getting on my nerves, not that he's not my friend I just had a headache and I really didn't have much patience for nonsense right then. Then my mom started insulting Cody because of some of his preferences, like the things he says, and the way he thinks, which REALLY upset me but I didn't show it there, because she's my mom you know? I can't win an argument with her.

On the car ride home, my head was feeling better for the first half, but then it started throbbing again. Every time I would say one word somebody would cut me off and then I would forget what I said, and my Mom was stressing me about school the next day because I have alot of homework to do, and she's making me feel like I'm not gonna be able to get it done, and then we just were quiet for a while, like whenever I was talking about computers to Cody, mom would cut me off, and Cody would cut me off whenever I would start to say something.

I was seriously getting annoyed, then I came home and my sister was being very disrespectful towards me, I told her to hold on a second before she got in the car (they were going to drop her friends off as well because my sister had company), because I had to look for my iPod in the car. Then I found it, and went upstairs to my room, and found that my sister completely destroyed it.

By that time, I COMPLETELY lost it, and started to get extremely upset. My dad came upstairs and helped me out, and said I had every single right in the world to be upset right now. So I felt better, and now I'm letting it out right here. I hope this doesn't bother anybody. I hope next year is better. I just feel this place as a safe haven for all of my troubles, and I hope it is.

Thank you MLHH for your support,

Josh

Well, today marks 3 months. I was actually thinking about waiting until Jan to make an update. I didn't feel as though I'd had much growth this month. Then I took a look at the pic from last time 'round. I'm quite pleased so far. Any comments are of course welcome.

Steven

Hi everyone,

As inspired by so many of the historical photos of some of my fellow members (especially Mark, with his cool photos with his hair in a perm that he posted the other day!), I thought I would share a few photos of my past hair history.

Before my "big cut" in 1999, I had long hair, and it was probably the longest I ever had it. Sadly, I don't have any photos just before the cut in March 1999, but I found an old photo from October, 1998, about 5 months before my cut. At this time, I had no beard, with a moustache only, and side parted hair. The guy in the photo is the guy who encourgaed me to take up golfing, and it was because of golf that I cut in 1999. This photo was taken right after my very first golf game, and I started lessons the following year. My hair in this photo is a bit shorter than my current length, but it is thicker. By March, 1999, it was at its longest, slightly longer than my current length. I cut in mid March, 1999, then started to grow it back in early 2004.

Here is another photo taken when I was very young. (I did actually post this photo before on the hyperboard, but it was buried deep inside another thread, so not many saw it) I am with my mom, and my grandmother (dad's side) in this photo. This photo was taken around the year 1971, when I was 18. Please excuse the horrible jacket in this photo, lol!

This is just a small slice of my past, and thank you for looking!

David

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I posted a picture in my intro, but that was not really a "hair" picture, it was one I took for my website.
I thought I should take a picture of what I am not going to cut now. (kinda fuzzy, good camera is on the blink)That is short hair me in the wedding pictures on the wall, 14 years ago. I got married in Jamaica on the beach barefooted, what a ball that island is.
My hair is normally more wavy, but I had it restrained last night when it was wet.
I spent a good part of last evening reading the links here on hair and hair care. Thanks for taking the time. I learned some things.
My problem is sawdust in my hair and frequent washing. I am going to leave my hair tucked into my t-shirt from now on when I work. I always keep in in a pony tail with several soft hair ties. (That is a necessity when running power tools, I would hate to get it caught in the lathe)
I will check in here now and again to see what is new. Until then I have hair to grow.

