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Sorry I haven't been much of a poster lately,as I have been having alcohol related problems,not to mention the girls XD.Anyways,take care everyone,and your respective hairs are owning so far.Alex,your hair looks awesome bro,and I think a full or half tail would suit you really well.Peace out,guys!

Keep it growin' an' flowin'

Ps.:I erased the blacken parts for good XD

I would love to see some updates of your hair.
Are you still using jojoba oil?

Regards

Yay, I'm actually updating. I know my updates are few and far between, but that's just due to the curl. :) Here's my one year update since I joined MLHH.

This is my hair, one year ago nearly to the day, and is my avatar here, obviously.

This was JUST after I had dyed it black after a long affair with bleach, in whichI've had almost every unnatural and natural color (or variation therein)known to human kind, including white (highlights were awesome).

After that, I hennaed for the first time and took up CO, around...January/February of 2008.
Which did a lot. Soon after this, I changed my hair-type to 3b/3c/F/M/ii, because it was far more accurate, I think. I'm still not fully sure what texture my hair is, but I couldn't care less as long as it feels fine, and as to the thickness, my last haircut included layers. A LOT of layers.
Anyway...
I hennaed again, and again, and again...
And my hair got longer (though not much noticeably, due to the curl)...
(Friend's birthday party in March. I wasn't quite...apt to the idea of having my photo taken.)

And now, since I'm out of photos (or just too lazy to look them up) my one year-progess photos.
[img]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/PaulCarroll/Me/DSCF1389.jpg [/img]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/PaulCarroll/Me/DSCF1394.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/PaulCarroll/Me/DSCF1396.jpg
My hair is STILL short, sadly, and is hovering right between chin and shoulder, sometimes reaching the latter. When it's pulled straight, it is ALLLLLMOST APL, as well.
I can't do much with it other than a ponytail or small segmented tail, but I'm pleased otherwise. The latter of those produces some pretty cool results too ([URL]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/PaulCarroll/Me/DSCF1372.jpg[/URL]
minues the front, obviously). I'm FINALLY getting comments on how long it's getting, though all positive, at leas the ones said aloud to me. Tomorrow I'm letting my sister even up the back a little and cut off some dye damage. As much as my sister and I...dislike each other at times, she's good with hair, having waist length brown hair, albeit straight. She promised to use a ruler. XD;
All said and done, I'm pretty happy with my hair at the moment, and it's the only thing I'm pretty happy with physically. XD I can't wait until it's at least BSL, but it'll be probably 2 or more years before I reach there curly. Ah well. I can wait.
Thanks for reading my update guys. : )

Hey guys and girls,
I've been busy with the new baby and Christmas and all but I finally decided how to start my personal revolution against the local Hair Nazi school board.
In order to gain support from (and for) the students in Jefferson Co. I created a MySpace profile. It's called "It's Only Hair", best of all it's free. he he.
In 4 days I gained 14 friends (not counting my own family and Tom) so I'm feeling pretty optimistic about the whole thing.
Check it out, let me know what you think.

Cheers,
Paul

After overwhelming feedback to sway me away from getting a perm, I decided to try some alternatives. Today I went to the store and got some thickening serum, an ionic hair dryer with volumizing finger diffuser, some "all natural" volumizing shampoo and conditioner and some "self-holding" rollers/curlers. My hair looked pretty good - FOR A FEW MINUTES. Not as curly as I wanted, but it had a lot more volume, albeit briefly.

Although a perm would be an "easy fix" and likely give me the volume and waves or curls I want, you guys gave me plenty of reasons to reconsider. There's still a little part of me that wants to get a perm even though I know about the damage and potential tangling issues it can cause.

Since I used all of the above-mentioned products at once, it's hard to tell which product was responsible for what. But here's a basic summary:

1. The "self-holding" rollers were AWFUL! They knotted my hair and I practically had to rip them out, taking a lot of hair out in the process. I'll either return them or exchange for "clip-on" type rollers which should be better for long hair.

2. The "ionic" hair dryer is a pretty fancy model. I rarely use a hair dryer, but this one can use hot, warm or cold air (I'll avoid the hot air setting). If the negative ions are turned on, it's supposed to dry the hair faster. The positive ions, which I used, are supposed to be for hair conditioning. The volumizing finger diffuser attachment is probably what gave me the volume and "big hair" although it was rather short lived and got rid of my natural curls leaving me with more straight hair (not the effect I was hoping for). But, I'll keep the hair dryer for occasional use.

3. The "all natural" volumizing shampoo and conditioner, like many others I have tried, promised amazing results but didn't deliver. At least it's all natural. It's worth buying just for that.

4. The thickening serum may have helped add a bit of volume and definitely made my hair feel softer. I'm anxious to try it again if/when I get different curlers or rollers.

I forgot to get the Biotin and MSM supplements/vitamins. I'll get them when I go back to return the curlers. Sorry for such a long message but I didn't have time to write a shorter one (if that even makes sense). Plus, I felt I owed you guys a quality reply for all of the time and effort you took to reply to me in the previous thread. Here's a few more pictures from today:

Hi all! I think its a great site you guys have here, I was looking over some topics that were about growing their hair out and thought hey why dont I start posting. I've been growing my hair out for about a year now and im not stopping anytime soon! Ive been looking at pics and I'm aiming for below shoulder blades good lengthy ponytail length (that was a mouthfull!). My hair is not naturally black, I dyed it not too long ago. I have never grown out my hair before but had always wanted to! It may come as strange, but to me long hair means things like adventure, journey, wisdom, charisma and the like.

Here is the most recent pic I have and will try to upload more soon. I often straighten my hair with a straightener because I do not like the natural curl I get. If anyone has any advice on anything, including the best shampoo and conditioner please let me know!

Grayson

And here goes the tail.

And also,my hair has been feeling really dry lately,any products I could purchase to make it smoother?Take care,guys,and thanks in advance.

Hello hello hello,

and Merry Christmas to you all ^.^
Maybe some of you will remember me but anyways: I decided that I should do an update for you all - before the year is over.
So here it is and I am proud to say that my hair has grown longer and I didn't cut it off :)

For now this must do - but I think you get an idea of the length and the constitution my hair is in at the moment :)

Comments are very welcome :)

Let it grow and keep up the great work - it's awesome to see how the community has developed
Neo

P.S.: Waaah! My parents are trying to force me to cut my hair - again. It drives me crazy as hell!

Hey guys and gals. It's been ages since I've posted. So long that my profile has been deleted from the user directory. I've lurked from time to time, but thought I'd put up an update for those who might remember me, or for any new members that might be interested.

It's been almost 5 and a half years that I've been growing my hair out, with a maintenance trim on average of once per year. That means that about 5 inches of hair has been trimmed off in 65 months. You'd think I should have hair at least 32 inches long by now. But, my longest hair is only 19 inches. Not only that, it doesn't look any longer than it did 2 years ago.

It's also looking thin on top - you can see my scalp. Unfortunately there are no older close-up pics of the top of my head, except for those I took today. Maybe it's always been like that, or maybe my hair is thinning and I've reached terminal length at 35 (almost 36) years of age. I've come to accept that my hair is thin and fine, and it's great to have long hair, but I had really hoped and expected it to look better after 5 years. My ponytail is thin. The hairline on the back of my head is high. My hair always looks thin and limp. Not to mention, I need to lose a lot of weight (no comments on that - it's a separate issue).

As for my hair... I've not used ANY chemicals on it in the last 5 years. Only good quality shampoo and conditioner - usually from a salon. Currently I'm using some that's supposed to add volume to my hair, but don't see a difference. Maybe now is the time to realize that my hair will not get any better looking - perhaps even the contrary.

So, I've made an appointment for a perm in 2 weeks. Yes, I know they'll use chemicals. My hair is slightly wavy, but I've always wanted it more curly, and getting a perm may give the appearance of more volume too. If it turns out awful and I hate it, I can always cut it to the length where I can tie a high ponytail and try regrowing it. Or, there are a few "longish" hair styles I kind of like - in the worst case...

So, what do you think of a perm? Anyone here had one? I'd love to see some before and after pics.

Here's a few more pictures I took today. The ones with a blue shirt were just before I washed my hair (not washed for 3 days), the ones with a brown shirt is right after I washed my hair and let it air dry:

hey guys! 2nd post here. the thing that really really bothers me about growing out my hair are the sideburns. they seem to stick out whenever i have my hair long enough in my case since my hair doesn't crop towards my face but fall straight. do you guys not shave the whole side area of your face when growing hair out? i'm going to the barber tom to have my sideburns shaved off. i go to a salon and hopefully that will be the last time next year i visit any of those places. =)

Hi everybody,

My wife just had a new baby! He was born the 20th and weighed 7 lbs and 1 oz. I told my friends he was born with a long red ponytail, one girl actually believed it. lol. He does have quite a bit of hair though.

Happy new year,
Paul

Hi everybody,

Just thought that now is the time to share my pics of long hair that I used to have.

I cut them few months ago due to some extreme emotional problems, would rather not get into it.

But I loved my hair and so did those around me so now i'm thinking of growing it back.

Cheers.

Hey all!!

I'm having a problem and i don't know how to get around it.

See, I've wanted long hair for a long time and now the chance has come around for me to grow it out. In my new career, long hair shouldn't be a issue from all that I've read and heard.

Anyway, My mom doesn't know, and my younger brother knows a little bit but both hate long hair on men. When i say long, I'm talking ponytail area. My younger brother grew his out a little bit for about 7-8 month's but cut it, he doesn't want long hair anyway. But how do I tell my mom? We all live together and get along really well but i don't want to create too much drama either.

There was one told a couple years ago I tried telling my mom and her eyes got really wide and she said "What??". It shocked her to say the least. Now i don't know if since she let my younger brother grow his out some (this was about a year ago) if she's changed on the idea but she still seems to picture me clean shaven and well kept.

Any help on how to approach this issue?

Thanks & Happy New Year!!
Shane

Hi,

the year is going to end and I shot a new picture while caressing my hair with a special self-mixed spray consisting of water, jojoba oil, silk protein and conditioner.

I think I'll reach hip length next year as I had a growth rate of 1,5-2cm per month this year.

Regards

hey guys, i was just wondering a bit about combing your hair.
i have not combed my hair with an actual comb since i started letting it grow out, i just "fingercomb".
I have read on a few sites that using a brush can actually be bad for your hair/scalp, is that true? and is the same true for a comb?
thanks for any info/feedback!

Hi everyone,

Since longtime, I visited your interesting website. There are a lot of good longhair examples with a great personality. It is really hard for me to grow out my hair, I did some efforts but everytime I failed after a few months (my record is only 5 months). One of my aims for 2009 is becoming a longhair. My goal is shoulder length and more and more I get interested in midback length. My last classic haircut (short) was at the beginning of October. It is almost three months that I didn't have a haircut and I want to maintain my efforts in being a longhair. At the moment, my hair reaches my ears (a little bit over my ears). When will I have my awkward stage and what is your advice to maintain my efforts and to be part of your family? Thanks a lot for your support, merry Christmas and keep growing!

Hey guys. Today is 3 months since my senior pictures were taken and I was allowed to grow my hair =]

I'm 17, live in Michigan. Not sure about a goal length yet. Right now I'm just excited for the day I get my tail!

This seems like a really cool board. Glad I found it.

Slowly but surely is the motto!

I hope everyone's having a great Christmas, :D

Best Wishes,
Josh

I want to wish any who celebrates it a Happy Kwanzaa.

Kevin

Hi everyone.

Are any of you guys having a white Christmas this year?

Here in Seattle, we are this year, and we have like nine inches to a foot of snow on the ground, and snow is still falling from the sky.

Historically, we only have a white Christmas in Seattle like seven percent of the time. Going back in time, last Christmas (2007), snow did fall, but it did not stick much and melted at the end of the day. In 1998, we had a white Christmas Eve, but the snow turned to rain later, and any snow was gone by Christmas day. The last true white Christmas in Seattle was in 1990.

Anyway, Merry Christmas everyone.

Matthew aka Regardless

hi! i've been growing out my hair for the past 3 months or so. it's probably the same length as tom cruise's hair in mi2 already. this is perhaps the longest i've had it since elementary school. i have developed an acne problem though. i've stopped using hot oil treatment and conditioner. i also shampoo everyday. any other tips to reduce the breakout on my scalp? also how long would it take me to grow it out shoulder length? i'm actually thinking of shaving it all off due to the acne but perhaps i could find a way through it.

thanks and merry christmas to all!

and that car isn't about to go anywhere.

Hello everyone, Ive read a lot tru the page and want to say this is a forum with great people on it, great hearts all around. Ill explain, Im new to the long hair thing, I usually took 3 to 4 months before going to the barber for a very low cut, probably 2 or 3, one morning, I was gonna go to the barber and just decided not to go, say, lets not cut my hair and see what the heck happens, my last cut was on may 23, its been 7 months and I have roughly 4 inches worth.. I know thats a pittance dealing with heavyweights in this forum, but people start to tell me to get a haircut.. what I meant by great hearts is I see hairy dudes, that look like rude bike gangsters, being so nice and giving tips on hair and encouraging people, I dont mean to offend anybody, its just that Im seeing this for the first time in my life, 'cause before, being a short hair dude all my life, I never paid attention to any of this, so I just wanted to tell you guys great job on this page, and I will keep you up to date on my little own progress. About me, Im a cuban dude,20, living in Miami Im a pilot, and Id like to grow it down to shoulder length.. thanks..

Hello Everyone... since I had positive comments on flying a plane, Ill take a punch at shyness and show you guys a photo of me with the airplane I work at..lol I think there might be some delusions, since some of you might have pictured me riding a 747, but we'll get there, Im 20 and its very hard to get forward on aviation, currently I teach people to fly, Im a flight Instructor in Miami, so no big iron yet, my dreams are to be a longhair and fly the Girls Gone Wild private jet.... lol, thats gotta be a great job.. you can also see I had short hair, this was probably 8 Months away. you can also see other pics I took from the air..Hope you guys like em and forgive me if I go off topic, but I cannot control myself from showing people airplanes and clouds..

Hi everyone,

Since longtime, I visited your interesting website. There are a lot of good longhair examples with a great personality. It is really hard for me to grow out my hair, I did some efforts but everytime I failed after a few months (my record is only 5 months). One of my aims for 2009 is becoming a longhair. My goal is shoulder length and more and more I get interested in midback length. My last classic haircut (short) was at the beginning of October. It is almost three months that I didn't have a haircut and I want to maintain my efforts in being a longhair. At the moment, my hair reaches my ears (a little bit over my ears). When will I have my awkward stage and what is your advice to maintain my efforts and to be part of your family? Thanks a lot for your support, merry Christmas and keep growing!

I was just told a new wives tale in order to get me to cut my hair. My mom was saying that i should cut my hair because people with longhair are seen as believing themselves to be better looking than others. I couldn't believe shecam out with something so ridiculous. I only replied that i liked my hair and the subject dropped. I've never heard this one before, anyone else?

Hey guys

Before the next power-outage, blown transformers, collision for the "few" cars still able to drive, downed trees and wires, collapse of a porch etc., I wish you all a great Holiday Season as well as a Happy and healthy New Year 2009.

Ah...........this "warming" has been going on for over a week with no signs of stopping........well, it rather seems to have stopped about everything dead in its tracks as of now. But really, tis the season to stop, reflect, ponder and remember "loved-ones" at this time despite the fact that in my area it appeareth that we shall all be burried alive in the festivities which abound so brightly even in the dark without power as we huddle inside freezing to the lovely strains of trees cracking and tumbling to the ground with sirens wailing in the background as the perfect accompaniment during this most joyous season.

My best to you all for a great Christmas, or if not that, whatever your belief may or may not be. In other words, be happy. And keep that hair growing! :-)

Justin~

Dear All:

Today was a great day here in South Texas to let one's hair down and have nice barbeque. Today's high was 77 degrees (F) with clear skies.

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas, Happy Hunnukah, Happy Ramadan, Boxing Day, Kwanzaa, New Years, and any other holiday you might celebrate.

TLH

Wherever you may be, and whatever you may believe, I would like to extend to all my wishes for a Merry and Blessed Christmas and Holiday Season, and for a wonderful upcoming New Year!

To all of my MLHH friends around the globe....may you each celebrate this Holiday Season in peace and the warmth of your families. And may 2009 bring Happiness.

Thank You for sharing a bit of yourselves through the year.

Walter

Hey everybody,

Just wanted to echo the wishes of so many others in wishing you all a Merry Christmas, and to those who celebrate in a different way, Peace and Happy Holidays to you! I know this time can be difficult to some, but just remember your family and friends on this day and be thankful for them. If you're alone, you always have us! So enjoy this day, everyone!

Hee Haw and Merry Christmas,

Brett

I am 27 now and I used to have long hair about shoulder length when I was 20. Unfortunately I abused my hair pretty bad, hardly ever washing it and dying and bleaching every other day. Finall after it became so fried; instead of trimming it a bit and taking care of it I cut it all off. I have been trying to grow it out again for the pst 8 years but never can pass the year mark. I am almost to a year now from a completely shaved head, but the proble was I used to shave the sides and have the top long (old school florida death metal look). I finally listened to my girlfrined and started growing out the sides 2 and a half months ago now. All in all I have been growing my hair for 8 months now and the top is past my ears and the sides are almost 2 inches in length.

Here is my issue. I do NOT know what to do beause due to me not taking care of my hair it has started to get thin in the front section a bit, but noticebale becaue the rest is really thick. This discourages me every time I look in the mirror. Some days it is okay and others I want to shave it but I WON'T ever again. My question I guess is, what do I do about my obsession with this thinning area. I have tried all of these products that claim to grow hair...namely Nioxin and I feel it has doen more damage than good. I went off of it and started using regualr shampoo and stuff but then it seems like it starts thinning but i think it is because I am way to obsessed over it growing out (making it) before I go too bald to have long hair.

Any suggestions? Has anyone been so crazed about having long hair again? Especially working in the black and death metal scene, it is cool to be bald and all, but long hair on stage is awesome and I have always loved the style because it fits me better than short hair. So is it worth it to buy al of these high priced shampoo and conditioners, or does anyone have any products they like more so than others...this shit is driving me crazy. I will not cut my hair again, but I would like to maximize the time I have ti ebfore it looks ridiculous.. Thanks

and the snow continues to fall.

I was wondering if there was anyone here who took/takes biotin and if so did they notice any changes?

I was just wondering because I'm considering taking it myself.

my fiancee's hair is naturally curly and is to the middle of hisback , his hair is what atractted me to him he threatens to shave it all the time but he hasnt yet he hates it but he knows how much i love it so he comprimes

Since I had the time,and was thinking about it, I thought I'd send out my holiday wishes to all our loyal board users.Along with that I'll include this electronic Christmas card as well.It's just something that Opal and I threw together that"s all.Enjoy:)

Mark

I have been using J/A/S/O/N aloe vera shampoo for awhile since I started over (a little over 3 months growth again) but am wondering how hair handles changing products? Is it okay to switch between different brands frequently? I ask because I also use Garnier Fructis (sp?) when at my girlfriends apartment. However, if it's not great on the hair to switch products so frequently I'll stick to just one.

Dear friends

As you can see by this and the other pic that Global Warming has indeed overpowered us here in Oregon. Nobody is going anywhere and my car despite being cleaned-off 2 times yesterday now looks to be imbedded FOREVER!

And hence, the Global Warming continues on its way.

