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Hey guys I'm new to the site, I see there is alot of good info on here. I'm 27 and have always had really thick hair that stays in good condition. When I was little I had long straight hair that was curly at the ends. Is it possible that my hair will still do the same thing as it gets longer again. It has been probably mid - late summer since I last had a haircut and is finally long enough on the sides to push behind my ears.
So, I'm posting another update on the board, can't even imagine reaching 22 months and 2 months remaining for 2 years.
Back in time, January of 2011, I remember talking with my friends about growing hair, all of us to be more precisely and most of them refused the idea so as I, not only because my father's rules but for my hair staying in the same size for months, just like a terminal lenght, but I always wanted long hair no matter what, not for musical taste, not for fashion tendencies, but I've always imagined wearing long hair for all those years, but seeing it in the same size and remembering what my father could say, maded me for not getting into the mood for getting my hair long and I remember saying:
"Nah, this isn't for me, my hair doesn't get even longer than this"
Even saying this, I've tried to grown it and I reached one year without cutting it but I wasn't all that attached to my hair like I am nowdays, I wasn't even care for managing my hair, didn't even combed it because I know that, soon or not, my father would gave me a visit to the barbershop.
After the haircut he gave me in Febuary 2012, since this day I said to myself "This time I won't give up so easily like I did, even if he tries to force me to give me a haircut, I'm not going to play his game now, neither his rules"
After so many discussions and fights between us, he isn't bothering me anymore, but one rule still remained, "I'm not going with you like that in my car, stay in the house", I even lost the "Families Visit Day" in the factory he works, he gaved my name and my mother's name for getting authorized to pay a visit there and I guess you already know what happened, he started saying "If you want to visit there, you need to cut your hair first, what the other workers going to think of me? That I'm a degenerated father who doesn't care for his son? My son is a madman? A drugdealer? I don't want to get called names for this and I don't want my reputation to be negative with my friends in there".
Like I said one month before, the hot weather is ruling everywhere here and my parents went for a vacation last week and I'm alone at home, and for fighting the hot weather, I've tried to learn how to tie my hair the way it is and after spending 2 hours, I've finally learned how to tie it, the next step now is getting more quickly to do it since I still spend few minutes trying to do it hahaha.
It isn't 100%, since I can't tie everything yet but I can tie at least 80% to be more precisely, some parts in the front can't reach it to the ponytail, so I need to do a few tricks like braiding the front hairs (Yes, I need to do it because I have a unexplainable dryness in the front hairs and they look "puff" if I don't do this) to put it behind the ears and hiding some hair in the middle with some hairs in the back to get a "decent" or try to look "decent" ponytail look.
And how about sleeping with my hair tied? Never felt better, now I can woke up without all my neck wet and smelling bad, feels great and confortable, even for combing it makes more easily, since it doesn't do a lot of tangles like when it's loose, can't wait for it reaching more lenght to get everything tied and stop braiding front hairs and throwing then behind the ears.
And like Ken said "With your hair tied, you give the false look of short hair looking from the front" and I guess you were right, it's strange to me look at myself with my hair tied and trying to remember when it was short hahaha.
Anyway, for everyone who reads it, not only I'm happy that I can tie my hair, but I'm happy that in one week we're ending this year and it was a bad year for me and Christmas is coming, lot of delicious things for eat and everything hahaha.
I'm watching and reading all the comments from the board, so I'm disappeared hahaha.
Happy Christmas and Happy New Year for everyone!
Cheers!
Merry Christmas to everyone from Argentina :)
I thought I would share to you how we celebrate Christmas down here since I believe it is very different to how you celebrate in the USA.
The night before Christmas Eve ( the 23rd ) most shopping centers are open until 4 AM and they offer last minute discounts so that people can do their final Christmas shopping. It is crazy because most people are in the streets at 4 AM going crazy and buying stuff.
On the 24th people don't work ( those unfortunate who work only work until noon). Hospitals only attend emergencies, banks close at noon, public transport stops working earlier, etc.
On the 24th at night we get together with our family, have dinner ( in my case we had a turkey ). Then we wait until midnight to receive the Christmas. A few minutes before midnight we start eating a lot of sweet food and then we make a toast and then open Xmas gifts!
In general, people stay up late and have party all night long (until next morning - it's summer down here so that is a plus! ). They make parties in their houses, others go out to nightclubs, others go to friends' houses and others just hang out drinking in the streets. The night ends in the morning of the 25th . Then, that day people have lunch together with their family and relax all day long.
Taking advantage that the 26th is Friday, the government decided to turn that day into an official holiday too so that people can have a super long weekend and promote the internal tourism in the country. So nobody is going to work on the 26th either. Most people take advantage of the long weekend so they travel to the beach to continue celebrating.
So this week has been super lazy down here.
I wonder how you guys celebrate in your hometowns and what you do to receive Christmas!
Happy Holidays to everyone :)
I took more pictures to celebrate 24 months of hair growth.
Thank you for allowing the self - indulgence...
WET
Hi everyone,
I've realised some white stuff on my scalp (wax like, only when hair is wet). Some people say it's dry skin whereas others say it natural sebum and if it wasn't white, then it was dirty.
I've not got any dandruff or an itchy scalp ( when hair is dry), could someone please tell me if I should be worried or not.
attached you will hopefully find my progress from the start to today - as I grew my hair for 24 months. Each picture is taken in the same spot with the same coat... I think I've aged in two years. My hair has grown quite a bit and it is still about the same color.
What do you guys think?
I am really loving the fullness, and waviness of my growing hair, and it is awesome to see it transform before my eyes. How often do you guys recommend shampooing/conditioning? I have been shampooing with Pantene Pro V every 3 days, and conditioning daily. Is there anything wrong with that frequency? :) Take care forum family !
Greetings to all - enjoy the holiday!
Merry Christmas to all and may the new year see lots of hair growth, no hair damage or tangles, and a world filled with no hassles about hair.
Took a chance on this and am really pleased with it. With hair down to my butt I am prone to tangling. For me the brush is doing as advertised and am sure there are some here who would be interested. I am using the brush for normal hair. Got mine at Boscov's store Northeastern Pa. for $12.99.
Let me also wish Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings to all. Rarely post but still around.
Karsten
(Also took a chance on a WinCleaner USB computer cleaner ... would not install and waste of cash ... buyer beware!)
Here is the way I was in January 2014
Today, almost eleven months later, on a very windy day:
Between gusts:
The hair-farming is coming on... I bought a couple of nice "medieval" shirts with a little Christmas gift from my mother-in-law, and it all seems to go together.
Anthony
Hey, guys! Time for a periodic update. The 'hair farming' (I like that phrase!) is coming along nicely.
The pictures were taken a bit after a shower and shampoo, and it's a very humid summer here in Queensland in any case, so my hair is curlier than usual.
In a few hours I'm off to Colorado, so we'll see how different it behaves in the cold, dry air 6,000 feet above sea level!
Nu, joyous holidays to everyone!
Don
Hello fellow forum member ! :) It is a rainy Friday here in Texas, and I had some slow time at work being that I work in IT. I figured I would post 3 pics of my journey. The first one shows my hair before I was hired at my current job 4 years ago. The 2nd is how my hair looked this year in May, and the last is how my hair looks now. I am sooooo excited to be growing my hair out, and honestly, if somebody told me that I had to cut it here at work, I would look for another job. I am dedicated to growing my hair out, and I love the transition. Take care all, and TGIF !
An off topic question about photos,
I sent a photo to several people yesterday.
On my desktop and iphone the photo was upright.
But one of the guys I sent it to the photo was
sideways. Anyone know why that would happen and
how to fix it?
Thank you in advance.
(One of the recipients is my father in law,
if I look at the photo on my computer it's straight up
when I access his email on my desktop. But when I access
his email on a Dell desktop elsewhere in the house
the photo is sideways. How is this even possible?)
(Both desktops use Windows 7, Thunderbird for email. The iphone is an iphone 5s.)
Every once in awhile we hear about some horror story of a "bad hair day" gone worse, simply because of people not thinking about a few common sense precautions. Rather than me telling my own hair horror stories (of which I have a reputation for being a bit "long-winded" - LOL), I'll simply list my favorite HAIR SAFETY RULES, below:
1) avoid getting too close to candles, a roaring fireplace, or a hot stove -- especially if your hair is down & loose
2) tie your hair back when using mechanical tools or any other kind of machinery, including when trying to do car or home repairs, gas or electric powered leaf-blowers, lawn mowers, weed-wackers, etc.
3) when riding on a bus or train (or any other form of public transportation), do NOT unthinkingly toss your hair over the back of your seat -- rather: pull your hair forward over one of your shoulders, so you are able to see all of its length (and protect it from unknown idiots sitting behind you, who might think it "funny" if they cut some of it off with scissors).
Anybody else have any Hair Safety Reminders they'd like to add to my list? I'm sure there are plenty more than just the above-listed 3!!
Happy growing -- but just be sure to stay AWARE, and be SAFE!
- Ken
Article about circus performers who fell to the floor while attempting to hang by their hair:
Hi everyone, my first time growing my hair out, and I'm a couple days past the 7 month mark.
I've no idea how it's going to turn out, the top of my head has hair which is straighter than the bottom half of the back of my head. It's starting to really stick out and contemplating whether I should get it trimmed a little at the back, or leave it a but longer.
As for my goals, I have 15 months set for now, with trims at the back so it doesn't dangle over my neck. Thanks for reading!
I probably wouldn't have bothered to learn to do this at the length I have if not for my winter sports stuff.
I think it's a pretty solid bundle of hair, now that my bangs reach the tie!
.... Not much weight (my Dr. said 13 pounds in the past 7 months) -- and not much hair, either (probably only 1 inch of growth, max); but still, at least both are moving in the right direction!
- Ken
Hello fellow longhaired compadres ! I have really been enjoying my transition from a shaved head to a long hair lover, and have a question for all :) What products, if any, would you suggest for taming hair that tends to feather out on the sides? The hair on the left side of my head tends to feather out alot which gives me a "BeeGee" like appearance..lol. I will attach a pic for reference. Thanks !
I went for a maintenance trim and asked the stylist how many more inches before I reach mid-back. she said three to four more inches. I asked her, since hair grows 1/2 - 1 inch/month, I should be at mi-back in 3-4 more months. she replied that she didn't know about the 1/2 - 1 inch/month ratio.
that left me wondering, is that standard or does it vary by person, hair type, etc.
Hi members,newbies, and lurkers,
As moderator of the world famous MLHH men's longhair hyperboard I'd like to officially announce the addition of Dave_AR to the moderation crew.It's been a long time since our crew has expanded so after much consideration we wanted Dave to join us in our mission.We felt he fit our goals of what we need as a bored gatekeeper and I know he'll be an asset to us here.Thank you Dave for accepting as I was honored to have had the opportunity to personally invite you while on your vacation in NYC :)POP, the bubbly! CHEERS!
Mârk
Hi all, I almost neglected to mention that in addition to Dave joining as a new moderator we also have a new tech crew chief. Longtime member Mike Wagner has joined us on the technical end using his expertise to keep everything up and running smoothly :) This can be a very challenging position to fill but Mike has been great about taking on this duty. So let's all extend a big welcome to Mike for helping us out on that front. It's nice to know the board is in good hands with our current crew.Cheers
Mârk
Check out Christian Bale's hair a few days ago at the release of his new film "Exodus: Gods and Kings". : )
Hi folks,
I just spotted this in the new employee handbook, which is a big let down.....
I had just gotten my beard past 5 inches, and my ponytail to 11 inches... I don't know how strict they will be, but for now I will have to trim a lot off the beard, (not totally), and possibly wear a bun. My hairs grows very slowly and I don't want to have to stop now..... (last hair cut 11/2009)...
Anyone else dealing with things like this recently?
Best wishes to all... The Spaf Man
So it's been 15 months from me having been forced to shave my head (what's up class of September 2013?!), and here is a short video showing my hair progression towards long hair again, closing in on 1.5 years of growth!
Hair is still rather awkward, getting in my eyes a lot, not laying back too well, and just being a pain in the behind... but I love it to death! haha
Would love to hear from you guys, so please take the time to check this out... even you Ken, you lazy, technology phobic long haired hippie ;)
Thanks guys!
Hi guys. I would like to introduce myself. My name is Todd and today is my 45th birthday. I have never had long hair and I have always wanted to try it. I am a psychotherapist and work with very conservative people in a very conservative city. I have decided to not touch my hair for my 45th year and then reevaluate on my 46th birthday to see what I think. I will post a photo on the first of every month. I know this is going to be a challenge for me going through the awkward stages and I would appreciate any support! Any questions would be welcomed as well!
Hi gang - as I have been growing my mane now for 5.5 years now - I thought to help others & contribute more = I made this video to help people diversify there lQQk = this method is quick, easy, comfortable: ( no-pulling ) & only 1 simple chopstix is used ... for all our busy men on the go = go get 'em tigers ... hehe cheers CEM. ~:O)~ ... plz. see video link provided:-
Hey guys ! Just enjoying my day off before the work week begins :) Here are some random pics of my growing hair. I get more and more excited with anticipation every month. I am loving the thickness,and waviness of my growing hair, and will give credit to my Scandanavian mother :)
I cut my hair......Well, I actually just had it trimmed. it was approaching waist length and some of the "leaders had already grown far beyond. However, I needed to neaten things up. it was looking a bit raggedy. My partner, who knows hair well, examined and found a few split ends. so I decided to retreat, just a "hair" (sorry) My hair is once again at mid back length, my stated "historic" length. My tail has more bounce and body without the added weight and all this just cements my feelings that mid-back is "my' length. Now that even more hairs are of one length. I may set out in future for greater length, but not right now.
Lately I've been getting a lot more compliments from girls, and even some jealousy about how nice my hair is.
They ask what I do with it and when I tell them nothing except for a wash and condition every 3 days they are amazed.
Hey guys! So it's been a a year and some change since I started growing my hair from a bowl cut (basically), and six months since my last trim. Hair roughly shoulder length, sometimes it gets in my way.
I've been experimenting with elastics and ponytails but they always feel like they're pulling. Even the gentle, no damage kind. Plus I don't really like the way that looks on me. Not a fan.
SO. I bought a big barrette, twisted it up in the back and viola. Hair is up and out of my face, and feels great. No pulling. So easy.
Here's the result. I love it!
I know it's not a guy's hair in the picture, but I'd like to recant you lot a tale:
My mom had lower-back length hair going into the salon two days ago. The lady who cut her hair started off by trimming two inches off :o before even going into a rushed layer job, which resulted in the crown hair being 3 inches shorter than the rest of the hair! 'Twas horrible for me to see, as such length is hopefully in my future
So, I looked up some crap on the internet about how to layer long hair, and went to work this afternoon. While the resulting job lost her hair another two inches, I think I did a good job of blending the layers together so that it's less noticeable and uneven--especially considering that it was my first time cutting any hair longer than four inches.
I think it's good for me to know that, in the future, I might not need to go to a hairstylist to fix anything! Considering the crap job I got with my SHORT hair a year ago, I'm not too keen as to what they'd do with my long hair a year down the road.
A few members have been posting about compliments in general and I feel like I wanted to mention the compliments I received while I stayed in NYC a few weeks ago.
What surprises me the most is that everyone says "Newyorkers dont make eye contact" or "Newyorkers are not surprised by anything or anyone, they have seen it all!".
Well, these two situations I lived in Manhattan's streets with random people:
Number 1:
I was taking a few pictures with a friend in Times Square when suddenly I see one of those people who dress up as Disney characters. This one was a person dressed as a smurf , came to me and said in a very funny tone of voice "I like your haaaaaiiiir" . She (or he? I couldnt tell because of the custome) really made me laugh because I had never thought receiving a compliment from a SMURF!!
Number 2:
While window-shopping on 5th Avenue I hear a guy who says to me "I like your hair". I turned and he started to talk to me. He asked me where I was from, what was I doing in NYC. I told him I was from Argentina and he said I was beautiful, etc. I don't know if he used the hair topic as an excuse to talk to me or if he really meant it.
He was really kind and had a 2 minute conversation with me and then apologized for being "rude" and he kept walking.
Receiving compliments is amazing. Whether they are related to your image in general or just about your hair. They make you feel happy and make your day.
Hi everyone!
As many of you know, IÂ’ve been growing my hair long for a while now....a life long dream!
However, because I unfortunately have fine hair, I decided to cut them and level them 24 months ago. The result (see pic - 2 years ago)was that my hair, although fairly short, was all the same length and gave an impression of greater thickness.
A.D.
Was shoulder length hair still fashionable among non punk/skinhead men in the UK from 1976 to 1979?
You guys have all been great here. I've enjoyed reading and writing posts here. You've greatly encouraged me in my own process of growing my hair long. I am only a couple weeks away from my 2 year date since the last time I sat in a barber's chair...
Something happened to me, though - that causes me to want to post this - I know I am free with my compliments in telling various guys they look great, not just their hair, but they, themselves... I want to say that if I have caused any of you to bristle or be uncomfortable with my compliments, I apologize.
Apparently I have written some things here and on the other long hair site that is linked here that was brought up on a search by someone in my family. They feel that my fascination with men's long hair and my compliments, along with other sites I am attached to out there on the internet, are a big reveal to my sexual preferences. I have been naive.
Truth of the matter, I have never felt any negativity from any of you guys - you have all been the most accepting, positive bunch of guys and I have been honored to know you and follow your journeys here. I felt I needed to say I did not intend to ever put myself out there in such a revealing way here or on gaylonghair - but, it's there for anyone to see just what I write and and how I feel about any number of things.
Thanks for listening. I needed to get it off my chest, that's all. I hope I have not been an offense to you guys.
Hey guys! A little update here. I had been growing out my hair from a buzzcut and was at 11 months without a trim but due to how dry my hair looked andd how it was mullety, I got a haircut. That was a few months ago. I have been growing my hair out again, in my opinion it looks better evened out. I'm reaching my 3rd month without a haircut, here's how it looks so far.
I was working along at the library this afternoon, out on the main floor, and a big, tall black guy--shaved head--came up to me and said something to the effect of, "Dude, I love the way you rock that ponytail."
I must have looked stunned or something, because he went on, "No, seriously, it looks good the way you just put it out there. You keep on doin' that."
Of course I have no intention of cutting, but it's nice to hear a sort of validation, I guess, from other bald guys who have gone the other way--shave the rest.
Anyway, it made my day.
Hey, at my age, "progress pix" once a year is often enough!
Bill
I now use two leave-in conditioners recommended at the hair salon. Especially for the ends in back. After shampoo, I apply KiehlÂ’s Conditioner developed for frizzy hair. I do not rinse this off. After 10 minutes from the shower, I use a course plastic comb to straighten out the hair being moist. But workable with the leave-in conditioner. I then apply BC Bonacure Repair Rescue (Sealed Ends) leave in conditioner. I put a gob in my hands to run thru my hair. Several times. Takes half day to set and dry.
But then a brush just glides thru the hair. So sleek and nice looking. Hardly any tangles. Lasts about a week. Before I used these, I would have to detangle frequently. Try this if you have a tangled mass or before considering cutting off weakened ends in back. KiehlÂ’s has their own store outlets, especially in Europe that I saw this summer. BC Bonacure is on Amazon. But not in drug stores.
Don
So it was this month 3 years ago that my wife detangled my dreadlocks (they were only about 3" long at the time) and I decided I wanted to grow my hair to terminal length. Thing is, my hair wants so badly to form dreadlocks (even with the bi-annual trim to take off split ends and such). ~6 months ago I first tied my hair up in a "joorah" (topknot) and wrapped a turban around it for protection. . .it felt so right and it keeps my hair so manageable, I've worn a turban every day since.
Having changed to a plant-based/whole-food/high-raw diet about 2.5 years ago, my scalp doesn't get very smelly, and being held up in a turban keeps the hair clean and easy to comb.
Today it was hair-washing day, so I left it out of the turban to dry, figured I'd post an update
Hello!
So basically, I am soon at month 15 from a shaved head, and I have recently started exeprimenting with putting my hair up into either a tail or a bun using bobbypins to make it stay in place.
Hope this works! Here's a link to the video! :)
Here is my 7 month progress pic ! I started off with a buzzcut much like Raul.
Almost forgot about this place. Started growing out my hair at 18, 25 now but it seems like I've had long hair forever now haha. Just got my hair's splits cut out and my hair re-layered at the salon I go to. It's the only place I've ever been to when I tell my stylist an inch, it means an inch! Also, I've been taking hair skin and nail vitamins for about 2 months. The difference is huge and people notice it and not knowing what I'm doing differently to get it so shiny and healthy looking.
This video is about an upcoming court case regarding forced haircutting on American Indian prisoners. In the video, a map appears which shows the practice occurs in a few states, mainly in the South.
I know I won't be able to hold a sufficient ponytail through the coming spring and part of the summer, but the heat will still be beyond what I'm used to, so I thought it'd be good to look around now for ways to keep my hair from sticking to my face and neck.
Besides regular hats, I messed around with an infinity scarf (think ninja mask) and even an old thin t-shirt. Both did the trick rather the same as a standard headband, although the scarf tube thing certainly looks more sleek.
Probably should just invest in a regular headband if I end up doing this a lot...
Just thought I'd share the results because it's randomly interesting to me. Definitely something I'll be doing in the future when I'm working and such
Caption in the pic says cheating the system. I think I meant cheating my way around the necessary length for a ponytail or something...
So I came to post the picture I took with my camera and found that Mark had already posted his hahah.
I will post it anyway!
Mark was the first person from this wonderful board I ever met. And actually, we believe this is the first MLHH "intercontinental" meet up ever since I am from South America !! (How cool is that?)
We had a wonderful evening, had mexican food together and talked about everything. I hope I can meet other people from the board too. It's cool to go from the virtual space to the "real" one.
Hey, guys, it's Lucian. So, I tried a new shampoo the other day (Coconut Milk by Organix) and it was, to make an understatement, a disaster. Hunks of my hair actually fell out, and the rest of it is changed. Whereas usually it's wavy and soft, now it feels brittle and dry and it breaks easily (I've included an after shot so you can see).
So my question is this: what can I use to restore my hair's natural strength and texture? What do you use? I'm particularly interested in hearing from young men with long hair, as I am young and my hair would be closer to theirs in texture.
Well the deed is done.............
I just chopped of another seven inches to even up the ends.
I hated losing that much length but I also hated having the
bad ends. Before the deed it was four inches above waist length. So now i'm to keep the ends looking good and return to waist length.
Well it's been a long time for me to be able to say this but I finally have had the great honor to officially meet one of our own for the very first time in person here today in NYC! I spent the evening with DaveAR who has been visiting the city this past week. He is an awesome guy who is so easy to speak with and has great hair to match :) This is one of the things I love about the mlhh and that is the possibility to actually meet a member who we've gotten to know very well online but never met. I'm glad he had a great time on his vacation and hope to see him again on a future trip.Long hair meet ups rock! Cheers
Mârk
So here I am again, posting another update for you.
This picture is different this time because it was taken by my cellphone not from my computer webcam like the others and it was a sunny day as you can see by the picture.
Since the last time I posted something here I was talking about with my relationship with my father.
The good news is, since that day, he doesn't even touched in this subject again and if it wasn't my mother, I wasn't typing this message right now in home.
Spring is ruling over here already and sometimes it suddently gets hot as hell and since I can't tie my hair yet, sometimes I woke up with my neck very wet and believe me, I don't like hot weathers because, not only makes you sweaty but for me I feel very bad at hot weathers since I always had a lower blood pressure and every drastic weather change like we're having here it makes me feel very bad.
2014 is reaching its end and makes me feel good and bad at the same time, it makes me feel good for no other reason but to see my mother doing everything alone again, walking and healed, feeling fine. On the other hand, it makes me feel bad since I didn't received any calls from employers for getting employed, I've sent my resumes and nothing changed but I'm raising my odds for the next year for getting a job.
Hey guys! It's been a while since I've posted.
Hope you all can offer some advice. I've got very fine, straight hair. This is the longest it's been! It's just about to touch my shoulders and I want to go about 3-4 i inches more (here's a recent pic from behind). But it is starting to look a bit ragged.
It is very dry all of a sudden. It was always so oily before. The problem is that when I use any conditioning products, they make my hair very flat and look even more fine. I'm not shampooing but every three days. What do you fine hair guys use? What is your routine?
Also, could my dryness problem be promoting tangles? I get tangles every time the wind blows now! It's a pain. I work them out with my fingers and then a wide tooth comb and I try to be careful, but I still feel like I'm pulling my hair out.
Anyway. Thanks for the advice guys! I think this will be easier when it's long enough to braid. Can't wait for that!
Now that my mane and beard have turned white, I wonder if any of you with white hair have found what best enhances the look of white hair. My mane is really fine with mostly straight hair strands, and my beard is very coarse and wavy and curly.
Bill
Haven't done any trimming in 6 months, maybe more. the main body of hair is now lower back However, I seem to have a few "leaders" that have reached much further. Below the waist. Not sure what to think of these "Scouts" Rather like the occasional instantaneous 1 inch long eyebrow hairs I have been encountering. Seems the occasional follicle must have just started crankin' it out. I promise a recent pic as soon as I can see to doing same. Just not one to do the whole "selfie" shtick.
Hi I been wanting to grow long hair for few years and now and now finally growing it and I shaved it bald end of May. I am definitely serious and I don't want anything to get in my way since I kept changing mind in past. I have questions and wanted to know if anyone can help. I told someone that Im growing hair long and maybe to almost waist length and they said its too much work and if I can tolerate it since it takes too much time and years. The part that bothers me is they had long hair for years and it doesnt make sense why have long hair if they're complaining. I replied to him and said that anybody can do anything if they put their mind to it and thats just lazyiness if they complain about taking care of it. Also I know a guy who complained about long hair and its in the way and they wear hat all the time and why even have long hair if hiding it with hat. My questions is what you think about this and is it really that much work or is just the person? Because my mom and sister dont take that much on their hair and just wanted ot know if that person was jealous that I want grow long hair? Im serious and dont care if its alot of work since long hair is worth it to me and I dont want to give up but just was wondering.
I just saw the film 'Erin Brockovich' for the first time; it was on TV here last night.
I was happy to see Erin's love interest, George (played by Aaron Eckhart) rock a long hairstyle with pony tail. I thought it was fitting that his character was a somewhat unconventional, nurturing male (although nobody would accuse him of being 'un-manly').
As an aside, I really enjoyed Julia Roberts in the film. I think her career has been plagued by a succession of so-so roles that were not worthy of her talent. I did, however enjoy her performance opposite Tom Hanks in 'Larry Crowne' in 2011 which I thought was a lovely film even if it was something of a sleeper.
Don
Link is here:
Anthony's post regarding John Wesley spurred me to share this: Earlier this week, I attended the G20 Interfaith Summit here on the Gold Coast - no connection to the G20 Economic Summit held last weekend in nearby Brisbane, just named similarly to attract attention. It was sponsored by Griffith University, a uni with a number of campuses here in Southeastern Queensland.
Anyhow, whilst I was sitting in one of the sessions I realised that not only was I the only long-haired man present, there were hardly any long-haired women even! It was generally an older crowd, so what Ken wrote in response to my last post regardingf social pressures on older women to cut their hair, was ringing in my ears.
I was sitting at lunch at the conference with some lovely LDS (Mormon) people and one of them asked about Nazirite Vows in Judaism and suggested that Jesus of Nazareth was a Nazirite like that famous Nazirite, Samson. (No linguistic link between the famous Jew's town in the Galilee and the word 'Nazirite,' BTW...in Hebrew they are from different roots.) Martin Scorcese may have enjoyed putting in a few words, but luckily he wasn't there. We talked about the idea a bit, and then I caught sight of my bushy pony tail which was hanging over one shoulder. "That's it!" I said. "If anybody gives me a hard time over my hair, I'll tell them I've taken a Nazirite Vow!" We all had a laugh.
Then this morning, I was driving back from Miami (not the one in Florida) through Surfers Paradise and realised that there were wall-to-wall long-haired men! Everywhere I looked! So I'll have to re-think the assertion i once made here that religious men are particularly open-minded about long hair...
Nu, a pleasant and peaceful Sabbath to all! (getting to be late Friday afternoon here...)
Don
I have no pretension to the holiness or evangelical zeal of John Wesley, but I seem to have almost reached his length! I am glad of the choice I made.
Hello guys !
I really need help on something that its really driving me crazy.
As you may know, I arrived in New York City last weekend. In the airplane's bathroom, there was a humidifier turned on. As soon as I left the bathroom, my hair was full of static (then, I read online that humidifiers tend to be one of the reasons why hair get static)
I thought it would just tame down and it did. But then the static showed up again. It's been 4 days since that , I washed my hair twice ever since and still my hair is full of static and I dont know what to do.
I went to Rite Aid to buy some blotting papers ( I heard those are good for static ) but nothing changed really.
Anything you would suggest? Any products?
I wear it in the ponytail so much that people forget what it looks like down lol.
Since I've now entered the awkward stage, I'm going to start doing bi-monthly updates on my own progress and on any new tips I learn (which probably won't be much, since I did a lot of research during the summer).These'll probably be very rambley since I don't do planning very well...or at all...
Mostly in this video I cater to the newbies, with some (hopefully) helpful tips on going through the awkward stage. The beginning, I talk about something else, but about a minute in I get on topic)
Warning, I do curse a bit, if that bothers anyone.
Also turn the sound up, the recording kinda botched that part up
A question about oils. What do folks on this site use?
I was looking at the reviews for Jojoba oils and Cocoanut oils.
There seems to be a recurring theme with these oils, they smell
bad, the color and consistancy seem to be off (like the company selling them is filling the bottles with something else). I've noticed these complaints run consistantly accross many brands.
Is any of it worth getting? Any brands to use? Any brands to
avoid? I'm very dissatisfied with how my ends are now and
I fear I will have to remove about another six inches. I love having long hair but hate the scragly ends.
Hi Bill,
Just thought I would post this nice feedback about your article on Choisser.com. Very nice to see since you did such a good job on it!
Ted
See if this goes.
Hey, just dropping by to let you guys know I'm celbrating my seventh year with long hair this month. It has been a fun growing experience. Can't wait to see the tenth year to come by. Hair doesn't look to bad for a 50 year old guy. Happy growing guys!
I'm finally past the awkward stage. My hair has grown to my shoulder blades. Love evry inch of it!
So, I promised you guys an update, and here it is! The picture on the left is basically the photo I posted in early August on MLHH. The picture on the right is the hair currently today. I even hunted down the original shirt, and took the photo in the same room! I've only had my hair trimmed once before, and that was sometime last summer, though I don't recommend you cut/trim it at all. I'm enjoying the long-haired journey, and I'm hoping you're all as well! Good luck on your own growth-journey, and if you're contemplating on whether or not to grow your hair out, the answer is always yes!
I was having a bad hair day,lol
26 months without a haircut or trim. Been a busy past couple months. First my 6 year old grandson is diagnosed with leukemia. Prognosis is excellent for a full recovery. A couple weeks out of the hospital my house burns down. Moved into a hotel with little more than the clothes on my back. Fully insured so no worries about long term.
Been 8 months since my last cut Iam loving it any successions pls post how to manage it. N keep it growing lol thanxs for previous replies
Last update was 3 months ago and my hair has grown a lot since then.
I'm really happy to be a longhair once again, in a few months I will be able to make a ponytail. Still not sure how long I will grow it this time, will just do whatever I feel like doing.