Hey Guys and Girls as well.Don't want to leave anyone out!First of all a thanks to Bill for posting the link for his resizing utility as the photo I'm posting here was a bit too large at first to meet system maximun file size.It worked well for me and was quick and easy to use.Now about this pic!LOL.
Back in the day in my longhaired early years I liked to do the heavy metal club circuit and saw these guys play out one New Years Eve.The played all original music as they wrote their own songs so no cover band here.I was really into their show and followed them around the club circuit enough that they started to notice me. Eventually they pulled me aside at one show and presented me with this signed band promo photo and asked if I'd be interested in joining the road grew which I did.They mostly played local clubs so it was no big deal.Unfortunately the band never made it big time as they lost the lead vocalist and eventually they disbanded.
They did have good management and the potential was there but in that business everything just has to click at the right moment.So I just thought it would be fun to post this pic of my friends from"Ritual".As always comments welcome!LOL.Mark

I am just curious as to what shampoos people like or recommend. I am using Matrix Biolage Normalizing as well as a detangling solution(light conditioner).

http://picasaweb.google.fr/longhairmen/Decembre22007Update/photo#s5139536547236590018

Hi guys, here I am with my 10 month progress pictures update. So far so good. I have trim the back hair 1,5 inches in November .
I show many other pictures included hair growing gallery and MORE!
Comments are welcome.

Regards,
SamsoKera
http://picasaweb.google.fr/longhairmen

Hi Darin,

I'm just catching up on the board as I was away for the weekend.

I'm glad that you have found our community and you have a have an amazing head of hair there and very thick, great texture and lovely colour. I'm sure you are very proud of your achievement so far and your length goal is not that far away. Certainly a great inspiration to others who are growing their hair out.

Looks like you have great business there and enjoy that you do.

Cheers,

John.B

If you have cable there is a program on Hippies right now
(8-10 pm) eastern today. Repeats tonight at 12-2sm.

As one of the original hippies i'm interested to see how
they portray us.

Hello everybody, here's a recent picture of myself.

It has been 2 or 3 months since my first post here.
My hair reached middle back, but I'm letting it grow further.
I've also reached normal BMI. Lost 26 pounds. :-D

Hey guys, found some photos of my hair from awhile back, so I figured i'd post them here, for fun. I'm not sure of the exact dates, though, so I can't really give an exact timeine.

I'm 15 wewt.

It's been a while since I posted, and I have some new pics... sooo here they are. =)

This is probably one of the less conventional ways to keep warm in the winter...but it works really well! I give you - MY POT!

Here's a pic of my little snuggle buddy, Nefertiti, sharing my breakfast.

Me and Dotty the schizophrenic Dark Princess...

And finally, just a pic of my hair. It's kinda foofy, but oh well. =P

I never realize how long my hair actually is until I look at a picture O.O

Hi Everyone, long time no post,It's almost time for my 18 months update ;) I can hardly wait to post because I am really loving my hair right now.

Anyway, I wanted to know if anyone has heard and/or had experience with thermal reconditioning? my hair is very wavy/curly and sometimes I love it, and sometimes I would like to take a flat iron to it (I usually don't though) when I first started growing out my hair I thought of getting it done but it is really expensive (usually between 250-500 dollars) but I just found out my ex is a stylist and he can do it for me while only charging for the chemicals at his salon (which would be approx 50) he wouldn't charge me for the time. He said it would probably take about 5 hours and it will be permanent but that with how fast my hair grows I would need to come in again in a few months. What do you guys think?

thanks for the input!!!!

Danny

I noticed something, there is nothing in the English Wikipedia about our community. I'm thinking of doing it, how would I write the description to sound more like a real Wikipedia entry.

Well, as some of you all know. I play a lot of guitar and metal. Now, my new band has released our first demo!

We play melodic death metal with some influences from thrash. I play lead guitar and I also write the music.

We are still working on geting the demo printed so you all have to wait a little if you want to buy it. It is however downloadable on myspace at the moment!

Enjoy! :)

www.myspace.com/culverinmetal

hello everybody.. i havent updated as much as i used to because of school work.. my hairs really havent been growing that much [thats what people are telling me]
so anyways its been 11 months since my buzz cut.. today my sister straightened my hair so here are the pics..

9 month back

9 month left

9 month front

and heres da update....

11 month left

11 month back

11 month right

11 month front

11 month bangs

Usually i avoid any heating/quick drying methods but today I was in a hurry and really needed to dry my hair but being afraid of drying it out with a blow dryer I decided to try using a small old portable heater we have. It has numerous settings and I used a low heat one, my hair dried in 10 minutes roughly and I felt it constantly through the process and it never got hot but I'm not sure if that means no damage occurred. I am definitely not recommending this but it did work and did not leave my hair feeling like it did last year when I blow dried. In all honesty it felt and looked better than air drying...and I'm curious about its effects. I have no problem air drying but if this method causes no damage and looks better why not? Its a very light warm breeze, not hot at all. Like a summer breeze in August so I think it may honestly not be damaging. What do you all think?