TG it is "warming." I'ed hate to be in a Global Chill for fear of catching mee death of cold.

LOL

Justin!
ps: Looks as if I won't be swinging by today to visit any of my MLHH friends. Hey, I'm trapped!

As best I recall, there were some members from Germany on the board, as well as others much more familiar with the language than I. I'm trying to recall how to say "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" in German from my language courses in high school many years ago. Any help out there?

Thanks,
Jim

On my latest trip to Key West I recorded a video of a longhair fire eater at the sunset celebration at Mallory Sq.
He's been doing it for 6 years and still has a great mane of hair.
Impressive!

Hi everyone.Since its been a mellow weekend I decided to throw together two final update pics for the year.The first is a profile shot and the second will be from the back.I was thinking that I should do the same at the end of 2009 and hopefully my hair will be below my butt:)Since I'm giving Biotin a try maybe that will happen.Anyway here goes...........

I've made it through what I'm thinking is two years of growth since starting in late Dec 06. My last recorded haircut was 24 Dec 06 (I used to keep records to ensure I would get a haircut approx. every two weeks). Hence, I'm going by Xmas Eve 2006 as my more or less "official" start.

I'm a tad disappointed so far at how thin my hair has grown out, but length-wise I'm satisfied. I'm at the length at which I once planned to stop, but since then I've decided to "go for it" and shoot for terminal length, whatever it may be. I think I'm going to wind up with the same style (and length, I hope) as Hairball.

Follow Ups:
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Also, I think I'm going through a second "awkward stage." The hair that hangs down just behind my ears has developed a curl/wave where it reaches the collarbone. Since it's not yet past the collarbone far enough to lie straight, after I sleep on it it wants to curl upward in that dip above the collarbone. Oh, well. "This too shall pass," I tell myself.

The advice I've gotten from reading both this board and the info in "On Being a Longhair" have been inspirational and encouraged me to "stick it out" and not give in to trims. My wife gave me a needed light trim back last summer to even the ends out, which did make it look better. Terminal Length or Bust!!

I don't have a website to upload these to so I'm using the "upload it" option, may have to post twice.

I think it's interesting that most of the male Anime characters have long hair, some having extremely long hair. (By the way, for those who don't know, Anime is Japanese cartoon animation). Is this going to have an effect on young minds who watch these cartoons on Saturday mornings? Perhaps a whole generation of longhairs is about to bloom.

First of all I would like to wish you all guys and gals a happy hairy merry christmas,and may your manes grow longer and longer til' the end of your days.As for my hair,now I'm nearly able to pull off a full tail,except for a few bang strands that keep falling off,so I just tuck 'em behind my ears.I will be posting my 13 months update in a month or so.Take care y'all,and have fun!

A back shot: I couldn't get it to lay evenly so it's kind of scraggly-looking

For guys with long hair to stop getting haircuts!

Earlier this TV season, Matthew Gray Gubler of Criminal Minds (Dr Spencer Ried) got a haircut. While not really short, it was still a disappointment, as his was really getting some length. Now David Krumholtz of Num3ers (Professor Charlie Epps), who had really nice long curly hair, got most of it cut off.

Lately I have mostly lurked, only ocassionally posted, here on MLHH. I have been profoundly disappointed to see a number of who I thought were successful longhairs, giving in to the scissors, and shearing their locks. Men who I really thought were committed to the journey.

This is just really depressing to see. The last century was one dominated by the short-haired look. This is a new century, and for some reason the pressures and baggage of the last century are still with us. The clean-cut look is favored by corporate CEO's and their drones, and sadly the corporate look is dominating.

At the same time, I am seeing a relaxation of hair styles among the retail sector. Recent shopping trips exposed me to a few longhaired male employees. A young clerk at CVS with a beard and mid-back length wavy blonde hair. My first encounter with him, he wore his hair loose. The next time I saw him, he had it tailed. Weis Markets has a young man with almost waist-length brown hair, that works as a stock boy and bagger. He almost always wears his hair loose. IT, automotive and foodservice industries tend to be longhair friendly towards males.

I find it puzzling that the two above actors, in CBS shows, had finally acheived a nice length of hair by the end of last season, to only chop a large amount off, several weeks into the new season. Cannot help but wonder if they may have been pressured by studio or network executives, as both were well passed shoulder-length. Gray Gubler is now slightly below collar length, Krumholtz is above collar-length.

Is it something in the air, the water, religion, politics, corporate mentality, what? Just when it looks like the war against longhaired men, appears to be losing; a turn for the worse takes place, and those opposed are wining. You MLHH guys who cut your hair, what happened? The rest of you, what do you think is driving the trends, both good and bad?

Hey Guys,

I have been hearing for about a year about "Global Warming." Funny thing, but since announced, everything keeps getting colder, or so it seems in Oregon. Ha Ha Ha.......5 days of this stuff just cannot be handled out here and there is more on its way. (And to think, I moved out of New England 20 years ago to get out of snow!) LOL :-)

Justin~

So, it has been a while since I have posted any update on my hair. I lurk often, though, and enjoy seeing the progress that others have made. My last hair cut was around April or May 2006, so I guess this makes 32 months of growth give or take.

I would like to update my profile picture if possible. Thank you.

David

Does Santa exist and does he have long hair?

If anyones cares, I am not an christian but love pressies as much as anyone. By modern standards I'm not a Christmas lover. I don't hate Christmas, there are some that I often speak with about my beliefs. But if they judge me or try to control me then we have a problem, to me Santa exists and has longhair, yup, there I said it, you gonna hate me?

If Santa has a buzzcut and no beard then would we seriously invite him into our homes and let him eat our pies? Hell no!

So, to all you long haired Christmas lovers, good for you, too bad there isn't more of us.

~ Dave

Hi!
Just thought i should make a little update.
My hair used to be way past my shoulders until the end of last year. After a major cut it's now at shoulder length again. Sorry for the low quality of the pic.
For anybody interested i uploaded a few new songs on myspace.
A small label showed some interest and i really hope to be working for them soon.
Benny

Hey, All.

Tomorrow is the big day for me. I am graduating from the University of Texas at San Antonio with 2 BAs--one in English and one in Technical Communications.

I had planned to get my hair cut to go job hunting and to make my cousin happy when she comes to my ceremony, but I really could not afford it. I guess she will have to live with my long hair, at least for a while.

Most of you don't know it, but I am disabled--I am severely hearing impaired and suffer from clinical depression and anxieties. It's been a real struggle through college.

Anyway, here is a picture of me with my "morning hair." I hope you all have a great holiday and fantastic new year. Wish me luck in my job hunting, and, of course, keep it growin' and flowin'.

TLH

Something different from the boring old same old.

Kevin

I wish you a Hairy Christmas,
I wish you a Hairy Christmas,
I wish you a Hairy Christmas,
and a Happy Hanukkah, too!

Keep it growin'!

--Rick

I have finally hit two years since I started growing out my hair. It is also 10 months after that trim I did not want. By the way, no one complained about my hair lately, and that is some good news.

The top of my head

My hair on the side

Looking towards my chin

My hair put up in a loop

My ponytail

You probably have noticed the snow in the background. Even though Seattle has a cool climate, we get very little snow. It is only like once every winter or two that we have a winter wonderland. On the plus side, the snow fell just in time for my latest update. It had been very cold in Seattle the last few days. The first batch of snow (which was not that much) fell on Saturday night, followed by mostly sunny but below-freezing days. Then it warmed up enough for rain to fall and melt most of the snow from the first batch. Then this morning, the snow came back and it continued to snow lightly for most of the day. Once the snow melts, I would start thinking of hot summer days again.

My next update (26 months) will be in February, and the photos there will be taken in Maui, Hawaii.

Merry Christmas,

Matthew aka Regardless

Hey all,

I apologize for not being as active as I once was on the board. I've been quite busy between starting a new job a few months back as a systems support analyst (which I'm loving) and going to school FT. It's been a busy couple of months. I've always kept up on reading everyone's posts and posting here and there so I'm not that far behind. As some of you know, I had shoulderblade length hair until last November when I cut it to shoulder length, then cut again in January of 2008 into layers @ above chin length.

Fortunately my hair grows incredibly fast and I'm nearly back to where I was. The photos below were taken on a wash day which means A) my hair is poofier than usual and B) it looks less managed and conditioned as the oil hasn't yet done it's job. When it settles the next day it actually appears to be longer as I brush some of the waves out and it flattens a bit. The camera I used has really crappy sharpness, but hopefully in about a week I'll have a new one ; )

Please ignore the incredibly freaky redeye effect that I can't seem to avoid in photos.

Here it is now...ahem, you may asume the lovely girl with the pink hair is NOT me ;)

Thanks for all of your support, hopefully I'll be able to snap some higher quality post wash-day photos soon.

-Phil

Hey all,

I apologize for not being as active as I once was on the board. I've been quite busy between starting a new job a few months back as a systems support analyst and going to school FT. It's been a busy couple of months. I've always kept up on reading everyone's posts and posting here and there so I'm not that far behind. As some of you know, I had shoulderblade length hair until last November when I cut it to shoulder length, then cut again in January of 2008 into layers @ above chin length.

Fortunately my hair grows incredibly fast and I'm nearly back to where I was. The photos below were taken on a wash day which means A) my hair is poofier than usual and B) it looks less managed and conditioned as the oil hasn't yet done it's job. The camera I used has really crappy sharpness, but hopefully in about a week I'll have a new one ; )

Here it is now...you may asume the lovely lady with the pink hair is NOT me ;)

Here are two update pics of my hair. I had just got my sword in the mail so I decided to take a picture with it, plus I liked the way my hair looked in the pic. If you're wondering, it's the Father Sword from Conan. If you recall from my Halloween pics, I'm a huge Conan fan. As for the first pic, don't know why I look so angry. Haha.

Hello everyone, first of all I would like to thank every member of this community for being helpfull toward us the new long hair guys and before posting the pictures I will post my story with long hair :) ..

Im 19 years old guy who live in a country in the middle east called bahrain, when I was a kid I always tryed to grow my hair long like the guys from the movies aka bruce wallace in braveheart but due for being in puplic school I was not allowed, and by time even though the idea didnt left my mind and I got influenced by many things like the pictures of the holy men with long hair but still with the strong and serious face like this one
http://www.flickr.com/photos/giopuo/1349876352/

and this one

http://www.yamahde.com/art/images/digital/imam-hussain5.jpg

and by metalhead frinds which I knew them from the net but still nice guys and ofc I liked their long hair and their music.

In my second semester in the university I had a problem with teh staff, as guys with long hair were not allowed to walk in the university I didnt know what to do, my hair was not long enough to be in pony tail or even braids, and by mistake I found out a way to solve this problem, by doing a small pony tail then put it on the top of my head then use some iron clips to hold them their and wear a cap to hide any hair that want to go out, its great till now but duno what will happen as soon as my hair get longer hehe
so anyway here are my pictures and sorry for the bad quality as I taked them with my phone.

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more info:
I comb my hair kinda daily and I use shampoo only with a small amount as my hair is a bit oily.

thank you for reading, and I apologize for any typo.

Various members have often spoken of being inspired by musicians, actors or athletes, or by other members of the board. Well, I was told by a friend today at lunch that I've apparently served as an inspiration for her 6-year-old son, who has told her that he "wants to grow his hair down to his butt" (in her words).

Fairly cool, if I do say so myself [grin]

Hey Guys,

Thanks for all the encouragement you guys have given me regarding my pics. I posted the link below in my previous thread, but by then I think everyone had moved on to more recent links. SO I thought I would repost it for those who might find it to be of interest. Its a collection of my hair over the years and does contain a long hair pic. AS I mentioned, this is the third time I have grown it out.

Thanks again for all the encouragement!

Robert

I'm 62 years old (since September) and still have enough hair to keep it long...

hey guys
I posted a few weeks ago about growing it long in a conservative environment and promised a frontal pic....so here it is. Its not terribly flattering, but you at least get an idea of my length.

Thanks for the encouragement I received for my earlier post!

Happy holidays!

Robert

I don't post too much here anymore, but can be found lurking on a regular basis. I have hit the 3 year mark; never thought I would actually get here, but here I am.

So here is a rare "old fart" update @ the 3 year mark.

All of the support from here is appreciated!

i have hard water and you can really see and feel the difference when washing in soft water but i do not have a water conditioner so i was going to buy a shampoo from Sallys beauty salon called"Ion hard water shampoo", it says it takes out the minerals that build up but do you think it will actully work or heard of anyone using a simular product?

Hey Guys!

Sorry for being so sporadic on the board. IÂ’m working one job 30-40 hours/week overnight and then IÂ’m still doing personal training on the side (and business is actually picking up, surprisingly). Needless to say between work and other life obligations IÂ’m a little bit swamped, though realistically I DO have time to comment more often. IÂ’m prone to being distracted and lazy too. ;-)

In case anyone is interested, Target seems to be longhair friendly. Two of the overnight guys have long hair (one down to his waist), and one of the dayside leads has long dreads.

As for hair, mine is still slowly adding length, though I did take off about a quarter to half inch a few months ago. It was just getting too tangled at the ends too often, and it was a good chance to experiment with self-trimming. Waves still give the ends a somewhat scruffy look, but I like it. Now itÂ’s becoming prone to tangles all over, but thatÂ’s just the winter dryness taking its toll. Conditioner, conditioner, conditioner! And oiling!

IÂ’m using a halftail braid more often than just a regular halftail. I snag less hair in the binder by making the braid first, and I like the look. It is particularly useful when IÂ’m working in the dairy cooler at work since the hair stays out of my face and I can tuck the rest into my jacket for warmth.

And last but not least, a very cranky looking longhair!

Thanks as always for the support, guys, and may your holidays be full of love and joy!

Mouse

Hi All-

Figured I would send in a pic of my hair at 3 months. Hair growth is from a shaved head and it is growing in well and thick. Hopefully by July it will have substantial length. Thanks to all for inspiration on this fun journey.

Recently I posted a link to a joke site mocking Christians and their hatred of long hair.

There were some responses that didn't think it funny. Ok, here's a post to a REAL site about how they think.

If anyones cares, I am not an atheist but I'm not offended by them. By modern standards I'm not a Christian either. I don't hate Christians, there are some that I often speak with about my beliefs. But if they judge me or try to control me then we have a problem.

1 Corinthians 11.14, we all know what it says, "nature itself teaches, blah, blah, blah," (since when do "Christians" do everything it says in the bible).
Guess what, right after that, 1 Corinthians 11.16 says, "But, if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God." When do you hear them quote that?

Also I point out it says, "nature" itself teaches, not God teaches.

So, to all you long haired Christians, good for you, too bad there isn't more like you.

Paul

Oh, heres another one,
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/5043/Shorthair.html

Hi there,

Is there the thread going on and on and on and on and on just like modern jazz!

Cheers,

John.B

I've been wanting to ask this questions for a while, so here goes. Are there folks here who have had head injuries or injuries to the scalp? I have noticed that as my hair is getting longer, the area on my left side where my biggest scalp injury was, the texture of the hair is different than that on the right side.

Best I can describe it, on the left in that injuried area it's a bit kinky curly and on my right side it's longish waves. Most of my hair is long waves with a slight curl at the ends. My hair is also about and inch shorter on the left side compared to the right side also.

This head/scalp injury was 30 yrs. ago.
Do hair follicles get damaged, and if so, are they reprogrammed to grow hair a different way?

This somewhat problem has NOT made me want to cut/trim, just going to let it play out and see where it takes me.

Thanks,
Frank

Hey guys:

Im in Austin right now visiting my sister, I just wanna leave a little update and say something I noticed in my trip, the water here in the States has something miracle that doesnt have in Mexico, since I came my hair doesnt shed almost nothing and have a lot of volume and shining...

Well thats all, Happy Holidays

Hey longhairs, just thought I'd lighten things up here a bit and post a few concert pics from a show I attended tonight.Some of you might remember that last month I went to see Trans Siberian Orchestra in PA as I posted some pics from that show.Tonight I saw them closer to home at the lovely IZOD center in New Jersey and as usual the show was ace!What was very cool this time over the last show was that Steven Tyler from Aerosmith made a surprise appearance onstage and did two classic tunes from the old days:)This guy is an amazing person for as old as he is he looks tremendous physically and his vocals are strong as ever.I captured an iphone pic of him during his performance so hopefully you guys can see him at the head of the stage in my first pic.I envy guys like him at that age and all hes been through being in that great shape.So without further blabbing he we go........

Hi I realise that it has been rather a long time since the last time that I posted on this lovely board of fellow longhairs but I thought I would return and say hello and post a little update and see how everyone is currently doing.

Unfortunatly over the course of my long absence I have had short hair by my standards although I tend to go about half a year between cuts these days. My job that i'm doing essentially forced an edict on me forcing me to cut my mid-back length hair to medium in between length. I thought i'd post some recent shots so that those who maybe interested can see what i've been up to. Comments or critiques are always welcome!

Every post I've done in the past two weeks has been held for screening. Are we screening ALL post now? Or is it just my luck to have all of mine screened. I'm not complaining mind you just curious.

Would like to see update photos. You two have the greatest hair in the world.

Hey all...

Well... not much to say other than I should've never cut my hair. I was at 25 months.. Now, it's really really short.

But, looking on the positive side.. (Thanks Ken for the encouragement).. I'll begin yet again..

I was surprised to see James also cut his hair. - Must've been something in the Colorado water this summer! (grin).

Well, in all seriousness now... Let's do this the right way this time..

Thanks guys ... and a few gals... for the support.

Tristan

I found this video and I tried it with a bit of variation with the method.
I washed and brushed my hair as I usually do and the applied some conditioner and practically did the same thing he/she did.

So it's been 20 months and guess what... I have reached shoulder length! :D!
Only the front is about 1 and a half inch away from shoulder length... but that's fine with me.
I can fully tie my hair back loosely in a tail and I love it!

So so far I've reached my goals a lot faster than I expected and I'm very happy... I'm just going to continue now. The next thing would be for me to even out the hair when it gets long enough. But I don't think I'm going to do that until maybe the 2 year mark or a little bit further down when my hair is a bit longer.

So here are the few pics I have:

Too think 20 months ago I started at this:

So that's pretty much it... I think he only annoying thing so far would have to be the way I dry my hair... Since I have it in a loose tail after I shower it kinda has a bit of a wave going on... but that's not too bad - Just waiting for the hair to get longer so I can wear it without the tail, as right now it's still not too heavy enough for the hair to be pulled down enough.
Soon though :D

Thanks for looking.

While visiting my step-mom, who has been at a nursing home for over a year now, I often wait in an attractive little library while her nurse gets her up & ready into her chair. Since I visit her at least once a week, I frequently get to hang out in this sunny little room which is filled with plenty of interesting magazines and books to snoop at, both secular and religious (this nursing home is religion-based).

Recently, instead of reading National Geographic (my usual choice), my eyes fell upon a book called: "The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible"...

"I wonder what that dictionary says about long hair on men?", I said to myself. Then I picked it up and looked under H for HAIR (this dictionary is so thick that it's in 4 volumes!!!!)... Well, lo & behold, it said quite a LOT on the subject! Yesterday I visited my mom again, having dinner w/ her, and then decided to take the time afterwards to write down the entire comments under HAIR that I found in this dictionary.

So that this post isn't too long, I'll quote the full dictionary definition in a separate follow-up post devoted to just that (which is long enough in and of itself!!)...