In my life thing are going perfect, got a contract at my job, bought a house together with my girlfriend (she likes my longhair!) couldn't be more happy!
I took my "new" boat for a sail today in some lovely warm autumn weather before it turns bad. Here's my blog posting:
After hauling the boat up the slipway, I got a bit sweaty, but took a selfie all the same - 13 months.
It's still growing...
Anthony
Today while browsing the Internet I came up with this and thought I would share it with you .
It is in Spanish, so you can see the translation below (pretty easy to understand anyway)
Two girls speaking-: "I bet you will never be as metalhead as HER" (points towards the person on the right"
Person on the right- " Sl..." " I AM A MAN!"
Last year I left a 20+ year corporate career and decided to stop cutting my hair. I've always wanted long hair, but never thought I would make it this far. It has been a fun process, and the longer it gets the more I am enjoying it. I've been following the board for a while, and knew at some point I would start getting those comments to "cut your hair" and they have finally started, so I guess that must mean my hair is finally getting long. Not sure that at some point I won't give in to the pressure, but at this point I would love to go another couple of years at least. For now, I will take it day by day and continue to enjoy it!
I started growing my hair out my senior year of high school last year. I hopefully won't be cutting it all four years of college. 14 months in, I'm pretty much through the awkward stage now, and am really loving my hair. It's very thick and reminds me of a lion's mane. Sometimes the ends get wavy/frayed, but the roots are straight. I think it's because oils from the top of my head can't get to the bottom, causing dryness on the ends. Anyone else have hair like this? What could I do to help this?
I don't know where to begin. Yeah still growing my hair. I used to have thick hair, but had some major sheds throughout my journey. These days I continue to bun and ignore. I follow the George Michael hair care routine. I wash my hair once a month with cheap clarifying v05 shampoo/conditioner. I never wear my hair down (only for length checks). I'm dependent on my boar bristle brush to spread my sebum and clean my hairs from lint, dust, and anything from the environment. Anytime my ends feels dry I use two drops of mineral oil.
I love the saying on here "onwards and downwards. "
Surprisingly it's already long enough that it won't hold my favored side-part without product (I expected to be able to keep that up until new year's), but it is long enough that I can have a funky version of the topknot if I want.
The only trim I got was an inch off the back last month to prevent mullet'ness. The long strand in the back of my hair in the picture is a section I'd apparently missed (I might not cut that bit with the rest of my back when it gets mullet-y again, just so I have something to mess with)
(Inspired by a 'Man Buns' thread on another forum)
7" Aluminum Gutter Nails (US$6 for 10 at Ace Hardware)
Well, here's a pic from today. I'm looking at probably another 6" and keep it at that length. I'm really enjoying my hair long.
white mane
As I mentioned a few weeks ago on a post here, I will be visiting New York City next week (my flight arrives in NYC on Saturday, November 15th in the morning and I will be staying in the Chelsea area)
If there is anybody in the NYC area and would like to meet up, have a coffee, lunch, dinner, a beer, or just go sightseeing , etc...just let me know :)
It'd be great to meet up with longhairs from the board.
Leave me a comment below or simply click on my nickname and I believe you will have the option to email me in private.
See you :)
What are your favorite shampoos and conditioners?
I have been using TIGI bedhead dumb blonde but looking for other options.(kind of broke at the moment).
I have long thick straight hair, mid back reddish blonde, I don't have a camera but I have been told it looks like Brad Pitts hair in legends of the fall and have had long hair my whole life.
My routine is very simple, I only shampoo/condition about every 2 weeks, use cocoanut oil or vatika on the ends when it is dry, only use a wide tooth wooden comb and never use a blow dryer.
I basically just leave it alone. It never looks greasy or dirty and I think the cocoanut oil helps protect it and make it shine.
I basically just leave it alone and tie it back mostly.
Thanks for any help...
"Oh, let me take your picture.."
"Just stand over there...."
"A little to the left..."
"A little more..."
"Right THERE...perfect..."
Click
It's November. It WOULD be no shave november, although quite a few of us aren't clean shaven (myself included). I raise to you an alternate that celebrates our masculinity -- break a vice and/or form a new habit.
Lately from school I haven't been able to go to the gym as much as I would have hoped to, and the soda has not been good on me. I'm giving up soda, pointless internet browsing, and laying in bed in the morning, and adding on 40 minutes of exercise -- mostly cardio -- a day (taken from the time I lay around in bed and browse the internet).
For archival purposes here's a picture of my upper body. I don't look nearly as good as when I came to school (http://www.mlhh.org/messages/315879.html), and I would like to get back into that state.
If anyone would like to join in the challenge, please reply.
-Matt
Hoping everyone had an awesome Halloween. But hey, EVERY night is Halloween when you're gothing! ;)
Damon
Today my husband Larry and I celebrated our having met each other 38 years ago today. We took a drive down the Pacific Coast, and we ate at one of the MLHH crowd's favorite haunts, Duarte's in Pescadero! (Thought of you guys while we were there!)
Wish some of you guys were along!
Bill
Beware of the grave diggers...
The hairiest team in baseball!
Definitely stoked here tonight in San Francisco!
Bill
I've mentioned how my wife and I intend to give our son complete hair freedom. Aside from a tiny trim of some hair in the back because of it being damaged baby hair and very prone to tangling, my son's hair has not been cut.
I've wondered at what stage he will begin to understand the concept of hair and how he wants it. A routine we've had for a while is that he pulls off the tie holding my braid at night and then loosens my braid to release my previously bound hair. He's now been asking for a tie himself at times. So, he's definitely beginning to understand how long hair is cared for.
Yesterday, completely unprompted he remarked that he wants to have long hair like daddy and mommy. I responded by telling him he could have his hair however he likes. I told him his hair is starting to get long and asked him if he likes it. The response was that, yes, he does.
His hair is pretty curly but when it's wet, it goes down to between his shoulder blades. We definitely won't be cutting the bangs and it already can be worn with it all reaching a tie with a high ponytail.
So, needless to say, we're very happy that he has expressed this desire. But he is his own person without question, already expressing preferences in a number of areas. I don't doubt that part of it is wanting to be like me but I feel like it's more than that. If he changes his mind, it will be cut but I don't see that happening in the foreseeable future. He gets complimented all the time when we're out about his hair and I know he likes that. We dress him in dark colors and despite his longish hair, it's very rare that he gets called a girl while we're out.
I wonder if there is any genetic component to having a longhair identity. I was *very* young when I knew I wanted to grow my hair long.
Having a good hair day today so I thought I would take a picture and update you all.
We are starting to experience hot weather here in the south hemisphere (even though we have just began Spring) and humidity in my city is not helping too much (it also makes my hair greasy so I have to wash it more often).
In the front my hair already covers my nipples, in the back is really close to midback length (some people even say IT IS midback length). Its ok to me, I am not really crazy about length though.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
A family just moved in across the street about a week ago and the 15 year old son has hair almost to his waist! He said he started growing it about 5 years ago when he decided he wanted to have long hair and just gets it trimmed occasionally now. Have to say I was quite impressed both from a length standpoint but also from his commitment. It takes guts to grow it out at any time, but I imagine it takes a bit more to do it at his age, so I figure we can all stick with it and do it!
Well, I've made it through one year without a haircut. I am loving the long hair, I am finally able to tie it back minus the front and some of the sides. I will post a comparative photo from 1 year ago in the replies section so as to show "how much hair occurs" in a one year span.
Thanks,
Seminole
Quite a while ago, you guys posted your age qualifications and named groups of men who are considered growing old... I think Ken or Bill actually came up with it - I tried to find it here, but no luck...
Do any of you remember?
Geezer was one...
thanks,
Fitz
Growing my hair again hopefully it gets longer enough soon any comments welcome
Afternoon my main maned men! Here's a picture I took while I was bored in class and goofing off, and I figured I'd upload it since it's been nearly two months since my last update. Also, I realize that this pic doesn't display my hair's accurate length, and I'll be uploading a couple new photos to properly demonstrate its' growth in the upcoming week! I wish you all good luck on your own long-haired journey!
So long now. It's crazy!
Here is my hair after about 6 months :) I am getting really excited for my hair to grow longer and longer. I love it ! People at work tell me that I look younger as well. I turned 35 years old 2 weeks ago.
Dave in Argentina and I have been busy, working away at getting the FAQ "On Being a Longhair" into Spanish, and we are now done! You can see the result here:
In time this may lead to more Spanish speaking longhairs seeking camaraderie and support here. Give them a hearty "¡Bienvenidos!" if they should come our way!
Remember, in no place can there ever be "too many longhairs"!
Bill
I hope I haven't "shocked" anybody here that I have an ex-wife... we met when we were still teenagers in Princeton, NJ, back in 1973 (we were both 19 back then; but hey, that still qualifies as a "teenager" - right?); got married in '81, divorced in '87.
Most people here are aware that I'm quite open about being a gay guy. Personal growth and self-discovery (including increasing awareness about one's own sexuality) is a PROCESS, not an "event"... Hence Laurie & I were able to part ways in 1987, while still keeping our friendship intact.
She recently came out to the San Francisco Bay Area for a visit, bringing along her new husband (husband #3, a wonderful German guy -- husband #2 was Canadian)!
As Auntie Mame once said, "Life is a banquet, but most poor fools are starving to death!" (I hope I got the quote right - LOL)
This pic was taken just last Tues. night, at San Francisco's Verdi Club -- a place that not only teaches Swing dancing, but also has live Swing music from 9:30 - midnight. My brother and sister-in-law also showed up, plus a couple of long-time dance friends of mine, as well as Uwe & Laurie... We had a blast!!
- Ken
Dale Dorman died recently. In the Boston area he was a DJ
on the radio for many years. For many years he had waist length hair and was a fixture of radio for a number of decades.
Update - Rear view - 43 months.
From the shameless commerce department...
My company's website is now active! You can find it at www.jewishjourneys.com.au.
Okay, since this IS, after all, the Men's Long Hair Hyperboard...I draw your attention to the picture on the 'home' page. That's me on the right. The picture was taken December, 2012, so that's 22 months before the photo I most recently posted here. Reasonably fast growth considering I've trimmed a few times in the interim. Nu, keep it growing and flowing, Brothers!
Don
I agree with 'Dave_AR' - spring down under is stunning currently
Hi there!
I hope it's everything alright with you, but not for me.
I was reading the sad story of stickeelion about the nair in the conditioner and not only maded me angry, but many of you too.
But this story that I'm going to tell now isn't as serious as his, but still it is something that is very bad.
As we all know, my relationship with my father isn't one of the best, especially what he have done to me in the past as all of you know.
Two days ago, my father was getting angry at me just for one reason, I didn't take a shower on the other day because we're having a water shortage around here in São Paulo, so I went to sleep and was going to take a shower tomorrow.
When I woke up, my father was looking me kinda strange and was very angry at me and already start shouting "WHY YOU DIDN'T TAKE THE SHOWER?" and I said "I didn't because there was no water and I was going to take a shower tomorrow in the morning" but there was no negotiation, he only said "You're going to wait for me in the couch, I wanna talk seriously to you and your mother" then like trying to be a good son, I've waited for him.
When he arrived at the couch, he turned off the TV and started talking:
"Look, I will be very clear to you, hereafter you will be in my rules and no negotiations, I was tolerating you with this beard and this hair so far, but after that, it was enough for me and I want you tomorrow to cut that hair and shave that beard, I make myself clear?"
and I said:
"No, sorry but the answer is no, I'm not going to do what you want, just to make you confortable, I'm the same guy, didn't changed a thing, just my appearence and why insisting in this conversation? I've said my final opinion, I won't go back and the answer is still no"
and he said:
"I'll just say one thing to you that is gonna hurt you more than me but the truth is, YOU ARE DISGUSTING, I'm sick of you, I'm ashamed to go out in the street with you and introduce you to my others friends, what will they think of me? Because of your appearance, they will think I'm a degenerate father who doesn't cares for his son? I never liked you, I was justing tolerating you all this time because of your mother and anyway, I'm going to say one last time, will you GOING TO CUT THAT HAIR OR NOT? IF THE ANSWER IS STILL NO, SEVERE ACTIONS I'M GOING TO DO ABOUT IT"
and I laughed at his face and said:
"C'mon, you're really worried about the opinion of others about you? Are they by chance paying your wage and your bills at the end of the month? And again, it could be something much more worse, can you imagine if I came home and talked to you I was gay and present to you my boyfriend? That surely would be much worse and would have some "reason" for discussion, but I'm straight and we're discussing this only because of the hair and beard? Ahh please, this is BS"
and he said:
"I see that we're not going to have an agreement here, I'm going to give you a deadline till Sunday, if you don't change your mind and do what I ask, you can grab your things and get out of my home and live in your office, I not going to tolerate you living under my roof like this and I'll say more, hereafter forget that I AM YOUR FATHER"
And what couldn't get any worse, my mother enters on the same wave as my father and try to make my head to change my mind, but this time I wasn't going to change my mind again like I did in three years ago, I'm already decided and I need to face the facts, if they really loved me, they would already accepted me the way I am, I'm tired of being something that isn't me and just a fantasy creation of the "perfect" son my father wants to show to his friends, the "perfect" family dream...
And now some curious facts, did you know that when he was 18, his brother was expelled from home for getting a girl pregnant? And 20 years after that, my uncle did the same thing to my cousin? My grandfather did the same thing to one of his others sons just because he said "I'm the only one around here sustaning this home with my money, you shouldn't say a thing for me". And now, the same story is repeating again, when I say he's just like a perfect copy of his father, we start fighting each other...
Since the conversation from this day, he refuses to speak to me, even to sit on the table when I'm drinking my coffee.
I only said one thing to my mother: "When I find a job, I'm going to pay my debts with him, rent a place and I'll get out of here, I think both of you will be happy when I leave, but I won't give my new address when I leave, for neither of you"
Damn, I'm already getting tired of this BS, I can't sleep well knowing that my mother, MY MOTHER betrayed me and backstabed me to my father, seriously, it's giving me insonia, I never woke up more than 2 or 3 times in the evening.
Later in our conversation, he said something like: "Why you doing all of this? Are you following other peoples thoughts, is that it?"
For reasons like this, I think I don't want to get married and have a son, because I don't want to repeat the same thing my father is doing to me, just like his father did to his brother and him, it's just like a "curse", my mother said that I'm not going to be like him, but who knows? Maybe when I get old I can be exactly like him, I don't want others to suffer for futile reasons, I want to live alone until my final days so when I die, neighbors will only notice two days after.
I tried everything to contain the situation but it seems it was all in vain, I guess I won't have other choice but to move to the office, since I'm not going to give up my "dignity" and be something I never was for years, when I was 14, I always said that my father was a dictator to my mother and she never give a damn for it, now both of them are against me, thanks to my father's manipulation.
I'm really without support from my family, the only one who tries to help me with this is my grandmother, she can't do much, but just a little already helps.
It's sad, but I need to face those facts, I'm shocked, really...
Hi Everyone,
I started growing my hair in late March/early April, I still have a few more months before I can pull the top into a high ponytail to keep it out of my eyes but I am really enjoying it. Here are a few pics of the untamed mass that is my hair :P
Well, with great intentions I took these pictures almost a month ago to the day for my 2 year update...life has been crazy so I'm actually at 25 months now :)
Regardless, I finally hit the 2 year mark and I finally feel like my hair is long now. I still have some minor things that annoy me, but at this point I'm no longer thinking, "in a few months it'll grow out of that..."
As far as where to go from here, I'm finally ready to do some maintenance on the back. I'm in search of a trustworthy hair professional to mainly get the back of my neck cleaned up. You really can't tell from the picture, but when I wear a ponytail (every day to work) my neck hair is crazy and IMO untidy. It's probably not as noticeable as I feel like it is, but it drives me a bit crazy, so I'm going to do something about it :)
Here is a compilation of a bunch of different looks :)
Update - Side view - 43 months.
Also I double-dated with my new friend her boyfriend and her other friend.
The boyfriend is awesome.
Here's my 13 month update in my hair journey from bald to mid back hair.
Feel free to leave me a comment and I would love to see more of the mlhh presence on youtube! 😊
Hello All,
I'm happy to have stumbled upon this website and to be making my first post after (2) years of experiencing my current hair woe!
Though I'm now 25 years old and have had long hair since I was 18, I never had to factor in shaving facial hair into keeping my longer hair looking nice. I know that seems odd but I think it's just something to do my with my family's lousy beard genetics (my father couldn't grow any proper facial hair until about age 30)
While I DO shave, I only tend to get really scraggly neck-beard hair, no mustache, and a terrible excuse for what "should" be sideburns.
Getting back to the issue that I originally stated I've had for around the past 2 years -
I would rather not have any real sideburns at all until I'm certain I can actually grow a beard. The reason for this is the hair tends to get real scraggly and unkempt (I don't actually own a beard trimmer after all....) As it has been a few years since I've had long hair and DIDN'T have to shave, I can't actually tell what should be my facial hairline and what's my actual hairline.
As a result of miscalculating this a few times while shaving, I end up trimming off too much of my actual hair resulting in TONS of little fly-away hairs that look absolutely ridiculous when pulled back in a ponytail. (I'm forced to use gobs of hairspray to hide this during these times.) This often results in me having to wait months for the fly-away hairs to grow long enough to be properly tied back. With this being a bit of an obscure issue, I figured a community dedicated to men with long hair (which I did not previously know existed) would be the best place to turn. I've agonized and struggled with trying to describe this issue to female hairstylists for awhile now which obviously did help as it's a non-issue for them.
* Attached is a photo of my hair from the side.
Any advice on the matter would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
- Joey
Dave in Argentina and I have been working on getting our FAQ On Being A Longhair into Spanish. We've completed Parts 1 and 4 of the four-part document, and now we are starting on Parts 2 and 3. We'll post again here when those two parts are done.
If you know Spanish, check it out! (If you don't know Spanish, fret not, because it is just like the English version. [grin] ) Links in the upper left corner of each page enable a user to jump from one language to another.
A guy translated it into French about ten years ago, so we will soon have it all in three languages!
For those of you who aren't familiar with the document, it is a collection of information, mostly culled from discussions during the early years of MLHH. It can provide support information to those who don't want to post here, and also, it helps newcomers to long hair from having to come here to MLHH to ask the same questions over and over.
Bill
Update - Front view - 43 months.
A new housemate moved in last week, with long hair, dreadlocks. I caught him the other day at liberty with my shampoo (theres a cupboard in the shared bathroom with shelves where we keep our bathroom stuff), I told him off for using it and told him to get his own and to stop being a scumbag. He denied using it and promptly yelled at me to get lost in the most un-endearing terms possible. A few days later I go to wash my hair; shampoo, conditioner etc. After i rinse the conditioner off I notice that my hair is feeling very unusual. It's very dry and brittle. I then see a new (yet empty) bottle of nair (hair removal cream) that wasn't there the other day, I have a smell of my conditioner and I can definitely tell there was a more acrid smell to it. It's not highly noticeable but it definitely smells different than it used to. I then smell the nair bottle and it has that strong acrid smell that is also evident in my conditioner, The realization of what this scumbag housemate has done hits me so unbelievably hard and I frantically rinse my hair out several times with cold water.
At the moment my hair is still very dry, it's knotting so fast i cant keep up, frizzing out of control, it's also very fragile that if i fingercomb my hair any knots just snap my hair, I dared to comb it and I pull out at least 50 broken strands.
When i look at it i can tell that it has thinned out from before though I'm probably very lucky that the nair was diluted into the conditioner, it could have been a lot worse.
I'm still hoping I wont have to cut it all off and start over, It will probably be salvageable if i treat it gently, it's not a complete eyesore, it just looks a bit thinner and frizzy, mostly on the hairline. Damage or not I'm so mad at this guy, there isn't a single person I hate any more at the moment, there should be a special place for hell in people like this.
He used my shampoo AND then put nair in it, what the hell, once wasn't enough? That's like punching someone and then kicking them when they are down. I never did anything but ask him to stop using my shampoo.
Also, I'm rather poor at the moment and the bottle of conditioner was large and it was half full when it was contaminated so I now have heaps of wasted conditioner that is worthy only for the bin and I cant afford any more for at least another week.
Also, not related to hair at all but I caught the same guy the next day eating a pizza I had made from scratch and put in the fridge for lunch the next day. I want to beat this person to within an inch of his life and then razor off all his precious dreads but I'm not the kind of person to do that so I'm just sitting here in my room just seething silenty writing long posts on the internet GRRRR
endrant
I'll just see what i can do to protect my hair from further damage in the meantime, mayonnaise maybe?
Asked for a pic of me from the front, so here it is.
... to lighten the mood / tone after 'Stickeelions' shocking incident ... I had another fluffy encounter just now when a stunning guy followed me home, chatted, & generally amused me no end ...
You know how it feels good to have the wind in your hair...and for those who have longer hair, how it leads to tangles? Sometimes you decide it is worth it.
I am now detangling after operating this car with the front window open, which meant my hair was doing the medusa thing!
This, instead of the day of working on the computer completing a lesson plan. My life, so hard!
My Wife Renee' & I Who Has Always Supported My Long Hair
San Francisco is headed for the World Series, again! Third time in five years.
A few minutes ago, people all over the neighborhood were hooting and hollering. This town is gonna go nuts!
The World Series will be great to watch this year. Our team has some awesome longhairs!
Bill
On A Country Gig Last Saturday
...more about vocation than about hair, although for the record here's a picture of the latter, taken yesterday as I was out enjoying the spring weather and searching for fresh hadas and aravah for the festival of Sukkot.
Some friends and I started a company to take over my sponsorship - I'm on a work visa - in Australia, and the change was accepted by the Immigration Department. So, at least for now, I'm staying in Australia. The company is called Jewish Journeys, and whilst the website is not yet active, you can find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/jewishjourneysaustralia. The concept is to provide the 'normal' rabbinic services, but outside the framework of a congregation. So far I have clients on the Gold Coast and am cultivating a few others in Brisbane and Toowoomba.
Support from friends has been great! Clara and I have been staying in one friend's granny flat for two-and-a-half months rent free, although tomorrow we're moving into a unit (that's what they call a condo here) that we've rented. And someone else gave me a car, a Mitsubishi with only 34,000 km on the clock.
Now that things are settling down, we're planning a trip to the USA in December to see our kids and visit with my family and some friends. We'll be in Colorado Springs for a couple of weeks, in Charlottesville VA for a few days, and perhaps Sun City as well.
Thanks for all your expressions of support and solidarity. Through all this turmoil, it seems that my hair is the least of my worries. But I'm VERY happy with the way it's growing out, and not planning to cut it any time in the near future.
All the best, guys...
Don
Me and my bro are new here, any pro tips for how to make progress? I really admire the fervent dedication of everyone here. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I used to have very long hair, got about two inches longer than this. Now it's short, and I'm regretting my decision. I'm turning 18 soon, should I grow it back out?
Been about 2 months so I figured I would post an update. I think I have gained about and inch and a half maybe a bit less. Still have a while to go to get to my original goal. I wear it tied back most of time, ponytail out of work (preferred by my wife) and bun at work. Maybe I'll start wearing it down a bit more as the weather is certainly getting cooler. Hope all is well wight he rest of you.
I have recently transferred from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to run a regional office.....so meeting lots of new colleagues and clients.
One fellow that I really hit it off with today said: "As soon as I saw the ponytail, I knew you were a Free Spirit".
Definitely a great compliment.
I want to thank / NOT thank Mark Hairball for taking this pic of me at the beach last week (and this one, believe it or not, is THE BEST out of the 3 pics that he took that day)!
Mark, please hide me behind a tree or large rock the next time you take a snap-shot of this old geezer...
We had a great time that day, all things considered (and myself looking very pregnant aside) -- other than my apologies to Mark for breaking his camera!
- Ken
PS - in the background are the famous Seal Rocks near San Francisco's Cliff House restaurant. I am standing on what's left of the old Sutro Bath House ruins, what at one time was a well-known glass-domed swimming pool and heated salt water health spa type smaller pools, which was very popular during the early 1900s.
Recently I have really been feeling that people don't take me as seriously now as they did before I grew my hair out. It's rather frustrating, at least at the moment. Is that something you guys get too?
First time posting here (Found the board from http://www.choisser.com/longhair/three.html).
Freshman year I had grown out my hair to my shoulders, and had cut it eventually down to a faux hawk for some stupid reason or another. I'm a junior now and am on the rise to returning to having that length. I still had the faux hawk in july but have grown it out since then to the picture you see.
So I think it's been about 12 months, I cant remember the exact date I started but it was definitely in october, it's getting some nice length to it and developing nicely
Anyway, I decided I would try putting it in a pony tail, first off was buying the hairties, I hadn't the slightest clue on where i would find them, nearly an hour later I managed to find a pack of 18 for ~ $7 USD.
back home it took me nearly 30 minutes and countless attempts, different methods, a handful of hair that had been pulled out, 3 broken hairties and many sore fingers later I had nearly got something that resembled a pony tail... and it was a very loose one at that. My hair was long enough to get most of it tied up.
Either way I'm fairly pleased and it feels pleasant with the hair tied back
I then decided to give it another try and pulled it off, but it took another half hour to get back to where i was before :/
All in all it was a day of trials and tribulation but now that i've made a pony tail I guess im a real longhair now :p
Is there a way to get the hairtie on so that the hair stays pulled back nice and tight?
http://www.examiner.com/article/bruce-jenner-drops-the-ponytail-for-new-long-hairstyle-at-elton-john-concert
Hey, I really dislike the so-called popularity of the Kardasians and I don't understand why these non-celebrities are celebrated as they are - so bare with me -
Bruce Jenner has been growing his hair long - he actually had the nerve to wear it down minus pony tail and it made entertainment news... I am disgusted at the way the media is portraying him - now that he is split from his ex - Kris Jenner - and could it be that he is going for a sex change? Give me a break. This article annoys me and I just felt like annoying the rest of you along with me...
I wish the former Olympian well - and I hope he finds new peace of mind and freedom now that he is out of that little house of horrors
Hi everybody,
Here is my update at around 23 months. Still trying to get to waist length minimum. Onward and downward!
Ted
So, here I am again, posting another update, never thought one day I would reach that mark, next year we're going to complete 2 years and I'm happy for this.
Recently, I've noticed that not only I'm getting old but, I've found a one long white hair on the right side of my head and my mother said that white hair appeared because I'm too nervous (I don't get angry on anyone, but I get pissed off easily with my father all the time), or maybe it's genetic, I really don't know and this hair, especially that white one, is from a different pattern than the others, it's not curly as the others, is some kind of straight with a little wavy on it and it feels more a thicker texture than the others.
The other thing I've noticed recently is, my hair on the left side is a bit longer than the right side, maybe it's only my impression, but I already noticed it everytime I comb it when it's wet (And yes, my hair is a little wet on this photo). Some of my hairs from the top are reaching my neck collar and when I wake up, I can't get up fast when I was doing before, if I do something like this, my hair "catches" on my back and aches a lot.
Well, I don't have this time a story to tell, because it didn't happened any interesting events on the last month with me.
Here is my hair currently after 5 months. I made a decision back in May to not cut my hair, and to grow it out for once in my life. I have always worn my hair short, but have been told that I have awesome thick hair and should grow it out. Behold !!! :)
My hair has finally reached shoulder length. Next goal is mid-back.
Have only been using a bun for a relatively short time (a few months), and have never attempted a stick bun. Was getting dressed and had my hair loose, and wanted to get it out of the way while getting my pants and belt on (now there's a phrase you NEVER hear from short haired guys, LOL).
I had a small stick handy, and figured I'd try out a stick bun. I've seen women wrap their hair up using one a zillion times. So I simply wound my hair around a few times into a basic bun, stuck the stick through and whattaya know?? The whole thing stayed together!
It may not be terribly pretty, but it works.
Frodo
I was looking at Ken's site and there is one photo of him examining a tree very intensely. His head tips to one side and shows the length of his magnificent hair.
Here's me doing the same thing - but no tree! Oh well, one has to have some fun in life...
I've been meaning to post this long hairstyle tutorial for over a year now; but procrastination being one of my better virtues (LOL), I'm only now finally getting around to sharing these pics and instructions...
Bare (or is it spelled "bear?") with me while I post 9 more pics and their comments / instructions!
- Ken
Hey all!
It's been a while but I've finally gotten myself time to post an update. My hair's been growing out pretty well as of lately and I'm over the dry and frizzy stage I was stationed in.
Thanks for all the support and inspiration you've given me and I do hope to continue growing it even longer if possible. My boyfriend has told me that right now would be a good time to trim it and I'd think that will be the way I'll go so I'll leave you all a picture of how it looks now before anything is done to it.
Hope everyone's doing great!
Here is my hair currently after 5 months. I made a decision back in May to not cut my hair, and to grow it out for once in my life. I have always worn my hair short, but have been told that I have awesome thick hair and should grow it out. Behold !!! :)
With a year's worth of growth without any trims in the back, a ponytail seems so close yet so far away. Here's to pretend to have one:
Directions:
Make half tail with hair at top, tie back with hair tie.
Gather rest of hair, including the half tail, and then tie back with hair tie two, making sure that the upper hair is tucked into the rat tail.
This is 17 months of growth... the shortest hairs are at my chin... although still not long enough to tie into my ponytail and long enough I wouldn't want to wear it loose.
I'm taking 20 credits worth of classes at Cornell... which probably wasn't a very good idea. (Typical load is 15)
Hope everyone has been well and of course continuing to grow out those manes ;)
I have spent this past week out in California just enjoying a nice vacation and catching up with the west coast mlhh'ers :) Yesterday we spent part of the day within San Francisco then ended up of the Pacific coastline. Ken from SF was so kind to take a hair pic of me standing on the Sutro Ruins near the beach.Anyway gonna enjoy my last couple days here before going home. As the saying goes keep it "Growin' and Fliwin' ". Cheers
Mârk
I have as good as made it to my first full year without any cutting or trimming. My tail is a little high for my taste but the side hairs are still too short to stay in for long, and the front bang is going to take at least another 6 months. Still, I'm getting there.
This is from a buzz cut in September 2013.
Anthony
If you know anything about Syracuse, then you will know that we really cherish our sunny days... And September skies in this area are absolutely beautiful... So, had to share an update and capture the hair, too...
Fitz
I was walking to class today, and I guy on his cell phone paused his conversation to call over at me, "Beautiful hair!"
It was really flattering and reminded me of one of the many reasons I have no desire to go short.
Jorge Pla is a 22 year old professional fencer and model with beautiful blond waist length hair. You can see a lot of photos of him on his Facebook page listed below.
New to this board. Wish I would've found it a sooner just hit my 12 months. On iPhone not sure that I can post a pic.
Last night I went out to a Karaoke bar (originally with NO intention to sing at all; but eventually the guy sitting next to me kept nudging me until I caved in, so I sang the old Merle Haggard C&W classic, "BIG CITY" - lol).
After finishing the song, this guy comes up to me and says out-of-the-blue, "Great job -- and I just LOVE your extensions!"
Rather than try to correct him that my long hair was actually 100% real, growing totally out of my own scalp, I simply said, "Thanks!" Hey, people are going to believe whatever they want to believe, right? And since I've not trimmed my facial hair in a long time either, maybe he thought my beard had extensions, too! (LOL)
- Ken
Attended a Celtic festivsl in Sedona, Az. yesterday. Longhaired males abounded, while true, not a majority. Length and hairtypes were a huge count. Tails aplenty. Lots of us gingers (of course) It may be the genre attracts longhaired guys (the Braveheart syndrome) No matter we were but two of many present for the games,,,,And a fine whiskey tasting.