-animosity

Hello, I have been a long time lurker, and I have a question. My hair is shoulderblade length roughly, blonde, and wavy. Does anyone know if it is unhealthy to comb your ponytail to achieve desired shape / hair pattern, or to get the "combed" look to your ponytail? I mainly brush my hair as I am holding it (letting go of some hair as my brush goes through it) as I put my hair in the ponytail. Does anyone else do this, or know if it is okay?

Hello all,
just letting you know that today it's my 18th birthday :)
i'm just coming back from a party that me and a friend of me who is born the same day (and the same place !) i did.
I'm still a bit drunk but i'm very happy, now im a kind of "adult" :P

Cya

Hello,

I have been comtemplating growing longer hair for awhile now. I have typically always had very short hair (1-2 inches max) with the exception of when I and I had hair down to my shoulders.

After much thought, I have decided to undertake the journey. I'm not planning on getting it too long just around shoulder length again.

Anyways, heres my question:

I have very thin/fine hair (in diameter). I am 20 years old and if you look at the top of my head my scalp is visible and some people think I am balding (i've heard this from maybe 4 people in my entire life though). My hair line is not receding. However, this top view of my scalp has consistently looked the same at least for the last 6 years. It does not appear to be getting worse (I think and hope!). The way I used to style it (messy spikey up) concealed it very well and it was barely noticable. Now, my hair is getting longer (its about 3 inches long uniformly around my hear) and i'm having a hard time finding a style at this length that helps minimize the appearance. I don't think I am going bald (male relatives all have hair), I just have very thin hair like my father. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to minimize this perception? Would volumizing or some sort of hair thickening product work? I really want to grow long hair, but I have a feeling that the bad-hair phase for me is going to look REALLY bad which is making me really think again about growing it out.

Thanks in advance.

I found this site Google searching "Mens long hair styles". I was thinking about getting my hair cut, well trimmed, now I am not. I started growing my hair (from nearly shaven) 3 years ago, it grows fast. I am having troubles with brushing it out, I have thick semi wavy hair and the ends tangle/break.
For maintenance reasons I was thinking about some kind of trim. Then I looked through your pictures and decided against it...let it grow, put up with the hassles.
I am self employed as a sawmill owner/woodworker/tool sharpener. I don't run into much stereotyping like I did when I was a kid with long hair. I guess maybe in part because I am 40 and pretty gray, or maybe it is just I deal with different type people now. (I used to have a "real job" and had to keep my hair cut short)
I think some of you are probably "earth first" types, don't bash sawmilling unless you visit my site, I am a green guy.
I just wanted to pop in and say hello, and thanks for helping decide not to cut my hair. I figure it will be waist long by this time next year.

I really love wind,

I'm at the stage i think is perfect for wind (to me anyway)
Where everything whips everywhere but doesnt hurt, and looks really funny.

So how natural was it for me to have the car window open wide while we drove at 70 mph down the motorway.

But my dad was cold and asked me to close it. I underestimated wher my fringe would be as it settled down when i closed the window, and i trapped my hair in it.

worse, i yanked my head back in suprise and nearly ripped my scalp off.

That really hurt

well the story is i have been growing my hair since January and want to continue growing it but my hair is very thick. i have been informed by a few sources that if i had my hair thinned out it would lay better and be a lot more manageable. i was just wondering if anyone has had any expeirience with thinning out their hair and could offer me some advice or an alternative.

I have finally decided what I will do with my current situation. The rules state for the training academy for Corrections in MI that hair can be worn long but must be tied up in a bun secured with bobby pins that match your natural hair color, FOR a female canidate. The policy does not get too specific on men, it says only that hair can't be shown hanging over the shirt collar. So I am going to go in there and wear my hair in a bun with black bobby pins to match my hair color. I have no idea how they will react to do this. I am told by another officer 5 years ago a Native American gentleman did this same thing claiming sex based discrimination and refusing to cut his hair due to cultural beliefs. They gave him some hell but eventually they grew tired of hassling him and just let him do it. No one has tried it since then. So there is kind of a precedence for this. So please wish me luck. It would be great to win another victory for us longhairs!