For anybody replying who is Agnostic or Aiheist, I have no problem with that (I have a lot of friends and even relatives who are Atheists), --- including the cynical humor that goes with Atheism (lol)!! I tend to find narrow-minded literal interpretations of the Bible from Fundamentalist Christians more offensive than anything an Atheist can say.

If you take the time, though, to read the full quote from this dictionary (which will be in my next follow-up post), you will find it amazingly more longhair-suppotive than what you might expect. This Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible has a very scholarly and historical approach, rather than representing any particular religion. And, quite frankly, I found it to be a huge breath of fresh air!!

Anyone who takes the time to read my follow-up post with the full definition of HAIR quoted from the above-mentioned dictionary, please reply THERE, rather than here... Lazy bums who don't wish to do any further reading on this subject, please reply HERE (lol)....

Happy reading!

- Ken in San Francisco

Hi all,
I stumbled across naturallycurly.com the other day and lots of people on there seem to be sticking to the CG method which involves giving up shampoo completly ( or those with sulfates in them) and using products free from silicone (ie. any ingredient with the ending cone or cane). I started this method about a week ago and so it is still too early to tell if it works for me. So my question is are there any wavy/curly heads here that have gone CG and if so any info would be appreciated, especially info relating to applicable UK products as i am not too good at reading the labels yet!!.

Cheers
Mat

Maybe an Advocacy group as MattB suggested would work out better.
What do you think about these names;

Free Hair
Free Hair Committee
Hairy Problems
It's Just Hair
HDL (Hair Discrimination League)
HAIR (Hair And Intelligence Revolution)
Hair Nuts (hmm, ok maybe not)

Come on, give me some feed back,
Paul

I have been a lurker for a while here and enjoy the site very much. I am in the process of growing my hair to about shoulder length and about halfway there. My last haircut was in May. I haven't seen my parents in a while, until Thanksgiving. My Dad is old school and couldn't resist telling me I need a haircut and "jokingly" said I look like a "hollywood homo". First I said that most gay people have short hair and second I said "you mean like Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt...why would I want to look like them?" ;)

Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller guested on Num3ers on CBS last Friday, as himself, with long hair sleeked back in a slender ponytail. Rehabx Party at the Hard Rock Cafe on TRU TV has a young security guard with long hair working at the Hard Rock. I couldn't take my eyes off of him; really thick, gorgeous, long ponytail, his hair loose must reach almost waist-length. And actor Jason Alexander with long silver-grey wavy locks and distinuguished-looking beard, will be guesting as the unsub on CBS Criminal Minds Wednesday. It's great seeing mature, and even greying long-haired men, as well as the young guys, with heads of;

*"Long beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming,
Streaming, flaxen, waxen,
down to there hair
Shoulder length or longer"

on primetime TV.

*Lyrics flagrantly stolen from title song of famous 1960's musical.

Check this out. It's one of the funniest things I ever saw.
Don't panic, it's a joke site.

Paul

http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0205/jesushair.html

Seriously, I am considering starting a Hair Club for local longhairs and anybody who supports us. The purpose of this club will be to ban together against discrimination. Letter writing, petitions, boycotts, whatever.
I already have some fairly good ideas for tee-shirts and bumper stickers.

This is what I'd like from you guys (and girls), ideas for a name, suggestions on legal aspects and problems I may encounter with minors joining. I suspect that high schoolers would be the most enthusiastic since a lot of them are pissed about the school's hair cut policy. I always had a way of relating to teenagers, they usually think I'm a "cool old guy". (I'm just not as boring as most of the people my age.)
I would also like some very honest opinions about just how "hair-brained" this scheme is. If you think this is a totally stupid idea I'd rather hear it from you all than look like a fool irl.

Here is a partial rule list;
1 Don't talk about Hair Club
2 Break rule #1 as often as possible.

I asked for it,
Paul

Hey everyone,

It looks like time (among other things, like headbanging) has taken a toll on my hair. And unfortunately I only recently noticed it. I've usually gone by the 1 trim per 6 months rule, sometimes stretching it a bit, and my hair has been in decent shape. Now it's quite damaged; I'd almost say 1 out of 5 hairs is a split end--and this is after an inch off the bottom was trimmed, even though I wasn't "due" for one!

So I've been trying to decide what to do about this. My first instinct was to simply look through every one of my hairs and see if there's a split end; trim it off if it needs it. I'm a bit OCD so don't laugh. I did that for about 2 hours the other day and I was only about 10% through my hair, at best. Anyhow, is this the way I should handle that many splits? I don't have layers, but alot of hairs that are split are simply shorter, probably because they've been split for awhile and keep breaking. On the other hand, I told a friend of mine about this and she said that it would be a bad idea, because then my hair would be all different lengths and "poof out"... hmmm... but I'm not so sure about that advice. However, if I was to cut my hair (with even ends) to get rid of the majority of the shorter split ends, I'd be looking at losing 8 inches or so. Ahhh!!

hey guys,
Its been ages since I posted. I am growing my hair out for the third time. Its been about a year since I started from pretty short. Its a challenge because I am in a very conservative career. But so far, so good.

Like everyone, I go through days where I question growing it, but also have moments where it seems like the only certain thing in my life. Yeah I know that sounds a bit extreme, but having it long just makes me happy on a very basic level.

I am in a relationship and my other half is not fond of it at all, but at least showing restraint in the disapproval department. I hope to get it mid back if not longer.

So...I am posting a pic and hoping for encouragement. My tail seems decidedly smaller than the last time I grew it, but when it is down, its pretty full. I have very fine hair so it compacts considerably but I also have lots of natural body. I will try and post a pic of it down sometime soon.

Thanks for your support. I love reading about everyone elses experiences and admire all the long hair you guys are able to grow and maintain. Keep it up!

Thanks,
Robert

Ever had one of those days when even the term, "Bad Hair Day" is grossly insufficient for an accurate enough description?

Back in Y2K, on the first day of summer, I had an extremely bad one of those days, --- and impulsively decided to cut off my waist-length hair that day....

It is now 8 and 1/2 years later, --- to the month, at least --- and now I'm celebrating hair that's even longer than I had back in late '99 and early 2000!!! The only problem is: I still occasionally wake up in the morning, thinking, "Yuck! I look totally like HELL today!!" Then I realize one important thought that gives me great comfort, reminding me that things could indeed be a whole lot worse: I could look like hell, AND.... my hair could also be SHORT (lol)!!!!

Just a little nugget to chew on to hopefully cheer up your day....

- Ken in San Francisco

All of a sudden I have these weird short hairs of all different lengths coming from my hairline, that keep randomly poking out. I swear those weren't there a few days ago. You can hardly tell in the picture but its getting annoying, they stick out even worse when I tie my hair back. I'm getting tempted to cut those little suckers. Or should I just wait and see if they grow?

Hello Everyone,

Seeing as I have not been at all active on this board in the past month or so, I figured it was time to finally post an update. However, you may be scratching your head at the title of this post... When I deleted my site, the scissors caught up with me and away the locks went. I didn't regret cutting, as I have been so busy with school and work lately that, frankly, I really didn't have the time to constantly be managing my hair.

That being said, I am starting over now. The worst is over in terms of stress and work. I will be applying to graduate schools within the next month or two, and seeing what happens. Specifically, I have my eyes on George Washington University in DC, Tufts University just outside of Boston, and possibly the University of Virginia, or American University.

Also, I am currently awaiting news from the State Department about my results for the Foreign Service Officer Exam, which I took over Halloween weekend. Though I don't put much hope in actually getting into the Foreign Service, as there are so many hoops to jump through before they will accept someone, and even that doesn't guarantee a position.

Anyways, on to the update. I cut everything off about a month ago, and since then, I have retained a fair amount of length. My hair has definitely grown much more than the standard half inch. =)

Everyone says I look so different, which I guess is true. Even so, I'm still my little ol' pragmatic self. =D

Hope you all are having a nice day, and that the weekend shall be filled with fun plans. See you around...

-James

In this time where many people are having financial trouble, what should be done about hair products? I can't really afford higher end products and I don't know what else to really get. What would be a good shampoo/conditioner to get when you're on a budget?

I went to the finish fire tour last sunday, I was 4 bands that evening but the highlight was Korpiklaani. I was them for the 4th time and everytime is a big party.
There are also some great longhairs in the band, the violin player is bald on top but he still has very longhair.
I included a picture, not that clear because it was taken with my mobile phone.

I just need to clarify with the intent of my earlier post.

It was in response to those guys that end up cutting their hair short and fellow posters assuring them that their 'hair will always grow back'.

And I just wanted to point out that, for many, there will come a time when it won't. (And yes, I know, MPB doesn't affect the sides and back, but still)

And if they can deal with that harsh reality, great. Whatever hairstyle they go with, is all fine with me.

I just don't want anyone to have false pretenses and get too attached to their hair.

***

I just know that, in my opinion, there are quite a few members on here who are, um, long hair extremists. LOL

I mean, a guy could post pics of hair that could be in poor condition. And yet, those members will be like "Awesome looking hair bro! Keep growing!"

It's like "AS LONG AS YOU KEEP GROWING IS ALL THAT MATTERS" seems to be the philosophy of the group, which is fine but not at the expense of looking like crap with split ends. (Unless ofcourse split ends actually look great. It's that darn no good fashion police telling you it's bad? :))

I mean, no one can deny that each time someone considers trimming split ends, there's a herd of protesters claiming "For the love of Jesus, don't do that! That will delay LONGER hair! It's just a conspiracy by salons to make money!"

And while it's great to love long hair, I don't think it's too healthy to, I don't know how to put it, go overboard. LOL

Me personally, yes, I am guilty of being attached to my hair. But I know with 100% certainty that I will not have the same confidence if I had a huge bald spot on the back of my head!

As far as reference being made to my body hair, I don't know what that had to do with 'long hair'. I didn't seek approval for my body hair on this board. LOL

That "if you don't have something nice to say, then don't say it" motto is nice, but if my teeth looked yellow, I'd surely appreciate someone telling me that before I went out on a date! (unless again, that's just that darn no good society and fashion police telling you it looks bad.)

There's a difference between being the fashion police and being sensible.

If I think someone's hair was *are you ready* a bit too long *gasp*, I'd mention it. I mean, I'd say it looked real healthy (if it did) but I'd also suggest maybe trimming a few inches because it just didn't go with their frame or whatnot.

I just know that a lot of guys on this board are sensitive to criticism (see previous thread, lol) so I just keep my mouth shut most of the time. And perhaps I should have kept it shut and not posted this debate at all. LOL

But I'm kinda glad I did, because it assures me I'm not the only one who feels this way.

Why should anyone be surprised that there is inner conflict amongst longhairs?

I mean, within the gay community, there is disdain between masculine gay men, and effeminate gay men, no?

Regardless if we are all longhairs, we do have different opinions on what looks good, etc and it does not mean we should, in essence, become sheep ourselves and only have 1 view and 1 thought.

P.S. Gollum is cute but I prefer Gandalf. Nothing like a wise old longhaired man with a big staff...:)

....Sir Terry is quitting commentating on Eurovision :-(

Well will miss that old Irish sarcastic sense of humour but then again when it's all tactical voting why bother!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7767202.stm

Oh dear they will be replacing him with Graham Norton...oh dear!

Cheers,

John.B

greetings to everyone

my hair is basically curly and wavy and has the usual problem with cowlicks when going from short to long hair.

now when it grows out it resembles Pauly Shore on a bad day(no offense intended)

what I want is long sleek hair much like the hair I've seen on supermodels

now, many times when I went to a so-called "hair stylist" and tried to explain to him/her what I wanted I get the "unfortunately, there isn't much we can do with your hair due to the type it is", but I've seen some makeovers of women with hair that makes mangy dog's hair look beautiful by comparison and go to sleek looking long hair and very little was taken off the length to achieve this effect.

what products would you guys highly recommend and what would you say to the stylist since some trimming is probably required to achieve the look I want?

any specific styling tips including hot irons would be also greatly appreciated.

thanks

Hello All!
Oksy, I usually post my monthly update around or on the 20th of the month but I'm a bit late this month... by half a month. Oh well. I know I don't really post all that often but I'm always reading.
Anywho, here are a few photos from this afternoon.

Comments, as always, are welcome!

-Austin

OK, everyone here can potentially have great buns; but, the question is... Do you have HAIRY buns? (LOL)

I do! In this pic, this is what I look like after I let my bun-for-the-day out & loose, after I get home from work. Conversely, whenever I am making a bun at the beginning of my day, I first make a "Tornado" by spiralling my hair around and around and around... As far as I know, I invented this original hairstyle ("The Tornado"). Being originally from the Midwestern US (born & raised in Northern Illinois), and being a big fan of the movie, "The Wizard of Oz", it's only natural that my hair should reflect the land of natural disasters where I came from...

Now that I've lived in my adopted state of California for many years, though (since 1977), I need to come up with a new hairstyle... "The Earthquake?" "The Mudslide?" "The Santa Anna Winds?" "The After-shock?"

But, I degress from the main topic: FUN BUNS!

Buns are great. You look and feel [almost] like a shorthair (in "convenience", at least). During the day: the serious, eye-brow glowering strict school teacher-type; but, at night... the never-ending partying dance-aholic head-banger! Yep, it'a fun to look like Popeye's Olive Oil [with a beard] during daytime, then shake your mane loose after work, hearing those gasps of shock & disbelief as the "real you" unravels before society's terrified eyes...

This pic, BTW, was taken last year by Bill Choisser during one of the times I went over his & Larry's house for an enjoyable visit. My hair is now a full year's growth longer than in this pic (it falls just slightly *below* my belt now), because I've had no trim since Sept. of '07 (other than cutting off individual split ends on my own). I need to take an update pic someday soon; but, be forewarned... I'm a lazy SOB procrastinator-type, --- so, don't expect any such thing terribly "soon! (lol)....

Take care, all, --- and hope everyone has a good week. To anyone who replies: thanks in advance! I'm not always good at replying in a timely manner, because my job takes me a distance away (including away overnight from my home & computer).

Long Lox 4ever,
Ken in San Francisco

I was chatting with a friend about selling my Subaru as we talked about maybe re doing the engine or just get rid of it. Then I saw this..

It was amusing and the driving skills he must have.

So should I sell or maybe tweak the engine? Of course mines the Wagon so I don't think it would perform as good.

Kevin

I've seen some posters comment, whenever a fellow longhair gets a haircut, that their hair will surely grow back and not to fret.

I'm not trying to be a downer, but what would happen if it didn't?

What would happen if, um, we start going *gasp* bald?

While it is great that we see our hair as part of our identity, I think we shouldn't get too attached to it.

I had a friend who had long hair but then he became bald on top. He was in essence, sporting a skullet :)

He'd be self conscious about it too and he'd always wear a cap or hat.

He did eventually end up just shaving all around and maintaining that look. And for the better I think.

I mean, I know it may be preference and all, but I surely hope that if we as men, do start going bald, we won't be sporting skullets, just for the sake of holding on to our "identity"?

I mean, I'm sure even the ladies on this board, who do support men with long hair, would not find such a sight all too appealing...or would they?

I guess I will probably generate some hate because I think there are a few guys like that on this board but I just figured I'd put it out there and start some sort of healthy discussion.

Skullet, for reference:

Hi everybody. I used to be on this site regularly a few years back. I went by the names Blonde or Ex Blonde I think. Anyways I've grown my hair a lot since then and it's about to a little below my shoulders now.

I was wondering what the best way is to go about dealing with tangles? I go nuts trying to comb all the tangles in my hair out after washing it and I was wondering if anyone knew the best and painless way to get the tangles out. If perhaps there is a simpler method to go about it I guess is what I'm asking.

Thanks

Am I the only one who can sleep better at night knowing that he grew back his locks? LOL

And he also makes grey long hair look hip and cool!

I chopped my long hair off a few days ago, and now I am growing it out again to where it was before, this time without mistakes and the wealth of knowledge i learned along the way. 2 years tops now that I can grow it out express style. Sorry I left you guys but I'm back now.

Hello there again. Right well i've followed your advice from last time and have let the straightners gather dust on the shelf and the heat protection spray remain unused. This would be the start of month 3 without using them and my hairs roughly still the same (lil longer, still straight but new growing ends seem to be going curlyish at the back :) Im seriously considring cutting my fringe back alot (perhaps to my eyebrows) as i think its messed up and if you look at it closly its just growing thinnner and thinner but i'm not sure ill see what you think though you will most likely need to zoom in on the photo to notce the ends :) If someone could point me to some great male headbands it would be much appreciated as im not too keen on ponytails as its always seems to be too tight to hold in place for ages. Thanks, and ill upload more pictures tommorow when i have them :)

Ahh and for reference heres my original post from sept :D

http://www.mlhh.org/archive/?242019

Thanks for the help everyone,

Luke

Hey guys,

just a quick update
Well i turned 16 on Tuesday, December 2nd :D

I moved, about 10 minutes away, loving the new house. It's a lot smaller than my other one, which is great because i love smaller houses

I sort of got a job, it's at a computer store up the street, he calls me in when he needs assistance,

Well here's a hair update, i took this back at the old house but my hair doesn't look different, except I got about a 1/3 of an inch cut off to get rid of the damaged ends

I saved up some money, and adopted a new kitten, his name's Coal because he's got the blackest fur i've ever seen on a cat :D

hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving,

best wishes,

Josh

WOW, whoever thought that by posting one of my "bad hair day" pics (scroll down to see below...) that it would result in some actually nice compliments, --- THANKS!!

Well, if it wasn't for the fact that it's almost 3AM as I type this now, I'd take the time to make comments to each of you, individually...

BUT, I'm a lazy (and legitimately tired) longhair; so, I'll just say, "Good Night!"

Thanks Again,
Ken

...as I'm getting a bit paranoid about the ends of my hair.

I'm just wondering whether I can justify a dusting trim!

Cheers,

John.B

These are some of my personal hair jibes, feel free to use them as your own. I know everybody here can add some of their own.

Unwelcome statement, “I couldn't wear mine that long.”
“That's right, long hair ain't for sissys.”
“It's true, only real men can have long hair.”
“Yeah, but I've been thinking about growing mine out.”
“But if you grew your hair, you'd be cool like me.”

That old boring question, “Why do you have long hair?”
“The cowardly lion had long hair.”
“Yoda had long hair... when he was younger”
“Richard Simmons has long hair, no wait... his is like yours.”
“The voices keep telling me to grow it out.”
“My neighbor's dog told me to grow it.”
“I don't have long hair, you're having a flashback.”

Rude statement, “Get a haircut”
“Get a life.”
“Get a face lift.”
“Get a therapist.”
“You mean like sheep do?”
“What are you, hair intolerant?”
“I had a dream about cutting it. I woke up and puked.”

Bible thumper, “the bible speaks against men with long hair.”
“Short hair was a Roman thing, not Christian.”
“More people in the bible had long hair than short.” (get ready for an argument).
“Paul wrote about that, he was a fascist.”
“How many pictures do you have of Jesus?”
“So did Hitler.” (It might be true).

Idiot walks in mens room, “I thought you were a girl standing there” (Yeah, it actually happened)
“So you know a lot of girls who use the urinal?”
“You ain't been around many girls, huh?
“You need to feel again.”
“Get your eyes checked, dumb ass.”
“Does this look like a girl?” (you know what to do next.)

Homophobe, “That hair makes you look gay.”
“No it doesn't, most gays have short hair, like you.” (This really gets 'em boiling)
“Your dad don't have long hair.”
“No, sorry. Keep your hands to yourself and we'll be fine.”