Consistently, over many years, the pages on my web site that get viewed the most are those of "On Being a Longhair", an FAQ that was written about fifteen years ago. Its content was mostly drawn from MLHH here, and the intent was that it would serve as an FAQ for users of MLHH, so the same questions would not be asked as much over and over again.
"On Being a Longhair" is the only item on my web site that is translated into another language besides English. It was translated by a French longhair, who was a student, several years ago. Because of the popularity of the page, I have felt it would be worthwhile to translate it to another language with a lot of speakers - Spanish.
To get a good translation, we need input from a longhair who is familiar with longhair identity issues (which can be me) and from someone who is a native speaker of Spanish (which is not me). Either can be the primary author, so long as we get input from both types of people.
Also, Spanish has more regional variations than English does. We want the words we use to have the most widespread and uniform application throughout the Spanish-speaking world, because our material will be read worldwide, not just from your own country. Please keep that in mind when making comments.
Replies to this thread, or messages directly to me by clicking on my name at the top of this post, will either one be fine for providing me with feedback.
I am in no hurry with this project. I will work on it as time allows. Nevertheless, now is the time to get comments to me, since they will be used when translating the remaining 90%.
Spanish is a widely spoken language used in many countries, and many speakers of Spanish are not fluent in reading English. It will be great to get our information out to those longhairs! We will all appreciate any help any of you can provide!
Quick translation of the above message into Spanish:
Constantemente, durante muchos años, las páginas de mi sitio web que consiguen vieron más son las de "On Being a Longhair", un FAQ que fue escrito hace unos quince años. Su contenido se ha elaborado en su mayorÃa de MLHH aquÃ, y la intención era que sirviera como un FAQ para los usuarios de MLHH, por lo que las mismas preguntas no se les pedirÃa tanto una y otra vez.
"On Being a Longhair" es el único tema en mi sitio web que se traduce a otro idioma además del inglés. Fue traducido por un pelilargo francés, que era un estudiante, hace pocos años. Debido a la popularidad de la página, me he sentido, valdrÃa la pena traducirlo a otro idioma con una gran cantidad de oradores - español.
Para obtener una buena traducción, necesitamos el aporte de un pelilargo que esté familiarizado con los problemas de identidad de pelilargos (que puede ser yo) y de alguien que es un hablante nativo de español (que no soy yo). Cualquier puede ser el autor principal, siempre y cuando tengamos el aporte de ambos tipos de personas.
Además, el español tiene más variaciones regionales que inglés hace. Queremos que las palabras que usamos para tener la aplicación más generalizada y uniforme en todo el mundo de habla española, porque nuestro material será leÃdo en todo el mundo, no sólo en su propio paÃs. Por favor, mantenga esto en mente al hacer comentarios.
Las respuestas a este mensaje, o mensajes directamente a mà haciendo clic en mi nombre en la parte superior de este mensaje, o bien uno estar bien para darme retroalimentación.
No tengo ninguna prisa con este proyecto. Voy a trabajar en ello como el tiempo lo permite. Sin embargo, ahora es el momento para obtener comentarios a mÃ, ya que se utilizarán cuando se traduce el 90% restante.
El español es una lengua hablada en muchos paÃses, y muchos hablantes de español no tienen fluidez en el leer de inglés. ¡Será genial para proporcionar nuestra información a los pelilargos! ¡Todos tendremos agradecerÃa cualquier ayuda alguno de ustedes puede dar!
Bill
So, I finally made it to 1 year, around 2 years after originally restarting to grow my hair long again!
There's not much to say that I haven't already said in the video, so if you are so inclined, enjoy the watch, my friends =)
A special thanks to Fitz and SPAF for the videos, I TRULY appreciate that, my friends!
Raul.
Hey all, just wanted to give an up-date. I have finally been able to put myself together and will head back to work on Monday. I am still trying to get myself able to grow my hair out. This seems to be heading in a bit of a new direction. I am finding that work needs me because a co-worker is going out on leave for knee surgery. She is also Native (documented Cherokee if she wants it) and has been a support to me in this Summer of finally coming to terms with being Native. It seems to be being implied that I need to cut my hair (for the umpteenth million time again) but I am going to put it up if they want it that way. I wonder that they do not understand that this is part of who I am. Hopefully I can seed things forward with HR and get a fairer ruling on growing the hair out. It seems a bit discriminatory to me.
Cheers all, be well :)
Was powerin' up the window of my old (collector plates) Buick. When, "YOW" My tail was caught by the glass as it closed in the frame. No damage but need to watch that. I got tired of it being pulled when I sit down so have been flingin it to the side. Well The breeze whipped the end up to just the right location at just the right moment. Its lower back in length but seems to be taking its time. Not certain if my terminal length is now above the waist....Is it correct to presume ones terminal length can change with age? It's not a bothersome issue as I am happy with mid back or so.
Yoddle le he ho
Just for fun, I was inspired by Raul's beard journey (that ended with an epic shave on YT haha). I decided to give my Opie (or whatever the guys name was) beard a try. I think this is somewhere in the 6-7 weeks range, 9 for the chin area.
I have to ask, how do you guys stand the mustache being so long? I'm not digging the messiness during eating and the overall feeling of it on my lips!
I have these odd little milestones I look to and hope to reach. And today, I noticed that I finally reached one. One most button up shirts there is a line where the material is stitched along the upper back / shoulder line. I finally feel that I have reached that milestone - my pony tail has reached that line in my shirt... And just thought I'd share it with you guys - although, this is probably not the best picture, taken with my phone in a mirror in the bathroom at work... yes, at work... I am shameless.
This is just a random funny pic of me in the morning, since growing it out my hair has taken on a life of its own.
So, here I am again posting another update not only from my hair, but from recent events that happened to me.
I'm also very happy for reaching 19 months and I never thought I could get there and I never thought my hair would pass the "afro" stage that I used to wear in the past (where at least I tried, until I was forced to cut by my father as you know). I've also swapped into a new conditioner with argon oil (bought it in the beginning of this month and already noticed some difference).
The good news is, I went to a couple of interviews last month, especially one from the last two weeks, I went for a collective job interview, never went to one of that kind and I was left in a room with a lot of other people and when the employee said that we had 10 minutes to met each other and tell in the front of everyone in that room the persons we met and their qualities, I went into a completely despair and then have a thought that came to my mind, the same that I had in fourth grade in my school days, "no one would join and make a group with me and once again be excluded from the class" and for my surprise I was wrong this time. The moment I blinked my eyes, two women sat in the front of me and another one was sitting on my right side, they're not only doing what the employee asked, but it changed into a very long conversation between us four and for my suprise, all of those four maded compliments about my hair saying things like "Wow, what beautiful well cared hair you got here, I wish many men had the same care as you" and the other one that was sitting on my right side was playing with my hair. I would say that in that day I was the center of attention, since the other guys were looking angry at me all the time. When the interview ended, I went to the WC and when I thought that everyone was already gone, those same four womens were waiting for me outside, wanting a company and wanted me to take them to the train station, since I was also going there and we went all together there and we took the same train to go home, but went down in different stations.
Sadly, I wasn't hired in that day, but that day was worth it, since it raised my self esteem in a way, that even when I got home, not even my father and my mother managed to make me upset, I felt awesome that day hahaha.
I won't going to lie, but since that day, I've received a few compliments from people that doesn't see me in years, saying to keep it up and don't cut it and this makes me happy, even more than before. My mother sometimes talks about the disadvantages of long hair, but taking a couple of more minutes everyday combing it or washing it makes me proud to love myself.
Hi guys, it's been an awful long time since I checked in here, mostly for personal reasons, work, and just a general lack of interest in my own hair that has resulted in me not participating, or taking notice of my own hair.
Finally felt the urge to get a length picture after so many months, so here it is :) If memory serves me right, this will be the 56th month since I last had a cut and decided to pursue long hair as a goal, hope everyone here has been well, I'm going to start contributing again, so this is the first of many more updates.
Kind Regards, James
San Francisco had a 6.0 earthquake.
Are all the guys here in San Francisco ok?
http://www.sott.net/article/284684-Five-year-old-Navajo-boy-denied-admission-on-first-day-of-school-because-his-hair-is-too-long
This native American hair is beautiful, with a long braid.
For those of you who enjoy jigsaw puzzles but are tired of windmills in tulip fields, you may want to check out this one with five longhairs in it!
Bill
My two clergy colleagues have recently posted, as has the other member who is Australia based. It reminded me that I've been very remiss about not being on the board, except for an occasional lurk. First of all, I'll post a few update photos. I had a couple inches of dried-out ends cut off a few months back, but am otherwise progressing nicely into long hairdom. I'm happy with the way it's growing in, and I'm managing to keep it nice and moisturised with my regimen of twice-weekly washings and a bit of argon oil and moisturiser on the intermediate days.
I was sacked from my job at the end of June and as a result I don't know what the future will bring. I'm still in Australia but in order to stay long-term I have to have another sponsor. Several friends formed a non-profit company to employ me as a rabbi-at-large and we're waiting for approval from Immigration. I've also filed a complaint against my former employer with the Fair Work Commission and that grinds forward slowly. At this stage we really don't know whether we will end up remaining in Australia, or returning to the USA. The latter would be no big tragedy...I miss my kids terribly. They're both living in Boulder, so if we go back to our home in Colorado Springs we'll be within reach.
Okay, my brothers...hope this finds everybody well and, in that enduring phrase, 'growing and flowing'!
Don
Hello buddies!
How is everybody doing?
I just wanted to announce that I will be visiting New York City in mid-November (I will be there for a week) so if there is anyone from the board who is going to be in the NY area and would like to meet another MLHH longhaired from overseas just hit me up :)
I hope everybody is having a great weekend.
Cheers :)
Hey guys! Hope everyone is well. Just wanted to post a ponytail photo. Almost 7 years of hair growth.
Today I was doing a job at a customer's house (assembling a playset). Overheard a conversation between the 3-4ish daughter and the mom.
Daughter: (noticing my hair bundled up at the base of my neck)
Mommy, that man has a ponytail.
Mom: Yes, he does.
Daughter: Why?
Mom: (in a very matter-of-fact tone)
I guess because he wanted it that way.
Acceptance may be moving slowly, but I believe it's gaining ground, and parents like this one are a big step in that direction.
Frodo
Decided to grow my hair out about 2 years ago. I have always kept my hair very short but had thought about growing it out after a coworker did. My wife wasn't too pleased at first with that, but she grudgingly left it alone other than the occasional comment. I caught a lot of flack from other people too as I am sure all of you have but have stuck it out. I have read posts on here plenty of times before but now that I feel I have sufficient length I'd join and participate.
The wind cooperated, for once.
I was getting ready to leave work this afternoon and decided I'd post an update. I've been growing my hair for about 24 months!
Just had my hair trimmed last week. My trustworthy stylist that IÂ’ve known for years (and that truly loves my long hair!) only cuts what she needs to, usually approx 1 cm / 1/2 inch. I have my hair trimmed every 6 months. I find my hair looks healthier (especially the ends) and experience less shedding after a short trim.
Now, I canÂ’t wait to reach mid back....which should be by end of year. Only then will I truly consider myself being a longhair....
A.D.
Hey, Guys. Some of you might still remember me. I've been posting here for two years or so since I started my journey.
Unfortunately, I haven't had a single chance to make updates or even write messages for a long while. Seems like it's almost a year passed since my last update.
My life changed a lot. It became more... Active. And I've become a family guy, yeah :)
I successfully graduated from university. I worked at one huge IT-company here in Ukraine for almost a year. Currently I'm working as a freelancer software (mainly web-) developer as it's more comfortable for me to work from home with a schedule of mine. Implemented a dream of mine and got myself a dog :)
Situation in Ukraine is difficult and unstable. These days my country is fighting for it's consistency and independence.
My hair is still with me. Although it's a bit shorter than at the pic I'm showing right here. I'm putting a pic of mine from a period of 3 months ago. Three weeks ago I got some kind of a haircut. My hair is just a bit below my shoulders now. One length cut :) So it's still long (yeah, below shoulders) and I'm going to let it grow till the middle of my back again. The reason is pretty simple: I wanted to wear my hair loose. Unfortunately, with greater length (it reached a bit below middle of my back after all) some difficulties come: hair becomes harder to handle. So I mainly had to wear it tied... It was still great, and I loved it, but damn, I couldn't enjoy my hair at it's full at that length. So I decided to return to a previous stage, where it was still long (I'm a longhair at my heart, simply can't imagine myself getting a shorter cut again) and I could comfortably wear it loose. Maybe some day later I'll give it a chance to grow till a waste-length. It was a bit below middle of my back and it was still growing, almost without showing any thinning at the ends.
I'm enjoying my hair. Long hair has become a part of me, that's for sure. A natural part of myself. It's the way I feel and sense the world. So... Onward and downward! The journey still goes on. Although it's pretty hard to name it a 'journey' this time. It's my life and it's a part of me, after all.
Here's how I looked approximately 3 months ago.
Later on I'll try to make a pic of myself from a day today :)
I hope everyone I knew is fine and in a good health. Would be glad to hear from you, guys.
Thanks.
Serge.
... I went off-line for 5 months - but back now ... cheers to all ... :O)
I made it two years without a cut or trim. Not bad for an old guy! When I look at these pictures of myself I can't believe it's me.
On the serious side, my 6 year old grandson was diagnosed with leukemia yesterday. Dr's don't know what type or have a treatment plan in place yet. Bone marrow biopsy this morning with results tomorrow and will likely start chemo right away. He's in Doernbecher's in Portland, Oregon so I know he's getting the best possible care.
I have been watching this board for some time and thought that I would introduce myself. I have been growing my hair for a little over 13 months from a very short flattop and hope to keep going for a long time. I have to wear it pulled back for work their rules but wear it natural most of the time away from work. Here is a picture taken about 2 weeks ago
Hey Bros,
I have been allowing my hair to grow freely for forty one (41) months. My hair has reached collar bone length and there are some hairs in the front of my head which do not yet reach to the back of my head in order to get caught in the hair tie which forms my pony tail. I am fifty nine (59) years old. I had thought that I would never get a haircut again. I have not noticed much growth in the last few months and maybe because of genetics I may have reached my terminal length of hair growth.
I have my ends trimmed to promote growth? Is there any other advise which you, my long haired bros could offer to me which might help promote hair growth? I really love my long hair and if this is as long as my hair is going to grow then so be it. However, I would like to have my hair grow as long as it possibly can.
Your long haired bro,
Raymond
Would you guys consider this as "mid back length" ?
This is my hair length right now (I took these pics last night) . My hair grows in different layers and I think I like it this way. I might trim it in the future to kinda even it out.
What do you think?
New style again, now the hair sits nicely in a center part, now just to continue onward and downward, next milestone ponytail. Thanks everyone.
Hello Everyone!
I've started growing out my hair, it's been about 4-5 months since my last cut. I'm at the stage where my hair has decided that it doesn't really want to obey the laws of gravity lol. Any suggestions on how to reduce the volume of your hair?
Hi I want to be more active but I'm very busy. I want to share you this update of my hair, the trim I did last month help me a lot it grows faster and it looks very good my hair.
On the photo it's my progress now. This is how I use my hair also I do a ponytail.
This month marks 16 years since the last time my hair was cut or trimmed, hard to believe that it has been 16 years already. Not much has happened length wise for the past 10 years, but I still love brushing it out daily. I haven't braided my hair like my avatar for a couple of years now. I usually go with either a simple tail or segmented tail most of the time. I do occasionally go with a half tail or left loose if I want to show off my hair some. Anyway, I just took this photo a few minutes ago.
Daniel
Sorry in advance if this doesnt turn out right..
..I am away at the beach and using my cellphone...
I am staying with friends and saw that they have a much bigger mirror...
it is 10 months since you all saw the back of my head...
.....Staying the course... slowly..last cut 11-2009...
Thanks...The Spaf Man
I know it's a rather misconstrued stereotype that all metalheads must have long hair and all longhairs are metalheads. However I'm actually quite curious to know how many people here listen to metal (or other metal related genres).
Personally, I listen to quite a few different genres but metal makes up a large quantity of my listening material.
In fact, Ironically I started growing out my hair around the time I got into this music, not because it's the stereotypical thing but because I was just exposed to this hairstyle more than I ever had before and being rather unsatisfied with an array of different short hair cuts it compelled me to give it a try.
Had a question...
I've been noticing the ends of hair looking and feeling differently than the rest of the hair. I check all that I can about once a week and I don't see any split ends, however there appears to be a slight discoloration comparing the ending 2 or 3". It seems be lighter brown than the rest.
Any thoughts on what may be going on? I know this is the oldest part of my hair, so could it just be dying or something?
-Tommy
I have not been around much this month - holidays and work, also rethinking my life.
Given all that, the hair is still there, being looked after and is growing. Some say you have the title of "Longhair" when it rests on the shoulders without moving the head out of a natural position.
I'm still in awkward phase, but everything except the top hair is almost touching the ponytail point - so I reckon it's another 4 months or so before I'm out of awkward phase.
I am 22 years old and have been lurking here for awile as I grow mt hair out. I would like to be part of the group, can I post my picture yet? Thanks for being here for me.
Both endeavors (growing out hair, getting muscular/strong) have 3 P's:
Patience, Perseverance, and Protein...
Any other gym rats here? I can't do behind the head cable pulldowns because the pulldown bar snags on my ponytail holder.
I'm heading back to Ithaca NY tonight. No more parental nagging! (YAY)
Hello everybody :) I stumbled across the website today while searching the web for any and all websites devoted to men growing out their hair. I am a 34 year old IT technician living in Texas, and have always wanted to grow out my hair. I just couldn't get past the akward middle stage, and ended up shaving my hair off. Four months ago, I decided to just deal with the stage, and vowed to not cut my hair anymore. I am very excited to share my journey with you all, and to chronicle my progress monthly. I will post some pictures, this evening, and show the progress that I have made in the last 4 months. I hope to share more experiences with this forum, and to build some online friendships. Take care all !
First off, let me start by thanking Dave from here on the MLHH for all the help and encouragement with going through with this :)
Basically, I went ahead and wanted to do the same treatment he had done to his hair back in Argentina, here in my home country of Norway.
Now, considering that his sort of Keratine treatment is not done here, I went ahead and with the blessing of my good friend and hairdresser, taken a Redken Relaxer treatment.
The results, as well as pictures from the actual treatment, are in front of you in the video right here!
Would love to see some more MLHH support and presence on my YT channel, seeing as how many people are getting into growing their hair long together there, and you guys being able to answer questions and help out promote the topic :)
Thanks, and take care!
Raul.
Hey guys :) I wanted to post some pics of where I started, hair-wise, 4 months ago and a current picture from today.
playing around a little this morning and thought we could all show off our best 'face'...could this be the new ice bucket challenge???
Well, it has been a bit of a crazy Summer. I have done some more research, talked to some people, experienced some stuff and at this point I am confident in saying that I am Edisto. I am not giving into the whitewash and letting my Native flag fly. I am mixed European and Native and have nothing against either part of my background.
I am finally getting respect from people around me and I am just being myself. My people are not dead. We are here in front of you in plain sight. Thank you to all of you for your help, encouragement and love. You are definitely Native brothers in my book. Please remember us, the Edisto people of the Southeast Coast.
We respect ourselves and how we were created. We are connected to our people, the land and living. Our natural hair is part of that. We are your friends and want your respect. We do not need welfare, we can survive like we have been doing despite repression for nearly 200 years. Thank you all for letting me share this with you. It is part of being Native. No shame, no more. I love you all, thanks for respecting your Native brothers. You are Native in spirit. Thanks for respecting me.
Hi everybody,
Thought I would post this article about an Eagle scout with long hair. With all of the stereotypical notions about long haired guys being non-professional etc. A lot of people would probably look at this guy and not think he was an Eagle Scout because of his hair. I personally think this is way cool considering what it takes to become an Eagle Scout. My deceased brother was an Eagle Scout and I do miss him. Kudos to this young man for all of his accomplishments including his hair!
Ted
I posted an intro earlier today, and promised some pics...the first one is before I cut my hair, and the next is my current progress after 4 months:)
I haven't cut my hair for four years now. I'm 63 and for some reason, it's still blond and I have very little graying. My recent thought is whether I should grow facial hair. I've been clean shaving for years, mostly because my employment required occasional wearing of a respirator. Now hat it doesn't I am considering a beard. Every time I start one it gets annoying, though. Am I in the minority being both long-haired and clean shaven?
I ask whoever is still in charge to take me off the membership roster. It's nothing personal, my life just got a whole lot more complicated. Thanks.
It's very hard from my part to post something like that, but we're here to help everyone, this is the purpose of the board right?
Well, since my last haircut 18 months ago, I've always had a problem with my front hairs, but it was unnoticeable and since I maded the decision for getting it long as I always dreamed about, this problem is starting to annoying me as the time goes by.
I think in this picture it won't show perfectly but my hair is wet on this picture, I've went out of the shower for about 5 minutes.
Those front hairs gets dry in a couple of minutes and gets very hard to style it with the rest of the hair and I noticed those front hairs is an another variations of curls, very tight coils I must say.
So, my doubt is, with time, this problem may go away when it gets more longer than this? Any suggestions will be welcome.
From time to time Ill go through a period where i feel like my hair is thinner and then ill go thought a period of feeling normal....rinse and repeat every few months or so....i know it my mind playing tricks on me as ill looking at my hair in the mirror and it looks the same as always but it still kinda worries me when i go though these phases of feeling like it is tinning out....just wondering....anyone else have this experience?
Q: "Would you be willing to cut your hair in order to secure employment?"
A: "I will not disfigure myself, merely because the sight of a long-haired man honestly expressing himself makes a few insecure people feel uncomfortable."
NEXT!!! A couple of decent job offers have come my way, with more pending.
Sorry for my recent absence. I am closing in on 11 months since my last haircut, and am really enjoying the beginning of what feels a bit like "long" hair again, after all these years! I'll post an update photo soon.
Frodo, congratulations on the new job! Vincent, welcome back! Welcome also to all of the MLHH's new members, and kudos to all of you who have posted updates since my last visit...
Ó Duinn
Nathan
Lucian
Zeldafan
Guilherme
Sergii
Jeff
unrealxXx
ESDI
Raul
Gordy
Anthony
Steve
TommyD
...and anyone else whose update I might have missed.
Cheers :)
--Val
Once again I am traveling for my work (Minnesota). During one of our early staff meetings, we were discussing appearance, demeanor, etc when in the public eye and in high profile situations. I brought up the topic of my ponytail asking if anyone thought that would be perceived negatively. One woman (50ish) said "Oh No...that makes you more approachable". She went on to say that when shopping or seeking information/advise, that she will choose a long haired older man over a trimmed younger guy....feeling that she will get a more direct and honest answer. There were nods of agreement around that table.
To be honest, I was a bit stunned, but delighted and wanted to share this with my MLHH family.
Comments ??
Figured I may as well post a couple pictures, since my last picture was from early May. Though, I'd like to hear your guys opinion on what type of hair it is? Straight or wavy? I personally think it's naturally straight. A couple facts: 1. Last haircut was in May of 2013. (I've had it trimmed once, probably late April.) 2. I use Aussie shampoo. 3. I rarely if -ever- condition. 4. I towel/air dry it. (I never blow-dry because if I do, it gets sorta poofy, and I prefer it being flatter-looking.)
Figured I'd add a picture of my ponytail since that is how I usually wear it. It is surprisingly hard to take a good picture of your own hair. This is the best one I managed, not the best angle, but it will do.
It's not long by any means but all the hair is very solidly in it. Definitely plan on continuing to grow at least until it actually looks like a tail and not a little feather duster for my neck, which is more or less what it acts like right now.
Anyway sorry for a second post.
Hello all. I am posting here because I am mixed back-ground and have finally reached the point in life that all Native men reach. I finally had to stand up for Native rights at work. I decided to grow my hair out for several reasons. I feel more myself with long hair and a beard. I have ethnic and faith reasons for doing this.
Yesterday at a meeting the general manager (I work at a hotel in laundry 3rd shift) tried to tell me in front of the whole housekeeping staff that I had to cut my hair. His reasoning was that hair was getting in the bedding. I stated that a lady who had hair longer than mine and that it was black (mine is black) was not going to be told to cut her hair and it was confirmed. The next line of attack was whether my hair was clean which proceeded to how did I know it was clean.
I stayed on target by saying that I was the one who cleaned my hair and that was why I knew it was clean whether it looked like it or not. Then I reached a deal with the manager of the department, who is directly under the Rooms Division Manager (he answers directly to the General Manager), that I would wear a cap over it, like one finds at Sally Beauty Supply, that one usually sees African-American men and Latino men wearing over their dos when they are playing sports. She said that I could wear it while in the laundry room like any other non-uniform item (it is hot so people strip to t-shirts) but that I could not wear it on the floors. I have a headband, which she does not yet know. It is thin black rubber and so should blend in with my hair just fine, so that the hair is restrained and professional when I am on the floors if it is an issue while making beds or vacuuming.
I have been borne out for in the aspect of restraining the hair so that it does not end up in sheets (it was not my hair to start with anyway), but I know I still have to work twice as hard and have almost no errors to continue doing this. I am tired of the double standard and disrespect for me as a man and a Native. Any help and support would be greatly appreciated. I am extremely up-set by this.
Add to the situation, that there are exchange students there right now. There is a male Chinese exchange student who has hair that is long and wears bobby pins to keep it pinned. The bobby pins are black. It seems odd to me that a male foreign exchange student should be permitted to keep wearing his hair like that and that I should not be permitted to grow mine out to traditional Native length. I do not want to say anything about the Chinese student's hair because I want to respect any cultural issues he has for doing it too. It pointed out a further double standard in that a foreigner was permitted it, but a Native man was not.
It causes me to conclude that hair length in the U.S. really is about a power issue and that standing up for one's rights is an imperative. Like I said above, any help and support from other people Native and non-Native is much appreciated.
This past week we had the National Encampment of our civil war group in Marrietta Georgia. It went very well, I noticed that the membership seemed younger than in past years. I'm 59, the average age is 54 in the organization.
I was also noticing that there are now five of us who now have long hair. I hadn't noticed that at the national encampment, just at the state and local level. I was also noticing that three of the guys with long hair were significantly older than me.
Well, to further encourage any job-seekers on the board, I have now found two jobs within two months, neither of which had a problem with my hair.
I'm working my last night at the box plant tonight, and start with the new job tomorrow. I'm working as an 'Assembly Technician' for a company that does on-site work assembling furniture and playground equipment. The working conditions are significantly better than the box plant, and I get paid for the driving I have to do, instead of the three-hour round trip for my commute coming out of my pocket. And I'll also be doing some admin/computer work for the company, which I'll be doing from the comfort of the office in my basement. WIN!!!
Keep looking... there are good jobs out there.
Best wishes,
Frodo
I cracked up when I saw this lady, who's obviously changed the color of her hair because she's got roots, changed it to match her dog!
They used to have a dog show in the neighborhood here where one of the categories was "Looks the most like his owner". So people actually do this.
Bill
Fellow long haired gentleman that's been growing his hair out for about a year and a half now. Planning on growing a beard to match the mane once able to, considering I'm only 17. I made a vow in May of 2013 to follow my vocation, and if I'd ever stopped following my vocation, I'd chop every inch off in shame. Glad to finally find a community of long haired men to share with, considering there are only three other guys at my well-populated High School with long hair. I'll probably post a new pic in a couple days, considering this one's from early May.
Hey guys! It's been a while. Again thanks for the answers to my last post. Awesome!
So, I was just thinking about long hair, when I had an extreme desire to tell someone. Only I remembered. I live in a community of extreme anti-mane people. Grumble grumble. Woe is me and boohoo. (Jk). So, I thought I should just tell my counselor or something, since, actually, my school can be a little island surrounded by anti-mane blablabla. Think I should?
Also, does everyone have a spot on their head where the hair is a little thinner than the rest?
Also, Any advice on hair care for a blonde, wavy thick set of hair, from above ears to the beyond?
And finally, yes, finally, thanks again.
Just thought you guys would want to know!
So shortly after my last update I had to get a slight trim for work, but I'm still going here. The front and sides are still a bit problematic, but they're getting there. I am still trying to figure out what's best for me in terms of washing, styling, combing, brushing, etc. So basically everything. Right now, I'm washing and conditioning every day. I know some people say not to do that. I've tried doing it every other day, but I hated the way my hair felt on days I didn't wash it. I've also heard it's really important to have a high quality shampoo and conditioner. I think my stuff is pretty standard, but it seems to get the job done. As always, any and all help and advice is welcome. For reference, here is my previous update: http://mlhh.org/messages/313752.html
I would like to say that I feel sorry for not posting often around here on the board, but I read your posts everytime I can and it's awesome to see the support you guys give around here for the new members.
Well, today, August 9, it's a special day to me, not only I'm reaching the 1 year and 6 months mark (18 months) without a single haircut, but today it's my birthday too, I'm turning 20, but I'm not feeling happy about that, because I already spent 2 years doing nothing, only trying to take care of my store, living in the same roof with my father.
Besides that, yesterday I received a call from a employer saying that he liked my Resumé and if we could do an interview on the Monday, I wish everything goes right on this interview but, if the subject changes to the "hair" thing, getting a haircut to get on the corporation standards, I'm leaving.
The situation with my parents around here is slowly changing a little bit, my mother is getting more supportive for me growing my hair but my father, well, this one didn't changed a bit since the last time I told you guys about him on the other posts, sometimes even calling me names or shouting to everyone on the street that I look like a homeless, just for trying to get me pissed off and cut my hair, but I'm not going to do it, maybe one day he'll stop but when this day arrives, it's already gonna be late.
About the hair, well how can I say? Every month that passes I'm feeling better than ever, even my mother is giving me tips for my hair now, and one of those that she said to me is for stopping combing my hair backwards (I always combed my hair that way since I had short hair) and start to combing it down, because when it gets dryed, it's going to look different that was months ago. Doing this, I must say that now I can really see the true lenght of my hair, I wasn't even noticing that was already this long.
Remember, any other tips you can offer to me is welcome.
Just want to say how amazing this forum is, I discovered it this week and wanted to share my story here; a place I never dreamed existed.
Just some background, back in 2012 going into my senior year at Berkeley, a switch must have clicked in my brain and I desperately wanted long hair. Something about the natural capacity of humans to do so made so much sense to me that I lost sleep wondering why I had short, albeit "normal" length hair.
That year was pretty rough and I faced a lot of pressure from my conservative first generation asian dad, who told me "we aren't those kind of people". My good friends didn't ostracize me per se, but I could tell they only tolerated my "phase" because they respected me. It didn't help that I can't grow any facial hair whatsoever, so by 10 months, entering the awkward phase felt like just that: awkward. By the beginning of 2013 I chopped off a year's worth of growth, and went back to my default short hair length. Back to normal for everyone else, but not where I wanted to be.
So here I am again, 2 years later, a young working professional in San Francisco, ready to do right by me and get the chest length ponytail that I've been dreaming about for 2 years! I absolutely wish I had found this place sooner and I'm sure it will be a huge morale booster when the times get tough.