Yesterday while walking through town about 10pm two people in a car pulled up beside me and one of them shouted "eer get a f*cking hair cut!" then they drove off

Not only are they complete sheep, they drove of which makes them cowards....this kind of things really makes me angry

Sorry about the ranting but i had to express my anger somehow

I wanted to see how far my hair has progressed recently, so I finally got a picture from the back. Last I remember it was nearing my elbows, now it appears to be slightly past them, yay! LoL.

My hair is wet so that it's as straight as possible, even though the ends kind of curled anyhow. No I did not dye my hair brown!

Hi,

This is a story that might interest some of us. There is a 15 year old guy here in Northern Ireland who has refused to get his hair cut, and his school is disciplining him because of it. His father is taking the case to court.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7120547.stm

From the article:

'Grant Stranaghan's strangly locks have caused problems
A row over a teenager being suspended from school because his hair is too long is set to go to court.

'Grant Stranaghan, a GCSE student at Ballyclare High School, was suspended for three days last week for having collar-length hair.

'The 15-year-old's father George claimed his son was now being kept in "solitary confinement" in a separate school room. '

Anybody think we should send messages of support to Grant and his father?

the big 21! :)

I have been debating for a long time about what to do with my hair because I was unhappy with the way it looked lately. I had some cut back to what you see here. I am still not completely happy with it yet but I will wait a bit longer before doing any more cutting to see what I think. It still seems too long to me, I guess really don't like what I look like with long hair :(

I did give it a try though.

Hey there people!!!

Im gonna post a new photo because I dont know how many time has passed since I last did it! Its quite a funny photo, as usual!!

and by the way, here's my last.fm profile, go ahead and add me if you like!

http://www.lastfm.pt/user/Catarina-NC/

take care and keep growing!

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Which do you like best? In terms of length. I know in some of them my hair is dyed and I have a beard and whatnot.

Hi Guys and Gals, Here is the official birthday portrait.
I'm 55 today. Was hard to pick between two great photos.
Let me know what you think.
peace, jonalbear

It's really starting to look cool now. I haven't had a trim in 4 months now. And I haven't felt the urge to, or seen a reason too. I really like how it hangs now, and I've started experimenting with different styles, like this bandanna look.

- Chris PhoeniX -

Had shoulder length "Hippie Jesus Hair" which suited me, my personality and I adored it. Had a rough rough month, an began thinking of 'new beginings' an fixing things. An through my 'slump bummed out state' I gave into the pressure from family to cut my hair. How I wish I had found this forum before I did.

1st haircut cut my hair all the way around sides/back to my jaw line and it looked ridiculous, like a bob. So I then go on to get it layered.. which was my biggest mistake. My hair still covers the ears, but with it layered its a whole new shape/whole new hairstyle.. all my long long locks are shred to different sizes.

I am seriously seriously bummed about this. My new hairstyle is roughly like the dudes in this post > http://www.mlhh.org/messages/209938.html

Is there any way I can speed up the hairgrowing process...

I just feel like a good Year and a half of growing my shoulder length hair has gone down the drain and im right back at square one again. Im really upset.

Whats worse everyone knows me as having long beautiful hair.. everytime I see someone I havent seen since I got my haircut they are so surprised an I just get reminded all over again about what a stupid mistake Ive made.

Any tricks, voodoo magic or pills to speed hair length?

sigh.. please any advice? An anyone thinking about cutting it.. stay strong and fight the good fight. I messed up once.. wont ever again.

The problem may sound ridiculous but your answers will help me resolve a big doubt. I know soap generally has the effect of removing "fat" from skin, thus drying it, but I don't know what effect it can have on something other than skin, in my case, hair... BTW, I know soap and shampoo are two different things, yeah ;-)

For example, what if there was a coincidential contact between soap used for hand-washing and hair?