Short haired woman, “I don't like long hair on men.”
“I have to wear it long... to make up for all these women with short hair.”
“Oh, you're just jealous that my hair is more lovely than yours.”
“But I'm not a man, I'm a lesbian.” (Followed with a wink).

Mr. Spit-shine, “This ain't the 60's”
“Yeah I know, you would think there'd be a vaccination for you by now.”
“Hippys were pacifists, I am not a pacifist.” (If you're ready to punch them).

I know some of these are pointed, consider who you use them against.
One of the biggest problems budding longhairs face is the remarks from friends, family, co-workers and even strangers. I believe most cave from not knowing how to defend themselves.
I suggest a page just for come-backs to arm them with the best rebuttals from all of us.

Paul

Hi All,
First-time poster here with a couple questions I'm hoping you can help me with.

My husband has hair that's about shoulder-blade length. It is very fine with natural loose curls.

1) I'd like to find some useful/masculine/fun accessories that can help keep his hair tidy. Do you have any ideas + websites where I can find such things? I'm relatively craft-y so I can potentially also whip up stuff. I've looked at some of the celtic ponytail holders, anything else?

2) Are there any good hair styles/cuts for men with long hair? Can anyone recommend good product to give body to the top of the head since LH otherwise makes it bottom heavy? While LH can be wonderful, the Cousin It look and pony tail both get pretty old fast.

Thanks in advance,
Ashley

During the weekend I have commissioned the new Dell server that I bought a couple of weeks ago. The new server is clustered with another Dell machine. I have still to run a few fail-over tests. The two Dell machines (see the pic) run in tandem and if one of them is shut down the other one takes over automatically.

There are six computers in my basement, but two of them are going to be retired.

--
A Linux Longhair

i've been growing my hair off and on for 7 years now and im just starting again, at about eyebrow length.in the past years i never had a problem with dry hair but since i moved outside of town where its hard water i find my hair isnt the same.i dont know if it is the water or if its just the fact that now that im in the 20's(23) that my hair doesnt get greasy as fast or something? i actully did the opposite of conditioning more, instead im only using shampoo just because for some reason it looked better without using conditioner(also it weighed it down). and it seems i can go a few days without washing it this way. should i try some deep conditioning, whats your take? oh and should I brush and comb my hair even though its dry? or is it wise to just finger comb for now?

Hi folks ... This is Akshay from India ... I was a part of this community 2 years back ...back then I grew my hair for 2 years & cut it ...I have been again growing hair for last 1.3 years my hair growth this time was really fast its 3 - 4 inches down my shoulders now & I intend to grow for next atleast 2- 3 years not sure after that ...

My problem is I am 27 I have lost major amount of hair up my forehead till the crown part of my scalp I am covered good towards both the sides ... Its just this strip of about 3 inches up my middle part of the forehead till the crown area....I want a hair weave only for this part matching the existing length & texture from the sides & the back ..I have good hair back the scalp

I am little concerned with this alternation first of all its not natural .. can it match with my existing hair texture from the back & the sides ..

are there any of you with this concern & have got a hair weave done or any similar alterations ..Please let me know.

Cheers
Akshay -

Just thought I would post some pics of my hair in a pony tail at the 13 month point of no hair cuts. Still growing stong!!

I've noticed that since I haven't washed my hair in a couple days my hair seems to be a little more dry and has less body.

However, the day I wash my hair it usually has more frizz, more body but also less curl.

Any guys with wavy/curly hair have any tips to make their hair less dry and frizzy?

I use a shampoo and conditioner seperately. Sadly, it's that mane and tail... it's my sister's haha let the Will Ferrell jokes ensue, "you can use my mane and tail but don't even think about touching my brush!" My female cousin uses that one all the time on me. I find it kinda funny though so I guess it's alright that she always quotes that line.

I bid my fellow long-haired brothers farewell. I cut my hair short yesterday, I regret it completely. I can't really give you a reason why I did though I can give you a few reasons that influenced me. It just hit me that I cut 5 years worth of hard-work and pride to a 'fade'. I just got fed up with all the slurs, maintenance, and hassle and I wanted a change, but it was not worth it. I feel like part of the herd now. I look around at envy at guys with long hair remembering how I had hair nicer than them only 48 hours ago. I hope you guys would let me stay in the community. I am not ruling out growing it out again, and if anything can comfort me its knowing that with all my knowledge i have gained the hard way I can make it look better and grow it out faster. For anyone thinking about cutting it, do not! I'm sorry I let u guys down.

How long does my hair have to be in order to get long braids?

My hair has been growing for 7 months now.

but only a few dead ends.

Sorry bad joke!
Paul

picture attached...

Photo taken at La Comédie Française with statue of Molière in background.

Hello Everyone,

I am now packing my bags and returning home from an 18 day vacation in France. My boarding pass is printed and I had a great time in France, visiting Tours, Nice, Brest and Paris. I am at my cousin's house in Paris where guests will come for a final lunch before heading to the airport. The computer is the last thing to pack.

I did gain a few pounds, for the food is great, and varied. I had invitations from college friends, and relatives, friends I made through giving conferences about autism.

Have a good day,

Georges in Pierrefite (a suburb of Paris)

Well, I think the most useful thing I've done so far for my hair is NOT wash it for a while, LOL. I can't beleive it, but it works. My hair is more moldable now. I'm just glad I don't live with my mom anymore, or she'd be on my case about how gross it is. Keep in mind, for years and years, she barked at me that my hair smelled, and I need to "wash it every day." Now that I have longer hair, now I need to wash it less, which strikes me as hilarious.

But anyway, I have a question...
My friend has long long hair and it's very straight and thinner. But he has a big problem with dandruff. He says he washes his hair every other day, and I told him that might be drying it out. But, he said if he doesn't wash it that much, it tangles a lot. Any advice for my friend?

Sorry guys... I did the unthinkable in the middle of September.. I won't burden you with the gory details. I do regret it on most days... I hope everyone is well..

Tristan

Hello, So I've been looking on amazon.com and on the web in general at the reviews for the above named products. They are daily vitamin pills specifically deigned to increase hair growth. About 90% of the reviews I have read claim it works. People have been saying they have been getting up to an inch and a half of hair growth a month. The standard is half an inch a month, and that the thin fine short hairs around the hairline have started growing as thick full hairs.

Now I've heard its not possible to grow that much hair a month, though apparently if your a young women then your the exception, due to hormone levels or some such.

Has anyone here used them and can vouch for the effectiveness of the products? Or ineffectiveness? Or even if you haven't does it sound like baloney to you?

The ingredient levels are in the mega dose levels and way above the recommended daily intake levels. Surely that can' be safe long term?

Hello all,

I had some thoughts about my/our long hair and the growing of them. In a perfect head (cross fingers) new hair will grow but that new hair will remain uncuted until they reach the length of our total hair length. And I was wondering about this...we are glad of course seeing new hair growing, but how healthy (or not) is for that new hair to remain uncutted for aaaall these years?

Grigoris

What was the name of that one guy with the braid that didnt thin intill it was past his waist?

Hello,

Long time reader, first tme poster here.
I must have been visiting this site for months now, but for the first time I decided to post something.

Long story short.
Allthough I haven't exactly been keeping a diary of my hair growth, but it must be at least two years ago that I started to grow my hair out from a short cut.
Maybe a little under 3 years ago there was a part in my life that enabled me to start growing out my hair.
I guess I have always liked long hair, and for a while I wanted to have long hair myself, but always after a few months of growth I'd enter the awkward phase, and I guess because of school I wanted to appear at least somewhat neat, so I always cut it.

After a few months of seriously growing my hair, I stupidly went to a barber to get a "trim", Because that's what you "have to do in order to grow your hair long" lol, little did I know.
Well, the barber cut my hair super short, again.
I was furious and I swore to never go to a barber in my life after that.
And I didn't for a long time

The earliest pictures of my hair while growing I could find were from February of 2007, and at that point my hair was long enough to have a middle parting, so I figured that my hair growing journey must have started in the end of 2006. So I guess ths is my 2 year anniversary, hehe.

And let me tell you, it has been a rollercoaster.
There have been many times when I was on the verge to go to a stylist and get my hair cut, at some points I was so sick of it all that for a moment I thought about SHAVING my head. Luckily at those moments I decided to look at pictures of my hair, which always changed my mind.

Growing out your hair, as many of you know, takes long. sometimes it feels like your hair isn't growing at all, and you start to become paranoid about it.
But after months and especially years you really start to see how much it has grown.
In a way it takes a long time, and in a way it's a blink of an eye.

I have thought of myself as a longhair for a long time now, and it's funny when I look at some old pictures when I was a "longhair" and I can only think "Man, my hair was still really short!"

My hair care routine is very simple.
I wash my hair twice a week, I use nizoral shampoo, because I tend to have a sensitive scalp, and I often have pimples and stuff up there, so the shampoo is wonderful for my scalp, even though it dries out your hair.
After shampooing I put in a LOT of moisturising conditioner. And I mean a lot, lol.
I have tried many brands, some expensive too, but funnily enough, I think the best I've used is the cheapest one you can find from a grocery store. But hey, whatever works for you.
It's a finnish brand called XZ, that has many products. The conditioner doesn't contain any silicones, which my hair doesn't seem to like. and it's pretty cheap, so I can use plenty of it and not worry about spending too much money.

Uusually, a day or two before a wash I heavily (sometimes lightly) oil the ends of my hair. I use just a regular extra virgin olive oil. It doesn't smell that good but it does the trick for me.

Usually, twice or thrice a month I deep condition my hair. What I do is mix up a lot of olive oil and a conditioner of my choice in a cup, and then apply it to my hair, scalp, ends, everywhere, until it is extremely greasy and slippery, then I let it be for a few hours until I wash and condition my hair again.

Even though my hair gets greasy and oily naturally pretty quick, the ends of my hair are quite dry, and despite of heavy oiling and conditioning, it's still pretty dry and it tangles very easily.

Recently I have started to use some leave-in conditioners, but I don't think they're really suitable for my hair.

The last time I got a trim was in last march, and I'm thinking that I'll go get a small trim this christmas or by next march, only to cut of the split ends and dry hair.

Some people don't like to get any trims, and some do.
I have found that occasional trims work for me.
But only when it's done once or at most twice a year, and half an inch/quarter of an inch at most at a time.

I know that some of you have experienced some prejudices because of your long hair, but I am lucky in that way.
I have never experienced anything like that, no one has ever even made fun of my long hair, except my shorthair friends of course, hehe.
But I guess the reason for that is the fact that I live in Finland.
Being a longhair here isn't that out of the ordinary.
I don't know if it's because rock and heavy metal music is so popular here, or something else. But when you're out and about you're bound to see at least some longhairs.
When I'm on a bus or a train, there's usually at least a couple of long haired guys there too.
I recently went to a job interview, it was for some office work, and never once did my long hair become an issue at the interview, and at the job that I eventually got, there was two long haired guys at the office besides me. Even my boss had a slightly longer hair than most.

My hair growing journey hasn't necessarily been easy.
I don't have the best hair quality.
I have a very stereotypical scandinavian hair. It's blonde and tends to be fine and tangle easily. also the fact that I have some waves and curls doesn't make the tangling issue any easier.

Anyways, that was a rather long post wasn't it? lol.
Anyhoo, here are a few pictures of my hair from this week, I tried to show the length and my ponytail.
I usually just keep my hair in a simple low tail, very rarely do I keep it flow open when I'm out, because the wind is always blowing it to my face and it tangles easily like I said.
If there is an occasion where I'd have to be really neat, I either braid my hair or put it in a bun.

I've been growing my hair out for about 16 months. It's down to about my jaw line, and has gotten really thick. Would it be a good idea to layer it or do something to thin it out? Or should I just let it go and eventually it will flatten out? My hair is curly in some parts and wavy in others, so it's often a big mess.

Length is about 3 inches from my goal...what will be the next goal??? Don't know just yet. I have dreams of waist but...we'll see about that.

Max

How do you all do it? I'm finding as my hair continues to grow out (been a year and this is my second attempt) people keep telling me to get a haircut or that I look like a chick etc. I even get pulled over by police for "random checks" often now. When I had short hair I was never pulled over. People assume all the sterotypes like that I do drugs or that I'm a delinquent. However, I'm just a normal guy who wants to grow his hair. How do you all react to this sort of treatment? I'm 20 btw... hair is at an awkward stage right now. It's thick, black and curly a little past my jaw line and the front curls hang around my eyes. My cousin calls me "blacky locks" to poke fun at me now.

alot of ppl tell me i should get a dusting trim at least every 4 months or so and my ends are feeling a bit dry lately and ive seen just a few splits but nothing bad, what should i do? is it a good idea to do this so often or just let it grow

Hello all, hope everyone had a good holiday in the US. Just thought I would upload a few pics taken earlier today...something upbeat to stifle the few last unhappy posts. I'm nearing my original goal...another 4 months or so and I will be there... 3 Cheers!

Max

PS Hope everyone is doing well.

My almost victory pose!

First off I just want to say that you guys made me feel a ton more confident that I might be able to recover from my very worrisome hair thinning and I'm extremely grateful for it. To business then! I just wanted to know about any vitamins you guys might take. I just picked up a "men's daily" multivitamin and again, just wanted to know what the vets would say about vitamins to keep my mane healthy on my new "try to keep my hair" regimen. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks gentlemen, I look forward to the response.

I just started noticing something after finally picking up a boars bristle brush and using it for the last couple months.Normally after each use I pull out all the loose hairs that get stuck in the bristles but now I've noticed something else as well.Deep in many of the bristles are whitish fibers which I assume are lint that was extracted from my hair.Actually this is a good thing as these lint fibers usually wind up in the middle of nasty knots in my hair at times.So I see this as a very positive result of using this brush as it also leaves my hair so smooth after each use.I have to thank all you guys who've suggested using this brush as its the best hair care tool I ever purchased.Anyway have a Happy Thanksgiving to all our US longhairs and a Happy Thursday to all our international longhairs:)Cheers to all!

Mark

Hi there,

Just for all our friends here that are not celebrating Thanksgivng I just wish you a Happy Thursday! :-)

Cheers,

John.B

Hey guys. Im really glad growing out my hair again, well Im just starting my sixth month of grown, I notice that is growing a los faster than last time.
Here I leave a pic of how it looks, Comments will be greatly appreciated.

Also I have a Question. Since I entered to College I stop doing sports, so I gain some weight, I have a Tiroid problem thanx to a Hepatitis when I was a baby, well I always been the chubby type of guy, I accept and dont have any issues about it, but now Im loosing my "big strong guy" look for a "big guy" so Im starting to take the problem in my hands and entered the gym again. Here is where my question comes:
My hair is very thin, so I just shampoo it every third, foutrh day, depends on the oily, well when I go to the gym I sweat big time, so I have to wash my hair, but I dont want to dry out or something worse, so anyways Anybody here knows how to wash the hair without shampooing it or any other tips?

Greeteings from Mexico...

Also IRON MAIDEN is coming here, is irrelevant but Im very happy, second time in less than a year XD.

this link

I've been posting here for long enough, but I haven't added any pics up to now, so here goes.

This is what I looked like four years ago, before I'd even thought about growing my hair again.

Hi Guys and Gals, It's been 4 years since I quit cuttin the sides of my hair and left mulletdom forever. Some of you may remember the barbershop I went to blew up (What a strange adventurous mystery that has turned out to be in the past 4 years!) and I took that as an omen and quit getting haircuts. Heres some update photos.
peace, jonalbear

Hey to all you longhairs out there, I wanted to tell you all to have a great Thanksgiving. Some will be traveling and others will be with there own kids or having their family over, or even going to a friends house. What ever yo do I wish to all the best. Take care!

I'm a woman who loves long hair- so glad to see there are still those of you around who "get it" and aren't being bullied by the "frosted tips" set....Just thought I'd post a pic of my guy who i think had fabulous locks- Good luck Men!

heres a picture of them from the New Orleans Arena Nov. 23,2008 i was in the upper levels

Well, it's been 6 months now, and 1 month since my "Maintenance cut." Next week is Thanksgiving, and I can see my mom armed with brush and hairdryer, ready to attack my hair. As you can see, this is sort of an exaggeration of my hair - It's not all droopy over my forehead like that, but it wants to be. It is long, but yet it doesn't *appear* long, because my hair strands are in the shape of some kind of odd 3-D question marks. But I have so much trouble keeping it from frizzing all over and sticking up. It's so bad that I have to wear my hat AT work now sometimes. Also, my one side likes to curl out because that's the side I sleep on, and it always gets bent it seems. None of it is worth tying yet, which sucks. But I know I want to continue - I just need to know how to survive the upcoming holiday gatherings, without my mom giving me funny irritated looks. I bought that Garnier Fructis Sleek and Shine stuff, but I have to use a LOT of it to keep my hair in check. Also, it seems like the more I wash my hair, the more frizzy and wispy it gets. I've heard that some of you with long hair only wash it 1-2 times per week, but when I tell my friends that, they all think that's sick and disgusting. Soooooo.... what should I do?

Ello, found this site today. I've been scouring the net looking for info on losing your hair. I'm horrified by the notion as im only 18 (about to be 19) and i've never had short, let alone NO hair, its always been long. Its always seemed like i shed a lot of hair, but just since ive been in college have i noticed that the my hair is thinning (especially so at the forhead). I'm absolutely terrified of losing my hair (call me vain, i dont care about much else when it comes to my apprearance). I usually wash every other day with a heavy amount of shampoo and conditioner. I shampoo and condition all of my hair and usually pull out a lot of hair in the process. Brushing my hair after the shower or after i wake up is a battle too, but its always been that way, even before it was thor-like long. Can you guys please let me in on anything that will help me to avert this sudden extreme loss of hair? My dad has a full head and hes 55. are my washing habits off? please help its been troubling me greatly lately.

1 Year ago my natural hair color was dark brown,now it's more of a middle term,not completely dark brown,but not fully light brown either -.-.Anyone getting the same results due to the sunlight?

Hey guys,

This is my 4th month(!) of growing from about an inch. The shed strands that i've measured so far are about 3 in. avg of visible length, and 3.5 when stretched. i use a bit of leave in conditioner (controls the frizz), and my hair is a little fried after cooking some Spanish food for a school project!

just a postafter about a year away...you guys are great motivation.

sp heres my mlhh thumbs up of a approval.....lol

Just wanted to share with everybody here how much I love this freaking site!!!
I never really gave it a lot of thought before but now I feel an odd sense of resolve.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy being the “different” one, I chuckle at the fact that most everyone looks as if they came off an assembly line, I like trading jests about hair with my short-haired friends, but now I know that I am not the “only one”.
There's a good many Longhairs down here in Alabamy, especially close to the river. Self proclaimed “River Rats”. These guys are 40s to 50s and many have hair to their waist but when you see their kids they nearly always have buzz-cuts. I'm thinking, “Uh huh...and why did you grow your hair?”.
Yeah, and don't speak of their hair either, “cool hair man”, or “how long you been growing it?”, gets weird looks. I think they have a Hair Club and the first rule of Hair Club is “don't talk about Hair Club”.
But anyway, thanks again for this super site, BTW how many users are here now?

Paul

Prolly gonna donate again, last time I donated 15 inches... A few years ago! Hasn't turned gray yet, just my beard. Getting stringier though, not as full as it used to be...

Hey guys, I have shoulder-length hair. I recently fractured a bone in my left wrist, and now have a cast preventing me from using my left hand.