I'm not a huge believer in fate or destiny, but I do think that there is a right time to do things. For me, now is the right time because I'm finally confident enough to make decisions for myself in my life. I have a goal, and I know what it will take to reach it. I don't regret attempting to grow my hair long that first time, because it taught me exactly how people will respond during what will likely be a 3 year transition, and how to maintain my composure. Admittedly, this time I will have to be more superficial about styling it and trimming my hair in a way for it to grow aesthetically, in order to keep some resemblance of professionalism, but it will be worth it when I reach my goal.
Sorry if this is longer than most posts! I haven't read everything yet, but I have 2+ years to do so ^.^. I want to say that I can't wait until my hair brushes my shoulders, or until I can officially tie it in a ponytail again. But that's something I learned, I CAN WAIT.
After one year of regrowing my hair, I wanted to have short hair again.
After another year of bald/buzzed/spiky hair I started growing it once again :)
Now I'm at 10 months of growth and I start to feel like a longhair again. Back to my former glory :)
Hello all!,
I used to post on here ages ago, but then went into hiding. More so that I was using Facebook and collaborating on there. ;-)
Anyway, I though I would say hi, since you probably saw in Vivien's last post that I am now a member of the tech crew. :-)
I still have long hair and hit terminal at 2/3rds down my back years ago. I am pretty much bald on top these days, but I am still not going to cut it. :-)
I am pretty much doing the same geeky things with computers and electronics as well. :-)
Hey everybody!
As I promised Val on his last update, here are some pictures of my latest adventures in the realms of long hair and epic beards!
I am becoming more and more pleased with both the hair and the beard every single day, and I can honestly say I am starting to really like what I see in the mirror... a whole different face than the one that was looking back at me last September.
Hair is growing nicely, but even now after about 11 months from a clean shaved head, it's not at the length I had even at 9 months last time, it's getting there though.
Beard is not at all itching anymore, and I am loving it more and more every day!
What I am concerned about, though, is the initial trimming. There are absolutely no old school barbershops here in Norway dedicated to beards, and since I don' trust any hair stylist with my facial hair, I will have to start giving it shape myself.
Think I might have to use hair scissors instead of clippers, as I really don't want to take too much off, just give it the right "Opie Winston" form.
Hope the picture on tinypic.com works great, you can compare that to my avatar picture here from last September.
Peace!
PS- Feel free to check out my YouTube VLOG, which now documents both my long hair AND epic beard journeys! Have gotten some sponsors, and will soon start reviewing some beard products!
This afternoon I was walking out to my car from a local store, with my hair loose and blowing in the slight breeze that was going. I lady walking the other way exclaimed rather gladly about the sight of my hair, and complimented me profusely.
This got me thinking a bit. I remember hearing from various sources that long hair on a guy might be a turnoff for women. But in the decade I've had long hair, the closest thing I've seen to a negative reaction from a woman was a friend's wife who once commented that she figured eventually I'd get tired of the hassles of long hair and get it cut.
Other than that, every woman who has said anything at all about my hair has been resoundingly positive. And when you think about it, how many romance novel covers have you seen with guys with long hair blowing in the breeze? So for those single longhairs out there wondering if you might be "scaring off" potential girlfriends, I'm thinking you're probably just fine.
Frodo
Here's my update, I really don't know if I'm going through the awkward state or not if someone could tell me i would be grateful.
The thing is, the pressure from my family is getting higher and worse every day, even now my mother is convinced by my father and they keep saying repeatedly that I should cut my hair.
I will not and do not want to give up and the more they say, the more encourages me to continue growing even more, what they didn't know that is so difficult to reach one year and I will not ever want to cut it off, I'm taking slowly, trying to not cause confusion and if I keep at this rate, I'm going to complete 1 ½ year.
On the next post, I will send a picture from the back.
Hi guys,
I'm pleased to introduce you the new Tech guy on the MLHH board : Mike, aka ESDI-80
He agreed to replace me in this task. You'll see his head appearing in the crew page soon. I'm confident that he fits the job !
Long time no post, I didn't even know the newcomers ! :) I'm fairly busy since few months/ years (here, writing a phd thesis) and I'd definitely like to give up on some responsibilities. I've been one of the "guardians" of the board for some years, time to let go !
Cheers, see you 'round ;)
Vivien.
Hey everyone, it's been a while since I posted. I haven't kept track of how long my hair has been growing for because I trim an inch every few months so it doesn't really count. Here is a recent pic.
Daniel Hardrock is a guy with extremely beautiful below waist-length hair. He has a facebbok page where he is listed as an artist and a male model from Sweden. I'm sure you'll agree when you look at his photos that his mane is something we'd all like to aspire to achieve.
So I'm way overdue for an update...but here is my 22 month update.
It's hard to believe that I'm closing in on 2 years, it's pretty surreal to think its been that long since I started. I'm still patiently waiting for the top hairs to reach my shoulder, they are getting very close now! Once that happens I haven't decided what I'll do. I'm leaning toward trimming the back to make everything 1 length, but I am undecided! I'm hesitant to trim anything still, as long as it still feels counter productive, I wont be trimming anything :)
Hey fellas..love seeing all the great pics and progress from everyone growing their hair.Havent put one up in a while.I have been using Monoi oil shampoo,conditioner and products to help reduce breakage and hopefully extend the length a little.i have seen less broken hairs but still shed about as much as i always have..mostly during washes and not during combing.
Most of you here know that I'm not very computer-smart. But, I do at least know how to do a hairy spread sheet... in fact, I even knew how to spread my hair across a sheet long before I had my first computer - AMAZING!!
Ken
Hi Everyone, here is a quick update. It's a week or two after the 39 month mark. It's taking its time, but slowly growing. It's been great to see all the other updates along the way.
I am slowly putting a work website together for myself. I was not sure whether to show my hair or not. Eventually the answer was obvious. As it is a website offering my work services I showed myself, in the introduction, as how I am usually when at work, with my hair tied up. If you are interested you can see it at lanceg.co.za Keep growing and thanks. Lance
23 months without a haircut or trim. Also my wife has been giving me nothing but crap about me hair but recently she said I should put it in a tail which I did and she said she likes it that way. She's finally coming around.
I've been thinking about wives and families and friends and what they think or say (to our face - or behind out backs) since I read Mike's post about his wife preferring his hair in a tail... and some of the feedback...
I went to a family reunion this weekend - my entire immediate family was able to go with me... I haven't seen some of my cousins in several years - some are puffed up and all about appearance - others are not so much - and I could tell right away which ones accepted my family's unique choices and who did not... I almost forgot until afterward and started thinking about it - just how different my family may have looked compared to the others...
Keeping that hair growing... and encouraging my kids to be independent thinkers and doers - not harming anyone - but breaking the stereotypes out of the molds others put us in.
For the occasional guy who wonders about what women think of guys with long hair, this writer on Nerve.com offers some inspiration, I think.
Here's how I was 6 months ago
and now:
Not bad?
Anthony
Hey guys! This is grown out from a sort of 80s surfer bowl cut...it's been about 9 or 10 months since my last true haircut. Still kind of at the bob stage...and every time I've grown my hair out, this is where I usually cut it off.
But this time around I'm digging it! I think that's partly because I've been visiting this board and getting support from all your stories. Thanks!
So. Powering past the bob this summer!
Posted something similar a few years ago, but a lot of new people have joined since then. This group existed during a time (post 1917 and pre 1964) when long hair on men (at least in this country) was almost non-existent.
G'morning Hairy People,
This morning while taking a shower and getting ready for work, I decided I needed to shampoo my hair. To my pleasant surprise, my wet hair slapped me on the butt!!! (A gift from the Universe of "birthday spanks", maybe?) Although only hitting me on the top portion of my butt, still, it means I've eeked out an additional inch or 2 more than I thought was my final terminal length.
Having just turned 24 this morning (yes, AGAIN!!!! - lol), I'm amazed that an old geezer of 61 could do reach this length... Oops! Uh, I-I-I mean, young "stud-muffin" that's a geezerly-looking 24 year old!
- Ken
Today I went with my mother to the Hospital for doing some check-up exams and it was necessary because, she was close to the death because of 3 pulmonary edemas (All my father's fault, if they didn't went for that hike, this never happened).
When I step into Doc's Office with her on the wheelchair, he started looking at me kinda strange and asked me if I was some kind of hard rock fan or metalhead (I wasn't even wearing everything black), I said neither of those and them he asked "So, what's the catch with this hair if you aren't any of those?" (Hey, my hair isn't even all that long yet and he's asking something like this?) so I ended up saying nothing and averted the subject by asking about her exams.
When I was leaving the Office with my mother,I saw two girls from the other side staring at me in a very strange manner, so I was getting close to the parking lot for getting my mother back into my father's car (Where those girls were), I didn't heard all they said but, they started running (I know I'm not that beautiful, but hey I'm really looking to some kind of bad guy?)
And to finish, a gentleman saw me across the street when I was putting my mother in the car, he asked me if I happen participated in some kind of staging, I said no and asked him why and he said because I was looking like I had come out of some kind of 70's movie, I ended up getting it as a compliment, but my day was something very weird today.
I know it might not seem like something so important, but I thought it interesting to share with you all, first by the fact that people nowadays associate people with long hair automatically as metalheads or rockers, or some kind of degenerate, madmen or bad guys, maybe some of you around here have long hair because of musical taste (Not in my case, I always loved 70's disco and 80's music).
if I'm already having this kind of experience now and it isn't all that long yet,just imagine the kind of their reaction when it gets even more longer than this.
As I mentioned briefly in a recent post, due to "significant organizational restructuring," my position of employment as Community Health Nurse Administrator will no longer exist, as of October 1st, 2014. And so, the job hunt begins anew!
Of course, the thought that it might be easier to secure employment if I cut my hair did cross my mind. This time, though, it was immediately replaced by the resolution that, if the length of my hair is a deciding factor for a prospective employer, I have no interest in wasting my time and talents working for such a company. My perspective now, as a professional, is that I am interviewing the employer, and not the other way around. If what they have to offer is up to the standard I'm seeking, I will consider it. If not, I will keep looking. This is not just in terms of monetary compensation, but regarding work atmosphere, culture, and philosophy, as well.
I took part in a long-distance interview today (via Skype). This is what my hair looked like. I will not cut it for the sake of getting a job.
Cheers,
Val
Johnny Winter, long haired blues legend dead at the age of 70.
May he RIP.
Hi everybody,
Hopefully this is okay with the moderators. But I just watched the procession of hearses carrying the lost souls from the Netherlands. This was very touching to me so wanted to post here. Vincent I mourn with you and your country.
If we have any other members here from countries who have lost souls on this flight I mourn together with you. This is truly unfortunate.
Ted
Here is my ~21 month update. I am happy with my progress so far. Thanks for your inspiration here!
Ted
For the last few years my weight has been hovering in the low 260's. Checked myself on the bathroom scale yesterday, and weighed in at 238, fully dressed. Not sure if it was the unemployment or the new job being more active, but I'll take it. [GRIN]
Frodo
I doubt if you guys really want this on here, but those who want to help with humanitarian relief can donate to UNWRA. I gave a little. Not much, but I hope it helps.
I know some of you are not sympathetic. One of you just defriended me on FB, although I would say he saved me the trouble. I did call one of his friends a murderer, but he more or less asked for it. Said he was in Cast Lead and that I might as well call him a murderer, so I said "OK, you're a murderer".
IMHO if you don't care about human suffering you should cut your hair!
Hey guys,
long time not seen - it's me, Dusk. Maybe you'll remember me.
Well, my hair is now down to my knees and the last time I wrote on the MLHH I talked about cutting it off. I didn't until today.
I decided to give it a shot. I really am not that much into my hair anymore and I want to try something else.
Short story, it doesn't work for myself anymore and I'm okay with that. I don't exclude to grow it long again some day but now as I'm 25 and my life has changed I feel like it's time to have a change.
I'm really looking forward to that new time. I always felt like being captured by my hair by not being able to sleep on my back, having to take care too much and it was too much for me the last months.
My life has, as I said, changed. I had strong depression and my hair was something I had. I went over it and went over people giving a bad mood to me and well, I don't want to have to do anything with my old life anymore.
Thanks for your kind support and I'm sure we'll meet again some day. :)
You are one great community and I really like all of you. <3
Best regards
Tom
Hey people!
Going to watch the movie tonight, and am quite excited! Loved the other movies in the series (including the 68' original!) and it got a REALLY high score on imdb, 8.5.
Makes me go to the movies with huge expectations, hope to enjoy it!
Anyone watched it, or watching anything else good lately?
Will add a daily beard picture, just cause I am actually starting to get fond of the hair monster!
This guy at the register at a walmart has an amazingly beautiful ankle length banded ponytail.
I meant to write about this a month or more ago, re. the emotional /psychological / spiritual transformations that many of us go through in becoming a longhair, especially during our first journey from being short-haired to making it through the "awkward stage"...
We are all different. Some of us are from extremely conservative anti-longhair backgrounds and upbringings; while others enjoy a wonderfully supportive open-minded environment & attitude from friends and family alike.
To whatever degree we feel little or no support from those around us to grow out our own hair, -- whether at home, school, or work -- in that proportion are we going to find it emotionally and psychologically difficult to overcome a few obstacles, both externally AND internally (meaning: other people will try to talk us out of growing, AND we ourselves are capable of committing self-sabotage -- even if we dearly want long hair).
Before I forget to say it: in the Links section is Bill Choisser's "On Being A Longhair", which is a great read that covers a lot of this very same topic; so if you're new here, check it out!!
For me, during my first time successfully growing my hair out to ponytail length (I had tried many times before, and failed), a lot of the issues I had to overcome was that of self-consciousness ("I'm too old to have long hair" / "My hair has gotten too thin" / "I look like a homeless guy" / blah, blah, blah, blah)... Also, because of an ultra-conservative upbringing from a military father, the "broken record" inside my head was hard to break, even long after my father's death (for example: "long hair is for girls", etc.).
Growing your hair out sometimes involves growing a bigger set of balls (sorry for saying it like that; but I don't know any other way to say it better or clearer)! It's YOUR hair on YOUR own head, and we have only one life to live on this planet; so be a man about it. If long hair is what you really want (even if you just want to give it a "try" for awhile), then for Heaven's sake, GO FOR IT!!!
Again, "everybody is different"; so no worries if you discover that long hair is NOT really your thing after all.... But for me, it is something I had ALWAYS wanted -- and once I achieved it, I was able to look back and realize that I had grown in many other ways (besides just hair).
Happy Hair-farming!
- Ken
I'm vÃctor sorry of my English. I speak Spanish and I live in Mexico. I will like to share with you my progress of my hair. This is the beginning of a new stage because I trimmed the last week 3 inches, I want my hair the same length thats the reason I cut it.
Now my goal is to have it very long mid-back or waist length.
Below is a pic of my hair now.
I have always wanted my mane to be long, but I've never had the chance
Before I begin, this post may be fairly long, as I have lots of questions on the subject of having ones hair long. Please be patient and respond. Thanks!
Question 1: Does anyone else feel like they need to have their hair long?
Ever since I was about six, I have felt like long hair was a part of me, even though I've never grown it longer than my ears (not even over, just touching!). I hate having short hair, and whenever I get it cut, it's like someone just ripped off my hand or something. 10 years later, it's the same, And long hair is all I think about. Is this normal, to feel like without long hair, my soul is incomplete?
Question 2: How to get my parents to allow me to grow it long?
My original plan was to have them let me grow it so it covers my ears, and just slowly work my way to my ideal goal (just below the pecs), but anybody have a better plan?
Question three: should I start now or later?
(Obvious answer :))
Question four: Positive aspects of having long hair, just to know?
Thanks you guys!
I have always liked the look of a ponytail. It always seemed aristocratic, or badass to me, can't explain why. Like the Founding Fathers. However, I have very thick, wavy hair--similar in texture to the guy pictured.
Does that hair type bode well at all can a ponytail? Can it be put in a ponytail at all, will it look good?
At what point or length would you say hair becomes actually 'long' to you?
I would say, at the length John Travolta's hair was in Pulp Fiction is what I consider truly long hair--Not anything shorter.
Any guys here who are balding/thinning or even bald but still keep the rest of their hair long? Am wondering because my hair is slowly receding but I'm starting off anyway. If anyone else is, could you post a picture? It'd be encouraging.
Hi my name is Luis. I've always had short hair, but I've decided to give long hair a try. I will look to this board for support through my journey.
Thought I'd post some photos, as I'm very happy with my hair these days. I've also been pleasantly surprised to learn that I'm not the only guy in my area who is platinum blond and proud, as I've recently seen a guy with shoulder-length hair the exact same shade as mine a few times in one of the discos I frequent. That's especially surprising because blond hair on a guy is considered about as attractive as having a large wart on your nose in the city where I live.
I've noticed just in recent couple weeks that I seem to have shorter hair growing from my temple region... when pulled straight down it goes to about the bottom of my ears - With the length I now have I wear my hair pulled back in a ponytail most days - especially at work and during the summer weather -
I am wondering if my hair is fracturing due to the pulling of it back like this? Or did I just not notice it previously when I could not / did not pull it back every day?
Is there something I should be doing to protect or strengthen my hair? I already take biotin.
Thanks,
Fitz
I shaved my head in June last year and shaved it again last month due to dandruff and crust like flakes. Because I was getting digusted having it all over my pillow and in public. Another reason is I have thick hair and its hard to get rid of it since it get stuck in my hair and looks terrible. Right after I shaved it I regreted since I been wanting to grow long hair for long time and secondly when I shaved it wasn't really much dandruff and just flakes stuck in there since I have thick hair. I wanted to know if anyone has tips how to get dandruff out better? I also used anti dandruff shampoo but that didn't help and I used Suave Coconut anti shampoo one. Right now I have stubble on my head and still I have flaky skin in areas but not bad as with hair. Another question is if I have dandruff still do I need to shave it again since not sure if that would damage hair and start fresh? Because someone said it would block my hair follicle and grow slowly and not sure if this is true. I have few pimples with dried skin over it on back of head also and will that damage hair or should I just leave it alone? I do know I shaved head before last year but never noticed it last time and might be flaky due to the colder weather. I really want to know if anyone has good advice before it gets thick so I can treat better so it doesn't build up in hair. I do have oily scalp if that helps and I know shaving head again to start fresh might not help anything but i want everything to be perfect so I can finally grow it long without thinking of shaving it again due to dandruff.
... why not show some beard progress? ;)
A bit over 4 weeks, more determined to keep it up than ever when it comes to facial hair! Actually starting to get used to the way it looks and feels!
Here's me right now and my beard inspiration, Ryan Hurst as Opie in S.O.A!
Will be exciting when it starts leaving my chin, especially since I don't like the natural, wild look! God knows how I will shape it the correct way! :D
Getting there :)
--Val
Hey people ! Its been a long time since the last time I posted here. I hope some of you still remember me!
Its very rainy down here in Argentina , cold outside so since I had some time I decided to come back here to say hi and give you a hair update and post a few pics that I just took.
Just for those who dont know me, this would be my 2 year update. I started with a very short haircut and ever since I never had a haircut again - I have to admit I just trimmed the ends a few days ago but that was it.
I havent been doing nothing really special to my hair lately... The only thing that might have changed is the number of times I wash my hair. For some reason my hair doesnt last too long without getting greasy so I have to wash it more often.
Hope you guys are doing okay :)
Cheers!
Hey guys, It's now been nine months since I decided to grow my hair, I didn't start all the way from a crew cut but the progress seems adequate as my hair is about 20cm (8 inches) long at the moment, even though the curls make it seem a bit shorter.
I had wanted to straighten my hair (permanently) several times, It's still a little too curly for my liking however I'm glad I didn't irreversibly straighten it as my hair has huge amount of volume, (I let you all talk me out of it :D ) even at this length it still likes to stick out sideways!!
first time posting code here, fingers crossed
Sorry, I really need a friend or some mirror magic to get the back
I also have a question about knots and combing, I seem to be getting a fair few knots in my hair lately and whenever i comb it I can feel these knots catching and pulling my hair out :o
any way to deal with that?
(I'm guessing this will show upside down)
Really a pain when you step on it!
Did anyone else hear start from a completely shaved head? How long after your last hair cut was the hair touching your shoulders, ponytail length?
Definitely my favorite classic rock station:
Hey everybody! :)
So I just got back from a 4 day vacation in London, together with my girlfriend and her 3 boys, and we had a fantastic time together in a city that is very close to my heart!
This time, my 4th time in London (England) was all about introducing the city and it's culture to the kids, so we got to do all the typical tourist attraction things, like the Buckingham Palace, Madame Tussaud's Wax Musem, The London Eye, Hyde Park, Wembley Stadion and more.
Here's a pic to show not only my 1 month old beard, but also my beautiful other half, as we definitely need more beautiful females on this site, and not only Ken's kitty cat! :D
Good to be back home!
I'm new here, but I came to tell you guys something disappointing. Danny Cecati, the lead singer of Eyefear with the really long hair, left the band just before Valentine's Day! I find that sad because I really liked him and his hair.
I shaved my head in June last year and shaved it again last month due to dandruff and crust like flakes. Because I was getting digusted having it all over my pillow and in public. Another reason is I have thick hair and its hard to get rid of it since it get stuck in my hair and looks terrible. Right after I shaved it I regreted since I been wanting to grow long hair for long time and secondly when I shaved it wasn't really much dandruff and just flakes stuck in there since I have thick hair. I wanted to know if anyone has tips how to get dandruff out better? I also used anti dandruff shampoo but that didn't help and I used Suave Coconut anti shampoo one. Right now I have stubble on my head and still I have flaky skin in areas but not bad as with hair. Another question is if I have dandruff still do I need to shave it again since not sure if that would damage hair and start fresh? Because someone said it would block my hair follicle and grow slowly and not sure if this is true. I have few pimples with dried skin over it on back of head also and will that damage hair or should I just leave it alone? I do know I shaved head before last year but never noticed it last time and might be flaky due to the colder weather. I really want to know if anyone has good advice before it gets thick so I can treat better so it doesn't build up in hair. I do have oily scalp if that helps and I know shaving head again to start fresh might not help anything but i want everything to be perfect so I can finally grow it long without thinking of shaving it again due to dandruff.
I'd mentioned recently that I had started a new job. Turns out I'm not the only longhair working there. Two of the workers on the production machines have long dreadlocks (one is about waist-length, the other one I'm not sure about as I've never seen his unbound). There's a forklift driver with a short ponytail (I'd guess the length of the tail at about 6"). And one of the other maintenance workers has a ponytail of undetermined length (undetermined as he always has it tucked up under a baseball cap).
Frodo
Hello guys....I read the posts from time to time ..but wondered whatever happened to those three wise and witty longhaired gods...I haven't seen posts from them in quite a long time....Victor Engel, Hairreligion and Ed Grochowski (I believe that is how you spell his name)..These three guys were particular inspirations with each having incredible long hair for being men over forty....just wondering...
So, it's already the middle of the summer.
Unfortunately, nothing really interesting is happening...
I'm just staying at home and coding the days away.
Apologies that I'm posting a pic of a long-haired female on a MEN'S Long Hair Hyperboard, but how could I resist? I tell her all the time that she's the prettiest little girl (along with her short-haired sister) West of the Misssissippi -- and East of the Mississippi is no competition, either!
Anybody else here have any long-haired furry friends or "family"?
Oh! I almost forgot to introduce you: this is Fufu (also spelled Foo-foo; but her formal name is Charlotte). She and her sister, Sami, just recently celebrated their 8th birthday!
They are both rescued kittens, by the way, born on the 4th of July in '06, under my partner's former landlady's back porch in Southern California, by a ferrel cat -- the landlady threatening to drown all 4 of the kittens if he didn't "do" something about it (as if it was his fault that a ferrel cat gave birth to a litter of kittens)! After my partner and his co-worker bottle-fed them as tiny babies, the 2 boy kittens found a nice home down in SoCal., while Fufu and Sami moved up here to San Francisco when they were only 6 weeks old, enjoying looking out the kitchen window and meowing at city pigeons ever since!
- Ken
Just a little thing here, my hair is now getting a bit longer and I don't want to be washing it (or getting it wet) every day in the shower unlike when it was short. How do you keep the hair dry in the shower? tying it up? or using a swimming cap?
Thanks all
Those pages are on my personal web site, they were written by me, and they are free to use. When used, nothing you submit is saved on my web site. Results are immediately e-mailed back to you.
Enjoy!
Bill
Interestingly, Motörhead's web site mentions the band hosted a party in 1980 that was called "The Over The Top Heavy Metal Brain Damage Party"!
Rock on with care!
Bill
The long holiday weekend is coming to a close and I really should go to sleep, but it's been a great weekend in Central New York State - and it's been the good old USA's birthday celebration...
So here's one more pic, one more for the road...
My wife and I at Skaneateles Lake today.
Haven't posted a picture update in a while, so figured it was about time. This shows my hair both loose and in a tail. I end up having it in a tail most of the time, as with as thick as it is, it won't stay out of my way very well.
Frodo
I had the pleasure of seeing my long haired son today. He is my inspiration and his hair is about a year ahead of mine in growth. His is thicker and more lush than mine - I hope he doesn't follow his old man's thinning top notch. But, at 25 I think he looks awesome. His name is Drew. Without much coaxing, I got him to agree to a rear shot of our hair. Unfortunately, his head is a bit in the shadows - but you can see for yourself anyway why I love his hair...
It's now more than 9 months. Here's one of those dreadful back-of-the-head-to-the-bathroom-mirror photo jobs. I'll get my wife to do the photographing once I really "get there".
All the same, I'm getting some decent length on the back. My sides are only about half an inch from the ponytail point.
Anthony
Hope everybody can watch this one and feels like contributing a view, like, comment, subscribe or whatnot :)
Thanks for all the support, my long haired friends!
Picture of the back of my head this time
I'm bored at work (and procrastinating), so I thought I'd post an update pic. I'm just beyond two years of growth!
Hello everyone, i'm from Brazil and it's my first time posting something here on the board.
Firstly, i would like to congratulate the owner who's maitaining this website for all that time, since 1997 Wow!
So, i'm here to tell you my story about me and the fascination to long hair since the begining.
When i was a kid in my 4-6 years old, i've always hated to get monthly haircuts and i tried doing everything for not going to the barbershop with my father.
In the end, it was always the same until one day, my father decided to do something to make me hate even more haircuts, a forced headshave on the barbershop, and was saying repeatly to me that a good man needs to get his haircut every month and long hair was only for woman and little girls.
In our way back home, i was crying a lot and it maded him to get very angry at me to the point that he ended up beating me in the front of everyone passing on the street and that scene was very embarrassing to me to remember, even 15 years later i never forget that scene.
The kids on my classroom always laughted at me for what my father was doing to me, forcing me to do everything and not asking what i wanted, and my mother on the other hand always supported me on everything, but could do nothing because of fear that my father would divorce her and leave us alone, he was the only man who worked in the house and because of this, it was a source for many fights at home between my father and my mom.
One day, two new kids arrived at my classroom in that day, they were twin brothers and both of them had one thing in common, the LONG HAIR, at the moment i was happy and though "Wow, how they parents allowed those brothers to grown long hair?", many classmates maded ​​fun of them because of long hair until the end of that year and for me, they were very good people and, as I was a very isolated child in the classroom, the first child they wanted to play and talk was me, since that day i learned that it's not just hair people are maded, they're maded of personality, how they express themselves and this is the only thing that matters.
When I was 14, I already knew what I wanted for my life and wanted to get a job, but according to Brazilian law, is only allowed to work as an apprentice at age 16 but, getting an apprentice job at age 16 is not a good idea because in Brazil, conscription is mandatory for every male who has just turned 18 years old. It normally lasts for twelve months. However, due to the excess of contingency, most end up being exempted and because of this, many companies do not hire apprentices to work so they need to fire those apprentices and in that period i started to take courses in something I liked, computers (Nowdays i'm a Computer Technician here in my town, i love what i do, but not my father, he wanted me to work with him at the factory where he works)
When I was 16, my father even knowing about conscription, was threatening me to throw me out of home if I do not get myself a job soon, in that moment i went into despair and started sending resumés to every company in town, but I already knew that none would hire because of conscription and we started to fight each other at home, but without damaging physically but verbally and the fights were initiated by anything, either because I didn't want to get a haircut, or for not wanting to do what he wanted me to do, since my 4 years old i couldn't let grow 5cm of hair and he was dragging me out to the barbershop.
From 17 to 18, on my birthday, August 9, I ran to take all documents to open my business legally, but unfortunately that day the system crashed and only the 10th I managed to get the documents and of course, all hidden, as my father would not want me to take the documents and went to work in the factory with him, I fulfilled the conscription, and only after that, and after i have reached 18 i could really do what i wanted so badly in all my life, let the hair grow but I couldn't do for so long, I ended up having serious problems with kidney stones and ended up getting one month hospitalized in a hospital bed, still ended up suffering more complications and almost died because of that, I only remember having entered the operating room, closed my eyes and when I awoke, I was in ICU and spent a week there suffering, my father did not care for my situation, only my mother who came to visit me and stay with me during this one month, At that time, it was where I realized that life was short and we have to make the most of it, we all die, and it was there I began radical changes in my life, I stopped listening to what my father said and started to do what I well understood, I ended up getting unmotivated to return after i got out from the hospital, as for staying one month in the hospital and doing absolutely nothing without hearing news, since I am a guy who is always watching things that are happening in the world, i compare the time i spent in the hospital to having spent time in prison, it's a very bad feeling, I ended up dropping my studies, but finished my computer courses, I was doing what I liked, since I never liked school even.
Today, I'm 19, about to turn 20 and for the first time, after years and years, I feel happy for being who I really want to be, not what my father wanted me to be. I started to let the hair grow in February 2013, since then my father and I are having (and much worse) fights all because of my hair. He is always asking me questions when I'll cut my hair, I always answer: never. He does everything to try to convince me that I should cut my hair, even says I'm looking like a beggar,or a madman who left the hospice,or I'm going through a rebellious phase. Because of so many complaints from him, I'll be completing next month, 1 year and 6 months without a haircut. Every time I step in front of the barbershop, the barber always asks me "Will cut hair when? If the problem is the money,I'll do it to you for free if you need" and starts laughing.
In January this year, my mother had an accident doing a track together with my father, and by his own fault to have let slip she ended up breaking his leg and ankle. Conclusion:It left for me to do everything for her and him too, since he always said that going to the kitchen and washing dishes and cooking was a woman's thing and that male actually had to work. In this period I was taking care (and still I am) my mother, he didn't fight and didn't complain even once, he's probably surprised by my actions, so I am obliged to do everything around here, lunch, dinner, still take my mother to the bathroom in a wheelchair and bathe her, put her to sleep and so on. Soon my mom will be fine and she can do everything herself again. And this time taking care of my mother, the time is passing too fast and for me, it still seems like I'm at the beginning of January and because of that, I end up not getting anxious for my hair to be growing and without notice, in a few months we will complete two years without a haircut. I usually do with my hair what most people do here, I wash my hair 2 or 3 times a week, I use the conditioner too and whenever I can in the shower, comb it under water slowly to draw the tangles and then use the conditioner.
Since then, I never thought about quitting to let the hair grow, never had fear, the only real problem was my father (and sometimes still is) all this time. If i am going through the awkward stage or not, it doesn't matter to me anyway, i also not care about what others think of me, there are people who stares at me for hours and when I face, they try to disguise, there are others that pass me by laughing, I just do not care, the thing is, i'm happy right now, even taking care of my mother, i could finally be myself, not what my father wanted.
