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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
Hi,
I'm just creating a new thread to respond to you, as the original has slid quite a ways down the page. I don't think it would hurt for you to try the 5000 mcg capsules, if you ready have them. If you notice skin blemishes occurring, you could try taking one every other day instead of daily, and see if that helps. If it is still too much, I'd say just cut your losses and pick up a bottle of the 1000 mcg capsules... in my opinion, it's a minor but valuable investment. For what it's worth, in my experience, most physicians don't know as much about nutritional supplements as they think they do, but you might be lucky enough to have a good one. Good luck and please be sure to share your thoughts on and experience with biotin here!
Cheers,
Val
What is your reason for having your hair long? Why did you grow it in the first place?
I am a long ways away from having long hair, having just started, but I have several reasons:
1) All the guys I grew up with (in my family) have or had long hair. My dad (age 59) had long hair for most of his life, and during my childhood (the 90s) wore a mullet as a compromise due to his job. He only finally cut his hair for good in 2009 at 55 and it was chest length. My brother in law had long hair (more a mullet- on and off for years, every year he would grow it, only to cut it due to my sister making nasty comments. Both guys were huge role models on me and as such its sort of in homage to them.
2) I love rock music. Sounds silly, but I feel rock music, being a rocker, and having long hair all go hand in hand.
3) Its an expression of individuality, even now. Most of American/Western society has a cropped, conformist sort of aesthetic. Having long hair, while more accepted than in the 60s, is still a way to differentiate yourself and say you're not going to conform and be just like everyone else.
4) Its still a marker, at least in America, of being socially liberal. A good chunk of my family is very conservative and hold disdain for long hair, the way people did in the 60s, my aunts,, uncles etc, grandparents all are very against long hair and facial hair and don't understand it, and they associate long hair with hippyness and liberalness and its sort of my defiant way of saying I am me and I don't agree.
5) Its a lifestyle. At least in my opinion,, and its an awesome lifestyle. For some reason, both now and throughout history, having long hair was always a bit more than a simple aesthetic choice, it always had a deeper meaning:
In the English Civil War, you had the Royalist Cavaliers, noted for their long locks, at war with the Roundheads, who were called so for their close clipped hair. The late Roman Empire, short haired, fought and were conquered by the Germanic peoples, who wore their hair long as a badge of honor. A man with short hair was considered odd in many of the Germanic tribes. In the Middle Ages, free men and yeomen wore shoulder length hair; short hair was a social marker of a servant. In the 60s, growing your hair long signified a break with 'The Establishment.' Long hair was and is a strong social statement. It also looks youthful, and its just plain cool. For these and other reasons, I choose to grow my hair.
it happened last night: I had the dream (nightmare) that all my hair was buzzed off. Luckily it was only a dream, I was relieved to wake up and find my hair was still 3/4 of the way down my back.
Even though I wake up to find I still have long hair it is
disconcerting to have this dream. Especially after having
long hair for 49 years.
Any tips on haircare when just starting growing?
I have some questions:
1) I've heard that one shouldn't shampoo/condition their hair often while growing it out--is this true? One site I read said to limit shampooing/conditioning to maybe two times a week.
2) Is it true that brushing your hair while wet is bad when growing it?
3) Does using gel hamper growth at all?
4) Would straightening one's hair (mine is kinda bushy) hamper growth at all?
Also, what shampoos, conditioners etc do you recommend while growing, to help growth along and have good body to the hair?
My hair might be in a much better condition than it was months ago, but I feel that a part of it will never fully recover. Specifically, my hair in the very front. If I were to cut off as much as necessary, it would be about chin length and that would be extremly shitty, because I already made the mistake of cutting my hair in the front very short once when it was barely past chin length. However, I thought about cutting my hair all to one length. By that I mean that I would cut it it back to where it is just about shoulder length (My hair in the back is quite a bit past that point)and leave it at that until my hair is in the best possible condition. I think a good idea would be to wait a whole month (instead of two weeks) and if I haven't changed my mind, I will go for it. It's not necessarely a bad thing. Also, it would bring me closer to my very first long hair inspiration, the Prince of Persia, since it would be about his length, maybe even longer.
I just wanted to greet everyone here at MLHH and wish you a Merry Christmas as well as hoping you guys have a great time with your family and friends.
Here in Argentina we are literally thawing due to the high temperatures we've been going through for the last 10 days ( and I mean temperatures of 102 Fahrenheit degrees average). So I send some warm greetings to you in the cold winter .
Not sure how you guys celebrate in the USA or the UK, but here we have dinner at about 10 pm... then we have some sweet dishes and desserts, have the typical Christmas toast, then open up the gifts and people usually party all night long and go to sleep in the early morning (like 5 - 6am ).
So there's a hot long night ahead tonight!.
Again, Merry Xmas to you all :)
Hey guys, hope everyone is doing well. Just passing by to post my 8 month update after a shaved head. I washed my hair yesterday which is why it looks greasy, sorry bout that. The pic on the bottom right is my hair tucked behind my ears to show off my beard, which i've also been growing for about 6 weeks.
Just a question, many people say that my hair will not weigh itself down even as it gets longer due to it's thickness, what do you guys think? Im my opinion, my hair should've already gotten less poofy than when it was shorter. The picture isn't really helping since it doesn't normally look that neat. I'm worried that it won't weigh down..
Hi--
I'm sorry for one for asking so many questions, and two for not posting pictures of myself. I don't have my camera set up with my computer--I'm using my mother's netbook as an interim device because my own computer needs to be replaced. As such, I use a placeholder picture, to demonstrate my present length. The second photo is of my father in 1995.
I know some may not consider it "true" long hair, but I want to grow essentially the exact style that my father had in the photo--no length in the front. How long, approximately would it take me to get from where I am now, to the desired result?
has anyone ever seen girls (or other guys) with really long, shiny, almost perfect looking hair and wondered why you can;t get yours to be like that? well I'm the guy left wondering
my hair has gotten about 2" long at the moment, longer than it's ever been, normally I almost never pay attention to it,I pretty much neglected it because it would always be cut within a few weeks however it's very unruly at the moment. I'm a little clueless and I want it to look the best it can so what shampoos and conditioners, oils etc. and routine would you recommend? (I plan on straightening it and dying it black if that makes a difference) and is there anything I should avoid? I'm quite worried I'll spend 2 years and end up with a damaged mess on my head that will have to be cut off.
I also have a bad habit of scratching my head quite a bit, I'm wondering if this damages the hair?
as above...
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