I used to manage my long hair by tying it in a pony-tail, but I can no longer manage the hair elastic with just one working hand.

Can you suggest any alternatives for me?

I am thinking of buying a claw-clip, even though you hardly ever see men wearing them.

As far as suggestions go, keep in mind that I can only use my right hand (typing this one-handed is a real chore, BTW).

Thanks.

I got a new Linux server, which is going to replace an old one, and I had a picture taken while I was working on setting up the new system in the basement.

--
A Linux Longhair

Hey y'all,

It's snowing this morning in Maryland! These are the only flakes I want to see in my hair!

Take care and stay warm!

Brett

Wheel of Fortune taped a weeks worth of programs in Hawaii and
was showing them this past week. I happen to turn it on Thursday night 10 minutes into the program and one of the contestants was a young Hawaiian guy whose name is Paul U. He is very cute and has some of the most beautiful long hair I've ever seen. It flows down to his mid-lower back and is absolutely gorgeous. I got to the sight on Gooogle typing in "Wheel of Fortune" "Hawaii". Click on "Contestants videos" and scroll down to click on Paul's video".

Hi folks,

I was just starting to grow out my hair when my son was born...

Here we are three years later (today)...

I'm thrilled with both.
Especially my son Jericho!

I always wanted to be a longhaired father.
; - D

Hey guys i'm pretty excited! i got my acceptance letter to college with a major in computer programming and system analysis!

here are a few update pics of how i have to wear my hair at work.
my front hair does not reach the tail, so i just gel it down a bit to appear like it does.

cheers
matt

two years ago i stopped cutting my hair and trimming my beard. I love the freedom I feel from this, plus I always wanted a ZZTop beard....

Having a bit of an issue of flakes landing on my shirt, but I'm fairly certain it's coming from my beard, not from my scalp. We've all talked about hair-care routines, but how do those that have them care for your beards??

Saw this in the on line edition of my local paper.

Buddah a longhair? or maybe not.

Kevin

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_NEPAL_BUDDHA_BOY?SITE=WIMAD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Hello to everyone on the MLHHB, I hope that you have all been well in health and of course hair growth!

Those of you who know me on here may have noticed that I haven't posted for quite some time now, although I have been visiting the board every couple of days or so. 2008 has proved to be a pretty eventful year for me; I have had 2 enjoyable holidays on both sides of the world (Singapore for a family reunion and USA), reached the grand old age of 24, and also went on tour with my band all over England which was a great experience (I am their lead guitarist).

Anyway, in terms of my hair I haven't had it trimmed since my last update in January this year and it is now well into the realms of mid-back length. My hair routine hasn't changed at all in that time- I wash it with shampoo and conditioner every 2-3 days, air-dry it, and brush it twice daily.

So, now for the news: I have booked an appointment with a salon and will probably be having my hair cut to a short length. I have been debating in my own mind for the last couple of months whether this would be the right choice and I do feel that I want to go back to having short hair for a period of time, although I am certain that I will definitely return to having long hair in the near-future.

I would like to thank all of you fantastic people on the MLHHB for the support and encouragement that you have given me, I have appreciated it all very much! I will still be reading the board and will post occasionally, but you shan't see any pictures of my hair until I decide to grow it back out again because I feel that would be inappropriate on this board.

Thanks for reading, and as always any comments or questions are welcome.

-Chris

(This is my son getting an air-brush tattoo in Gatlinburg.)

In the county we live, in Alabama, the school board has a code of conduct for all the schools in their district. Included in this ridiculous document is a hair cut policy for boys. Above the collar it states.
My kids go to one of the schools and my son, a third grader, doesn't want a haircut. We did not trim it the whole summer. When he went back to school his hair was quite long. Mind you, this kid has never been in trouble and is in the RLC, a gifted class. The Ass. principle wrote him a disciplinary action for his hair. Yes, I was very angry and talked to the Principle at the school. I tied up my hair and spoke in a rational and courteous manner. She, on the other hand, became angry and finally stomped out of the meeting. She said she "didn't have time to keep track of who needs a haircut" so I replied that "that was exactly my point".
I talked to the school board, got nowhere. They cannot justify this rule, don't know (or won't tell) how long it's been on the books or even the basis for it.
Other parents and most of the students hate this rule. Some of the teachers and at least one vice principle hate it too.
I did consult with an attorney who deals with issues concerning the school board and he told me the case was a dog and this type case has consistently lost in court. My personal research on line reinforces that.
I've never had a problem with people who wear their hair short and in fact most of my friends have short hair. But because of the school board we decided the first chance we get we are going to move out of this stupid backwards state.
I do feel strongly about wearing my hair long but apparently the "Hair Nazis" feel even stronger about forcing everybody to wear their hair short.
Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

Hi all of you,

First of all, I love your site altough I feel a bit out of place being a women but I do have long hair ;-)
The story I want to tell here is not about me.
It's my boyfriends.

My boyfriend has grown his hair for 12 years.
Five years ago he separated the mother of his kids, she was dating somebody else and he left to live with his sister.
From there he wanted to get a new place, he was paying his childsupport and had the kids every other weekend at his sisters house.
After about six months he came to the old appartment to collect the kids and found a big mess, police and childprotection serviceagents who wanted to take the kids. Before he had picked the kids up downstairs at the appartmentbuilding, he didn't know anything about the situation inside the appartment. Mom failed big time and left with her new boyfriend leaving 2 kids, 2 dogs, 17 cats 6 birds and tons of litter.
Later we found out she left a lot of unpaid bills and debts to.
To make a long story short, he was given a change by CPS to clean the appartment and make it "liveable" within 48 hours. He made it and got the kids, shortly after that I came around and now we are 4 years further on. Still we are fighting for custody for the children. Instead of checking mom, my boyfriend was checked by CPS and he had to prove his ability to be a parent, over and over again. Meanwhile mom has another child with the new boyfriend, nobody seams to care. The kids end up in hospital 3 times when they are under moms supervision, nobody seams to care. They nearly drown and again, nobody seams to care. We still have to give the kids to mom every other weekend, that would be ok, if it was safe, but it isn't. Seeing my boyfriend struggle made me so angry. In an attempt to help him, I got to talk to a socialworker who suggested that he had more chance in court if he would cut his hair. There's no way my love is gonna cut his hair, the only way he would go short is if he gets bold. He stands for who he is and I'm so proud of him, this is exactly what I told that person. It seems that having long hair is a criminal act while, in fact, the real crime (read childabuse) goes unattended.

We'll keep on fighting for the kids and for the rights of men (in particular, dads) with long hair. In fact my oldest son and my boyfriends youngest son have long hair and are proud of it! You'd probably see them around here when they get a bit older and learn englisch.

I'd love to hear reactions from other dads or couples how they got trough this. Please don't cut but fight for your rights!

Love,
Danielle

ddude motivated me.

So, here's a really quick update. Yeah, I need to get a tripod. Quick, set self-timer, quick run to chair, quick! Haha, but it worked out OK, especially after I opened up all the windows and turned on every light in the room. This area is dark even in the afternoon this time of year.

This is closing in on seven years. I think it may actually be closing in on terminal despite the full appearance. At this point, there's no sense in not letting it go terminal anyway, just to see what happens.

Hi. I am wondering, how long does a typical ban on this board last? Just curious. MarkS said that a typical ban lasts a few months. I am talking about typical situations, not extreme situations.

Matthew aka Regardless

From an earlier reply by Steve B

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I'm not familiar with the Sealed Knot group, but as Steve points out, there are significant differences between historical "re-enactment" groups, which generally are fairly specific about the time period they cover, and re-enact specific events, and what the SCA does, which we generally refer to as "re-creation".

We (the SCA) do not attempt to re-create specific events or actual people, instead we aim to re-create the ambience, culture, crafts and activities of people in pre-17th century Europe. And, also as Steve pointed out, while many "re-enactors" demonstrate what they do for an audience, whether paid or not, our events are generally more participatory in nature. At an actual event we ask that everyone at least make an attempt to dress in a pre-17th century fashion, as opposed to having folks in modern clothing wandering through. However, we also do "demos" open to the general public for both educational and recruiting purposes.

Finally, while some of the re-enactment groups run somewhat like a business, the SCA is a registered non-profit organization, and the only fees we collect are to defray the expenses of putting on the event in the first place.

I know several people, myself included, that take part in both types of activities.

And just to keep this somewhat on topic [grin], the SCA seems (from my observations at least) to be a haven for longhairs. I've seen a much higher percentage of longhairs at SCA activities than in any other comparably-sized gathering I've been to since I got involved.

Jim
or as I'm known in the Society, Lord Mathias von Oldenburg

Hello everyone, sorry, its been a while since I've posted an update-- a few months. I have been dealing with school and stuff, but now I have more time to check around too :-)

Anyways, my hair is around 16-18 inches now, and I'm loving it more and more as the days pass by!

Here are some pics I had my mom take this morning...sorry if the quality is not that good, I took it with my smartphone. I should have a new camera by christmas, so :-) (and a new face-pic)

Hope everyone is doing good!
Peace
-Ddude

man do they have some awesome hair and all of em have wavy/curly hair like i do so def a inspiration for me to keep growing mine long as possible!

I have posted this photo, but without the moon and all the stars added.

(Yes, I was bored today.)

Karsten

Well what do you know, I've got some pics that don't involve the bathroom mirror, LOL.

These were taken during evening court at an SCA event my barony held this last weekend.

I don't know how long this article has been knocking around, but it's not too anti, which is something. The only odd thing is that it tells you never to wear a ponytail!

http://www.carefair.com/Men/Guys_Speak_Up_About_their_Long_Hair_6169.html

I made a new website with some of my old pictures and so that I could more easily document my progress.

Let me know what you think of it.

Hey guys just thought I'd post a pic from last nights YES concert from NYC.I haven't seen these guys in years but certainly they did not forget how to play their songs.Steve Howe on guitars was awesome and for his age he still looks in good health and has a decent amount of longhair left even though its thin on top.The best hair in the band was Oliver Wakeman's blonde mane.He is the keyboard player on the far right in the pic.Obviously not an original member being he is so youthful looking compared to the others.Anyway it was a great show as they played for almost three hours and there was no opening act.I salute old time rock and roll bands like these guys for sticking with tradition.

Mark

ive been getting down on how my hair has been growing for the past 13 months. i wish it was just straight or wavy but its all thse combinations thats been pissing me off. does my hair look normal or do i look like a fool here are my pics...

I hear some people say that having long hair is a big hassle. What? Here's the way I see it, I pay nothing for hair cuts and shampoo/condition 2 or 3 times a week, towel dry. Other than that I spend less than five minutes a day on it, brush it (2 min), putting it in a ponytail for work (15 sec.), a little hair gel to keep those annoying tendrils out of my face (15 sec.) and brushing it out when I get home (2 min). That's it.
A shaved co-worker told me he has to shave his head every morning! That I couldn't tolerate.

As you know this has been a record year for shedding for many of us here at MLHH. I have a good idea as to what may have caused it.

There is a fungus that causes dandruff as well as excess shedding of hair. I have noticed a lot of dandruff falling on my keyboard lately. It is possible that this fungus is more prevalent this year than in years past.

My question is how many others that have had profuse shedding this year have noticed more dandruff as well?

I want to take a poll to see how many here had both excessive hair shedding and excessive skin flaking.

I also want to hear from those who had excessive hair shedding but without excessive skin flaking.
Thanks in advance.

Scott

Wow! 2 Years goes by fast!

I keep asking myself if I should keep it this length or continue growing it.

I planned on trimming it at 2 years, but I don't know if I can do it!

I would like to use this pic as my profile pic.

Hi! I'm a 45 yr old guy from western Kentucky, who works for The Home Depot. For the past 13 months have stayed away from the hair stylist...Just wanted to post a couple of pics, taken today, showing my progress so far. Really enjoy the site here...It's been very helpful and fun.

at the New Orleans,Louisiana Arena maybe I'll see some of you guys there! I'll be in New Orleans from the 23rd-24th and staying at the French Quarter so let me know if anyone wants to hang out, peace!

hi, boys!! i've missed you! it's been ages since i've come around, but it's nice to see a lot of the same faces. looks like everyone is doing well (and i hope that really is the case).

i have a funny story to share with you. this is what made me realize i hadn't been around in forever and how much i've missed you all.

so on saturday, my beau ran a 5k race. he has mid-back length hair. when he runs, he ties it in a low pony. as he was approaching the finish line this is what the crowd heard:

announcer - "and here comes out first female finisher"
me - 'it's a boy!!"
announcer - "oh, er - or here comes our fourth place finisher"
me - "that's right. HIS name is JOE!"
joe (to the announcer as he ran past) - "i heard that!"
announcer - "sorry! the long hair threw me."

it was pretty funny. and then, as if that wasn't enough, they screwed up with the registrations, so the results were posted as him being a female named valorie biggs. it took a while to get that straightened out. since it took a little too much time, during the award ceremony they at first announced the first female placer as joe micheli. joe stood up and yelled, "i swear i'm not a girl!" the crowd got a kick out of it.

so, yeah. that made me think of all you guys here, and how one of the biggest milestones is being mistaken for a girl. so i figured i'd stop by and share my laugh with you. i need to try and stop by more often.

This one kinda shows length.

Sorry if this has been brought up by me many times before, but as you can see in the pic it's those hairs just behind the ears that are annoying me quite alot, and i don't really know if those hairs will ever grow long enough to go in the tail?

It doesn't look as ratty on right side, it's just this left side that bothers me the most.

Maybe i could just snap of those small hairs with a haircutting scissor instead of shaving.

I have found that most women are attracted to men with long hair and "most", but not all, gay men do not. BTW, I am gay. I am still trying to find a guy man that adores long hair on another man. I base my observations on a great deal of personal experience. I should also mention that once a relationship is established, a woman may make a request for the man to cut his hair. I think this is because she doesn't want other women to move in on her catch. I personally think that long hair makes many gay men think of a woman, therefore they find issue with long hair. The other night a guy said that if I cut my hair that we might be able to talk. I said "YEAH, RIGHT") This is just my opinion, but I have been around and I will have to stick to my assumptions. Nevertheless, I say LONG HAIR! And I will never go back! I think long hair is a gift from God and I think it makes everyone look better and probably feel better too!

jeffrey

Hey I lurk on the forums quit often and have posted a few times. I have frizzy curly hair past my shoulders. It seems to be in decent condition but it sheds like crazy. I have to shampoo my hair every other day usually because it gets very oliy on the scalp, and I condition everyday. When I take a shower a good ammount of hair comes out and clogs up the skimmer in my drain, also after I gently detangle by hair starting at the ends and working my way up while it is still wet because if not it becomes frizzy mess. My problem is while my hair is drying it sheds all over the back of my shirt. By the time it is completly dry my whole back where my hair lays is filled with shedded hair. I use a lint roller to remove the hair and the whole roller will be filled with hair. I know it is normal to shed over a hundred hairs a day, but is this normal to shed this much? Does anybody else have this problem? Also is there any way I can get my hair to not shed as much? Because it can be a pain sometimes, and this is pretty much the only problem I have with my hair besides it getting frizzy.

sorry I haven't been on much, I have been meaning to post more here since I got a new computer
but i've been pretty slammed with college and such. late last night after doing a paper i've been procrastinating on I took a picture. I liked the way my hair looks in it so I figured I'd post it here

i'll be sure to try and get on here more often

I just took these photos the other day. Some days my hair cooperates and some days it just looks bad. I would argue that these photos were taken on a particularly good day, but I guess that's in the eye of the beholder. Still, good days are not as common as I'd like them to be, so I'm asking for some ideas on what to do with my hair to make it look better.

Aside from cut it (too much). I absolutely despise the way I look with short hair, lol. Anyway, here's the first picture. I'll post another to give a better representation. Sorry for the darkness of the images.

Hi, I've been lurking here for a while but never posted anything. Recently I have become very interested in growing my hair long, and I haven't gotten a haircut since the summer, right now my hair only goes to about my eye brows naturally, but when I pull on it it goes to the bottom of my nose (just so you have an idea of how long it is)...anyway I have really thick hair, and it gets puffy all around, my question is is it definitely possible for me to grow my hair long without having like a big puff ball on top, and if so will it look nice? (I know I may sound stupid because I don't have a pic yet, I'll try to get one)...many people are telling me to cut it, but I don't want to.

its been 3 months since I made the decision to fully start again, (short back and sides and slightly longer front) and it seems to be going along a lot quicker this time, I don't really know why. Sorry for going back to the shorthair pics again, but I want to keep you posted.

after hacking off my hair at the end of april of this year above shoulders when i was about to hit mid back i grew again here it is

Hi Guys

Because of all the emails I was getting on YouTube about that WACKY Long Hair video (after washing) I put on 2 weeks ago, I have decided to make a series from beginning to end of just some general long hair points for guys in process of growing out their hair. No rehearsals........I just wing-it as I go and heavens only knows what crazy things I might say. (But all you guys know by now, so consider the source.) LOL

So, now uploaded is series #1 for those that may be thinking about growing long hair. If you want to watch it in disbelief(?) just go to YouTube and look-up Musique3579. Or, you can probably access it by the title: FOR MEN WITH LONG HAIR (#1 in a series.) Oh yes..........my site was suppose to be reserved only for my musical compositions, so if you feel brave enough to go there you might just enjoy (or laugh) at the music?

My apologies to all for not being able to give a direct link here. I have tried everything, but NOT being a computor person give-up!

I WOULD be interested of all the music on right now which piece you may like the best. Of course, this is Classical Music and I fully realize that a small audience will be attending these videos. What is happenning I expected from the start. MOST that find my music are located in Europe and not in the US. But guys, please don't listen if you don't care for classical........perfectly understandable. And NEVER any hard feelings. No way!

My best to you all and hope you are having a wonderful weekend! :-)

Justin~

Just thought I'd share this with you guys,as I haven't gotten ''many'' compliments for my new hair style XD.Peace up!=)

Hi everyone,

I'm getting kind of tired of having mostly straight hair. My hair, especially when clean, has a fair amount of body and a slight wave to it, which is nice, but I'm anxious to do something fun like get a permanent so it's kinky, maybe something à la Kenny G. I want to bring a picture of a guy with long, kinky hair to the stylist to give him/her an idea of what I'm looking for, but I don't want to take one of Kenny G.

Any ideas where I can find some pictures like this? Even ones of yourselves, perhaps (but only if I have your permission, of course). I figure I could surf the 'net for pictures, but probably some of you have a better idea of where to start. I'd just like to see a bunch of examples and find something that is along the lines of what I'm looking for. I saw a guy with really cool hair in Santa Cruz the other day, and thought to myself I'd like to have hair like that, but I didn't think to get a picture of him.

My hair is about mid-back length, and dark blond/light brown. I'm not planning on changing the color.

Thanks!

Does any body know how long it take's for your hair to get passed your chest,my hair is currently about 1 or 2 inches passed my shoulders and im reaching for the goal passed my chest.

Hello Everyone,

I spent yesterday sightseeing in Paris, and no visit is complete without a stop at the Louvre, and its fantastic collection of paintings and sculptures.

As someone posted earlyer, I am seeing a higher number of longhairs in the streets of Paris, I took some pictures as well.

I am getting over jetlag now, and staying at the Lafayette Concorde Hotel, and have a room with a view of the Sacré Coeur Cathedral in MontMartre.

Have a nice day,

Georges

My apologies for the poor quality of these pics, but had to use the old bathroom mirror trick.