I hope you guys like my story and soon as i could, i'll post a photo here of me in the past and nowdays.
Thanks to everyone who readed this!
OK. One more. Here's my ponytail over my shoulder. This is fun!!
That's right, both Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins have awesome long hair, and are definitely worh a watch and a listen :)
Have a good saturday ya'll!
...since I posted here for the very first time. I have to once again thank you guys for helping me achieve my goal of restoring my hair, although I'm not quite there as there is a little bit of damage in the very front of my hair, which I intend to trim in a few months or so. If it weren't for you, I would now be in the awkward stage once again.
Thanks, guys.
As my hair has grown and has gotten long form every spot on my head, it has taken to not wanting to stay behind my ears if not "tailed" I mean. as soon as I release it, it jumps over my ears. Fine enough for those times I like the feel and look of flowing locks but troublesome if I lean forward in the slightest of angles My hair is straight with only the slightest of waves, and is nearly all a bit longer than mid back in length (My established comfort length, also my "Historic' length) I had forgotten about this issue but I also forgot how people like to run their hands through it (with permission)and remarking on the silkiness. mostly but not always, females. I have used a spritz on windy days to keep it in place, is there anything natural and non greasy to keep the body of my hair from becoming a nuisance when not tied back?
And growing.
A strange thing happened yesterday that had never happened before.
I was shopping at a local supermarket, I was in the mens room using the urinal when a guy walked in, saw me from the back and commented "Ma'am this is the mens room." He apologized when he saw me from the front. I found the whole thing amusing, after all my hair is was loose, about five inches above waist length,
and I was wearing my usual cut off shorts.
So i'm taking it as a compliment. I find it amusing.
This has happened before in other areas of a store or other place of business but this is the first time for me in the mens room.
Got stopped by a volunteer from the Southern Poverty Law Center, soliciting donations. She said I looked cool (well, I was wearing shades, LOL!), and that I looked like Jerry Garcia but more handsome!
I have less grey than poor old Jerry, but only because of henna/herbal dyes, and I admitted as much. Also, I'm still in the land of the living. As I recall, he was cremated and then buried in outer space. Dust to dust they say in the funeral service, and I suppose he went back to stardust, from whence everything on Earth came.
For some reason all the compliments I ever get are from black women. Although, if I put on a kilt that broadens the demographic, but that is O/T for a hair board! I'm married, but it is nice to pick up compliments (and rare).
Hello. It's been a long time(3-4 years) since I've been on here. I miss the board and you guys more than I thought. Here's a question/problem posed by my wife about my long hair. Right now, it's shorter than I think it should be but it's just right to her. Anyway, she says that when I grow my hair long, it takes away from my jawline, which is pretty predominant and that long hair makes my face look long. Any advice on styling would be greatly appreciated because I plan to start on my 'long hair' journey pretty soon.
Here's a Youtube video of the fans at a Prostitute Disfigurement concert in 2010. As you can see when you watch it, there's a lot of really long hair out there.
Hello. Thought to share this:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-27/new-zealand-teen-suspended-for-long-hair-wins-high-court-battle/5555776
Cheers,
Duncan
Here's todays picture at 16 months growing.
A couple of days ago I went on a bike trip in the local woods here in my town of Fredrikstad, in order to test out my new baby, a Nikon D5200 DSRL.
I absolutely love being there, as it's not more than a few kilometers (again, European, sorry!) outside the area that's considered 'downtown', and yet, it's completely green and filled with lakes and woods!
Here's a pic of the curls starting to show, at soon to be 10 months of growth :)
Hi folks!
Today marks 20 years since my last trim. As most of you know, I have had MPB for many years, so my length isn't great, but 20 years is a long time.
And I am still enjoying the journey.
Hey guys,
Sorry I've been absent for a while. Life's been kind of hectic lately as my responsibilities have taken a lot of my time and energy. I've been lurking though and have been really impressed by all the awesome updates. You're all doing great and it's wonderful to see the progress!
I'm carrying on with the regular trimming. I'm not getting it cut as often as Sunsailing but still quite regularly. I'm hoping to gradually gain more length while maintaining the ends. I know with my fine hair that I can't just leave it but I'm holding out hope that I might at least get closer to my record length eventually. I'm probably trimming about half of the new growth that occurs.
Here's how my hair looks currently:
So my grandma claimed that I would cut my hair within three months.
I said that I wouldn't.
She insisted that I would.
I offered a 200$ bet that I'll keep growing my hair out. She accepted.
So now, I don't know whether to feel like I took advantage of someone vulnerable, or I've proven my point (and got some free cash in exchange)
Hey guys, just wanted to check in with you all. Do hope everyone's having a good week. Also wanted to share an recent experience as well as to ask your opinion on the topic.
First off, I've recently got a part time job as a teacher at a preschool/daycare a friend of mine works at and (since my 'main' job as a graphic designer never required much grooming) I've opted for a variety of different ways to wear my hair while on the job but haven't settled for one and wanted to ask y'all how you wear your hair while at work. I've mostly gone for a braid as of lately but I'm curious as to how you guys wear yours (might even steal some ideas while at it).
As for my experience while at work it went pretty much like this; this Wednesday my friend (there are 2 teachers per classroom) and I took the kids to the playground during their lunch time and this boy who's hair reaches a bit below his shoulders was sitting alone with an angry expression so naturally I decided to go ask him what was wrong. Turned out that some of the other boys were teasing him by saying he 'was a girl' for having long hair and that caused his friends to questioning his gender for some reason. Point being, after lunch time both my friend and I decided to dedicate the reminder of the day in teaching the whole group that hair as well as other stuff don't define one's gender (it was quite helpful that my friend has short hair herself to help demonstrate the point even further) but the real plot twist came after some of the kids in the classroom actually realized I was a guy myself. Turns out that due to my name and the fact that my boyfriend sometimes stopped by to say hi, some of the kids thought I was a girl myself. To be honest I found it quite hilarious (considering my voice is kind of a dead giveaway of my gender anyways) as well as really pleasant to see them react more surprised to the fact that I was guy all along rather than to the fact that I'm gay (yay for progress!).
So there it is, I thought it would be a fun hair related experience to share with you as well as an opportunity to ask you guys (specially those who deal with kids more often) about your own experience as a long haired guy around children.
Peace out!
Following another victory for marriage equality, this time in the State of Indiana, the first couple married, and interviewed in the linked story, were two longhairs!
The other half and I spent a long weekend with friends in Switzerland and I was pleasantly surprised to see a lot of other long-hairs there. My own locks were on the receiving end of a lot of positive attention both from locals and also the cabin crew and some of the passengers on the flight back.
There was one incident that left me feeling uneasy, and that was while standing on the platform in Geneva waiting for the train to the airport. This strange-looking guy gave me a weird look and then started walking around us staring at me the whole time. I haven't a clue what he was up to, and he boarded the train and sat across the aisle from us and kept staring. It was quite disconcerting, but we lost sight of him when we arrived at the airport.
22 Months without a haircut. Won't be long and I'll have 2 years in!!
I'll be starting a two-year paralegal program this fall, and I'll likely have to come up with a solution when I begin interning towards the end of the program. I don't know, guys. Is my hair done for?
I live in arguably one of the most liberal parts of the world, San Francisco, CA, and long-haired men are incredibly common. I'm not sure if it will be tolerated in the legal field, and I probably won't be taken seriously by some. I envision gelling it into a very neat bun, clean sides with my nape hair shorn off and looking very presentable, but that's me being hopeful.
Please, any thoughts are welcome.
Hi Guys! I'm sorry I've not been around, I've been busy with vacation and spending a LOT of time dealing with insurance hassles as my car was totaled in that incredible storm 5/22...
My hair is going slow but sure, and my beard has reached 5 inches..
I hope you are all doing well, and thanks for all the wonderful updates!
Hahaha!
OK, I'll admit it: yes, in order for it to reach my knees I brushed it forward, did a quick reverse-direction braid, then tilted my head down until the ends of my hair finally rested across my knee... But that's not really considered "cheating", is it? I mean, this is an honest photo (with no trick photography or photoshopping) of my actual real hair touching my own flesh-and-blood knee; so can't I call this "knee-length?" (LOL)
This month, in a few days from now, I celebrate my 14th year of uninterrupted hair growth (other than occasionally trimming the split ends off). My last short haircut was my infamous impulsive Y2K haircut, which devastated me once i realized what I had done; but taught me a lot of valuable lessons in life. That happened on the first day of summer, June of 2000. And now here I am 14 years later, with my terminal length a few inches below my belt... Uh, I-I-I mean, below my "knees!"
- Ken in San Francisco
Hey guys, yesterday my hair had reached my knee (as Ken is aware), and today it's reached my feet! It's certainly growing very fast :) , I might need to give it a trim before it gets out of control.
I'm happy to give advice on how you too can get your hair to reach your feet quickly! :)
This is a link to an article/video of a police officer with long hair. It shows that you can be very professional looking with long hair.
The sad part of the article is when he "donates" his hair. Maybe he'll grow it again.
Hi everybody,
Just thought I would post my June update. This is I think around 20 months. But keep in mind that's from a longish style. I apologize for the pics-they could be better. Thanks for the inspiration here! Onward and downward!
Ted
Hi All,
Here's what I look like after about 18 months. I decided to let my hair grow, again, around the first of the year in 2013. During the first six months or so I had of couple of trims. After last summer, I haven't trimmed except around the ears/sideburns and the nape of the neck.
Below are some comparison photos that I took along the way.
In general it's been great, and I'm looking forward to adding several more inches. I'm almost near to the longest I've ever kept my hair before. On the other hand, I've had some periods of frustration and doubt, just taking it two weeks (heh) at a time.
Anyway, thanks for looking.
Chris
Hi all, just a quick update, have been lurking around here with
short hair since December 2012, watching all the updates and people come and go. I feel like I'm at an AA meeting, my name is matt and I cut my long hair he he he...
Anyways today it's been something like 7 months since my last short haircut, so I just had the back "mullet" trimmed and it's getting closer to being all one length again, how I prefer it. Not sure how long I will grow it this time but giving it another go. Getting older and the front is getting thinner, as the hairdresser "kindly" also pointed out today for the first time ever - before slugging me $32 bucks for 10 mins work. So it's not just my imagination any more. Oh well I can always take up knitting or something if I go bald.
I'm going to be a little bit less OCD about documenting the growing this time (my 4TH attempt in 10 years, and some of you may remember my constant annoying almost weekly posts) so I'll post something some months down the track, if I don't cave in and cut again!
Take care all!
MattT
Hi everyone!
As many of you know, IÂ’ve been growing my hair long for a while now....a life long dream!
However, because I unfortunately have thin hair, I decided to cut them and level them 18 months ago. The result was that my hair, although fairly short, was all the same length and gave an impression of greater thickness.
A.D.
I would like to give you an interesting update. My wife always admired my hair of 32 inches thick and long . She is experiencing a lot of thinning and so she had a trim which is now slightly more than a bob cut. But she insists that i grow it long and something interesting happened when we went out first after her cut
She insisted that i wear a braid instead of the usual bun or high pony and i obliged. It so happened that because of her short hair and my style probably people mistook us from the back and started passing comments - more interestingly that my hair looks great.
She took it very positively and said that she is proud for such comments and infact says that it is the way it is going to be in future also. She likes it short on her and long on me. For me its not a problem. She also wants me to use the double braids .
Recent photo of my 6-year-old son's hair, in a half-tail.
--Val
Hey guys! I think some of you have the same problem I do: my hair is so fine and oily it's difficult not to wash it every day. But then I wash it, or even rinse it and it gets so tangled in the shower, even when I'm super careful.
SO. I've been playing around and came up with a routine that seems to work for me.
First, I pull back and pin back my bangs, leaving a little pouf in the front. Then I sprinkle a little hair powder (dry shampoo) at the roots, fluff it in, and leave it clipped up while I drive to work. Then I take out the clip in the parking lot and finger comb it out.
I've got texture and body plus it stays out of my face all day. Perfect for this length. And haven't even done a rinse. It's awesome.
(PS yes that is the World Cup on in the background. I work for a sportswear company!)
Thanks to Mark encouraging me to try posting a 2nd video (since I failed at understanding how to do so the first time), here is that amazing longhaired street guitarist from Poland -- only in this video, his hair is loose & down instead of tied back, as well as he is playing indoors someplace in London... Enjoy!!!
- Ken
(Hopefully I'll get it right this time!)
Hi guys,
Haven't been around the boards for a while, but wanted to drop in and say hi.
Life's been a bit hectic lately. Not very long after my last posts (October of last year, if I remember correctly) I got laid off from my job, so the last several months have been pretty busy with job-searching and trying to find ways to stretch what little budget I had left.
The good part is that I've found new employment, and the only issue they had with my hair is that I'll have to keep it tied up in a bun as I'll be working around large industrial machines, and don't want to give them a chance to yank on my 'tail.
Trolleypup, I remember many moons ago you posted some info about something along the lines of scrubs caps with a pocket for containing long hair. If you have the info handy anywhere, would appreciate a refresher.
Hope to drop by more often,
Jim aka Frodo
Ken in SF contacted me about this long haired street guitarist that had a youtube video that he wanted to share.Unfortunately he had trouble posting the vid here so I will do it for him.I actually first saw this vid on FB but its certainly worth checking out:) Cheers
Mârk
A bit less controversial ;)
I'm very proud to offer my two year update pics!
I would like to wish you all a wonderfully good morning! It is morning here in north-western Europe at least ;)
I wanted to shamelessly try to promote my youtube channel here as well, since you guys are, after all, the reason I even started filming my hair updates and documenting the journey online.
Been filming the videos for about a year, and even then, I was already at 9 months, the phase I am at now (again).
Fun stuff.. would love to hear your thoughts for those of you not familiar with my journey and story :)
Thanks in advance,
Have a GREAT day and week!
Raul.
Happy Father's Day, my friends! I'm still going strong on that promise to my son, that I won't cut my hair for at least a year (which he has since amended to TWO years). No worries... I'm in it for the long haul this time, and loving every moment of the process. This is 8-1/2 months, right after this morning's shower.
Cheers,
Val
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had some concerns about working in the deep South with long-hair. Well, there was just no reaction at all. I was on a Homeland Security Campus with lot of Swat Team types (all neat, trim and buzzed)with no negative vibes.
Now having said that...Living in near 100% humidity and daily rain turned my fur into a completely uncontrollable ball of fuzz ! Yuk..
I am headed back to my beloved desert today where I will get the mess under control again.
Have a great day all
~Walter
14 months and counting. This is actually in April.
One thing i've noticed in recent months is that a number of guys who own dreadlocks are letting their hair grow long. I've noticed dozens of them with hair ranging from shoulder length
to butt length. But all told over the last few month i've noticed many more than in past years. It's a good trend that i'm glad to see happen.
But rather of the asymmetric haircut I had for 2-3 years before deciding to go for long hair again in late 2012, and creating my account here on the MLHH :)
Still think that haircut is rather cool, and it's really funny to see how much "ahead of the curve" I was, seeing as these days, pretty much ALL norwegian men sport haircuts that are not far off this style!
No worries though, I can still remember how bummed I was that my hair was growing long, and my sides were just looking funky at a month or so of growth, that is why I cut it all off and started from short hair all over.
Long hair for life, my friends! Some day... ;)
Hi, I haven't posted here in ages, but for those interested here's what my hair is like nowadays, a bit over floor length now! Not sure if it's still growing though, seems to be at the same length for the last half year.
Freshly out of a braid :)
Still hanging in there :)
9 months after having shaved my head, it's starting to get back into middle length territory.
I have been continuously trimming the back of my hair, but am now considering letting it grow all over, as it would show a bit more progress than 1/2" on the hair on the top of my head.
Slowly getting there!
OK - Guys - I want to share some photos of me to show you my progress in growing long hair...
I had my last hair cut in December 2012 preparing for my son's wedding. It was at that time that I'd already been thinking about working on that "bucket list" item - specifically, to see how long I could go without getting a hair cut. I was naïve at first, setting a goal of 6 months, then deciding to go one year. Thanks to several of you guys here on MLHH, I kept going!
18 months photos to follow.
Rear View Of My Hair Playing Drums At A Country Gig Yesterday
I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes!
--The Troggs
Shoulder length finally after 18 months from a shaved head. My goal is to grow my hair out to betwen my shouldrs and mid-back. Glad to have long hair again!
Has become more noticeable at work in the heat. Still enjoy seeing a little bit of resting on my shoulder at times, makes me excited for more hair!!
Here's just over 8 months' growth.
My head is tipping a little bit forward, raising my hair from my collar. Normally, the ends are about an inch below my vertebra prominens (C7) - that big lump where the neck meets the upper back.
It's still very awkward stage, and I'm just looking forward to the day I can get all my back and side hair into a ponytail, even if the front bang takes so much longer to get anywhere.
As so many have found with this forum, the encouragements far outweigh any frustration, and help us awkward-stagers to persevere and "get there".
If 18 months is the minimum, I'm almost half way!
Today makes 9 years since the last time I cut my hair.
When I posted my 8-yr update last year, I had hopes that it would reach my knees by this time. But it seems it reached terminal length this year, only growing about an inch and a half, as well as thinning out a lot.
I gotta say, this has been quite a journey. But to be quite honest, being an ultra-longhair is a pain in the patootie!
Hey hair bro's. Name's Brandon, and I'm new here. I found this site via a link in a hair info page. I can't seem to find anything with my exact problem so I guessed I'd post here. Ya see, I've ALWAYS had split ends.. Before, and after hair cuts. It seems like no matter what I do I'm stuck with em.
Right now my hair's touching the base of my neck. I've been putting it in a ponytail everyday, and the damage from it when I let it down is easily visible. I've always took blazing hot showers. From what I've learned, every day pony's and hot showers are very bad ideas. I've been washing my hair every two days just about, because If I don't it gets greasy, and I always shampoo and condition, typically with Aussie. Usually I wait 30 minutes or so after a shower to put my hair up, while it's still damp but not soaking wet. I don't towel dry it very much and I never blow dry or use any other heat treatments to try and make it straight. From what I've heard, putting it up while it's even remotely moist is a bad idea. So I guess I'll stop doing that.
Anyway guys, I need help here. There any way to fix these things? Or should I just abandon ship :/ I'm currently trying to get a job (18 years old) and people don't really like the idea of long hair 'round here, I barely manage to get through an interview with an "ok" on the ponytail. I don't think I'd have a chance if I just let it go wild.. Buts it's not healthy for me to do a ponytail every day... I don't wanna chop off the locks, but I don't know jack about taking care of 'em. What's worse, my living situation is extremely unstable, as I may or may not be moving sometime in the next months. I'd hate to get rid of the hair for a job and just move somewhere afterwards; thereby loosing both my job and my hair. What should I do bro's?
As most of you know I have super long hair. Recently, I have been having severe shedding when washing my hair. It sheds little between washings. This most recent wash I lost 770 milligrams of hair. Is it a shampoo allergy? I just don't know. All those shed strands get wrapped around healthy growing hairs, tearing some of them out too.
My question is what triggers severe shedding? I need to know all known causes so I can get a handle on this and how to put a stop to it, permanently. Otherwise, I am going to have to trim back from knee length to waist or low back length to put a stop to all the damage caused by shedding. I rarely ask for help, but I really need advice on this.
I tried going water only back in 2008 and that triggered severe shedding.
The tangles shown in the photo do not respond to starting at the ends and working my way up. The comb just jams when I reach the tangle caused by all the shedding. The hairs wrap around each other with knotting. This can take hours to fix, and I am really frustrated. I have fine hair with some wave, making it far less than ideal to grow to extreme lengths.
Scott
Hey, I stumbled on this browsing the other day and decided I would post. I am 20 and just finished my second year of college and presently my hair is upper back length and even as I didn't like layers and trimmed them out a while back. I started growing my junior year of high school finally, but wanted to grow it out for a long time before that. My hair is quite bushy and so I don't wear it lose often, though I like it better back anyway. I generally wear it braided as I have found that to be better for my hair and controls it better than a ponytail. I am planning to keep it growing and plan to get it as long as I can; a waist length braid would be awesome, but that's a long way off. Any way hello and good luck with your growing.
Josh
Hey guys!
Long time no post but I'm glad to be back. For those who remember, my hair got quite a dramatic growth rate over the course of winter but ever since my last update I haven't noticed much of a change, but I've noticed my hair has felt a lot thicker. While it wasn't much of a problem before, I've had quite a struggle with it when loose. I suppose we all have bad hair days once in a while but I've had the 'lion mane' look for more times than what I would've wanted to recently. I've resorted to braiding it regularly to keep it tame but it takes quite a bit of my time and being honest I don't really like the braid look on me. I've also felt as if it has gotten a bit dryer but I'm assuming that due to the weather. I'll add a picture of my hair for you guys to judge. Any tips would be appreciated!
Now that my rant's over, I'm sure some of you have ran into this guy's videos before but I'll share the most recent one to those who haven't. While I don't personally see myself getting near to his length, the fact that it's basically floor length is a thing to admire and seeing how well taken care of his hair looks, I think I've found an inspiration of my own. I'll include a link to the video below as well.
Hope y'all are having a great day!
Like the title says, this is an update after my original post about 2 months ago. Recently I have been trying to part my hair down the center which seems to be working out alright. I can put the front of my hair behind my ears now, but it usually refuses to stay there out of my face. I'm not a huge fan of how much my hair curls in the back, but I don't think there's a lot I can do about that. Right now I'm wondering if I should change up how I should care for my hair. Currently I use shampoo every day and never use conditioner. I'm a terrible judge so I'm hoping to get some advice in this department. Any and all advice for caring for or managing my hair as I continue through the awkward stage here will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, all. For reference, here is my first post from a couple months ago: http://www.mlhh.org/messages/312362.html
I have a problem I think. Ive been growing my hair for 8 years now, Im 26. Its at a little lower than the middle of my back, and not once have I let it out of a pony tail in public. I want to so bad. I take care of my hair really well and nothing is wrong with it but im just scared of what people around here will think and stare.
I live in southwest virginia so long hair around here is viewed to be bad.
How do you guys do it? Just not care what bigots think or what? This is sad for me :(
Thanks for your time.
Well I had something really bad happen to me around a month and a half ago. I think I was drugged or poisoned. Instead of increasing my depression, it reversed it. I have started a new job training program, and my hair has never looked better and the way I view myself is getting better as well.
Also as a former nyc bike messenger, I'm one of the best road cyclists in the town I'm in. Which gets me noticed in a town not really known for its love of bicycles.
Well my 30s are looking better than my 20s did, and I hope it stays that way.
Hi all,
Here is a photo of my hair at around 20 months. I am happy with it so far. This is 3 days after a wash. It is always less wavy after I wash it. Thanks for your inspiration!
Ted
I been getting stressed over growing long hair and so far to me I feel it's not worth it. I thought of positive and negative things about long hair. I came up with mostly negative things about long hair like worrying about split ends, damaging hair, peoples reactions and maintaining it. The only thing I came up with that is positive is you like long hair. When I shower I can't enjoy hot showers anyore since I worry if it's going to damage it and so far I feel when I have short I can relax and not worry about this. When my head itches I think I am damaging it when rubbing my head. I really want long hair and don't know what to do and feel just giving up so I don't worry about all this. I try not to think about this but it's hard since I don't want my hair looking horrible so I don't give long haired guys a bad reputation. Because a lot people don't like long hair on guys and want to show everyone they are wrong about long haired guys. I really need some advice incase I overlooked some positive things and incase others worried about things like this before.
Another Memorial Day has past and we had our annual memorial day
ceremony at the National Cemetery. I was noticing this year that
I wasn't the only one with long hair. There were a large number
of veterans who rode in on their motorcycles. And several of them had long hair down to their waists. I'm not sure if they were there the last few years or if this was the first year. But it felt good to have other long haired guys there.
I am off to work a job in the deep South (Georgia & Alabama) for a few weeks.
First time I have been there in decades...it will be interesting to see how long hair is accepted there.
I will keep you posted.
Walter White Tail ('ya 'all)
Here's a long hair broadcast chief engineer drying his very long hair with the heat exhaust from a broadcast transmitter. He got all wet outside in the rain. Go techies!
Tonight we had an old fashioned bean supper at one of our local GAR Halls. One of the guests was the major, a number of young men received awards from the mayor for winning a history contest. One of those winners was a young man with long hair. (His hair was somewhat shorter than mine but it was good to see I wasn't the only only one with long hair.) One of the other guests was none other than President Lincoln. Our civil war group does this every year.
Hey guys, from time to time we all experience bad hair days and learn to deal with them.Of course some ways are better than others as illustrated here......enjoy.lol
Mârk
Hey Bros,
I have been allowing my hair to grow freely. It has been thirty-eight (38) months since my last haircut. My hair should be nineteen (19) inches long. My hair is now reaching past my collar bone. I'm glad for my long hair. I tie it back in a ponytail and stick the ponytail under the back of my collar in order to look professional. However, when I can go casual I like to let my hair go free. I thought that my hair would be longer by this time; at least armpit length. There are still some strands of my bangs which are not quite long enough to reach to the back of my head in order to get caught in the tie which forms my ponytail. Is there anything I can do to enhance my hair's growth?
Raymond
I thought the contrast between my pale hair and the dark grass created a very cool effect in this photo.
I've been seeing some posts lately about balding me and long hair. I am a recently retired executive, 62 years old with significant hair loss. I refuse to let this be a hindrance to my desire for long hair. I've also quit shaving. I will try to post a picture, but I'm unsure because I spurn technology. If it doesn't come through, I would welcome some help, either through the board or email. Please bear with my ignorance. I'm on my cellphone now because that's where the pictures reside. Thanks... Ray
I've no other reason for posting than I like the way my hair looks today. I've got pretty fine hair and it can look stringy. But my stylist recommended I put a little (very little) all-natural gel in my hair after washing or wetting in the shower. Love the way it looks!
but I can't wait any longer... two weeks shy.
Just a cool image that I thought I'd share. Have a great weekend!
Cheers,
Val
Yay I'm done with school... at least for now.
This is me at the San Francisco airport earlier today.
had to share a facebook post written earlier today:
Jonathan tagged you in a post:
Jonathan wrote: "I saw Gary Fitzgerald's hair this past Sunday and was rather impressed with his flowing locks. I was so impressed that I have decided to secretly grow my hair out in jolly competition. Challenge Accepted"
I was pretty stoked to read that I have inspired this guy...
I have hair 7 inches below my shoulders ,, it got caught in the car door , when I closed it ,,, SOB,,lol ,, I always wear it loose ,,,,
Any opinions, suggestions, tips & tricks will help!
Thanks,
Raul.
Here's my update for mid May - 7 1/2 months. Freshly washed:
My ears are totally covered. My wife keeps wanting to ponytail my hair (since she has lost hope of my getting it cut), but the sides are still too short! I thought women knew more about hair than that (she has hers above her shoulders).
I told her that in about six months, I should be able to ponytail everything except the top hairs and front bang. We'll see.
Anthony
For those who are wondering what professions you can go into with
long hair, this morning when I was driving into work I passed a
construction site where a policeman was directing traffic. He had long hair (dreadlocks) down to his waist.
I would also note that lately i've noticed a lot more guys with long hair. And i've noticed a number of guys with bald spots who are growing their hair long anyways.
Hey again, people! :)
So while slowly closing in on m 9th month of hair growth, I have decided to re-start a shorter journey of a beard growth nature!
Now, I am not 100% convinced I will stick with it, but feel I want to give it a serious shot at leat (a month or two) to see how it feels and looks like.
I know one thing for sure, I feel LESS good looking, and yet, a thousand times more manly with a beard! Not quite an easy choice, hehe :D
Anyways, I want to grow THIS shape of a beard, and would like to ask Oren, Bill and the other beard experets here, how should I achieve this look?
Notice in the video, the "triangle" shape of the bard. I want the chin area to be the longest, even if not quite a perfect point, which the jaw and cheecks area can be shorter.
Watch the vid, and please let me know how should one treat their beard in order to achieve this :)
P.S- I am a very facially hair dude, so I could probably grow a full beard in a month no problem at all! God knows these easter european genes are good for SOMETHING, if not for growing long hair quickly on my scalp! Hehe..
Thanks in advance,
Raul.
Anyone have anything to say about this? Does it work? Is it harmful...for a man?
I know I've mentioned this before...but my hair is a lot longer than last year and hoping some of the newer folks may have some ideas too...
I got my motorcycle up and running last night (it's been 3 weeks since the last snowstorm so I hope I'm good!) and went for a short ride. With my helmet on, there is still a lot of hair coming out of it, and when driving down the road it was flying all around my neck. It was actually sort of painful at highway speeds. This got me thinking that surely this could damage my ends... I was thinking I could pull it back but when I do that it doesn't really fit inside my helmet. Perhaps I need to get a bigger helmet? I'm not really sure. I'll try to take a pic so you can see too.
Hello new to the board. Been growing since 5/2011 to the day after lots of RIDICULE I now get compliments.. Hope this inspires some
Hallo out there,
I wasn't around during the last ETERNITY because I have zero.1 units of spare time, I guess this is 0.05 ;)
I just wanted to say hallo and that I'm still among the living and I have still no intentions to cut my hair.
So this is my [I forgot my last haircut]-month update and I hope I can catch up at least a bit.
I hope everyone is allright and best wishes to all of you.
-Christian
Hi all! I am a few weeks late in actual posting this, as my monthly anniversary is in the middle of each month, however I did actually take these pictures a few weeks ago I just hadn't gotten around to do anything with them.
The first few are on a wash day once my hair dried, completely natural with no products. I also included a shot with the side part a few days in and a tail. I am really hating how "sloppy" my neck hairs look, so at some point I'm going to clean that up. I'm not brave enough to do it myself and I need to take some time to find something trustworthy to do it!
My bangs/front hairs are well past my chin now, I'll be re-evaluating once they reach my shoulders!
-Tommy
I had been shaving my ever thinning, balding pate for 20 years. A recent family tragedy led me to stop. Now that it has been 2 months... I don't really have the energy to start shaving my head again, so I sort of said... f' it.
Am I totally nuts? Will I look like some crazy man? Is long hair only or the young or those who are not foliically challenged?
Steve
He was a young man, around 21 or 22, who came here often, though I don't believe he posted much. We were in frequent contact before he dropped off suddenly. He had mentioned he was having some health problems and I'm really concerned.
Hi Guys
And so, at long last I know my growth rate. From Jan. 1st until April 30th 2-1/2" of hair growth was acquired. Kinda lucky I think for a Man looking ahead to 66 years of age. Oh, how wondrous are these "Golden Years." Hey, I am getting tired! LOL
Stats: 6' tall and 157lbs with all of the BLUBBER in my stomach! (OMG) Hair color when at a longer length does not display the white/gray as it did with a near Buzz. (Very enjoyable haircut btw.) With a "Buzz" however, it appeared like a short hair "Powered Wig!" Ha Ha Ha. :-) And for my present hair care? After washing I towel-dry, mess it all up and out the door I go. Worried about what other people will think? NEVER! Plans? Another update in several more months.
Justin~
(Guess this is my Football Pose? But wait........I don't own a Football and have never played the game. Well, life is short so perhaps I better start practicing for the "Big One" next Jan.)
I have been quiet of late, away in England.