If you haven't heard of Sean Aiken yet, take a look at this link. He's got great long hair!

hey guys this is my first post and i have a couple pics and would like some suggestions. i recently got my hair cut almost 2 weeks ago which i hated since ive been trying to grow my hair out for a while but i finally got tired of it and now i miss it.

this is my hair currently (obv not the bald guy haha)

this is what it looked like before (sry bout the hat i dont have many pics without one)

this is what i want it to eventually look like length and everything(the guy in the middle)

i was wondering what you guys thought about that and what you how you think i would look with my hair that long. thanks

Are they worth the extra cost compared to drugstore brands. What is in them that makes them better than Drugstore brands?

If you use a salon style product say the product name here and how much you pay for it.

i took a friend to the airport this morning. while we were sitting and chatting for a bit, before he had to go thru security, we did some people watching. what caught my eye was a pilot checking in, and he had hair just past his shoulders. people have questioned whether pilots could have long hair or not, so i though i would share. mayhaps they are letting up a bit on their stiff image?

So hard to chose that here is the other photo. The first runner up!
peace, jonalbear

Inspired by Hairball's (Mark) post with his cool 80's locks and rock 'n' roll trucks, here is my barnet in February 2006 with my 'white angel'.

Cheers Dave

Hi all,

I was away last week (by the way, belated [American holiday] Happy Thanksgiving) but I found upon return Sunday that I didn't have any yard work to do so I thought I'd use some of the time for getting a quick update snap, something I am trying to do every year about this time. I am in the middle of some family matters so I am going to apologize in advance if I do not answer right away, should anyone reply to this post. Please do not think me impolite.

Before I forget, I wanted to mention something cool that happened to me when I was down south in Mississippi with my family eating at a Cracker Barrel restaurant. After eating I was standing around in the area where they sell all their junk merchandise and this rather mature couple, probably retired faculty from the nearby university, stopped and the wife pointed at my hair and told me it looked real good, then she pointed at her husband and said, "He has gray hair too" to which I replied, "Yes but he has more on top than I do!" which was true, lucky guy. Anyway that was I think, the first time some stranger did that to me and it was great.

I just have a general question as I was going to post a pic but as it turned out the file was too large and was rejected.I remembered from a while ago somewhere in the FAQ section there was a resizing utility that did something to you pic to make it correct to meet the file size requirements.I haven't used it in awhile but when I went to look for it I couldn't find the link.So my question.."Where's Bill's resizing utility?"Thanks for any info on this issue.Mark

Hi Guys,

Pulling back a pic I had posted here a while back when I was at 16 months of growth. Right now I am just about to finish 2 years.

Anyway the reason for putting up this pic here was a little different. I wanted an outsiders opinion of how old I look. You can never completely rely on the judgement of people that you already know, as their opinion would be prejudiced by information they already have about you.

So I thought I'd ask for the opinion of all you people, who don't know anything about me. So go on, guess my age. Let's see how close we get.

Hey out there. I'm a guy who has always kept his hair fairly short for the managability aspects of it. I do a lot of things like woodworking, carving, bike mechanics, stuff like that, and having hair constantly getting in my face is kind of annoying.

Over the past year though, my wife has finally convinced me to try growing it out, to be patient through the time that always annoys me, when the front is long enough to get in the way, but not long enough to tie back.

I HATE the feel of gel and hairspray in my hair, so that's not an option for me.

My question for you out there is, HOW to you deal with that in between stage? Are there any acceptable "hair accessories" for guys with hair of this length? The only style I see regularly around here when it comes to guys with long hair is that grunge loose look and the ponytail, and my hair isn't quite long enough for the ponytail yet :(

Any advise?

I'm a few days early, though it's been exactly a month since my last update. I've been very happy with my hair so far, and I can't wait until it gets longer. And recently, I hit a landmark--my hair is now longer than my moms! :P She commented on it a few days ago over Thanksgiving, "Wow, son. Your hair's now longer than mine!" Needless to say, it was an ego boost in sort. :P

Anyway, update photos!

I would post a picture from a year ago, but I skipped my 4th month update. However, we'll pick that back up next month. Anyway, hope everyone's been well and such. And have a merry holiday season!