This first pic is when I'd just taken it down after having it braided for two days. My wife braided it for me while it was still damp after a shower.

At my 30 year class reunion, I was given an award for longest hair!!! Pretty freakin' awesome. Later a classmate pulled me aside and told me he grew his hair down to his lower back. "I got pictures of it," he said to me. It was obvious that he liked having it long, but I think he cut it because of work. Such a shame too, because he had really nice blond hair!

Anyway, I had a good time. I think that wearing my hair down instead of tying it back into a ponytail helped me win!!! I also was surprised by the number of compliments that I got!

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

Brett - LIVE from Daytona Beach and the Mainland Sr.High Class of '78 Reunion.

Hi,

I had a nice bath session and my hair is really great now, I washed with vegan aloe vera shampoo and used sante brilliant care conditioner as I oiled it with coconut oil the day before washing and it feels really great, not tangled or broken or anything :)

Pic 1 - tail after ONE WEEK without washing, WITH oiling

Pic 2 - Head laying down

Pic 3 - I liked it

I think I can reach hip length in may or june :)

Regards

Hope one of these testing tries will work. If it does, you will hear music. If it doesn't, I give up! LOL Have been thinking that another long hair video, (actually 2 more) might be a good idea as the one on now only speaks of "after washing."

Take care guys and hope you are all having a great day. :-)

Justin~

just wondering if it damages hair to leave it in a pony tail while sleeping i found that it keeps my hair alot more manageable and less of a mess in the morning, but then again i dont know if its good or bad to do that

now, that the losing party used Joe the Plumber in their campaign.

I definitely hope that the "Joe the Plumber" look dies out.

Long hair rocks and yes, I voted for the President elect! ;-D

Hi All-

I have been growing my hair out for 7 weeks now. A drop in the buckett to some of you. I have found this message board a great help so far. In particular, the 2 week rule. I will eventually post some pics after the winter when my hair will be the longest I have had it. My goal is to have shoulder length hair that can be pulled back in a tail. I am blessed with very thick brown hair and have decided that I may as well enjoy the bounty. Luckily my wife wants me to do it also! All the best.

Hey Guys and Gals,

Yesterday I took a trip out to Wilkes-Barre,PA to see Trans Siberian Orchestra live in concert.I have to say this show was phenominal!!Not only was the music great but the light show and pyrotechnics were outstanding.For those that never heard of them every year starting around now they do a rock based Christmas show and tour most of the US and some dates in Canada.It certainly was worth the money to see this and to top it off there was some cool hair in the band as well.At one point during the show they had female dancers doing this move where they turned their heads from shoulder to shoulder creating a neat effect with their hair which was shoulder blade length.Its hard to describe beyond that but you just had to see it.I can't figure out how their hair never got messed up doing that:)It looked perfectly straight all the time with not a hair out of place.Anyway enough blabbing here are some pics from the show..........ENJOY:)

Mark

Kind of a curous thought - do any of you beautiful long haired men ever worry that somewhere, sometime - when you are riding public transport or walking in a crowd or asleep - that someone is going to cut off your gslorious tresses? I worry that someone, even a "friend", might grab some scissors and quickly and irrevocably snip off my braid or ponytail. Anyone else share this phobia? Best, johnnie

Hi guys, ive been growing my hair for about 3 years. My hair its way past my shoulder but i have a problem. My hair started to fall one year ago and i was able to reverse that with some vitamins, sports and a mush more Zen atittude towards life :).

My problem is, near the roots my hair looks amazing, but the ends of my hair are dry and tangling and are starting to turn from brown to yellow, like, reallly damaged hair. This only happens to the hair that grows from the top of my head, not to the hair on the sides or on the back.

Question: What does this mean? Is it because i put my hair on a ponytail all day? Friction maybe? Or is it something else, like lack of oils or something? Anyone with a similar problem? Can i reverse the efeect or the blond part need to be cut off?

It looks bad so i have to put pantene's cream for wavy hairs.
If you have any advice to give me i thank you in advance.

Here are some pics from Halloween. I went as Conan the Barbarian. It ended up being a pretty cold costume though. Haha.

But I cut it all off. Not saying it'll be gone forever, but right now with everything thats on my plate, short hair is way easier and less time consuming to maintain. It was totally my decision, no hassle from outside sources just my daily care routine was getting to be a royal pain in the ass.

I've finally come to the decision that updating my website has become more of a hindrance than a hobby, as of late, so I will be taking it down tonight. It's on my university server, which means it would be erased after I graduate in the spring anyways. However, I do have it saved on my computer, should the time ever come in which I wish to use it again.

Take a look, if you'd like, before I take it down. Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. =)

-James

Today I was making a ponytail the way I normaly make one, just gather the hair and make the tail.
But there are still a lot of hairs that doesn't make it to the tie, then I dedcided to try something else. I combed all my hair back and made the tail way higher then I normaly do.
I was amazed when all the hair made it to the tie (just barely)
From now on I'm gonna make my tail this way until it's long enough to make it lower.
I was so happy about this milestone that I decided to do an early update!

The first picture was when I just washed it yesterday to show the lenght, the rest of my tail today.

Thought this piece I saw on youtube may be culturally enriching to share with the rest of you.

i hv medium sized hair and i want to grow it long...like the one david beckham has..can u suggest me whether i should shape my hair when it is short or should i grow my hair long enough and then cut my hair in a similar manner?and also please suggest methods by which i can grow my hair in that manner.

My partner of eleven years, Rick, and I got married in San Jose, California, on November 3, one day before a slim majority of voters approved Proposition 8, which eliminates the right of same-sex couples to marry (which was granted by the state Supreme Court back on May 16). Although we expect our marriage to be upheld as valid, we are saddened for those thousands of gay and lesbian couples throughout the state who were stripped of their equal rights, and angered at this miscarriage of democracy. I think that our rights will be eventually restored, but in the meantime we intend to fight, loudly and strongly, for justice.

If anyone would like more information on the background of this case, or on what you can do to help support the fight for equality, please contact me directly, and I'd be happy to talk to you about it.

Here's a picture of Rick and me at our wedding. Yeah, he's a shorthair, but I still love him. Sorry his tongue was sticking out in the photo.

Dino

for those who know him he was amazing live!!! got to see him play in New Orleans,Louisiana at the House of Blues man o man what a night hes one hell of a rock guitarist! and heres a video of him in his early days

I just got back from the Cheech and Chong show "Light Up America" and even though they no longer sport the long locks that they had in the 70's the crowd that came out to see them was maybe 25 percent longhair. But hey, I guess thats not a big surprize! It was nice to see that longhairs outnumbered buzzheads for a change.

Bruce

I just want to let you guys know that I'm am attempting, it seems rather successfully, to push long hair into the fashion mainstream. I consider myself part of the vanguard.

I hope you enjoy these as much as I do. My hair is so much easier to maintain now. I love it.

- Chris PhoeniX -

First of all thanks for all of the previous posts. I will not say that IÂ’ve been lurking but IÂ’ve read every bit that interested my. It has been indescribably helpful and believe it or not I have been trying to grow my hair out for 4 years but due to school rules I couldnÂ’t before now. I mention this because all the while I had to cut my hair I also had to deal with crispy, frizzy hair. Well, now they turned into curls.

My question is this: my hair seems to be getting lighter (turning red) as it grows, will it continue to lighten the older it gets?

So, I finally found time (skipping sleep at 3:00 Wednesday morning) in my studies to compose an update. Decided to pop up a few photos (and maybe request an avatar change, humbly of course). So anyways, some useless filler is that I'm now a first year in the University of Alberta, studying Science - Paleontology and working my tail off. Have had a great experience with my long hair (quite a few good comments, including some sneaky strokes. ;) ) Also, experienced my first "Ma'am!" a week and a half ago. Man, the poor clerk must've been confused when I turned around laughing and beaming, 'cause it made my day! I've really liked the way it has turned out, and haven't cut it once, and I'm gonna wait 'til December to do a trim, for my trip back (I don't want any splits). Anyways, that's enough yammering, here are the pics:

Front, how I prefer.

Front, how it turns out. lol

Length pic.

"Cousin it" (not my costume).

Coming up from behind.

Side, as I prefer.

Side as it ends.

Hi,

another year went off and my personal situation has calmed down a bit so I feel way better, can handle my disorder better and that also suits my hair. :)
And I am also gaining the driver's license soon.
So I decided to post a new pic as I'm able to comb my hair again :D

It seems longer than it is and is edited but I like it.

Regards

Another magical youtube experience - pulling out hair LOL!
(using trick photography)

I went to the heidenfest yesterday a show currently touring through europe. With some great folk metal bands, for more info http://www.heidenfest.eu/info.php?lang=en
I had a great time, this was the first show where I felt I really had longhair. Headbanging was awesome, although I spend quite some time today to get the tangles out.
Thyrfing and Finntroll gave really good shows.
Didn't take pictures, so unfortunately I can't share the longhairs with you.

This thread I categorize as, "semi off-topic", because a fair number of homeless men are longhaired (at least so in San Francisco, CA), --- although some are longhaired only because of having insufficient $$ to make haircuts a priority, rather than being a longhair by choice or by nature.

Homelessnes is a very difficult and complex problem that will probably never really be solved in our lifetime, if ever. It's been around for as long as human history has been recorded. Therre have been a few times in my own life when I have felt only one paycheck away from having to be out on the streets myself, so I don't talk about the topic lightly.

There's a joke here in San Francisco that I've been told has more truth to it than humor: apparently in many small towns all across America, if a citizenry is having regualr trouble with a local drifter that they can't get rid of, they purchase a one-way bus ticket for him to go out to California, --- usually to San Francisco. The winters are milder here than in most parts of the US, and the city laws are more tolerant of vagrants than most places elsewhere; so, homeless men and women apparently arrive here in droves (as well as locals become homeless during hardships like bad economic times), --- hence, we have a claim to fame here for not only being a desireable and beautiful city for tourists to want to come visit; but, conversely, also having a lot of undesirable pan-handlers (a local term for beggars).

Back in the early '90s, I used to live on Market St., SF's main drag, --- and a place that is swarming the majority of the time w/ people asking you for spare change, sometimes even catching you off-guard by starting off with a well-rehearsed sob story. I have experienced seeing the same individuals, day after day, standing near the same bus stop or grocery store, every day telling the same story of how they need money in order to get back to Oakland or wherever. Working San Franciscans get extremely tired of being treated like they are only a walking wallet, regardless of however moderate an income we make, --- and this mental & emotional weardown & exhaustion has a name: "compassion fatigue!"

My usual habit whenever walking outside in that neighborhood is to have my guard up, walk fast, and make sure that my facial expression has a look that says, "Eat shit and die!" on it... Panhandlers are less likely to approach an unfriendly-looking face that way....

One day when I still lived in that neighborhood, I stepped outside to do several errands, not hearing that a friend of mine was calling to me, and had to repeat my name loudly 3 times in order to get my attention.

"KEN!!!!", my friend and neighbor yelled, finally getting my attention.

"Oh! Hi, Larry, how are you?!", I greeted back, cheerfully... He decided to cross the street to speak easier to me.

"If I didn't know you better, just looking at you with your long hair down all over the place and that hard expression on your face, I'd think you were the meanest SOB on the block!!"

"ME???", I asked, incredulously... "But, I'm nothing but a total marshmallow!"

Funny how we percieve our own selves to be on the inside, yet can convey a completely different outward image.

Anybody else live in a big city that has a lot of homelessness in it? If so, how often do you end up giving money out to total strangers? As for me, I rarely give out anything other than a few coins, --- unless I'm genuinely moved to give more. I work hard for my money, and I don't want it going to someone who might just toss it away on their drug or alcohol habit. But, I do give to women with children, someone who is obviously handicapped that looks more elderly or in serious need of some kind, and also when I can try to give to organizations that shelter and feed the homeless. It's sometimes a hard thing to call, though. Every person has his/her own unique story and set of circumstrances that got them there. I've also occasionally even given to homelss guys simply because they have long hair, --- because I'm sure for every longhaired giver like me, there must be probably a hundred others who might say to them, "Get a haircut and get a job!!" So easy to be judgemental, basing it on a limited outward perspective; yet so hard to get to know the facts behind the scenes.

- Ken

Hey just found this place, and it seems pretty good. Well i've been growing my hair now for about.. 4 years now. And ive had a few trims just to get rid of spit ends. My goal is to grow it down near my waist. I have really thick and curly hair, so its actually a bit longer than it seems, when my hair is wet it comes to around the middle of my back.
Well if anyone has any tips on making my hair grow faster let me know! cause this takes so damn long! lol

Hi all,

I am new to the site. Thought I'd say hi to everyone.

Hey guys... This last month has been one of the most mentally difficult for me...

My sister fiance died in a car accident....I didnt just suffer from the pain of my sister, he was also my friend....

Well I remember how he used to make compliments all time about my long hair (when it used to be long) so as a form of honoring him I decided to leave my hair alone for at least two years (the double of my last goal) and I know that with your support it will an easy task.

And well here is a pic of how I look entering the sixth month...

Greetings from Mexico

I have a very serious question ("ahemmmm")...

When does a guy officially become a, "geezer?" I turned 55 this last summer, so I feel I've now earned the title; but, then there are those who will say that I have to wait until I turn 60, or even 65...

Does it count that I usually annually attend a dance event in San Francisco called, "The Geezer's Ball?" (I don't remember the event happening last year, for some reason; but, it used to occur every June as an AIDS benefit dance.) It's supposed to be for those over 40 (which I am WELL qualified for - lol); but, every year I've attended, I've also seen a few imposters pretending to be old enough to be there, --- as if being in one's 30s or even 20s could even remotely pass for "geezer" (LOL)!!

Those folks into political corectness might ob ject to the word geezer (in San Francisco, for example, --- which is a city known for over-kill in political correctness --- there was a big outcry over the name, "Geezer's Ball" when it first happened... which is exactly why I couldn't wait to go there with my dance buddies)! But, to me, I am PROUD to be a geezer, because I've EARNED IT!!!

I'm taking a poll: am I old enough to be an official geezer, or NOT?? I'm especially interested in hearing what the young'uns here have to say about it (not to also mention what my fellow geezers-in-crime think)...

Please please PLEASE don't tell me I have to wait another 10 years. I feel geezerhood is AT LEAST, "a state of mind", --- and the fact that I can't remember whether or not I've ever shared this pic of me from 5 years ago is PROOF of my slipping mind...

Thanks in advance to those who decide to reply to me with an answer to this most important question!

- Ken in San Francisco

Made a stupid decision( which I don't want to go into) and cut it. When people compliment me on my short hair cut. I say glad you like it because I don't and don't get used to it because it will be back. I figure it is about time I post a pic.

It's been a while since I posted.

Recently my hair got two huge matted/tangled spots at the back of my head, and it bugged the hell out of me. Today after combing and brushing wouldn work, I used my fingers, and after two hours I am tangle free. It makes my hair look so much longer too. :D

3 months to go.... ;)

- Chris PhoeniX -

So, for Hallowe'en, I had a nautical theme party to attend, and I like to swim against current, so I wasn't a pirate. Yet, I still used my hair. Give up? Here ya go, a Royal Navy Marine, kinda, ponytail included! AndrewB, watch out!

In a ground-breaking victory, Barack Obama pulled ahead of John McCain in the electoral vote with a landslide victory. Although the popular vote was close, McCain lost in the key states that would have given the Presidency to either candidate.

Let's wish good luck to our new President, and hope he can lead us out of these difficult times.

Hi all,
Just an update, also i don't think i have posted a before pic. I don't have a picture of my hair when its wet but i can say that it shrinks by about 50% (my bangs touch my chin). I want to try and keep my hair looking something like the damp picture (Only a bit neater as i was drying it quickly before blow-drying for a party (and the Fro was a bet!!). The problem is as it drip drys it shrinks and any hair i have tucked behind my ears falls out and then looks a mess. I know with my hair type my awkward stage probably has another 6 months but there must be the odd trick out there, so Any tips?

Cheers
Mat

hey everyone

So for hallowe'en I dressed up as a punkish rocker lol not quite sure what the costume was but I put my hair up into a 'frohawk' (mohawk with an afro instead of spikes). I think it came pretty good! I spent over an hour and a half to get my hair to stay how I wanted it.

Enjoy :P

If the pics don't show up, go to these links:
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj306/Shypii90/Henna%20Halloween%20Sep%20Oct%2008/punk-2008.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj306/Shypii90/Henna%20Halloween%20Sep%20Oct%2008/halloween-2008.jpg

What do you all think? lol
Ignore the make up and stuff, I don't normally look like that, just for Hallowe'en :P

By the way, Hallowe'en was also the same day of my 16th month update, but I'm not going to post pics until my 18th month update (New Year's Eve) so that there is a difference in hair growth between one update and the other! lol
Cheers

Shawn

P.S: How do I get an avatar and such here? I've been posting for like 10 months and still have no idea! lol.. thanks..

I have been lurking on this site for quite some time, picking up advise on growing long hair. But I have noticed most people don't have hair like mine, and it is quite difficult for me to maintain a long hair style and make it look good. The reason being, my hair is EXTREMELY thick,quite coarse, and somewhat wavy. It is kind of like a lion's mane. And while I really like having it long, A. I live in Florida and it's reallt hot having all that hair, and B. because it's so thick and unruly, I have a hard time keeping it loooking neat. So I was just wondering if anybody else has a similar hair type, and if they could give me some tips. I included a picture so you can see my mane.

There has been mention in the past here regarding shed hair strands having a bulb on the end. I got curious as to what these bulbs look like. Here is an image on the left showing the bulb at the end of that shed hair. That hair is 60 microns thick just above the bulb. You can see that the bulb is about double the diameter of the hair itself.

I copied the scale of my reticle with a computer drawing program, and made sure it was correct. (You can see the scales side by side in black.) I then copied it in yellow and moved it to the right places. The other image was done the same way but I coloured the scale blue.

The right image is the same hair 75 centimeters from the bulb. Notice that the hair is 68 microns thick. Notice the weathering damage to the cuticle. Many of those overlapping scales are damaged and some are missing.

It would seem that an actively growing hair will slim down before ceasing to grow and then shed. I will have to check several hairs to see if this is consistant or just a fluke.

I used a microscope and digital camera to get these images.

Scott

Last year and this year I dressed up as a pirate for halloween (Pirates don't need haircuts). This year the weather was unusually warm and pleasant so I was able to fulful my hopes of sitting out in the boat drinking rum and firing off the cannon (just a bang - no projectiles) at the little kids.

I had a grand time and the kids seemed to have fun too. Unfortunately I was (again) too generous with the candy and had to shut down early. We ended up with about 60 kids of all sizes coming by to steal my treasure of gum eyeballs and chocolate bugs and skeletons.

How the world views us as longhairs can be an enlightening lesson in how one group of people tend to stereotype another group of people that are different from themselves...

For example, because of my hair length, I have been accused of being the following:
1) a biker; 2) a drug dealer; 3) an older surfer from Hawaii; 4) a musician in a Rock band; 5) a college professor.