I was photographed yesterday morning after having played the organ for my Bishop's Mass. I was at a meeting and I was ready for remarks about my hair. Amazingly, I seemed to "pull it off".
The day before, our meeting was in London at Westminster Central Hall, the high place of the Methodists who lend us one of their rooms. My astounding discovery was a life-sized statue of John Wesley, whose life spanned most of the 18th century. As a simple priest in the Church of England, he did not wear a wig - but had beautiful long grey hair.
So much for Christian clergy having to have short hair!
I was also photographed in the street in Canterbury. I saw the camera pointing straight at me. I looked at the person and said "You're welcome" - which should teach him to photograph someone without asking! But, I understand that a black cassock, lengthening hair and a watch chain make quite an impression!
My hair is coming on well, and my curls do something for my "awkward phase". The thing is to be brave with it and just rub it in with people. They have nowhere to go. The rest is patience.
Best wishes to you all, and congratulations for more growth, and my sympathies for those who have accidents and burn their hair.
Anthony
My truck blew a head gasket, which in turn caused a lot more damage. I ended up doing an entire engine rebuild, and in the process had to replace some writing. That required the use of a soldering iron. Somehow, my long hair ended up getting burned! My hair was tied back, so I didn't notice until later. I ended up cutting my hair off at collar length to fix the damage. :-(
For those that use hair ties, how many times do you have to redo your tail a day?
I typically retie my hair about three or four times a day.
This is me at the one year mark. (Also, my beard grows REALLY slowly and thinly...)
at 16 months of hair growing... due with a hat - believe me, it takes some attitude to look like this...
Fitz
Here are photos of dozens of rock bands from the 1970s, from the web site of San Francisco's daily newspaper, the Chronicle. Lots of longhairs!
Heya. Been a long time since I've been on this site. My hair is somewhere on the fourth year growing now ;-)
A sad tale reported in the news today:
I want to apply for a job (server in a restaurant)that I totally meet the requirements of, but their "policy" is that male servers wear short hair.
Is this legal? Can they deny me just because of my hair length?
If females who work there can tie their hair back, then why can't I?
If I am denied a job, simply because of my hair, do I have any legal recourse?
Any insights or knowledge in this arena would be most appreciated.
Some may be familiar with the online magazine Slate founded in 1996. Wikipedia describes it as "a United States English language online current affairs and culture magazine...which is updated daily, covers politics, arts and culture, sports, and news. The magazine is known (and sometimes criticized) for adopting contrarian positions."
I was contacted by one of their writers, Katy Waldman, who requested an interview. She conducted it for about 30 minutes over the phone. She didn't tape it but rather wrote as best she could my responses to her questions. In some cases, her paraphrasing was a bit off. But, in general, she got the spirit of my responses.
Here is a link to the interview:
I am not noticing that when I put on a belt my hair is getting in the way and catching in the loops. For a while I was not noticing much in terms of growth but over the last couple of months I am seeing new length. Hope the trend continues.
Karsten
Here's the long hair contest at the 2014 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque (4/24-4/26). Long hair definitely spoken here.
I have changed how I wear my hair now out of necessity of the length, I like the new look let me know what y'all think.
As of the last few weeks, everyday marks the longest my hair has ever been. Currently I have about 4.5" on top, 3.5" on the sides, and 2.5" around the neckline. I'm growing out from a traditional men's tapered cut. Though its still quite short, that is a pretty cool feeling.
I've found some products that keep it under control, and depending on how often I wash, I can decide how much or how little curl I want. Overall I am pretty happy with how its turning out. Maybe figuring all this out now will help prevent the coming awkward stages from being so bad.
I stumbled upon this video where the ear and neckline got trimmed and thought it looked really nice. The ears were a bit short, but the neckline seems spot on.
Do any of you with hair as long, or much longer trim your neckline in this way? I can imagine it would be nice to get those stragglers that never seem to grow... or do they?
Hey good people of the MLHH!
Today while at work at the kindergarten, a female colleague of mine offered to braid my (very much short) hair, and I wanted to share the result with you!
It's mostly just a joke, but I am rather interested in the method of doing this, and whether any of you have experience with it.
When asked how does she make it "stick", she went on to explain that she braids the semi-short hair in such a way that the next "gauntlet" or bunch of hair to be braided sort of holds the prior on in place, even without having the length a classic braid will have.
Mid you, my hair is still only at around 2.5" long, so this is really impressive to me :)
Haven't gotten to communicate with you all as much as I would've liked to recently, due to the remodeling project I wrote about earlier. Then, on April 16th, my wife and I were in a horrific car wreck. I ended up with a crushed ankle and a four-day hospital stay. I'm at home just staying still these days. Pam was badly bruised, but is recovering slowly but surely. They might have to fuse my ankle
before I can walk again; we will have to see how it goes. I have some really bad days as well as some relatively good ones. I just trust that God knows much more than I do. The attached picture is from an afternoon right after my accident and surgery, when I ventured out onto the back porch and had my dog Chloe join me there.
I've been getting this a lot lately. Where someone will tell me I don't have a good job because of my hair. I always tell them it's something i'm not willing to compromise. But then for the most part I get taunted or laughed at, being told how selfish I am for not willing to part with something so trivial. I'm constantly being reminded of my financial insecurities and how i'll never get out of them because I'm not willing to change myself.
What can be said to combat this? It's getting a bit hard to handle. I'm tired of being made to feel wrong and selfish.
Hey guys. This is only my second post, although I come on often to see what's up. My hair is growing in nicely! Although it's at the bob-like stage. I'm going for just past shoulders. This is the third time it's been this long, but I've always chickened out and cut it. Not this time!
Yesterday afternoon, my wife and I stopped up to see my son on Westcott St - near SU campus - while we were talking, a young boy with his dad came running up to my son and starting talking like only an animated 7 year old boy could do... my son introduced us to him and his dad... this boy had hair pulled back in a tail that reached the small of his back - my wife asked Otis how old he was - in classic style he replied "I'm 7 going on 8." His dad shared that the boy has never had a hair cut in his entire life. As he held up the end of his son's hair, he proudly exclaimed "this is his baby hair..." I was sure impressed, I'll tell you.
60 years old today. Been around 18 months since my last haircut. I know it doesn't look that great compared to some of you younger guys, but I like it!
Hello all!
Its been probably a year since i wrote anything here and i thought it would be nice to show an update. My last "real" haircut was in july 2010.
Right now its down to my armpits and thats sort of the length i aimed for.
In the picture its not brushed. Sadly i lose all curls when its brushed. :/
The t-shirt says Hëävü Mëtäl incase someone is wondering. :P
(Im a massive heavy metal fan!)
/David from Sweden.
It's been almost 2 years. I wore it loose to work today and thought I'd post a pic.
Hello everyone here at the MLHH! :)
It's been a long time since I last posted a serious update here, and I thought it was time for a re-introduction!
Name's Raul, soon to be 31 year old, living in Norway.
As some of you older members here remember, I showed up back in late 2013 after having decided to finalyl re-grow my hair long again. After 10 months of patience, I went ahead and got my hair backcombed and croched, which unfrotunately ended up with my having to shave off all my hair due to scarring tissue damage on the scalp.
That was September 2013.
A bit over 7 months later, and I am back at this journey, more certain than ever that this is something I definitely want to do!
Different between the first round and this round of hair growing, is that I have had 2 main "obstacles" in my way:
1. I started growing my hair in September from a number 0 shaved scalp, so no "extra inches" to start growing from ast first time.
2. I have regularly been trimming the back of my head, where my hair meets my neck, in order to try a new approach to hair growing, tackling the awkward stage and avoiding a mullett (and yes, I know some of you sported or are even still sporting that style, no diss on you guys! Just not me! Hehe).
These two factors have made it so that even now afte as "many" as 7+ months of growing, people can hardly tell I am growing my hair long, as can I see the difference between the two journeis.
Hair on the front of my head (fringe, if you will), has just crossed my eyebrows, when I can remember the same hair having been at nose-tip length after 10 months last time. In other words, this is going to be a slooooow ride.
But I've got nothing but time, eh? So no problem :)
Good to see so many new faces here on the MLHH, as well as some "older" ones which started around the same period I did first time around, and are complete longhairs by now! Good job everybody!
Might not be able to post here daily and comment on each and every single picture and update, but will do my best to become a more active member again, and not focus only on my YT channel, which has actually gathered a bit of a following since last year, and has become a part of a sub-community of guys documenting their hairgrowth on YT as well! :)
Have a good one, my friends! =)
Yep, Not quite a full length, but before I cut off 6. Luckily the same amount of hair still on top! I keep pretty close track of that :) Looks like I should have shaved, must have been a very lazy day. I am actually at work there before I did a photo shoot. So ya, I do get away with my long hair.
Most guys with long hair come to terms with the idea of being mistaken for a girl now and then. I'm sure when you're 7 it's more so, but this young fellow certainly has a supportive mother. This article's an inspiration for any of us.
I know it wasn't long since I last sent in a photo, but it really seems to be taking off! For the first time, people in my village are beginning to realise I haven't simply neglected to go to the barber but that I am actually growing it!
Longhairdom is coming!
Anthony
I dont know whether to laugh or cry with this story.
Its literally 5:43 am (sunday early morning in Argentina) and just came back from the street.
It was about 5 am and I was on the street waiting for a friend in a corner. This friend always asks me to go pick him up at the same corner because he feels safer. I waited ,waited and waited and he never showed up.
Suddenly, a police van came with two male officers ( both young ) but only one of them talked to me.
He asked me what I was doing there. I told him I was waiting for a friend. He didnt believe me. Long story short:
The police officer believed I was a transvestite and that I was...well... having sex for money. I told the guy A THOUSAND times that he was wrong and he was like
"You dont need to lie to me, if you are working thats ok.. just let me know what you're doing and I will go... If you keep denying that you're working I am gonna have to take you with me to the police station and call your family".
I did not know what to do nor to say. He kept pushing me to say that.
But that does not finish there... I asked the officer " Do I look like I am a transvestite? This is not even women clothing " and he said " Well, have you looked at yourself? I dont dress like that, my co-worker does not dress like that either, he does not dress like that (he pointed at a guy who was walking by). That does not look like men clothing".
I was wearing a men jacket I bought at Zara (it even says ZARA MEN on the inside for Gods sake!!!) , skinny jeans, boots and loose hair as usual.
One more thing (and I dont know whether the guy was being funny or he wanted to have a sexual approach with me ) , he asked me: So, your real name is David. What is your artistic name? If you tell me what your artistic name is I can call you "baby", "honey" or treat you like a female.
I swear he said that!! Guys, I cant even believe what I went through. I was just standing on the corner, waiting for a friend. Nothing else... and he thought I was a transvestite and that I was getting paid for sex!!!! WTF??
At the end, I HAD to say that I was working and getting paid for sex. I WAS FORCED BY THE SITUATION TO SAY THAT I WAS A TRANSVESTITE GETTING PAID FOR SEX. If i hadnt said that, they would have taken me with them to the police station and call my parents (who were sleeping at that time, of course).
This is unbelievable . I know that I am not a super macho guy, I might have some feminine features (I have been told that many times) and many times I have been mistaken for a girl by many people, but being in a situation like this with the police ... I dont know whether to cry or laugh. It was humiliating, embarrassing..!!
I am seriously considering on cutting my hair short. This has never happened to me before when I was short haired.
It's scary how time flies -- pretty soon I'll finish freshman year of college!
The semester hasn't really been treating me too well, since I'm struggling in my classes. I don't want to drop any of them, because I need to pass all of them in order to declare my major.
As per hair news -- I don't use any products unless if I have hit the gym and/or am dripping in sweat. It's behaving surprisingly nicely!
Well, guys - spring has sprung where I live, finally - and it is approaching 80 degrees (F) here. My hair growth is just about long enough so that I ventured out with my hair pulled back in a tail - this is the first time I intentionally wore my hair this way to work. I was feeling a bit self conscious about it this morning, because I am not the kind of guy that likes to draw attention to myself... but my wife told me I need to get over it or I need to get a hair cut - so, I got over it!
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at 16 months and loving it...
Fitz
Hi all.
I've been growing out my hair for exactly five months now, and have been visiting this site frequently for inspiration. Just thought I'd say hello and contribute a bit to the community!
Hair wise, I started out with a 1/2 inch buzz on the sides and longer hair on top ( maybe 1.5 inches or so). My goal at the moment is somewhere between chin and shoulder length. I know a lot of members here are proponents of the "just let it grow" method, but I have gotten the back of my head trimmed a couple of times to avoid sporting too egregious of a mullet.
Thanks for checking out my post, and lemme know what you think!
John
Hi, everyone. I've been growing my hair out for 13 months. Now I'm going to apply for a student visa to US. I've been told that I will probably not be let through because of my hair. But I REALLY don't want to cut it short even just a little bit. And I don't think it will be a problem. What do you think? Please help me.
Hello Hairy Dudes (including wannabe longhairs!),
I believe it's safe to say that the vast majority of men (maybe even as high as 99% of us) all started out as shorthairs. The lucky few males that started out their boyhood with such open-minded parents as to allow & encourage long hair on their male children, especially at a very early age, are extremely rare indeed (ahemmmm... Validus, I hope you're reading this)!
I think it's also quite safe to say that the average female throughout most of the world grows up with exactly the OPPOSITE experience -- for her, a young girlhood with long hair on her head is absolutely normal; so the first short haircut (if and when it happens), is quite a shock, maybe even a traumatic experience (unless of course this is totally her own choice).
If my statements above are correct, then it also stands to reason that the average male has quite a huge adjustment to have to make (emotionally, physically, and psychologically) if and when they choose to grow their hair long for the first time in their lives, no?
Let's talk just about the PHYSICAL adjustments, first:
1) if you've had very short hair for the majority of your life (up until now, for example), then the first time you experience your own hair falling into your eyes, blowing over your ears or tickling your neck in the wind, or getting caught in your mouth while you're trying to eat your soup, these are going to be HUGE new changes for you!!
2) as your hair gradually gets longer and longer (and THANK GOODNESS it's gradual), you're going to have even more weird new experiences, like: the first time your hair gets caught in a car door (because you slammed it shut before all of your hair got inside the car); or hearing your first complaint from somebody that just got slapped in the face when you unthinkingly flipped your hair back behind you while riding on the bus....
3) a windy day or doing a sweaty, dirty job will make you look like hell, more than you ever DREAMED you could look like hell...
4) your hair gets caught in a nice wicker chair, when you had no idea a chair could be so cruel...
5) you get invited to a nice wedding, and have to remind yourself that it's best to take that long hot shower with a thorough shampoo & conditioning, a full solid 2 hours earlier than you used to do (when your hair was short)!
.... And those are just a few of the PHYSICAL adjustments a longhair has to make!
So this post doesn't get too long-winded, for now, I won't even talk about all of the emotional and psychological adjustments a guy has to go through in order to successfully become a longhair -- unless, of course, you are one of those lucky teenagers who has/had supportive parents and encouraging friends, a non-conservative non-discriminatory school (devoid of old fashioned anti-longhair dress code rules), etc., etc., etc....
Oh, by the way: be careful of all of those pretty candles scattered all over the party house, young man -- and you with the butt-length hair, don't sit down in that seat over there without taking a closer look... there's a big wad of gum you're about to sit down on, and get it all stuck in your hard-earned hair!
- Ken
"The ebb and flow of men's beard fashions may be guided by Darwinian selection, according to a new study."
Well, I never REALLY left...
Hello all! My name is Dan and I was a semi-regular poster here from 2009-2011 or thereabouts. I would be really surprised if anyone remembered who I was but I hope I made a small difference back then in helping others with the hair growing thing!
I had been growing my hair for 3+ years when in the winter of 2013 I did the STUPIDEST thing in my entire life. Feeling pressured by family and friends, and feeling like I wanted to fit in again, I buzzed my hair to 1/2 inch. I can't even begin to explain the regret I felt. I had read Ken's (one of my favorite posters here, by the way) account of his terrible Y2K haircut many times before that, yet I went and did the same thing! I was so ashamed that I couldn't bring myself to post here until now, at 16 months growth, though I never stopped lurking. I felt like I betrayed everyone here who gave me encouragement, as well as the numerous people I helped encourage myself.
Well, things are looking up now. I have made many positive changes in my life, including eating mostly natural foods and working out regularly. I recently got married to my long standing girlfriend of almost 10 years and we fulfilled our dream of moving from Ohio to Seattle, Washington. I love it here on the west coast and feel like I can be myself without any reservations. It really is a different world from the Midwest. Not to mention, you can't walk one block without seeing a guy with long hair!
I hope I can be forgiven for my bad decisions and do hope to become a regular poster here again. Here is a picture of me, now sporting a beard (another change).
-Dan H.
So I'm growing my hair but really dislike the length at the minute can't seem to do anything decent with it at all. Determined to carry on, want long hair, just hard finding motivation sometimes.
It was one of those moments when my wife looked at my hair and grabbed a bunch of it in her hand, without pulling it too much. She said to me that she had never seen so many curls on a man's long hair. I replied that she hadn't looked very hard.
I reassured her that it would look better when longer, and I will certainly be tying it up when appropriate. It didn't seem to dawn on her that I am going on and really growing it. Ponytail, etc? Well, I answered, men have been doing it (on and off) for centuries. That certainly put a different perspective on this.
Just a word to our beginners. I am still an "awkward stager" and I have curls all over the place - but I'm enjoying every moment, especially when I feel my hair in the wind and when it touches the shoulders just below my neck. Awkward stage hair does its own thing. Just keep it clean, conditioned and groomed.
I also wish a happy Easter to those of you who are Christian believers, and I wish everyone every happiness and joy.
Hey guys, it's been a very long time since i was last on this site, I nearly forgot about it. I almost even forgot about my hair haha :D
anyway since I was last on in november I was barely starting out, since then my hair has grown 3 inches so it is about 4 inches long at the moment the way my hair sits up like in the photo it sort of hides it's true length. I've never had my hair this long before :)
people like to tell me i have great hair but personally I'm really annoyed by the curls, I know it will straighten out a bit when longer due to the weight but is there any type of keratin treatment, or oil or leave in conditioner or shampoo etc. that I can use to make it straight(er) or at least slightly wavy?
at the moment I have no idea what i'm doing I just grab the first shampoo I come across and wash it maybe 2 times a week
It's good to be back
Thanks folks :)
I have been moving my garden shed from one place to another, and re-roofed it. I had to rummage through my workshop to find a box of screws I knew was somewhere. I discovered my old English tape measure in both metric and Imperial.
I was curious to measure my hair at various parts of my head and found that most of my hair had reached 5 inches. I thought this was rather good, since I had cut it very short last September, and left the longest hairs no more than half an inch long, tapering to almost nothing at the back and sides, a real crew cut as we call it in England. So, that makes a difference of four and a half inches - in only 6 months. That comes to three quarters of an inch per month - in winter!
That's rather exciting for me, because in another 6 months, theoretically, I would have a total of 9 inches. 9 inches at half an inch a month take 18 months. I might be getting 18 months' growth in only one year. I might be ponytailing in only 6 months' time, even if there's still quite a bit of loose hair that's not yet long enough.
I'll send my monthly update photo in a couple of weeks.
Encouragements to other awkward stagers. Keep persevering. I have days when it's really all over the place. Just look after it, even on the "bad hair" days, and you'll "make it".
Anthony
Hey, just discovered this place through Slate. Glad to see a place like this dedicated to those of us who have chosen this path.
I grew up in Alabama and other places in the Deep South, and as you might expect, received a lot of negative feedback from people regarding my hair.
I moved to Colorado 8 years ago, though, and I have to say that it seems that Colorado is a very longhair-friendly place. I'm in Castle Rock currently, and there are plenty of guys rocking this style.
Anyhow, just wanted to say hi and join the community.
VH
I wanted to know if Biotin Supplements work and if it's safe and worth the money? If I do take it should I take the 5000 mcg one or 1000 mcg one since it's my first time taking it. I found one brand I was interested in at Amazon and not sure if anyone tried this or heard of it. Here is links
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Look at a long haired Liviu-Ditier Nisipeanu playing an chess game
I Lurk here a lot but don't post much....just thought I'd share.....from my phone so hopefully this works
Well, within the last week my hair has started to go a bit more down, than out. That's a welcomed change. We shall see how long it lasts. I have also started experimenting with different products.
As a result, when I look up I can actually see my hair, and it has started to lay on my collar. Both of those are first in my entire life as far as I know.
Well here I am today, about 15 minutes ago in fact. It's been a couple years or so, I can't remember sense I last posted a pic, so here it is. I cut about 6 inches off, but it still gets the job done! Take care
Hi guys, found this site through slate.com. Have a quick question, I've been growing my hair out for a little more than two years and went to a salon for a major trim to clean up some unruly hair. The stylist suggested and gave me a perfectly straight across one length cut. While the end result looks very clean I think it looks a little too "pretty" when my hair is down. Just wondering what your thoughts are on perfectly even one length cuts for men. Thanks.
I have come to this board from time to time for inspiration while growing my hair out. I am currently in my second year of medical but decided shortly into my first year that I was finally going to grow out my hair as I might not find another opportunity for a while. I had wanted to for years but never had the guts to go through with it, but decided to suck it up this time around. In order to try look more professional for the few activities we have where we see patients in the first and second year I trimmed the back routinely but the awkward stage was still a bit rough and I took a little flack for my hair. My goal was to have it long enough to tie into a low ponytail by the start of June when i will being to see patients full time and I am happy to say I have achieved my goal, or will by then as my bangs still fall out easily when tied back low but should hold well with another inch or so. Here is a picture, not very good quality as my camera phone is awful. Its great to finally reach a goal after 18+ months of waiting and slogging through bad hair days.
Anyway I just wanted to post as a thanks to those who do routinely. I have read a lot of posts on this site when I wanted to cut or had trouble dealing with my hair. Thanks and keep going. Also Sorry if I don't respond as I get busy, but I do plan to keep growing, though not to any extreme lengths, maybe another 6 inches or so and I probably will wear a ponytail most of the time, for professional and practical considerations while at the hospital but also I am a fan of the look on me personally. Good luck all.
I mowed my grass yesterday afternoon, and got rather hot doing it. I then put my head under a cold shower and swept it back behind my ears and brought the back to a point behind. Then I went to fetch my wife from the railway station.
"What have you done with your hair? Have you cut it?"
Oh no - just wetted it. Ha ha ha!
...April Fool's hehe.
Hi everybody,
Here is my April update. Slowly but surely making progress. This is 1 day after shampoo and conditioner wash. I am finding I like to go about 4 or 5 days between washes now. Amazing how the longer the hair gets, the less it needs washing. Thanks for all the inspiration!
Ted
Hi All,
I still love this board, though I don't have a chance to post very often. Here is a recent update. Hope all are well.
This dude is the frontman for my fav band, and has one of the best manes I've ever laid eyes on. His tresses are worth aspiring to attain.
Just wanted to say hello to all - interesting forum. Seems to me there should be thousands of members with long hair! Enjoy the spring!
Hello everyone,
I just had to post another heartfelt thank you for your very nice replies to my post below! I truly appreciate each and every one of them! I am improving day by day but still quite sore. I figure another solid 2 weeks and I will be good to go. I might have to see about posting a pic of my progress soon. Thanks again for being there my friends!
Ted
New here so just thought I'd say hi everyone :)
I've had long hair the majority of my life. Mostly I keep it held back in a ponytail. (I've never bothered with braiding it, but I'm somewhat interested in trying it.)
I've recently switched shampoo and conditioners because the ones I used to use are no longer being made. I have no idea if these things are related to the switch, but I've recently noticed a large number of split-ends and an increasingly dry scalp. (I've got incredibly thick and somewhat oily hair.)
If anyone has tips or suggestions, I'd appreciate it :)
Hello people!
First of all I wanted to apologise for my absence during the last weeks.
I went on holidays to Europe and had little time to check the board since I had to deal with horrible wifi all over my trip. So the little internet I had I used to update my Facebook, call home, etc.
Here is a photo I took in London where you can see the current status of my hair. Some of you who have me on Facebook already saw this pic, but for those who are not Facebook friends, here it goes:
Right now my hair is even longer at the back, and shorter on the sides since it grows in a natural V shape. Anyway, since I am considered a longhair by most people (and probably myself) I am not worrying about length now, but I do care about how it looks.
I received lots of compliments from men and women in Europe about my hair. Even today when I arrived in my country, a girl who works at Border Control ! She literally asked : "Is that your real hair or you have extensions?" haha that was funny.
Anyway, I hope you have a great week and I will surely catch up with the latest news in the board.
Had no idea that there was such a message board. Really dont know how often I will visit, if ever again. Im 47 decided to grow out after painful separation from my wife. That was 3 years ago. Had short hair all of my adult life until this point. Im lucky I suppose. No gray no lack of hair so why not. I have yet to run into any problems or had any confrontations because of it. Nothing but compliments from women, those who like longer hair on a guy my age. There are far more than I would have ever thought. So all in all its all good as far as the hair goes. Keep it up brothers..let it grow.
Hi!
If any of you watched last night's UC final (BBC 2 in the UK) you will have seen the very clever longhair in the winning team.
Saw this forum on Slate.com and had to drop by. With his permission, posting photo of my partner, taken in June 2013 at Crater Lake, Oregon. I call it his Rapunzel picture. :-)
Lovin' all the other photos and stories.
I have a thing for men with long hair, so when I was reading a Slate article with an interview from one of the moderators of this site I must say I was quite intrigued. I think this is an excellent site, I'm loving all of the photos. =D
Btw, here's the article: http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/03/31/what_is_a_longhair_an_interview_with_jason_bartlett_on_men_who_grow_out.html
my hair
I am sending this in to mark my first half-year since my last haircut. I don't remember exactly when that funeste event took place, but I am placing it at the end of September 2013. I have a "no-cut" chart (mainly for the benefit of my wife), which I mark at the end of each month. On Sunday, there will be 6 crosses on it. I have taken the chart up to September 2016.
Some interesting curls are showing up. This is really a discovery! I always thought my hair was dead straight.
Anthony
Well 5 months in, I am really liking how it is coming along, thanks to all of you for the continued support!
Starting out on the journey, need some words of encouragement. Didn't get past 10 months stage last time
It has been 6 months since I cut my mid back hair to jaw length and now it's just touching my shoulders. My goal is waist length. Hope everyone has been doing good. Cheers!! :)
PS: I think I resemble Jim Morrison from The Doors with this hair length.
Went out last night to see The Los Lonely Boys(great show),when I got home thought my hair didnt look too bad so I took a pic before bed. Been trying to lose weight since the end of January, Im down 45 lbs. so far only about 200 more to go,lol.
James
Hey guys, sorry I haven't been very active the past few months. Life has been hectic, I even started a new job last week! I can't believe I missed 16 and 17 month updates...I didn't even think to take pictures :(. I think there is a definite change from 15 months to 18 (more like 18.50 at this point in the month!)
I hit 18 months earlier this month, so I wanted to take a minute to give an update. I'm finally starting to get some decent length on the front as my hair is well past my chin now. I'm not sure how long its going take for my front/top hair to reach my shoulders...I think maybe in 3-4 more months...
18 months of growth!
15 months for comparison
I discovered an interesting article about Mozart, who had thick blond hair.
http://sofaithfulaheart.blogspot.fr/2010/04/things-wigs-hairstyles.html
I quote the relevant passage:
The tail that hung from the back of both men's and women's hairstyles and wigs was called a queue (pronounced cue), and for men, was symbolic of the length of their...well, you know. Mozart was known for his long, thick hair that hung clear to the middle of his back. Mozart's queue was generally clubbed and bound tightly with a black satin ribbon. When he was employed by the Prince Archbishop Colleredo of Salzburg, he was required to wear a white wig with the queue hidden in a black satin tie bag whenever he was at court, or when he played the organ in the cathedral.
What I find interesting is that he was required to wear a powdered wig for his official functions even though he had healthy long hair.
Wigs went out of fashion from the 1780's because of the high price of wig powder. This would have allowed men to wear their hair more naturally, even when they began to wear very elaborate hats.
The queue (low ponytail) was gone by about 1800, but long hair persisted at least throughout the Romantic era.
It's flattering to know that my naturally grey-silver hair is what men paid for in the 18th century!
So yesterday I started to use Wen to see if it lived up to all the hype that it gets.
...It does!
Judging by how my hair feels, looks, and smells right now and how it has for the past 2 days I can definitively say that I don't think that I'll be using any other hair product anytime in the near future. My hair both feels clean and stays almost tangle-free. There's also a very noticeable improvement in volume. I really can't put into words how awesome my hair feels right now. And like I said, Wen smells really, really good as well.
The only downside is that a 32 oz. bottle cost me roughly $55. Having said that, I think it's well worth the price for me. I absolutely love it. And it looks like the bottle will last quite a while, anyway. I only take 3 showers a week and I will continue to do so, and I'm not even sure if I will use Wen every time I wet my hair, but I DO know that I won't be using any other shampoo or conditioner in the mean time save for occasional coconut oil deep conditioning, which even seems less necessary given how amazing my hair feels right now!
Cheers,
Jarvis
my hair now
Hello. I am sure most of you still know who I am. I have not been on in a while. Currently, I have been working, on the XBOX Kinect team, and just hanging around. I will post a picture update a little later. I also had deactivated my FaceBook account last fall after some drama from a certain person from Special Olympics.
By the way, I went to Walt Disney World last spring, and it was the funnest vacation I have ever taken. I went to all four parks and a couple of shows. If you want more information, just ask me.
Speaking of vacations, I have a message for MarkS. I will be in Maine from July 26 to August 2, and I hope to meet you at Kossow Lodge (where we are staying), since you now live nearby in Massachusetts and it is a short drive.
Matthew
my hair
I have found a way to get a little shuteye while riding a bus by tying my hair in front of my eyes and making it into my makeshift eye mask.
my hair now
This video make me never want to cut my hair again!
Just started growing it out I previously had an undercut, so the top is at about 9 inches and the sides 2.5. I hope to get it to about shoulder length all the way around.. Any guesstimates on how long it might take?
Im still in the awkward phase most of the time I just throw on a beanie or a toque.. is there any problem with keeping a hat on too much? I wear a mini ponytail if I am at the gym.
Most IMPORTANTLY I can't tell if this is paranoia or its more noticeable now that my hair is longer, but I am notice I am shedding a lot. When I run my hand through my head I always come out with a few strands. I get scabs on my head (I believe its sebbhorheic dermatitis) I think some hair loss might be because of that. I still have a full head of hair though (knock on wood)
So to summarize my questions:
Is it bad to wear a toque too much to disguise the awkward phase?
Does longer hair make shedding more noticeable and I am just paranoid.
Are fine tooth combs bad for your hair?
Also any tips on maintenance and hygiene tips
And one recommendation from start using coconut oil on your head its a great natural conditioner.
Apologies for the long post.
Here's a topic I am curious about... After reading the post about the young man, Steven, who is dressed very nicely in a suite and tie, I wonder how its been for you guys in your careers -
I am curious - if you are willing to share - what do you guys do for a career and how has having long hair, or growing your hair long, been for you at work?
I know some of you have shared you are landscapers or forrest rangers and one man with maginficently beautiful long hair drives the trolley cars in San Fransisco.
I have been fortunate - I am a social worker in a mid sized city in upstate NY - nobody here has said anything to me about my hair growth - some have asked and have been supportive - I have a business casual dress code - which means I do not have to wear a tie - I am indoors most of the time.
Just curious if anybody is willing to share - thought it might be helpful - especially if you had challenges and how you dealt with them.
Thanks!
I'm curious to know what style is most popular in terms of the shape of the hair behind one's back. I see that the choice is a "V" shape, a rounded shape or a straight line across.
Mine isn't nearly long enough to have any idea for me.
What's your favourite style?
Anthony
i've been growing my hair for about 2 yrs & it's very thick.
i want it to be more manageable - especially to fall back instead of in my face when it's not tied. does anyone recommend getting it thinned out? will it make my life easier without compromising volume? if thinning isn't the way to go, how can i make it stay in place otherwise?
Hi guys - been away playin' 'Huck-Finn' - Autumn's here now - but it's still hot & humid - my hair tickles me butt now = just ask Ken & see if it aint true ;PP cheers y'all CEM.
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First, l would like to say that I have been a longtime lurker (7 years or so) and have always found the site to be extremely interesting and informative on the topic. Beyond that, it seems to be very welcoming, supportive, and a great place to meet likeminded individuals the world over. You can all share a sense of pride in the community that you have built, as I am sure you know.
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As for me, I have had relatively short hair all my life. With the exception of military basic training, I have always avoided the buzz-cut. For reasons I do not quite understand (perhaps the desire to be a little different) I have always wanted to grow out my hair beyond the traditional “classic” men’s cuts. As with many other members (and people in general) I have never really given it a proper go. For many reasons related to perceived professionalism at work, self-consciousness, or whatever else, I continued to keep it short. It isn’t that I didn’t like it, just that I always wanted to try something else.
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In any case, due to some personal reason (all positive) which will see me relieved of my work concerns for a while, I have decided the time is now. My last haircut was in mid-January and I have so far resisted the urge to do anything to it. This is of course proving more difficult than expected, but I am also pleasantly surprised that my hair is growing faster than I had expected. As you can see, it is quite thick, and rather wavy. This is proving to be the hardest part about keeping it managed, but I think I am doing alright so far. Anyway, I hope to post more pictures and get to know you all better along the journey. For those who are curious, the goal is only shoulder length, but I seem to see a pattern of going beyond original goals on this site, so who knows...
Steven
I've been growing my hair out for a little while now, but I believe I'm still in the "awkward phase." I was hoping some of you fine folks could give me some advice on how to better take care of or style my hair.
I am a mature longhair.
Just saying Hi!
Rob
A number of years ago, when my hair was long but not long enough to stay tucked under the back of a jacket (leather or otherwise) while riding bikes, I would pony tail my hair to prevent huge snarls, however that did not protect the end that protruded from under the helmet.
Anyone who's ever ridden knows how snug a fit a helmet should be without excess hair taking up additional space (and trapping more heat, getting totally sweaty and gross). I still like to look good at the end of a ride.
So, aside from braiding it which I can't do myself, and I often ride solo, is there anything else you can suggest; products to wrap my entire pony tail in and lace it up, etc that would prevent the painful de-snarling process for the amount of hair sticking out from under the helmet. Going to be even more of a challenge for me now, as my hair is even longer than it was back when riding, and in a couple months I'll be buying a used bike (H-D Heritage Softail or Road King for those who like Harleys).
~Shasari
I am upset and worried others will say rude comments or make fun of me. I also am afraid they could do something violently.
Today I was at a place for little kids to celebrate my little brothers birthday and I had to take a piss. After I came out of the toilet stalls, two little girls ran past me and one of them asked the other in a loud voice whether I was a guy or a girl. Now the hallway was a little bit dark, but I was facing in their direction when they ran past me and since no one has mistaken me from the front I wasn't sure what to think. It's disgusting that they would do something like this when the person could hear it, thereby proving that they don't actually give a $h!t about it and their parents should have taught them from such a young age about not being impudent little kunts. I should have turned around and lectured them about their stupid behavior and next time someone does that I will do exactly just that. It's just that I don't want to be mistaken for a girl, especially not from the front. On the other hand I don't want to grow a beard (I can't even do it, due to my shitty facial hair growth potential, despite being already 18). I'm starting to work on my body, to become bigger and more muscular, to avoid such situations and I also hope I will grow some more too (although it's unlikely, but since I've heard of guys who had late growth spurts when they were 18/19, I have some hope).
So here's the thing. My hair, like the Pinto, tends to explode at the slightest provocation. Oh sure, after a shower it behaves itself, but before long it starts to creep over the horizon of my scalp. By the next day I end up looking like Kramer.
As my journey progresses, I have a sneaking suspicion that I'll end up looking like this:
Now, I'm not saying that's a bad look. That guy pulls it off spectacularly well. It's just not what I'm going for. And until my hair grows heavy enough to hold itself down, I fear that's what I'm in for.
So my question is this: How can I train my hair so that it stays down? Please keep in mind that I'm on a shoestring budget until I can get a steady job. Right now my haircare is based on a few giant boxes of hotel sized shampoo and conditioner that my cousin procured for me. I asked no questions.
Any homebrew remedies you may have would be appreciated, the cheaper, the better.
Hello my friends,
I have returned back home after a rough time in the hospital. My surgery was actually done later than scheduled due to blood bank confusion. I had the operation on Thursday afternoon(march 20). It lasted 5 and 1/2 hours. In the process of removing the kidney, my small intestine receive a small tear. So I wasn't able to eat for 3 days. Not fun. I was in the SICU for 3 days in much pain.
I spent about 3 days on the regular floor and received dialysis. The nurses and doctors were wonderful and took awesome care of me. I was discharged yesterday(March 27) in the early evening. For what it's worth, I have a 14 inch incision with 39 staples in it. A little sore, but surprisingly comfortable.
I have read each and every response to my request for prayers below! Wow! I cannot thank you enough for those! Perhaps you can let me get away with responding individually to the ones I didn't answer yet? Please understand I was almost in tears reading through them! You all are nothing but the best! I love you guys!
Ted
Always liked Sergii(Serge)updates but have not seen any since about last fall. If you see this Serge, post an update.
I am on spring break and have seen a number of guys with long hair, but almost always loose. I usually wear a ponytail or bun, but have been trending towards the bun most of the time lately. Thought it was interesting I was the only one I have seen here on break tying my hair up despite a reasonable number of longhairs. Do most of you ear it loose too?
I don't know if I aspire to this level of awesomeness, but just thought I'd share the cool photo.
This beard has achieved god status.
--Val
Anyone fancy moving to North Korea?
I was reading some posts about some guys here being mistaken for girls and my advice is not to worry what people think. To begin my situation is I am 32 and I haven't even had long hair due to being afraid of family comments or public comments. I shaved my head in 2003 for few years and family members didn't like it and they made negative comments. A couple years ago I tried growing long hair and family made negative comments on that but due to that i keep cutting and delaying longer due to others. I do agree with others here that even if you give up and cut hair they will still harass about something else for example some family keeps saying I am too skinny after I cut hair. I was on a bald guys forum since I wanted to shave head before I wanted to try growing long hair and I found something that I remembered that applies to long hair guys. Couple members on the forum worry about being mistaken for skinheads or cancer patients. Also this is similar situation to a recent post on this site and that is a bald by choice member said a little boy asked where's your hair. So basically the point is adults and kids will say something either way. I do agree with other members here in earlier posts that you should enjoy your hair since life is short and I do regret not growing before since my hair used to be thick but noticed it was getting thinner and want to enjoy it now and not until I am older incase I go bald. For guys who worry about negative comments from total strangers I feel you should just ignore it and move on. Because I used to worry about what others thought but like other members said and my opinion now is I don't go home with them or live with them or I won't ever see them again. Also ask yourself why should I get worked up or change my appearance for someone who I won't ever see again or even if you do it's not illegal and its your body and not theirs. I feel that if you don't stand up for yourself and stop doing something due to others you won't enjoy life and plus it's like they are winning by worry what others think. The first time I wanted long hair was in early 90s when I used watch the metal music videos and thought long hair looked badass. Another thing I remembered that looked cool in the 90s was in waynes world movie when they did the headbang scene in the car with Queen. When I told my mom I wanted to grow long hair she said no and made negative comments. So that's why I want to put myself first now since I am tired of worrying about others and enjoy my life since you only live once. Lastly even when I have shaved head I noticed some people give me dirty looks. It doesn't matter what the lenghth is or style because some people will make negative comments either way and it's not their business.
... courtesy of my 6-year old son :)
Cheers,
Val
Hello my longhaired friends,
The time has come to have my second diseased kidney removed. It has become ravaged due to my Polycystic kidney disease. I will have no kidneys and must continue to receive dialysis 3 times per week until I get a kidney transplant. This surgery will make my breathing better and generally make me feel better since my other organs are being crowded.
Tommorrow morning at around 7:30 I will undergo the roughly 4 hour procedure. I do request your thoughts and prayers that everything goes smoothly. I have an excellent surgeon and he removed the other kidney wonderfully. Thanks so much and please understand I may not answer all replies right away. Long locks forever!
Ted
this was taken at the St. Patrick's parade in my town...
My wife and I have been in the process of a remodeling job here at the house the last several weeks. I haven't been on the board for a couple of months, at least and wanted to leave a new update for those of you who might be interested. My hair is at my belt line now -- no, I didn't cut or trim it like I thought about doing the last time I posted. Am not sure what I will do with it now, if anything.
Steve
Been a month since my last update, so here it is. 18 months since my last haircut.
a reader sent me that link
don't do that with your hair (lol)
I posted a reply to Anthony's post earlier and guess I have should of made an intro first. I have been known to "jump
the gun" a few times.
I stopped getting my hair cut Feb 2013. I told myself it was to complement my Civil War re-enacting impression. It didn't take long to realize I wanted my hair long in spite of the CW impression. I just plain love it long. I have gotten compliments from a lot of women but men just give me "that look".
Anyway, I am 73 years old and really don't care what anyone thinks.
I enjoy reading all the post here and hope I can give someone else a reason for keeping it long.
I ride motorcycles, too, and fight the tangles each time I ride.
Regards,
White Mane
I haven't been active on MLHH for a couple of months (since I've been a bit knocked back by the suicide of my best friend) but thought I'd check in quickly just to let everyone know I'm still about.
Hope everyone here is okay. Soon as I get some time, I'll catch up on some other people's posts. In the meantime, all the best and keep your locks flowing!
Damon
on my site, dit i post a thread "become longhair as a man"
and did replie a lady
Chamane, je t'avouerais que les hommes aux cheveux longs que je croise en réel ou que je vois dans des émissions, ont des cheveux fourchus, aspect gras et sale, terne, abimés.
Négligence d'entretien capillaire qui incite à penser que tous les chevelus hommes sont sales.
J'aimerais que vous messieurs, en général, nous prouviez le contraire
Cheveux lâchés ou attachés, j'aimerais pouvoir apercevoir des chevelures masculines propres, lumineuses et saines.
translation: "Chamane, i say you that, when i do meet a longhair man, physically or on the tv,his hair is forky, greasy,and damaged
no hair care, which let me think that all of the long hair men are dirty
i would like you convince me i'm wrong
free or contained, i should like seeing clean, lighty and sane long hair on men"
i must admit that, in france she is too often right, but did i'nt see same on this site
I'm pretty sure that I've gained at least 15 pounds... hopefully most of that is muscle. (Also I need to hit the gym soon...) Also my hair should be 15 cm long now. (I'm not very punny.)
This is Steffen Nørgaard, a Danish neurobiologist. Thought y'all would appreciate the inspirational pic!
--Val
I have just found this website, which isn't all about men's long hair, but nevertheless interesting.
Never before, like in the nineteenth century, was so demonstrated that the hair may be the outward expression of our thoughts. In the first half of the century, the literary movement, which later would become a way of thinking, was the Romanticism. This word is more related with a philosophical tendency than with a love feeling. It was the complete opposition to the ideas of the Age of Enlightenment; the other extreme of the logical rationalism of the 18th century. Romantic literature is fantastic, ideal, far from the everyday reality. The eighteenth century's rationalism believed in a world driven by mechanical laws into a universe what they thought was a smooth running machine; in an artificial life concentrated in cities; they felt that they were living in the best of all possible worlds. Romanticism discovers mystery everywhere; is irrational, conflicted and dubitative; it prefers the solitude, the melancholy of nostalgic feelings; it prefers the Nature and the release of social structures. The supreme authority will not more be the Reason, but, instead, the individual imagination. And the hair, in the first half of the century, was that way: disordered, dry, natural, with no artificial products, with no ostentation; an expression of the sense of individual freedom and a suggestion of "not-belonging" to anything previously uniformed. From the classical models of the Greek aesthetic, at the end of the 18th century, they jumped to an encounter with the medieval aesthetic. Romanticism accepts with more pleasure the mysteries of the obscurantism than the rationalist explanations of the Enlightenment. In the first years of the 19th century men wore this kind of "open-mind" hairstyle, and beards and moustaches were rarely seen.
Hair began to shorten from the middle of the century and that seemed to be compensated by facial hair.
The rest of the website is worth seeing out of curiosity and from the point of view of different long and short styles. The thing that interests me is the philosophy of it all.
I see in our times many of the ingredients of what caused the Romantic movement 200 years ago. Our longhairdom seems to be one of them.
Anthony
I made a response to your comment under my post and it did not appear on the board. I checked all "my post" and it was there. twice, as I thought it had not gone through and posted it again.
Sorry for that. Anyway, thanks so much for your commentsand I am very impressed with your blog.
Regards,
Jim
It seems as though there have been a number of recent new members in the MLHH community who are starting on the journey toward longhairdom. As perhaps the shortest-haired long-standing community member around here, I know full well the challenges of making it through the first year or more of remaining scissor-free. For what it's worth, I thought it might be helpful for some to take a look at the "No Cut" chart I designed a while back (and revised), to help stay motivated and keep track of how long it's been since the last time I received a hair cut.
As a (long ago) former longhair myself, I do have some knowledge of how to achieve and maintain long, healthy locks. More importantly for me in recent years, I am also a proud and loving father of three boys (13, 6, and 1-1/2) and a girl (8). It is in large part to support my sons--and the sons of others--in expressing themselves authentically, that I have remained so active with the MLHH. My wife also appreciates the fact that, when a question about hair care arises in our household, I am looked to as the authority on the subject, mostly due to what I have learned here over the years! When my eldest son was 8-years-old, he decided that he wanted to grow his hair long, and has not cut it since. Apart from one slight trim at the age of 3, my 6-year-old son (a self-described "viking") has never had his hair cut. I don't believe in forcing my kids to wear their hair a certain way, so we'll see what the baby decides to do when he's old enough to care! My wife and daughter have both been staunch supporters of the long-haired males in our family, and have not only supported my sons in having long hair, but have encouraged me to regrow mine when I feel the time is right.
In light of a recent, brief conversation with my 6-year-old son, I decided that the right time may truly be NOW. I came home from work and found him playing outside, toy pirate sword in hand, with a black beard and eyebrows applied with face-paint. This was comical, because he is quite blonde, though to him the look had been achieved in complete earnest. For the first time in his life, he mentioned that he might want to cut his hair, and that his sole reason for doing so would be to "look like" me. I know that, developmentally, this is a time during which boys often experience a strong desire to emulate their fathers. I am concerned that, by not having the grit to grow my own hair long, I may be unintentionally encouraging my son to value "being like someone else" above "being true to himself." I asked my son later if he really wanted to cut his hair short, and he simply responded, "No." I know that, were he to cut his hair, it would be emotionally devastating for him.
If I am to set an example for my children, it must be an example, in part, of genuine self-expression and perseverance. I cannot deny that once again having long hair would be, for me, an expression of personal authenticity. And I must (shamefacedly) admit that for years now, I have continued to find reasons to justify keeping it more-or-less short, when the plain truth is that, though I want it to be long, it has simply been easier (socially), to avoid going through the trials of growing it out. That conversation with my son was sobering, and it made me realize that not only have I been denying myself the freedom to enjoy fully BEING myself, but I have been unwittingly teaching my children to at least consider changing or limiting themselves to suit others, as well. This, to me, is unacceptable.
As I was tucking my son into bed a couple of weeks ago, he plainly stated, "Dad, I want you to grow your hair long."
I felt a sort of wave of energy flow through me, with the feeling that I was about to enter into a very important agreement. I responded, "You do, eh? Okay. I will not cut my hair until it's been growing for at least a year, and then we'll see what we think."
"Good." he replied. So that seals the deal. Until at least one year has passed since my last haircut, I will not cut it. Though I've let myself down in the past, I will not break an oath to my children. This is a great opportunity to teach them by example the value of one's word, as well.
Well, this has become a much longer post than originally intended... sorry for getting so long-winded! Please do take a look at the "No Cut" chart, above... I hope it might inspire some of you to devise a similar tool, if it seems helpful. You'll see that it's been about 5 months since my last haircut, which was quite short (3/8" back and sides, 1" top). I'll post updates from time to time, and you know you can count on me to chime in on the board on a regular basis!
Take care, my friends :)
--Val
Hello, I've been growing my hair long for 14 months and my hair is considerably longer in the back than in the front. In the back, it has grown beyond the shoulders, but in the front it's in the chin yet. Because of this, I can't use a ponytail, because the hair in the front doesn't reach it yet by a matter of half an inch, I think. My hair is mostly straight, but it's wavy in the ends.
My question is: Should I trim the hair in the back to match the length, or will it be ok when the hair in the front reach my shoulders?
Thanks for the advice.
Wow it's been awhile since I visited this site. Anyways, I made some hair bun tutorials when my hair was short. I figure this would be beneficial and maybe helpful in encouraging y'all to develop the habit of doing protective updos if you have a goal length of beyond waist length or growing to terminal. I still do these buns, but now that my hair is almost at hip length, I just stick to a simple braided bun. Maybe I'll do a video tutorial for that depending on how this goes. I created a YouTube Chanel for the sake of maybe doing this for you guys. I know for me personally, I cannot have grown down to almost hip length without consistently bunning my hair on a daily basis, but that is just me. I hope this helps those trying to learn how to do various protective updos.
Here is the link to my first YouTube upload! Enjoy!
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Hey everyone
I dunno. I have been wanting to cut my hair for a few weeks now.
My reasons are. It hair to keep tidy, and it seems to attract unwanted attention. In addition I want to be more professioanl looking for my business meetings.
But every time before I commit to chopping, I find a reason not too.
The biggest reason, is, once i chop it, It will be so hard to get it this long again. My length is mid back. And I don't, I just like it. Its me. But it has to go.
any help>
I do want to a fresh short cut
What was that you said? A short back and sides?
I've been looking at MLHH for years! It's now my turn to contribute!
I've always wanted to have long hair. It started when I was a teenager. But due to a strict upbringing and then work requirement, I could never do it! Now at 55, I've been growing them for the last 18 months, starting from "neck" length. I love my journey!
Hi, infrequent lurker, but as the utmost place for men's longhair advice I had a question.
Should I trim the back to match the front more? Its a little crazy back there. This is 14 months from a near buzz
Yesterday I went to a hospital to take some paper work . When I arrived, I told the receptionist my name and that I needed to give these papers to someone who works there (she is a girl and had never seen me before).
The receptionist asked me to wait.
I waited like 5 minutes and a girl came to the receptionist and asked him "So, where is the guy?" and the receptionist said "he is there" and the lady asked "where?" and I was like "Hellooo! Its meeee!" . Yes, she though I was a girl.
I did not feel offended or anything, but this is happening to me very often lately. I get the stare from guys all the time and I am not even at waist length or anything.
I always wear my hair loose because I dont like wearing pony tails. It just doesnt convince me.
Just a fun story I wanted to share and warn those who are growing their hair that this will probably start to happen as soon as you grow it out more hahaha
Cheers!
Being an ex-buzz cutter, I am aware that medium and long hair keeps the head warm and hot in warm weather. I hope I'm not asking an old question!
What do you recommend when you get too hot in the summer? Dunking your head under cold water? Any other ideas?
Anthony
OK guys and gals. Here's a recent picture. The beard has been growing for 28 months and haven't had a haircut in 11 and 1/2 years.
peace,
jonalbear
This could be of some encouragement to our "awkward stage" friends.
My wife and I went out for the afternoon yesterday and the hair subject came up. No, not a haircut! I talked with her about the "philosophical" aspect, and she finally understood that I'm serious about this. I reassured her by saying that I would probably not go (much) beyond shoulder blade length.
The photo on the left is from January 20th at about 3-4 months from my last cut, so this difference is about 50 days. Does this seem average to you?
Hi everyone,
My computer was down so I missed my February update. So here is my March update. Looks like I am making some progress. I had my wife cut about half an inch off the back to get rid of the crazy point I was getting. I believe I will be maintaining the ends straight across. Onward and downward my friends!
Ted
Hey everyone,
My journey continues. It's been 1 year and almost 3 months since I've had my hair cut. I have 2 pics. The first isn't exactly when I started, my hair was probably a bit shorter but not very much.
The second one is where I'm at presently. The hair in the back, which you can't see, is a bit longer.
It's been a fun ride. I've made a few positive changes in my life within this timeframe.
I gave up drinking, I quit smoking, I fine tuned my diet, I started doing regular cardio, and I've been pushing myself in the gym in regards to my weight training.
The second pic is actually a photo of me posing that I use on another site to track my lifting progress, but it's also my most recent pic so I'll use it.
I hope my fellow longhairs are doing well. I'll be 40 in September, my hair will then be longer then I've ever had it!!
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Hopefully I posted the pics correctly. If not I will try to fix them later.
Hey, I use to post here like six years ago, when I was a teenager. I got my hair to about shoulder length before I broke to social pressure. I've been growing my hair out from a buzz cut (sorry no pictures, webcam doesnt work) since the summer, and I'm well into the awkward phase ATM. I know the general thoughts here is 'if your going through hell, keep going' so to speak, but I'd still appreciate some thoughts.
Anyway, my real issue with my hair really is just that I'm full out sporting the mullet look, which I guess is inevitable given I'm growing it right out from a buzz cut. So I have a couple questions: If I dont trim the back of my hair and just continue to let it grow, will it eventually reach a sort of 'natural' looking point, where the back looks appropriately lengthed relative to the sides and bangs? (appropriate is a little subjective, I guess I just mean what youd expect for straight long hair) And if I do decide to go through a trim, what would be a good rule of thumb about this? I've seen some youtube videos where the guy in question is trimming the back of his hair every month or so, until the bangs and sides are about in length to the back of his neck, to 'skip the awkward stage', is that even really viable?
;) I know this might read a little bit like I'm looking for reassurance, and thats definitely half true. Thanks for any replies :D
This is officially about 30 months since my most-recent trim; my hair has been longer in the past but a series of trims in 2009-2011 took away much of its former length. Immediate goal is to get back to lower-back length, then trim it (slightly!) straight across at the bottom, then let it grow some more.
Thanks for looking!
hey,
grettings from the very beautiful city of Vitoria (Euskadi: north of Spain); I met many longhaired...very cool.
Cheers.
OK. So here it is, the front side! The pic from the back is down a few messages below.
Have a great week everyone!
A.D.
I am thinking this will probably be the last month where my hair will be able to remain in this style, I may be able to pull off one more month maybe two before the hair blocks my vision and I must adapt. 4 month update everyone, hope all is well.
Here is a ponytail pic for Lothar. I forgot to take one before. Thanks for your inspiration!
Ted
Hi from Sofia.
I write here for first time. I found very useful information on this site.
Greetings from Bulgaria!
We had my wife's sister and brother-in-law with their three children. My wife loves getting people to have a good laugh about my growing hair. So my sister-in-law asked me how long I was going to grow it. I said - as long as her daughter's (lower back). "Oh! You're going to have a ponytail?". "More than that", I replied. "Buns and fancy hairdos?" Perhaps. My wife started blushing. I was really enjoying this!
It went rather well. In the end, my wife seemed to accept the hair as long as I don't grow a beard. OK - tat for tat, for the time being. She seems to realise that I'm serious about this, and there will be no trimming for at least a year, and even then it would be strictly controlled (!).
It's amazing how people do adapt when you're serious about something and stick it out. Admittedly, my in-laws are tolerant even though he is short-haired and she is between "awkward" and shoulder length, and their boys have short hair and their girl's long hair seems to be under parental control. They are conservative, but it seems that being English and eccentric helps! All great fun.
Just a bit of encouragement to all, especially for the "awkward stagers" like me who are probably getting most of the heat. Keep it growin' and flowin'...
Anthony
Scientist with long hair.
Before I ask my questions to clarify I have a shaved head right now since I am starting fresh. I know its early to damage hair since its bald but I want to know any advice tips so I can take of it earlier since it will be long time to grow it long. First question is I always take hot showers since I don't like cold showers and wanted to know if that would damage my hair or cause split ends? To clarify when I do take the hot showers I just have the hot water on my body only and I don't let the hot water touch my head. But I am worried that the steam could damage it but I do use a bathroom fan. Second is can you wash or rinse hair with hot or warm water? Third is should I get my hair trimmed before my desired lenghth goal which is shoulder lenghth hair right now or should you trim after? Last If I do get split ends before I reach my goal should I trim it than or should I just let it grow until I reached my goal?
Hi guys!
I'd like to mention that I will be visiting Europe in 2 weeks aprox.
I thought it'd we cool to meet up with those who live there.
I am visiting Rome, Paris, Amsterdam & London. If any of you guys live in any of those cities , please hit me up and we can do something fun :)
George Takei's Facebook comment on tonight's Academy Awards :)
--Val
I was really heartened the other day. I had to go to Best Buy for some computer stuff. About 35% of all the dudes in there that day had long hair! I felt great. Several of the employees had super long hair, and tatts, etc. Very accepting, open minded bunch of young people. And some middle aged too. They complimented my hair, and I theirs. It all seemed very natural. Whenever I need a fix of confidence, I guess I have to go back and buy something. Just wanted to share that there are more of us out there and more who accept us too, than we sometimes perceive. So, keep it long, guys. sj
Hello again! I decided to upload another photo because I don't like the other which I uploaded this week.
Want to say some words about me also.
I've been a longhair since I was 13. Now I am 29 years old.
At school I had no problems. Some of my classmates were also long haired and we were accepted well, maybe because we had excellent marks.
At the university of Sofia was just the same as at school. Some students were with long hair, some not. I graduated Molecular Biology in 2011 as a Master.
Now I work and make my PhD at the Forest Research Institute in Sofia. I'm the only one longhair here, but no one has asked me about my haircut. Surprisingly some coworkers gave me advices and I appreciate this.
I suppose that in the field of science jobs are more long hair friendly :)
Sometimes when walking along the street I meet some people who look at me a little strange but it's not their business. A man at the bus called me "Hey girl!", but I didn't even look at him. This happened 2 weeks ago.
Greetings from Bulgaria!
This is just a better pic of my ponytail since my trim. It came out looking like it hadn't even been cut, which is awesome.
Hi MLHH! it's been a while since i last post my hair length update. wondering if most of you still recognize me. hehe. i just wanna share with all of you my latest hair length and i really like my hair length now as i've past awkward length. i'm free from that finally! now i can tie my hair into a ponytail or even high ponytail. comment on my hair please?
average hair length : 30cm / ~12 inches
average bangs length : 28cm / ~11 inches
about the sad news, early in march i'm gonna cut my hair before my semester ends as my dad nagged about my hair. he said my hair's way too long so that's why i gotta cut it this march. but i really like my hair now. please tell me what i can do to avoid cutting it? i maybe considering just trimming a little bit of my hair maybe back to chin length but it's gonna a bit of awkward length. please help?
He lost his olympic title. Shouldn't have got shorn (get it?).
Hello out there,
it has been nearly a month since I appeared and my hair is a bit longer now and I would appreciate to hear (...or rather read) your honest oppinion about my ..uhm.. "decentralized centre part" ;)
So here is the photo with the old one on the bottom left and some sort of a funny(bad)-hair-day on the bottom right.
I wish I had let it grow years ago. I would have been able to enjoy many more years of being a longhair! I'm undecided about what to do with the beard however. Trim it or let it continue to grow. Cutting it off is not an option however. All you younger guys out there, don't do what I did an wait till you're almost 60 and let it grow. Do it now and have many years to enjoy it.
Some people might remember me. I used to be very active here. Back in the early 2000s when I started my first hair journey this site gave me every tool I needed to grow out my hair. There hasn't been any other place online or irl that even comes close to this community when it comes to men and long hair. I will always remember that.
In 2005, based mostly on pressure by someone special in my life I cut my hair when it was getting really long (in all fairness there was a lot of damage from chemical processes). Ever since I've been growing it and it's now the longest it's ever been (3/4 of the way down my back when I pull it down). Along the way I got a horrible trim by some butcher (professional hair stylist with anti long hair views) and some color (demi-permanent) when I thought I was going to cut it (back in 2011 because a gf was pressuring me). Right now the color is unnoticeable but the ends are a little dry.
I moved to South America last year (been here for about 9 months). In this city water is extremely hard and it's heavily chlorinated (sometimes I feel like I'm taking pool water showers). My hair is dry, frizzy, and so unruly (despite using sulfate free shampoo I brought a bunch of with me from the US). The Southern Hemisphere summer has messed it up. I could try deep conditioning but that wouldn't solve the hard and chlorinated water problem.
Bottom line is, I'm currently in day 6 of the 2 week rule. I had considered getting dreads (I'm getting sick of the shedding too). I just fell like I might enjoy having short hair for a while (or maybe until I move away from here). That's very ironic because there's no other place I know (other than SFO and Austin) that's so accepting of long hair. This city and this country is long hair heaven. Virtually no one gives you a hard time. I should be enjoying this.
Another reason is that I've been working on a backpiece tattoo and having all the hair kind of covers the tattoo. I don't know how well they work together (I've been getting a lot of ink on top of stretched ears). I'm not saying I hate my hair, which goes great with those mods, I'm just confused right now. If I were impulsive I would have cut my hair a couple of days ago and it terrifies me. I always said I'd take my hair to my grave. Even if I did cut it I'm 99.9% sure I would grow it back. I just don't want to wake up next week, realizing the hair is gone and just get massively depressed. On the other hand it might be a good temporary change, but it takes so long to grow. I need some of your opinions if that's possible.
I thought you might find this fun. My wife has more and more laughs as I get out of bed!
This one is of my hair all messed up with my hands for the photo.
Does anyone else dare show a messy hair photo? Especially those of you who are still in the "awkward stage" or having a specially bad bad-hair day.
Just until I can start doing elegant hairdos...
Anthony
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Just sharing a recent photo of my hair. Still growing strong!!
Last night I saw my adult niece for the first time in a very long time... she finally made a comment about my hair - she said, "so what are you doing - growing a donation for locks of love?" I lightheartedly said - nope - won't cut my hair for them... my wife said "he's growing his hair out to the middle of his back..." I was surprised to hear my wife say this, as we have not talked about this and I knew my wife "tolerates" this thing I am doing - she does not prefer my hair like this... but, such is life in the fast lane of this 57 year old guy who is doing what he wants to do for the first time in his entire life... What do you think of that?
At 14 months now...
Fitz
My wife made me a suggestion. Instead of pushing it all behind my ears as if I already had a ponytail, just let it flow over the ears like when I was a teenager.
I must admit it is more flowing, and a way to deal with hair that is still a long way from ponytail length. It seems the most natural for the little I can do at present.
Any other "awkward hair-ers" with ideas?
Anthony
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Me at age 14, when my hair first started getting long.