The TRUTH of the matter re. the above "accusations", however, is as follows:
1) I've only tried to ride a motorcycle twice in my life, --- and BOTH times I have fallen off! A waitress at a Chinese restaurant even asked me once, "Do you ride motorcycle?" I had taken my mother out to dinner that night, and even aswered the waitress right in front of mom, "No, I don't own a bike, --- it's just that my hair is long, and I'm wearing a black leather jacket tonight!"
2) I'm so clueless about the drug world, that it wasn't until I was into my mid-30s that I even tried my first asprin (I was raised a Christian Scientist) - LOL!!
3) while visiting my niece in Maui, several times other tourists asked me where the best surfing beach was.... "I don't know, --- I'm a tourist here, too!", I kept answering those that questioned. "Oh!", would be their response, followed by something like, "With all that blonde hair of yours, I just assumed you were raides here and surfed!"
4) I don't play a single musical instrument, unfortunately; but, I definitely take it as a compliment when someone thinks I play one. What they DON'T think I'm able to do, though is: dance, --- which is exactly what I love to do most!!! Being a middle-aged, over-weight White guy, I don't look at all like someone who has a lick of rhythm whatsoever. But, trust me, if I'm ever standing in-line at some Taqueria with one of my favorite dance partners next to me, if a good Salsa or Merngue song comes over the air waves, this ol' Gringo would NOT be able to just stand idly by!
5) Being mistaken for a college professor I also take as a great compliment. Unfortunately, I never even finished college, though, --- but, hey, I'm sure glad I can fool so many folks!

Anybody else here experienced being stereotyped because of your long hair?

Thanks again in advance to all those who decide to reply!

- Ken in San Francisco

I haven't had a chance to read the replies to my post further down in the board, so I wanted so thank those who replied, much appreciated.

I just got an article on my newsfeed on a teenager walking barefoot across America from coast to coast who reached Tennessee. I clicked on it, interested, and magine my surprise when i found out he was a longhair! I included a pic here, and a link to his blog:

Hope i got the html code right... lol

Here's one from Convergence 14, a convention of "net.goth" denizens, last August in Tampa (since I don't have any actual Halloween pics).

Yes, I *am* kinda hamming it up. ;-)

Hey guys hope you all had a great weekend as well as a fun Halloween scare!LOL.The weather on the east coast of the US was fantastic for a change making for a better than expected couple days off from the old grind.I decided to mess around with the camera and took this one pic that I thought came out rather well showing my hair as it stands currently.I always wished it could be thicker than it is but I'm pleased with the length just the same.I suppose we always are our own worst critics.Anyway here it is and as always comments are welcome but please be gentle:)

Mark

had long hair!

http://static.iltalehti.fi/usanvaalit/dixvilleSH_us.jpg

What I wore to work...after work.

I haven't done a strictly hair update in some time. Some may remember my disenchantment with my hair since my awful summer shed and the subsequent 3 inch cut. Things have improved some. I've gotten some of that length back but I still feel the ends are not that great. I may keep trimming for a while until their health returns to that of how they were last Spring.

Hi guys,

Take care

Neil

I am relatively young (20 years old). Do you think it is negligible that I made a dumb mistake and cut my hair, on the grounds that I still have quite a few years to have my hair long? I feel like I've thrown away so much time (4 years) by cutting it short and having to wait about the same amount of time to have the length I had. However, this could be I am young and this seems like an eternity for me. I am just looking for reassurance I suppose.

Here's one from Convergence 14, a convention of "net.goth" denizens, last August in Tampa (since I don't have any actual Halloween pics).

Yes, I *am* kinda hamming it up. ;-)

Hi Guys

Very late last night I suddenly decided to do an "impromptu act" on You Tube talking about how to care for long hair "after washing." Whew............my style is so off the wall. You'll find out. LOL But........it's fun to be nuts! (Parish the thought of being "normal.")

Anyway, it runs for 8 minutes and can be found by looking-up my user name: Musique3579 on You Tube. Sorry I am so bad with computors that I didn't know how to post the link here.

*For some reason the video will have pauses, so if you let it run for about 30 seconds and start over the whole thing should play all the way through just fine. And, if while there you would also like to hear some more of my musical compositions which I have added, they are there for you listening pleasure (or displeasure). Hard to Head-Bang to my Classical Music. LOL :-)

Enjoy guys and hope you are all having a great weekend!

Justin~

Movie: FOR MEN WITH LONG HAIR
Starring: Me
Producer: Myself
Cast: I

I miss the tugging bounce my hair made on my head as I walked when I had it tied in a bun.

What do you like about your hair or what would you miss about it if it were cut??

im a Medieval Knight since i love Dragons and Knights def suits me well!

I just washed my hair and beard and took two photos showing the length of both. My hair is about the same length as it has been for the last five years. My beard has reached about full length now, too. The longest hairs are a foot long.

Scott

messing around on the web cam..the pics still arent too bad..any comments always welcome

Many men tell people that they have always felt like a long hair and don't feel right with short hair.

Could this might be explained by reincarnation. It is said that certain desires and skills might carry over from life to life, if this is true it could explain why wanting long hair is so common in men, when society tells them it is wrong. Throughout most all of world history, long hair like we know it, may have not been the norm, but a significant minority of people in all eras leading up to the 1st World War had long hair. Just look at portaits of people who lived in the 19th, 18th and 17th centuries.

This might also explain why long hairs withstand adversity over their sense of style.

This is more of a spiritual question, and not so much of a scientific. I believe in reincarnation, but have no desire to see it proven true by science, as I do not think things like this can be physically measured.

Hey everyone!

My name is Eleanor, I am 17 years old and live in Israel. I have been growing my hair for more than two years from about shoulder-length, and I'm not planning to cut it any time soon.
I love long hair on anyone and enjoy supporting people on their long-hair journey... :) I love sharing my experience with (curly) hair, so if you have questions or comments you are more that welcome.

cowboy it...relative to cousin it..thanks to Karsten for the inspiration

I washed my hair today, let it mostly air dry then braided it for a few hours. This is what it looked like after taking out the braids. Most of the ends are pretty flat - usually they curl in all directions. A few strands on the right are still doing that. Kind of takes away from the nice shape that would otherwise be evident but... yeah.

A while ago Justin was mentioning how if left untouched, hair will naturally form a nice shape without any "even ups" needed. I have indeed had a trim but... I thought I would include this picture anyway. I had short hair with bangs at about eye level in December 2006.

Cheers,
Peter

Hey, I've been growing my hair out for a few years, and have gotten it trimmed up twice. I was wondering, what I should do to get my hair to stay together better?

another shot of me with my brother being superman lol

another one

"Bonjour" everyone, I thought you'd enjoy hearing that there are a lot of men with long hair in Paris. Lots of young guys either with a heavy metal look, a "Lord Byron" look, ethnic style with cornrows/beads or a fashion look - long hair either down or in a bun, with skinny jeans and a nice sportcoat. Especially gratifying for me, as an older guy at 59, are all the "mature" ones with long hair. I come to Paris every year and I've never seen as many as this season. Although I'm only at my 15 month growth since a close crewcut I'm getting enough length that friends have complimented me on my "new look". I am staying in the Sorbonne area and I see lots of professors with long hair (and students too, of course). Some of my French friends have even said I now look like a writer or artist!

Sorry I haven't posted an avatar yet. I would like some more length before doing so, especially because of you guys who have such fantastic manes. Meanwhile, I thank everyone at mlhh - you are all such a great inspiration!

In closing, rest assured (lol) that long hair is healthy and thriving in the city of light! In a few weeks I'll be back in Oregon and will enjoy all the long hair there also.

Kindest regards and Happy Halloween, johnnie

I hope we see lots of posts today of members costumes..

"ROME" has kicked it off with his impressive kilt !!

this is a comparison between me in October 2007 at 7 months growth and the ponytail picture in October 2008 at 19 months of growth ,wow what a difference a year makes! and i love it :)

but my next full true update will be at 21 months in december so get ready!

Hello everyone, old and new to the board.

Because I said I would, I'm posing a picture of me in my brand new great kilt. Got it in the mail today, just in time for Halloween, and of course for renaissance festivals for every summer in the future!

It was very difficult to turn a 5 ft. by 15 ft. piece of fabric into what you see here, especially all alone and for my first time, but I tried my best.

Here I am from the front:

And the back:

Anyone else on the board have a kilt?

Peace and God Bless,
Rome

Hiya - looking for some advice :)

about mid-way through awkward stage at the moment, still a while to go till I can get a basic tail working without something to hold back my fringe.

I have taken to slicking back the fringe with some crazy spiking glue I found, and tying up the back in a tail.

My problem is I have light brown hair, this results in partially wet/greasy looking hair at the front (dark brown almost black where it is slicked), and light at the back -

Is there any non-wet looking hold I can get? It has to be basically a spiking glue, as all the "hair gel" variants I have tried don't have the strength, and I really don't think I could pull off a bandanna :P

Any brands or suggestions be appreciated :)
Matt.

tl;dr - need non-wet looking spike strength hair glue suggestions

Hey all, yesterday i got my hair cut to about chin length after about 3 and a half years of growth. Im not to sad about it because i wanted to regrow it in anyway because of previous damage, but im now worried about the layers at the sides and top. Im just wondering what would be the best haircut to grow from short to long. My hair is now layered so it may grow in uneven. Here are some old pics. Im on the left.

I used to come on the forums all the time back in 2003-2005, but sadly cut my mane short for a couple years. Now i want my hair back and am currently letting it grow with no intention of cutting it :)

Just wanted to add to my previous post: What I especially have noticed and appreciated here in Paris is how wonderful the older men look with long hair. France, like much of Europe, puts a lot less emphasis on youth. That isn't to say that youth isn't appreciated (all you young guys enjoy yourselves while you can!)
But you see a lot more older women and men in advertisements, for example. Therefore, it seems like all the older men who "wear" their long hair do it with confidence and pride. There is also a real beauty to how long hair compliments an older man's wrinkles and "character" lines.

Being a lurker on mlhh is so gratifying, especially because I see so much inner beauty and happiness shining thru on the photos of all those who post - both the young and the "mature"! I'm enjoying the hair growth journey and will eventually post some photos. Meanwhile, thanks to all of you!

Hey all I'm new here and started growing my hair in August 2007.
Found this site really supportive even though today is my first time posting.

My camera is broken at the moment but today i got my first trim since i started growing, was quite nervous but went very well, once i told the stylist i was growing my hair she basically went on a split ends hunting trip xD.

Just saying that I found this site really helpful when i was in the height of the awkward stage, I'm almost at full tail now so I will feel like a proper longhair soon :D

Just thought I'd say anyway, sorry for lack of pics :)

It's 31 Months since i last got my hair cut very short, no trims or haircuts since.I can remember 30 months ago i would be checking the length of my hair in the mirror every other week, now i don't even think about it as it gets longer untill i take these photos. :)

Hi, I am the Mike that showed pictures of my long blond hair, and my sad cutting story. Today my hair stays behind my ears (except for the very front bangs, which will change in a month, I'm sure. It is exciting for me because with it, my hair is starting to look how it did when it was in a pony tail :) (except the back stuff, lol

Good morning, everyone! I don't post updates that often, since my hair grows slowly. I sometimes wonder if it is still growing, but I took a few photos a couple of days ago, and thought I would share them. This is about 4 and a half years of growing, but I did go through a period of almost nil growth about two and a half years ago, when I abused my hair due to daily use of a straightening iron. That period of nil growth lasted about 8 or 9 months, from late 2005 to the fall of 2006. My goal is to achieve waist lenght or longer hair some day, and I am inspired by some other guys on the hyperboard close to my age, these being Justin, Absalom (Scott), Urban Cowboy (Ken), and Karsten. If I could achieve hair resembling any of their manes, I would be most happy!

Since the weather was dry, and my hair had just been washed and dried, it was straighter than usual. Here are the photos!

Here is a gront photo. Please excuse the goofy expression! I did not quite get all my hair in the photo.

Here is a side photo.

Here is a ponytail photo.

Here is a back photo, and again, I need to stand further from the camera, since not all of my hair is in the photo.

Finally, for comparison purposes, here is the first photo I posted at the hyperboard, 2 years ago. My hair seems to have grown a bit since then, and seems to be in better condition as well.

Thank you for viwing, and comments are always welcome! I would also like to thank everyone for their support during the past two years that I have been a member of this community.

Hi guys and gals,

I have been a busy fellow over the last few weeks, things are definatley starting to look up. Today, my doctor, (who, I have to say, is great) signed me off my cognitive therapy, now all I have to do is look after myself and finish my course of meds. And if I have any problems, let her know. I am a very happy guy right at the moment. I've got some rebuilding to do, but I am definatley getting there now and am much more confident. I'd like to thank all you lot who listened to my whining and tails of woe. I will try to bring some fun to the board from now on....

BOO! Haha, got you!

Take care : )

Neil

Hi Guys

For so many years, many of you have expressed interest in knowing what my music sounds like. I have been a composer of Classical (Longhaired Music) since my earliest days. Anyway, without boring you more, after trying for a week, I have just had success uploaded a short piece of mine composed in 1992. Translation of the title is " Valse Sentimental in the style of Maurice Ravel." Just look me up on You Tube under the user name of Musique3579 and it will bring you right to that video of which I will be adding more.

Hope you are all having a great weekend.

Justin~

Hi there,

I've been reading that 3 of the top bands coming from Europe including "Gernotshagen" are not going to appear at HC3 next month. That is a great and I know there are a couple of our regulars said they were going earlier in the year. I won't be myself as the flight costs to MN are rather prohibitive this year. But I do hope people will still go and keep one of the better festivals going in the USA.

Cheers,

John.B

Hello, I posted a while back, with photos. I cut my hair and I said I regretted it. Now I have a question: did anyone else who cut their long hair and regretted it terribly feel like they were much less of who they were before they did it? I don't like going out in public because of my mistake. I feel like I literally cut part of me off when I cut my hair. I used to have so much self confidence, and now it's belittled to almost nothing. I am looking forward to when it is long again.. but for the time being until then, it is really saddening me.

cause it seems to be straighter if done this way but just wondering if itll hurt my hair?

In the almost three years that I have been growing out my hair, I have always been one to shed quite a bit. I wash my hair daily, and usually find a glob of hair caught on the drain after a shower, and clean out my two brushes at least once a week.

Several ladies on the Long Hair Community site reported almost eliminating shedding by using Apple Cider Vinegar as a final rinse. So I recently gave it a try.

Now there is almost no hair whatsoever at the bottom after my shower, and my brushes are almost clean also. I would say my shedding rate has been reduced by 80% to 90%!

I wash with shampoo as usual, use a good bit of conditioner, rinse it out, and then do a final rinse with ACV. I pour about 4 ounces(about 120ml) of ACV in a half gallon container (about 2L) and fill with lukewarm water, mix, and pour over my hair as a final rinse after the conditioner is rinsed out. I no longer use a leave in conditioner as I did before. Do not rinse again after the ACV; just leave it in the hair.

My shed rate has been reduced greatly, and my hair has noticeably fewer tangles. And there is no discernible odor afterwards from the ACV.

I know there has been several threads fairly recently about shedding; I highly recommend giving this a try.

Big George

Hey guys, I used to be an extremely frequent poster here but have had to take a back seat due to graduate school being as time consuming as it is (who knew the subject matter woud get harder as time marches on?!!!)

I just wanted to let anyone who lives in any climate hotter and more humid then Louisiana that the cooler weather is finally here. Today my hair seems especially long because the humidity is gone, thus allowing my hair to lie a bit straighter then usual!!!!

To all of you new guys, Welcome and remember, its the journey not the destination!!

peace
clayton

So we can distinguish!

Hey guys! i'm kinda new here (been lurking since ~August), and I decided to grow my hair out after seeing this site and the "On Being a Longhair" article. i've wanted to grow my hair for a long time now, so after years of buzzed and cropped cuts, I started growing after my last haircut which was around the beginning of August. i have no idea exactly how long it was when i started, so i included a pic of me about a week after cutting. i took a few pics that show my hair length as of today as well (sorry for the poor quality, it's harder to take pictures of myself than i thought!)

Nearly at the 3 years milestone, I never knew what it would look like or whether it would be right for me but I'm pleased with the way my hair has turned out.

Patience and care (but try not to fiddle!) and not over washing have worked well.

Thanks for the support over the years, cheers

~ Dave

Hey, i just discovered this board. Im starting to gorw my hair long but it it begining to become a real hassle as i have thick, frissy and somewhat curly hair. Both my parents and other people i know are starting to hassle me but im determined to have long hair. Currently my hair is about 6 inches long if i stretch it out. What is the best way to restrain it so that it looks neat. I've tried parting it down the middle, brushing it foward but it just looks plain messy. I was considering getting a cloth headband (the type which goes sort of over your head, almost like 1/4 of a bandanna) but im not sure if this would look stupid. Helps me!

Thanks in advance for any help

Since I know there's alot of metalheads on here, I figured I'd pose this question. What's your favorite kind of metal? I love all metal but melodic and folk metal is my fav. Bands like Eluveitie, Ensiferum, Moonsorrow, Norther, etc...

I started to grow my hair out in the summer. I have extremely thick dry hair. I am starting to think ill never be able to grow it out. It is currently pretty short. It only touches my eyebrows in the front and flips up over my ears on the sides. It is also extremely wavy. If I dont wash it for a week, it barely becomes oily at all. I have to use hot oil before washing to keep from it feeling crispy. What should I do? Should I just cut it and accept i will never have long hair or grow it anyway?

Do you use somebody oil for the hair? And if yes who?

since my hair is over 19 months growth now its all rubbing against my shoulders and becoming alot more curly at the ends how many months will it take me to get out of that phase cause im more frustratd with my hair then loving it more so i just put my hair in a ponytail alot now instead of wearing it loose until the stage is over ;/

Hallo!

I don't know, if you remember me, since I don't post very often, but since October 20th (evening/night) I've been growing my hair for three years. I'm really happy with the results...back then I never consciously thought about growing my mair so long, but I'm glad that I did.

There are also some not so good news:
- In summer 2008 someone tried to cut off my hair when I was drunk and he even succeeded according to a few strands...fortunately it's not too visible.
- The drinking water here in Wales seems to contain more chlorine than in my home-country (Germany) which would not be good for hair.

But the best news is that hair always grows and so I want to grow my hair to terminal length and keep it there for the rest of my life and beyond (I also enjoy shorter hair-styles on other people (and did on myself when my hair was in the "awkward-stage"), but prefer long hair on myself).
Feel free to have a look at my gallery aswell. The pics were taken in a wood next to the Wye Valley on October 21st.
I only have limited access to the internet, so please don't mind if I can't reply to every comment.

BTW: Kevin, Congratulations for your birthday (I'm sorry for being so late)....
Also good luck for all other hair-growers!

@John.B: It would indeed be great if we could manage to meet up in Great Britain, as you said in your update...I hope that e-mailing each other this time works.

Thank you for every comment!

Cheers,
Herb2992

I finally was able to find a job yesterday! Luckily it's one that accepts my hair growing venture as well, so there won't be any long term sacrifices made. I get to keep my tats out and earrings in to. People like to talk alot of sh*t about Wal-Mart, but they seem to be pretty cool as a company coming out of the box and they pay way better wages and benefits than most other retail outlets. Most of all I'm just happy to be makin $$$$$$ again! :D

Hiya, guys,

After using a brush for the last few years, about a month ago, I finally listened to the advice on here and went out and got myself a wide-toothed comb. It's quite a good one, moulded plastic, but no seams or rough bits to snag stray hairs. My brush's one of the ones with a wooden handle and nylon bristles of various lengths, some soft, some quite stiff.