North Korea wages war on Long Hair
North Korea wages war on Long Hair
I don't want to start any political arguments here. There is good and bad in every ideology, and for me the criteria is how well the freedom and dignity of the individual person is respected. So I'm not here to promote "right" or "left" or anything.
However, I do notice that the North Korean "Commies" are all too aware of the meaning of hair length. This is totalitarianism. It is shocking in our day and age, after perestroika and glasnost, to see how the Orwellian society persists.
I think it is important to be aware of this tendency. Keep it growing and flowing!
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I'm afraid my quest for terminal length has come to an end - at least for now. My active lifestyle just isn't that compatible with pampering my hair, especially with very long ends. I also have limited time in the morning and I'm not able to painstakingly detangle it before braiding it. I would hear snapping almost every time so I know I was inflicting damage.
I found that I could no longer fully enjoy my long hair because I rarely wore it loose. The last few inches would always tangle and just not look good most of the time.
The length itself was cool and if I had different genetics (coarse hair), it might be an entirely different story. My hair is super fine and very difficult to keep healthy after a certain point.
I had my wife cut 4 inches off. It was less than the dramatic 7.5 inch cut from May 2012 but still quite significant. I love how I can now run my hands through the ends and not hear snapping. Who knows, maybe I'll try again for terminal at some point but I'm starting to think I'd do better to maintain with regular trims.
Found this photo on Facebook tonight.
Hi CEM
We got Snow here today. "Fresh white clean-looking snow" of about 4-6" where I live. In light of the thread way below of people claiming that their snow will not burn, I decided to do my own little test, but I was hardly going to try and burn it. No way. And so, here is the end result of my little test. This is how I went about it:
A. Four sparkling clean White Custard Cups were used.
B. Each was used to scoop into various random areas of new fallen snow at about level to the top of the cup. (My hands were washed and dried so as to be as clean as possible.)
C. I allowed all to melt "naturally" inside the house on the Kitchen Table with no other heat than was the temperature inside the house.
D. It took about 40 minutes for the four cups to melt and I noted and photographed ea. cup for the speckles of black that had melted out of the snow in each cup. (Color photos were not working and the flash turned everything red, and so I used the black and white setting of the Camera. The gritty looking specks were indeed black and of various sizes and shapes.
*E. The photo above is the combination of all 4 Custard Cups poured into one single Custard Cup. After I took this photo, I poured all 4 into a standard measuring cup and it was just at 1/2 cup level. So what you are looking at is a mere 1/2 cup worth of fresh melted new-fallen snow in total.
So much for my little experiment CEM. As to just what these black specks are or where they came from (the source) I have no idea nor would I even venture a guess. All I know is the end result of my experiment and what melted out of it without using any lighter, match, torch or whatever.
I do have a concern regardless of what was found. This stuff will make its way into our water. We drink it, wash our hair in it, inhale the very air that contains this material. And this only represents a mere 1/2 measuring cup of melted snow! Unreal........but there it shown above in a most limited experiment.
Take care CEM and I hope you are well and having a nice week. All the best-
Justin~
ps: If I can find someone to analize this stuff, I will for sure let you know the results of the findings.
When I went sailing, as this was a winter outing, I had hoped for a slightly more peaceful cruise. The sea was quite heavy and choppy and the wind was quite unstable. This is what the elements did to my embryo mane:
I was glad to get home and get a nice hot shower and hairwash!
Anthony
My blogI've noticed lately that alot of guy with Buzz cuts have gouges of hair cut out in the back of their head.
Are they doing this on purpose or is this the result of sloppy
barbaring by the barbar shop giving them the buxz cut?
Do these guys even look in the mirror and notice this gouge?
I'm so happy with how long and beautiful my hair is becoming, but lately I've had this recurring desire to have a pretty girl caress my hair. It's frustrating because I think about it a lot, but it seems impossible to ever make it happen because I don't have a girlfriend, and most girls that I meet are repulsed by my hair. And it seems like something that's too intimate to ask one of my friends to do, even though I honestly don't want it to escalate to anything more. Can anyone help me figure out how to get over this?
I came across the post regarding Davids (aka Sorted) passing just now and really wanted to respond to it there but for some reason the board wouldn't let me.
He was a good community memeber here when I frequented the board in the early 2000's and I can't believe he is gone. RIP my friend.
A fairly lengthy article, for those who may be interested...
--Val
Oral History of the British Invasion (Vanity Fair article)
This piece of hair artwork is so awesome it's just got to be shared here. I saw it on the Internet.
Bill
Hey all!
It's been a while but I finally managed to both post and get a proper resent picture of my current hair length. First off, for those of you who can't remember, I ended up deciding to follow Dave_AR's advice and use both straightening shampoo and a flat iron (just barely) to get rid of the curls and after almost three months of doing so it's worked pretty well. My hair feels a bit dry at times but the length makes up for it, besides having a hairstylist as a boyfriend does make this issues a lot less awful.
One thing I noticed though, was that the cold weather seems to make my hair grow faster. While it usually grew to around 1-1.5 inches per month, I've noticed it's growing at 2 inches per month since January, anyone else been having this or am I just hallucinating?
Well, regardless of anything I hope you're all having a great time!
Why did short hair becomes so puritanical from the turn of the 19th century to the 1950s. I know the wars had something to do with it but that doesn't explain why most the civilian males went along with it too.
Perhaps hollywood had an influence?
As you know the 19th century was pretty liberal as far as personal style went.
If you want to see the most beautiful mane on a man ever, google Edward Bess. His waist length hair is amazing.
Not me. LOL Here is my birthday update. Also, sorry for the unflattering lighting, but I couldn't do any better.
On a side-note:
I'm still determined to cut it the way I want to, like I mentioned in one of my previous threads. It's only 3 days left.
Much bro-love to all of you :)
Cheers,
Val
My attention was brought to an engraving of the medieval liturgy. The title is in German and it seems to be something like the late 15th century or early 16th shortly before Luther's Reformation.
They all have the clerical tonsure (a big round shaved part at the crown of the head where many men go bald), but the hair behind is flowing behind their collars. This is pronounced with the priest standing up against the altar and the cleric walking away from the left of the altar.
The latter cleric seems to have his hair in two layers at the back. The deacon and subdeacon (standing behind the priest's back), also with tonsures, have shorter hair, a kind of page boy style.
Anthony
My blogHi(gh)!
And I thought that long-haired mustached men had entirely disappeared from the scene... but look at this:
(better mute the sound to avoid that namby-pamby women's chatter)
Isn't he lovely? His hair is about as long as mine, but somewhat lighter in color... but, to be fair, I don't dig his sporadic tattoos - either a full Japanese-style body suit or no tattoos at all!
See you in Khyberspace!
Yadgar
It is about three weeks since I appeared on this board, and not far from 4 months since my last haircut.
It's not much for the moment. The side bangs are starting to get "awkward", but I'll get more behind the ears as time goes on.
Do you think I should go for a centre parting as it gets longer?
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A before and after pic. Before actually taken about 5 years ago but was the same length when I retired in Feb 2011. Fast forward 3 years to Feb 2014. Grayer, but longer.
I thoroughly enjoyed the 50th anniversary of the Beatles this past
Sunday. Sadly there were only a few that still had long hair.
And yes even though the Beatles had relatively short hair in 1964
it was very controversial at the time.
I found it intesting that Stevie Wonder still had long hair even
though his hairline has receeded alot.
Sadly I never got to see the Beatles live in concert, but my wife
was at their concert in Boston Garden.
But compared to those of us who ultimately grew our hair longer the
Beatles never really had hair that was that long. By the 70s my hair was waist length, by the 80s my hair was knee length, by comparison the Beatles only had hair that was a little past shoulder length.
BTW, George Harrison died of cancer, there were a number of
reports remembering the Beatles where they claimed John Lennon
and George Harrison died after being shot. John Lennon did die
of a gunshot, George Harrison was shot but died years later
of cancer. I'm not sure what shows that claim was on but
I wanted to set the record straight on this.
Hi MG
I think this is about as well as I can do, at least in a quick 45 minutes. Yes, he has a hat on in this photo, but it is interesting to note just about how long his hair actually was and the fact that he also had freckles. Heck, I would have never known that.
Take care-
Justin~
Our civil war group had it's annual Lincoln Brunch to celebrate
the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
And as usual I had the longest hair in the place.
My hair is even longer than all the women in the place.
I'm really enjoying going to these things and being the guy with the longest hair in the place. And in all the years i've been
involved in the civil war group i've still never gotten a single
complaint about my hair.
This is the 14th year we've had the Lincoln Brunch.
Next Sunday February 9th CBS will repeat that legendary
Ed Sullivan episode where the Bestles made their debut.
It was that appearance on that day that inspired me to
grow my hair long. Their hair was short compared to later
years when guys like me grew their hair to waist length or
even knee length like I had in the 80s.
Yes their hair was short but when you grow uour hair you
have to start somewhere. But that short hair very controversial at the time since it wasn't as short as many thought it should
be.
"It was fifty years ago today,
Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play
They've been going in and out of style
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile.
So may I introduce to you
The act you've known for all these years,
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
8-10pm eastern time on CBS.
At 59 years old I now feel really really old.
been some time, extra cold winter in chicago smh, but it would seem that my hair grows faster in cold weather, must be the siberian blood in me haha :DD
Hey guys,
Some of you may remember that, a couple of years back, I corresponded with quite a few MLHH community members by way of interviews, for a book project related to the experiences of long-haired men. I want you to know that I haven't dropped the ball or forgotten about this. Due to a subsequent change in employment (albeit for the better), the birth of my youngest son, the loss of a home we owned & the sale of a home we were renting, the start of a home-building project that didn't pan out, and what has amounted to eight (!) total moves in a little more than two years (the last of which happened this past weekend), the writing project has been quietly simmering on the back burner, so to speak.
I will soon be starting graduate school part-time (and not moving again until I'm done, in about 4 years!), and don't want to again over-commit myself by saying that I'm going to get the book done within the next year. What I would like to say is that I REALLY appreciate the time you all took to provide your thoughtful responses, and that I absolutely WILL see this whole thing come to fruition one day. As I stated, if and when any profit is derived from the project, it will be used to create an endowment dedicated to sustaining the MLHH indefinitely. In the meantime, I am planning on editing the responses I received into a somewhat consistent format and creating a temporary website or blog on which to share them.
I'll keep you all posted as this progresses, but just wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know that I haven't forgotten, and you're all appreciated!
Cheers,
Val
Given a picture of me in may, and a picture of me taken two weeks back, does it look like I have gained weight?
Snowboarding is one of my favorite sports both to participate in and to watch. I admit I was quite disappointed when Shaun White cut off his trademark long red hair. He had had long hair from a young age so I had thought it might have been an identity marker for him. When asked about why he cut it, his response was that it was because he was told he couldn’t. Seems lame to me but, whatever, it was his choice. I feel that he’s become a little too corporate for my tastes.
I watched the slopestyle qualifying round yesterday and several guys had great long hair. I forget his name but a Norwegian had an amazingly thick mane. The guy I’m hoping will win the halfpipe competition is Danny Davis. Yes, he has great long hair but he seems to capture more of the ethos of snowboarding too. He was out taking powder runs while in Russia just for the pure fun of it and posted about it on his facebook page.
Here’s a photo of Danny.
My BlogHad a few internship interviews for the summer recently which have kept me very busy. It was interesting with long hair as most of the interviewers commented, though not necessarily negatively. I don't think it helped my case at all though. Hopefully it won't affect things negatively. Almost made me think about cutting it.
Also, do most of you have hair that is layered or the same length? I have been thinking about trimming my hair back to make it all the same length rather than tapered, but was curious on the opinions of you guys. Hope all is well.
Here's the back.
Guys,
Sorry I've been gone so much. Work and family have been killing me. My hair, however, continues to grow! ! Here are front and back pics. I think about you guys alot and would never have made it to this point without the board.
Tony
ON TOPIC, because EVERYONE here needs to grow their hair long to keep warm!
This is what our trees look like, almost every week it has been snowing.... and, of course, it is worse up North....
Keep growin' and flowin'... The Spaf Man
We should all get a haircut and shave like this guy so we can all be respectable citizens of the world!!
Castaway gets a haircutWhilst you wait a good long time for me to get anywhere near ponytail length, here is a photo of me at about 16 taken around 1975.
It is about the longest my parents allowed it to get. I should be there again, as a landmark, in maybe 6 months. I do remember a time of being able to get the ends of my side bangs into my mouth!
Now all grey, it will look very different, but I am confident that I have almost the same volume as I had then.
Anthony
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Seems the hair has grown more outward than downward this month, but every month is progress! Take care.
Hey, guys. I stumbled upon your community after a google search for hair inspirations. It's so cool you all are here. I'm 42 and I've been a lifeline fan of long hair, but have always had trouble growing it out--I start to feel self-conscious about it as soon as it gets about five inches long, thinking it looks too thin, stringy and greasy.
Then there are the comments. It's amazing how many people think it's OK to tell you they don't like your hair, that you should get a haircut, that you're too old for long hair. It gets to you! I'm glad I found you guys as a counterpoint to all that, because I really am happier with long hair.
So…this is me at work. I'll try to take a better pic at home later.
Thanks for the encouragement guys!
Hi(gh)!
And here's Yadgar at the age of 19 (or 18, as I do not know exactly when in 1988 the picture was made)... and I apologize for being photographed in such an, er, inconvenient moment!
Note the white acoustic modem to the left of the shelf, and also the Sanyo composite monitor to the right (the Commodore 128 is just behind me, thus invisible)... and, in the cupboard, the 5,25" diskettes boxes!
Hi everyone,
Thought I would make this a dual-purpose post. First of all, Jason changed my avatar photo. Looks like some progress has been made! Secondly, I went to a Urology appointment at my local VA hospital today. I saw about 5 long haired guys of all different lengths. Made my day for sure! One guy even had a feather adorned ponytail holder. A great day all around!
Off topic: I am trying to get the Urologist to remove my other kidney since it has taken over my whole abdomen. It is causing many problems and much discomfort. I am not looking forward to the recovery process, but it makes me feel so much better! Here's to good health for you all! Please be well! And don't forget to notice the new avatar pic please!
Ted
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... an adjunct to Justins 'jet-stream / chem-trail' issue a ways back = see this video of US snow that wont melt, but burns like plastic ... begs the question = WHAT IS IN THE SNOW ? & WHY ? + HOW DID IT GET THERE ? ... see what y'all think !??! see & click on youtube link = thanks !
It's been about 16 months since my last haircut. Been taking Biotin since late October. I've saw a pretty good growth spurt in December, but it has slowed down. Mostly I've seen quite a bit less hair falling out in the shower. I used to plug the drain up after every shower, now practically nothing. It seems to get straighter as it grows.
Greetings from the Midwest where it's -20 F, -29 C today and -40 F, -40 C! Someone told me I looked like a snowboarder with my hair today so I thought I'd share.
I noticed this article one "man-buns" that may be of interest to some of us.
Man-buns on celebritiesThe 50th anniversary of the Beatles appearance on the Ed Sullivan show is fast approaching. It will be celebrated on that exact date, Feb. 9th, with a 2 hour exposition, aired on CBS. Iam one of the many young men who started combing their hair differently at that exact moment in time. My hair has consistantly been longer than "The Norm" since and has gone through m,any permutations. ending today with what i had inthe late 60s and through the 70s, My longer than mid-back length. It is a part of my basic self. So was it an outside influence, or just an intrinsic feeling you know had to be done?
Well I finally did it.........
I broke down over the weekend and bought a kilt
at a regional science fiction convention.
Now at science fiction conventions it's very
common to see guys with long hair and wearing
kilts.
So where do guys on this site wear them?
Do you wear your hair down/braided/in a bun/pony tailed/
pig tailed?
What do you wear for shoes? socks?
What do you wear fro a shirt?
Do you ear underwear or something else under the kilt?
And where do you wear the kilt? (only at science fiction
conventions? only at home? only at work? do you wear them
everywhere?)
Unfortunetly I was too busy working the convention to take time
to notice how guys wear their kilts.
Hi,
I'm a newbie and recent convert from severe crew cuts. I found this forum and appreciate this space of freedom from the dictates of a certain "retro" fashion. I hated haircuts as a kid!
My name is Anthony Chadwick, English and living in France. I last cut my hair about three months ago, and I have made the decision to go for long hair. I am very encouraged that there are communities for guys to support each other and exchange information. I have the whole way to go from 3-inch hairs on all parts of my head. I ought to do OK as I’m not balding and have straight thick hair, very grey but it’s all there.
Here's the tiny amount of progress so far:
http://civitas-dei.eu/20140120crown.jpg
and
http://civitas-dei.eu/20140120profile.jpg
There are quite a few longhairs here in France. It's a fairly free country in this way. Only today, I saw a man in his 70’s with a little bun doing his shopping in the supermarket, and I thought he was very courageous.
I am married, and the decision came from my wife’s question about when I was going to get a haircut. I said “No, I’m going to grow it”. She took it well, but I didn’t say how long I would go. My present idea is to go to about between the shoulder blades, good ponytail and bun length.
There it is. I work as a translator, mainly in technical fields and industry. I have interests like sailing, cycling, DIY, gardening and reading. I won't be writing here very much, but I'll keep looking in now and again.
And I'll send some more pictures when my hair gets a little more respectable...
My websiteMost everyone herer does a hair update every now & then, here's mine
I decided it's time to leave my hair grow up .
Somebody used Sulfate Free Shampoo?
Thank you for your advices
Some people - even some long hair enthusiasts - think ankle length hair, especially on a guy, is too much. I, however, think that as long as your hair is growing, let it grow, no matter how long it gets. Off hand, I can think of several guys with beautiful ankle length hair: Hairfreaky, Danny Cecati, and Damian Marley. Here's an Israeli backpacker with ankle length dreadlocks shopping at a store in Chabad Thailand a few years ago. The photo's a bit fuzzy, but his long hair shines through in all its glory.
Ankle length dreadlocks
I was a bit busy at the end of the year and until now. I had to travel to Noosa to do a funeral and the family put Clara and me up in a nice hotel. Getting ready for bed, I was enjoying the look of my hair spilling over the hotel's thick, white robe and felt inspired to take a couple of selfies. Here's the front view...
hey to all..happy new year and may the hair cascade for all!
Anyone catch Bill Maher yesterday?
He had Willie Nelson on as his guest.
Willie Nelson is growing his hair long
again.
I found article about Brad Pitt cutting hair. It upsets me that they are glad he got rid of it and that they hope he doesn't grow it again. Again its nobodys business how long or short someone has their hair and it's sad that they're discriminating still in 2014 and nobody says this if a female cuts hair short. I know he cut hair for movie and its decision but the headline sounds like long hair is so horrible.
My best friend took his own life on Thursday and I'm still in total shock. Hair seems so utterly trivial and unimportant to me at the moment. I'd shave all mine off in a nanosecond if that would bring my friend back.
But I do love the social interaction here on MLHH. I love you guys and I just wanted to explain my temporary absence.
Please excuse me if I don't reply to any responses right away.
Damon
Has or does anyone use hair spray to hold their hair out of their face? When my mair was shorter I tried using hair spray once back in the 80's before a band gig, my problem was afterward trying to brush it out I pulled quite a bit out. Since then I never used it again but lately Ive been thinking maybe I didnt know what I was doing, so I pose a question, just how do you get hair spray out of your hair?
Well, I would like to think there is some progress, though I have been growing since 2009 and it's way slower than everyone else.
I changed shampoo and conditioners and started taking more Biotin.
Of course, I have to face the fact that I am balding, but I don't care...
The avatar pic was taken in Nov, and this one last Saturday night.
My hair does curl up some, but this pic was after brushing and 2 days after a wash.
Wishing everyone continued success, The Spaf Man
I've been growing my hair out for going on 6 months. I just found this site and thought I'd post a picture of my progress with a couple of questions.
My hair is extremely thick and wavy/curly. It usually is very poofy and frizzy. the picture shows my hair flattened out a bit from wearing a hat but will the poof and frizz eventually go away from the weight of my hair? I've tried growing out my hair numerous times but just couldn't seem to get past the stage i'm currently in due to how crazy it gets but I'm trying to hang in there this time around.
thanks
when I wash my hair , there is always an amount of hair about the size of a half dollar left , in the tub, is this normal , I have hair below my shoulders , 12 inches +,
... weather records roll & are shattered as heat-waves continue to barrel across our nation/country/continent:( now considered the hottest in the world:(anyone watching the tennis & the mayhem the heat is causing the players in Melbourne !??!) - One town in the outback got 51*C:(123.8*F) - lotsa eggs fried that day) - drought & the unquenchable dry tighten its grip, not to mention the lost of houses & lives in bush-fires ...
Hello out there,
recently my hair started to curl up, what could I do to "glue" them back to my head?
Hey guys! I'm a little late as usual, so I'd say I'm probably in between 15 and 16 months...but today I finally hit a milestone in being able to pull all my hair back into a tail!
I was thinking last night, its been almost 16 months I should be able to pull my hair back, early trim or no early trim! I gave it a shot and was surprised it did stay put! It definitely looks different, but I'm happy to at least have the option, especially when I'm doing something active.
I normally take pictures the day I wash my hair, but this time I did it on a wash day before the wash. This is about as greasy as my hair looks the day I wash it again (I washed on Wednesday morning). My wife thinks its took greasy looking and I should wash it the day before, what do you think? If you follow the link the pic will supersize...
I'm getting closer to my original length of shoulder length all the way around. The "bangs" are about a 1/4 - 1/2 past my chin now...but I think I'm probably still 7-10 months away from hitting that goal. The back and sides are easily on the shoulders now. I have to say, after reaching this length, I'm thinking I will definitely go for more. I'm not a fan of the curl up/swoop my hairs doing because of the shoulder resting. I think I'm going to re-evaluate once it gets long enough to fall straight.
-Tommy
Anyone else see this article?
One of "our own" appears in photos on the above page from the newsletter of a local antique streetcar organization we belong to.
Thought you'd all enjoy seeing it!
Bill
Hey guys, long time no see! :)
4 months have really gone extremely quick this time around, and I can honestly say that having already gone through that first year in 2013, being all impatient and restless, counting every single quarter of an inch of hair... all that has really made this time around a breeze! :)
If you will check out my pics and video blog update on youtube, you will notice that I have been listening to Jason and actually trimming the back of my hair regularly, myself, nonetheless!
I'm still getting the hang of it, but for the time being, it almost gives me more peace of mind, knowing how great it will look when it's all at one length at just the jawline, and how after the first 1.5 years or so, I can simply let it grow and not worry about it again.
Saw Fitz' thread here about that back of the neck frizzy hair, and I really am of the opinion that shaving and trimming it all nicely really gives a nice overall feel, and helps with you feeling good about yourself. I know I do :)
Thanks for checking out the video and pics, and Jason, if you have any tips for me on trimming that backside of the head while the hair is still short, I would love to read, see and hear all about it, brother!
Peace out,
Raul.
I was watching the Ellen show this afternoon and saw an amazing seven year old piano prodigy who has beautiful blond waist-length hair. His twin brother - also with long hair - was also on later in the show when the two of them sang together. According to their mother, she pledged she wouldn't cut their hair and she hasn't. The boys say they like their long hair, even though peers occasionally tease them. Here's partial video from the Ellen show.
Someone wanted to see my hair when it's in a bun. worry if the pic is not super great since i took it myself.
This guy showed up at the Golden Globes - I was glad to see a couple long haired actors on that show - for what it's worth
http://shine.yahoo.com/photos/jared-leto-39-ombr-hair-slideshow-210000824/
Hey guys,
On the 22nd it'll have been 10 months since my last haircut. I had previously set my mind on 12 months with no cuts but i think i'm going to grow it out for another 12 months!
Quick question, i don't know if it's noticeable in the picture but my hair curls up at the end all around my head. Will this eventually stop?
Another question, i have thick hair and it gets greasy and dirty very quickly, could it be due to how i condition it? How do you guys, who have hair similar to mine, deal with this?
I was down at my local sports centre yesterday and was approached by a young Polish woman and her ten-year-old son. She said he had been thinking about cutting his mid-back length hair because he hadn't seen any other men or boys with long hair since they moved over here, and other children told him he looked like a girl, but having seen my hair, he'd changed his mind and wanted to grow his longer.
His mum said his hair had never been cut short, only trimmed to keep it at a manageable length, and that she couldn't understand why more men didn't have long hair.
If only there were more people like her.
Dad gets his first haircut in 20 years
I was given a compliment today. A gentleman in his 30s said he liked my tail and may well let his hair grow as well. His girlfriend just smiled, and said "I dare you to do it."
That's what the guy said! This weekend we went to an Eagle Scout ceremony for a lad whose family had moved out of the local area. We were staying in a hotel, and as I was walking down a hotel corridor there was a guy with grey hair coming the other way, and that's what he said to me. He said that the ladies wanted him to grow his hair out because they prefer it. Then he added "Looks good by the way". I had washed it the night before, but I only used shower gel (eek!) because I couldn't find anything else in the packing, and the ceremony was later that day.
Hey Guys -
Now that my hair is about long enough to pull back, I don't know what I'm supposed to do with this neck fuzz I've got - it is different kind of hair from my head - kind of kinky and it does not grow as long as the rest of my hair on my neck line -
Any advice?
Here's a new precaution we folk who value our hair should be aware of:
Here's a quote from the article: "Conformity was also on the minds of the US school boards who fought court battles with students in the 1960s over the length of their hair. Traditionalists appalled by the "British invasion" of long-haired rock bands, spearheaded by The Beatles, viewed this trend as unmanly, degenerate and, above all, un-American."
Here are the results with "hair" as the search term.
Damon
Hey guys I was wondering what other ways you can use to make your hair straight aside from the hot iron. Preferably more permanent methods.
Also what are the risks/side effects/hair damage of different techniques?
Not really a hair update. Just playing with my hair and my webcam. Quality's not the best but you can have an idea of hair length at this moment.
I hope you all have a Happy 2014 . Best wishes for this year!
Hello all. I am an engineering student studying and working in Pittsburgh. My name is Qiang, but you can call me Tim since that is much easier and what I go by. I have been growing my hair for about 3 years. At first it was just laziness when I moved out to school and perhaps a bit of rebellion, but then I decided I liked the look of it long. I have been reading post here for a long time and figured I would post sometime and today is the day. Got my girlfriend to take a couple pics for me.
Another Drum/Truck & Bad Hair Day Pic
Hello out there, I am Christian in Germany and decided finally to "de-lurk".
My hair isn't long at the moment but i will (hopefully) newer cut it again.
His name is Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, and he is the top ranked Romanian chess grandmaster. He's got beautiful, very thick mid-lower-back length hair. Just Google his name and find many photos of him.
His name is Zhu Xi, and he's referred to as male Chinese Rapunzel.
Check him out at the address below.
Hi everybody,
Here is my New Year's Day update. It's onward and downward from here!
Ted
The guy who plows our driveway was saying today that he wishes he
had my hair. Compliments are always good.
I don't know if any of you have heard of a guitarist named Mike Dawes. If not, check him out on Google or YouTube. He's also got a Facebook page you can access from below. He's a great guitarist and he's got some great looking almost waist-length hair - of course.
Just came upon this guy's Facebook page and thought I'd pass along the address for anyone interested in checking it out. He had butt-length hair and plenty of photos.
At Fitzgarce's suggestion, I am providing a link to a conversation about abuse that was spawned by a short comment by Michail in another thread. For those of you who have ever altered your appearance due to coercion from others, you may want to pick up the thread below Michail's post. Fitzgarce felt that some who needed to see the thread would miss it because it had descended a ways down from the top of the board.
Bill
In the subjective views of the board, at what length would you say hair is truly Long? I ask because everyone's views on the matter differ, for example, in 1963 The Beatles' mop top haircuts were considered rebelliously long hair, yet by today's standards hair of that length would be considered relatively short.
one year...
Seriously, guys... this has been a tough journey for me. I waited a long time before I finally got the nerve to pursue it. I am not sure it looks all that great. I have thinning hair and a bald spot on top.
It's been a journey of patience and enduring toward something I wanted to try to do...
I am giving myself some time to decide whether I will continue for another 6 months till my 58th birthday in June.
This link is my photo journey since last December till today.
Give me your honest feedback, guys.
I'll try to supply pictures soon--at least a recent one. I've never had my hair long in my adult life. The last time I had anything near long hair was in 1996, when I had a mullet, at age 5. My question is: I haven't had a haircut in three months, and in the back, the hair is starting to flip up and curl upwards on the ends.
I'm wondering, does anyone else have this sort of hair texture--where in the beginning of growth it curled up in the back--if so, will it continue to curl upward or as it grows will it look ok? I'm just worried about it just curling up and being unruly.
I've supplied two pics of me from 1996 when I had the mullet and you can see the flip I'm talking about:
Hey all, my monthly update.
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year! Please be safe and enjoy yourselves! I will be posting an update pic tommorrow and it's onward and downward from there for 2014! Let it grow and flow!
Ted
In the Spring I a magazine is doing a story on me for being a part-time drummer. Some photo's were taken last Saturday, didnt have time to wash my hair after setting up my drums outside, alot ofthe photo's I hate due to the wind, sun & having a bad hair day! Lol. This is one of the photo's, what do you think?
This site (see below) has an extensive list of ... well, you know what . . . guys with long hair - what else? I didn't count the number of photos, but I wouldn't be surprised if it totaled one thousand or more. Some old and some new, but all very inspiring. I don't know where they all come from, but I never seem to see any longhairs around here (New England area). Happy viewing.
I am going to celebrate a new tradition. Old year's day. December 31st is Old Year's day. I hope everyone has grown many inches of new hair in this past year. May all of you grow many inches more hair in 2014.
Scott
I know that a lot of you can grow beards and this probably doesn't happen, but is anyone else ever confused for a girl?
This happens to me every once in a while and just happened the other day at a restaurant. I used to be really self-conscious about it but I'm getting better at letting it roll off my back.
Regarding biotin, I thought this would be worth mentioning, as I know there are a number of MLHH community members who are also fitness enthusiasts, weight lifters, bodybuilders, etc.
Eggs and egg whites are a staple food item for many people who participate in the above-mentioned types of activities. In my opinion, the great Frank Zane was absolutely correct when he said "an egg is the healthiest thing you can put into your mouth." The best and most recent science on the subject has exonerated the egg (and dietary cholesterol) from its previously unjustified reputation as being dangerous in terms of heart health; indeed, in a nutshell, those who consume greater quantities of eggs tend to have better heart health. However, there is a big difference--chemically--between consuming a cooked egg, versus consuming a raw egg.
Thanks in no small part to the awesomeness that is Rocky Balboa, ever since he drank that glassful of raw eggs back in 1976, countless legions of guys who want to pack on lean muscle have been doing much the same thing for decades. I was guilty of it myself, up until about a year ago, when I learned the following: raw egg whites contain a powerful biotin-binding protein called "avidin." Eating raw egg whites prevents the absorption/ bioavailabilty not only of the protein one consumes, but also of biotin. In other words, if you're going to consume raw egg whites, you're essentially wasting your time and money in trying to increase protein and/or biotin intake.
The good news is this: all you need to do to negate this effect is to cook your eggs. Scrambled, fried, hard-boiled, soft-boiled, poached, steamed... if the egg white is white, it means the avidin has been denatured, and you're good to go!
Cheers,
Val