I'm finding that the comb takes more than twice as long as the brush ever did to detangle my hair and it also seems to cause more snarls. With the brush, I can usually get my hair tidy with about a dozen strokes - working from the ends up on three sections with about four strokes to each section, the first about six inches from the end and working up about six inches each time to a final stroke from root to end. Using the comb takes forever. If I try to work through more than an inch of hair at a time I end up with tangles. I also have to work with much smaller sections of hair, and then, when I've finally managed to comb it out, if I want to comb it all back to tail it, I end up with tangles again! Wet or dry, it's always the same, except that the tangles are harder to get out when it's dry.

That never happens when I use the brush, so am I doing something wrong? Using a comb is meant to cause less damage, but I can't say I agree with that. I also seem to end up with more hair in the comb than I do in the brush. Anyone else have a similar experience?

I choose long hair because it's me and to deny that would be a repudiation of my soul. Still, I get some satisfaction that some or most of society regards long hair on men as 'wrong'. I like the 'fuck you' mentality of bucking that. I so hate most of society's inventions and implications. I gag when I think of what society expects of males. I choose to be free to be me.

Here is a recent photo of Amanda and me.

Hi guys-

When growing out the hair and just letting it do its own thing "naturally" without being sissors, even-up and trim-happy, a great natural V-shape appears fully developed by the time the hair reaches mid-back. Hegg showed us just the other day the great v-shape his own hair has taken on all by itself. As the hair grows longer, the V-shape appears less distinct and as can be seen in the photo taken yesterday, the bottom at this present length has now assumed the shape of a "U." Past where I am at present I believe the U will become less and less distinct depending on how close one is getting to terminal length. Of course, I am only speaking for those of us that have for the most part a straighter hair type. Curls have a special charm all their own and ALWAYS look well. That's the great thing about having long hair and leaving it alone. It WILL look well. (Almost as if one cannot miss.)

So, for those of you out there desiring to grow your hair past waist length, thought I would try and show you as best as I could an example of what will be happenning to yourself...........without trims and sissors of course. Oh sure, some dustings or target and destroy of split ends along the way as needed, but not the every 6 month or so "trim" to remove a few inches.

Follow Ups:
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So, just a little preview to those of you planning on growing your hair really long as to what lays ahead.

My best to each and every one of you.

Justin~

Month #17 since my last haircut. Compare to my avatar pic from about a year ago.

I'm finally able to pull a full tail without hairspray and enjoying every bit of eventually becoming a longhair!
Thanks MLHH for the inspiration to keep the scissors away from my hair.

Keep growing
- Pat Medha

Somebody told me I look like Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin lead singer.

Impressively, he appears to have exactly the same hair at 60 that he did at 20. I nominate him as Hairy Dude of the Day.

Hello! I'm back here again, and I'm happy with my hair right now. That is, except for one major thing that has been bugging me. My bangs will NOT stay flat. At all. I try a lot of things that don't involve heat, and not many work. Any tips on this? I included a picture as well. This has been nagging at me for a while now. Please answer ASAP. Thanks guys!

Keep in mind, it looks good in this picture. Normally its hanging out a little more horizontal and long. I do NOT plan on parting my hair to the side at the current moment, I'm just growing down to the top of my eyes or so. But I can't do this without flattening it. Thanks a ton!

Hey Guys

Election time in the US is always a fun time to keep up with the political cartoons on newspaper opinion pages (as I'm sure it is everywhere).

I've been noticing something interesting going on when depicting 'politically-interested males' in the cartoons I read - particularly in the Boston Globe.

Liberal men are always drawn as scruffy, shaggy-haird, or with ponytails.
Conservative men are always depicted clean-cut, or wearing suits.

The interesting thing is that the Globe is fairly left of center - so I do not find the depiction insulting. I think it is kind of funny (being the scruffy, shaggy, on-my-way-to ponytailed liberal that I am ...)

However, it does make me wonder if percentages truly reinforce stereotypes.

My intuition (and often observation) tell me that longhaired guys tend to be more "liberal." But I'm now curious as to how many long-haired conservative guys there are.

I think this might point a bit toward Jason's point about "Sticking it to the Man."
The Man, perhaps more often than not, is politically conservative.

Then compare the Man, for instance, to a male Christian Rock band - the members are probably conservative politically - but often longhaired.

And the ministers of the churches in which Christian bands play are usually short-haired.

I know it is ridiculous to think that one's hair has anything to do with one's political views.

However - cartoonists always use the most immediately readable symbol in their cartoons. And those symbolic images obviously have cultural significance.

Thoughts?

lifobryan

Happy Sunday All! Was a great day for a hike in the virgin redwood grove just 2.5 miles from where I live...nature at it's undisturbed best. Hope everyone is doing well.

Cheers,

Max

Hey Everyone!

I've posted a ton of new pics on my site from our trip across Europe.  Long story short, Austin and I traveled to Amsterdam, Lisbon, and Dusseldorf.  While in Amsterdam, we got to meet Vincent, who is an awesome guy! =D

Anyways, check out my site to see everything, as there are just too many photos to post here. As always, comments and questions are welcomed.  Thanks for looking!

-Austin and James

Hello everyone, i've been meaning to post a few pics from my Bulgaria trip weeks ago but i've been quite busy lately so i've not had the time, and unfortunately we didn't take that many pics either but at least i've got something to show:)

The first one is from the plane, i'm not really into flying, i feel so helpless:)

This was the view from our hotel room, overlooking the restaurant, quite empty at the time but it was quite a nice place to eat and have a few drinks:D

Also a view from the hotel room overlooking the beach

This one is taken in the ancient city of Nessebar not too far from Sunny Beach

And me about a day before our journey back home to Sweden:)

I will probably make my next update in a few months, but until then, take care everyone and hope you enjoyed the pics:)

Seeya!

Here's another picture of rear of head. I shampooed and conditioned it the day before and used lightly some Jojoba oil on the day the photo was taken.

My wife, youngest son and I went out for dinner tonite. I had my hair clipped back with a plastic barrette in sort of a half-tail.

Partway thru the meal, one of the restaurant staff stopped by our table to say "You've got really awesome hair".

Made my night [grin]

Hello. This is a front pic shot. I hope to achieve an average 18 cm long hair growth by Xmas. The Hair Tablets appear to work!
Summer time is nearly here so hope to achieve some faster growth over the season.
Cheers,
Duncan

Hey -

I couldn't seem to attach more than one picture at at time in my last post, so I'm attaching the second one here. Sorry if this counts as spam, though I'd appreciate any instruction in posting multiple pictures in a post. Anyhow, attached is the picture of my goal length and style for my hair.

Jesh

Hey all,

It's been a while since i've posted but i've been reading alot of the posts on the site still.

Anyway, Just to bring everyone up to date, i currently work in a job where they will not allow men to have long hair. I could make a career at this company (I'd make more in the latter tho) but I've also been thinking about going back to school and going to work in a hospital as a Respiratory therapist.

From the sites i've seen online from different hospital's, it seems they don't disallow it, but i was wondering if anyone on here works in a hospital or knows someone that works in a hospital that could find out for me? While some hospital's might be different then others, i'm just nosy what the norm is.

Thanks!!
Shane

Greetings -

Although I've been visiting this site pretty regularly since September, I only just now decided to post and actually join the group. My name is Jeshua and I'm a Senior in highschool who'll be starting college fall of '09. I grew up a world traveler with a "home" in Asia and am now living in Texas, USA.

I first started growing my hair in fall 2005 at the urging of my dad, who suggested that it might be the style to have medium length hair in the country we'd be staying in for six months at that time. I honestly wasn't all that excited at the idea; I was one of those guys for whom the term "hair cut" meant a monthly trip to the local barber's for a buzz cut. But I let it grow and a few months later, I actually liked it. Not having any real defined expectations or preceding experiences to go by, I wasn't aiming for a specific length/style and was just enjoying the thrill of waking up each day to the realization of "Wow... today is the longest my hair has ever been" - even if it wasn't actually that long by long hair standards. In December of that year though, I made the mistake of coming home from a grueling game of football, my hair a matted, unkept looking mess for all my relatives to see, whose house I was at for Christmas. My aunts, mother, and grandmother launched into the cooing "Jesh, you'd look SOOO much more handsome with short hair... doesn't that long hair just itch and get in your eyes anyway? Wouldn't you like Aunt Brandi to cut it for you?", etc. I then took a look in the mirror with all that going and to my dismay did think those dark tresses, the same ones I'd been so happy about for so long, looked incredibly unruly and the rest is history. Half an hour later, I came out with a cropped cut, rubbed the back of my clean-shaved head before sitting on the couch and reluctantly basking in the compliments of the family.

Haha, anyway, long, histrionic tale of woe (regarding something as insignificant as hair too!) aside, I went on from there to grow my hair out two more times, one of which after a bleach, before my final haircut last July. It was after that that I finally decided that I was just going to do it, like so many of you other guys I've read about. I love the way long hair can look and, besides that, just love the idea of a challenge and of being in a minority. But that brings up my biggest weakness in regards to sticking the journey out: I have to admit that when it comes to my appearance, I'm extremely self-conscious. Everyone likes to look and feel good but I don't know, I feel like I might be a little over the edge. Maybe it's because I'm used to little things like being voted best-looking guy every year at school and being offered modeling spots at local clothing stores. Regardless of how trivial they are, it's funny how stuff like that can still get to your head and make you place strange standards on yourself. It really is so retarded that you could almost say I'm border-line metrosexual, just minus anything effeminate besides overt physical appearance sensitivity. But yeah, because of that, the awkward stage is proving to be a great challenge for me. When I'm having an especially bad hair day, I just feel like wearing a bag over my head would be a better substitute than my head of hair. It doesn't help that my hair has some wave in it, so it kind of gets out of control right now and I feel like I'm constantly having to fix it up, which of course makes you look like a pansy when you're out with your friends playing ball or teaching your class. I'm trying to rough it out the natural way, with no usage of gels, sprays, hair straightners (sp?) or even too much usage of hats, so my hair can grow out as healthy and full as possible. It's pretty hard though when you're still in school. Seems like I can't get through a day without tons of people begging me to cut my hair and get rid of any notions of growing it out. Blah blah blah... I'm convinced that, once I make it through this ugly hair stage, it will look good and not just in my eyes. If only I could get others to chill out and just see how things go before assuming that long hair can only get worse and never look anything other than butt-ugly. I guess you guys' advice would be that I should just ignore all of that huh? Well, if there's any recommendations on how to fix hair when it's around my length, by all means, please let me know. I'm open to any suggestions whatsoever at this point.

Oh yeah, I guess I should post a picture too so you can see where I'm starting from. I don't have a picture of my current length just yet but I do have one of the length it was at around mid-August. I have it attached below. Also, I guess it'd be good for me to post what I'm aiming for as well, as I'm very interested in hearing you guys' estimates on how long and what it would take to achieve my desired length and style. Initially, I was looking at medium length hair, with bangs over the eyes and the back tapered to be just a little bit longer than that; an emoish look, if you will. But later, I discovered an old 80's band by the name of Skid Row which I loved and since then have opted for the glam rockstar look of Sebastian Bach (I attached his pic below as well). I realize that's pretty quixotic and that he probably had tons of junk done to his hair to get it to look like that. But no matter, I still like the general length and look of his hair and will be aiming for that in my own quest. Any calculations on how long it would take? I'm very blessed - my hair grows at roughly 2.7 centimeters a month, or at least it has thus far. At that rate, I guessed I could get desired length within a year and a half. Yet since I'm not exactly the most experienced judge of hair growth, I'm giving myself a date of around December 2010 to reach the look I want. Hopefully, that is a realistic expectation, factoring in dustings when necessary and such. Let me know what you all think.

Thanks and best of luck to each of you in your own journeys,

Jesh

Hello. I've been following the threads of the MLHB with interest since July this year mostly as a lurker. Your a great group of people here, and it's been inspiring.

I have been an "inner-long hair" since childhood in spirit, and have always yearned to grow out my hair and thought that now would be a good a time as any. Social pressure and other people stiffled this urge for many years.

Here's a picture of my hair growth at 9 months. Last haircut was in January 2008 when it was cut to around 1-2 inches.(2-5cm)

The hair is naturally wavy/curly and is something similar to that of shypii90, nate, and neil's.

I got it permanently straightened using the Japanese process 8 weeks ago - to cope better with the "awkward phrase".

Hair length 8 weeks ago was an average 8cm (or just over 3 inches) then started on Hair Food biotin tablets,along with regular doses (one large spoonful mixed in water) of dried powdered kelp every 3 days, and and every other 2 days, brewers yeast. Hair growth was 4 cm or (just under 2 inches) in this last 8 week period.

This is the second serious attempt to grow long hair in 20 years.

Hi everyone. This is my 22nd update on my hair growth. It is also eight months since my one and only trim.

By the way, at this point, I am going to post my update every other month. My next update will be in December (I am doing even months now), and it is going to be my 2 year update. Then my update in February (26th month update) will consist of pictures from Maui.

Me with my hair down

Me from the side

Top-down picture of my hair

Pulling my hair down to show true length

Me with my hair up in a ponytail

My ponytail (not yet complete)

Bottom-up picture of me

I just can't wait to get out of the awkward phase and put all of my hair in a ponytail.

Regardless

Hey guys I'm a 50 year guy and have decided to let it grow out. Use to have long hair when I was in my 20's. Not sure how long I will let it grow but I will see how things turn out.

Raymond

Lest we forget amd birthday wishes to out President!

Happy birthday mate and I hope you enjoyed your day.

Cheers,

John.B

I was just thinking today of a topic of interest to me: Compromise. Human existence doesn't sail along very smoothly without it, --- whether it be between 2 large & powerful countries, or just between 2 individuals. But, in specifically thinking about the issue of compromise as it relates to long hair on men, I was wondering where others here might draw that famous, "line in the sand" re. whether or not anyone has the right to ask us longhairs to alter anything about ourselves.

To illustrate my point in this thread, and my question to others, I'll use the following fictitious example:

Pretend that I was just asked to be a close friend's Best Man at his upcoming wedding (easy for me to imagine, since I've been a best man on several occasions during my lifetime - LOL).... If the Groom-to-be were to request specific changes in my appearance, changes that go considerably beyond my usual "norm", how far would I be willing to compromise?

Here's my own examples of how I'd answer the above question:
1) If I was asked to braid my hair instead of bun it for the wedding day, I would comply, --- because I have no objection to either braids or buns (they are both equally good ways to contain long hair, and I like doing either one)!
2) If I was asked to tie my hair back into a ponytail, rather than wear it down (or, if the request was visa-versa)... again, I would probably feel no hesitation in wanting to make my friend happy by following through on his preference for how I wear my hair on his "Big Day", --- as long as he did NOT ask me to cut it!
3) If I was asked to cut my hair in order to be his Best Man at his wedding, this is where I draw the line... I would absolutely NOT do so, --- in fact, I'd tell him to go find another "best man!"

It's all about what's most important to us, what we hold dear, and what feels like rightfully a part of our own identitiy that should NOT be compromised, --- and recognizing when someone is plainly asking just too much out of us...

Everybody is different. For some, even being asked to wear a suit & tie to an event like a wedding is asking too much! (As far as myself goes, although I'm not crazy about those damn "monkey suits", to me, clothes are not a big deal, either way, --- so, I don't see it as any sort of difficult "sacrifice" for me to comply with wearing one.)

As many have said here before, "a wedding lasts only one day; but, growing one's hair out takes YEARS!!"

Braids, buns, segmented ponytails, --- hell, even a Beehive hairdo! --- whatever makes someone happy (as long as their request doesn't make me UNhappy)... i MIGHT even go so far as to agree to trimming off an inch to remove split ends (since I tend to like to do this, anyway - lol); but, ask me to cut off more than one tiny little inch... And, "them's FIGHTING' WORDS!!!"

- Ken in San Francisco

First of all I would like to thank you all for supporting me through my journey,which has been really harsh due to family's and some friends disapproval,but I've learned my ways to deal with it.It's incredibly hard to find friendly,supportive,kindhearted people nowadays,and I find all that in this board-the main reason for me not to give up my locks.Thanks again guys,you rock!
As for the pictures,you might get a good first impression of my hair,as it looks straighter than usual,but the reason for it's ideal condition is that it is kinda wet yet,as I just got out of the shower.I treat my hair VERY carefully,meaning my hair routine is flawless(in my opinion),and I can't stand seeing one hair strand off place(yea,I know I'm crazy >.<).I shampoo and condition my hair every 2 days,and unfortunately chemically straighten my hair in a salon every 2 or 3 months,as it tends to get very dry and brittle if not conditioned deeply(curse my mom's genes),and I might iron the ends of my hair in 1 or 2 months to get rid of the tangle-mess(argh!).I will post more pics later,now I need to go and get some sleep -.-.Peace out guys,and keep it growin' and flowin' =).

Stretched, my hair is currently at the third or fourth tier of my spine inthe bck, and about chin in the front. I haven't hit shoulder yet dry, but it's almost APL stretched, I think, ignoring layers. ):

Anyway, here's a few photos.

I'm also growing a small goatee now. I'm not sure if I'll like it or not. XD

That's the last one for today,time to get some sleep -.-.

KevinC posted:
"I lightly commented I probably wouldn't stay with the company if they after several years of hard work and dedication can't see past my hair. I was dead serious too."

Couldn't agree more. They hired me for my talents and experience. The only effect the length of my hair has on that is the negative effect forcing me to cut it would have on my outlook, and therefore my job performance.

Well - it's time to re-invest in wardrobe and I must confess that I'm completely at a loss. So - I thought I'd solicit opinions on how to proceed from a group of "stylin' people".

My fundamental issue is that at 44 with new long(ish) hair I have no idea on what sort of clothes etc would work best for me. My loving (and very patient) wife is happy to point out that there are pants on sale at Walmart but beyond that isn't able to be helpful. I have no interest in trying to relive my youth (where I also had no style sense) and want to appear to be what I am - a 44 year-old dad who has a professional, responsible job.

My lifestyle is basically in two parts. For my casual "around home" part, I live in a small, fairly conservative town with two teenagers and want to look like I'm their dad rather than some homeless guy that they're taking pity on. This - I can almost do on my own. The second part is tougher. I work in IT for a conservative, family owned distribution company. I spend the bulk of my time in the office, on the phone and in meetings. I do occasionally have to go into the plant as well. I believe that at work they think I look like a partially reformed biker.

Right now around home it's jeans (now faded and baggy) and sweatshirts (down to just black ones). For work, I wear a white shirt, tie, and docker type pants with black safety shoes. The advice I had from a dear friend many years ago for work attire was to look around at how everyone else is dressing ("business casual") and dress just slightly better. As far as the hair goes, around town it's often in a tail but occasionally loose. At work it's in a segmented tail or a bun.

A "challenge" to work around is that in the winter I like to grow out a large fuzzy beard which I trim back after new-years. The beard IS optional and I'm willing to make changes to it.

I've attached pictures so you can get an idea of what the base material is.

What I want to end up with is an image that reflects who I think I am - a conservative almost middle-aged guy who has a quirky side. I've thought about going for the "engineering professor" look at work but am not sure I could get the hang of a bow-tie.

What I'm looking for is some guidance on where to turn. Some pictures of people who you think have a style like what I'm thinking of would be helpful. Suggestions of where else to ask would also be helpful. As I said, I'm looking at "re-investing" in my wardrobe - so it will be out with the old (which is pretty worn out) and in with the new and I do expect to spend a fair bit of money to do it but will expect it to last me a few years as well.

Thank you everyone for your support of my hair-growing journey and now the "search for style".

Andrew B

Here's the second link