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Hi,

I made a video about how I wash my hair with Aleppo soap. Have you heard of it? I've been using it for a year and I really like it. It makes my hair very soft.

Maybe you will find the video interesting.

Cheers,
Philip

...found this on Facebook....gave me a good giggle ~

It’s time for my yearly update! The first pic is the length of my hair is December 2012. The second one is how long it is today. Hope you like the look as much as I do!
Wish you all the best in 2017.
A.D.

Hi everyone,
Here is my hair length at around 14 months. I am trying to get at least waist length hair if my genes will allow it. Keep growing you all!

Ted

Just wanted to wish everybody a great new year coming up. Work on any old resolutions that never were completed or take time to learn something new . Most importantly, love yourself and those around you. We need more positivity in this world. Take care all !!

Hi all

I hope everyone is well.

I was a regular here a few years ago, my hair was long and then I decided to wear it short for a while. I'm now wanting to grow back out albeit a greyer colour. My question is this, at the moment it is very short on the sides (like number 2 clippers) and nearly eyebrow length on the top part, should I shave it all back to say number 2 to start it off and grow evenly or just leave it and see how it goes - obviously the top is going to hang down much longer than the sides and I'm not sure how that will look (well I do actually, pretty daft I think!).

Regards to all

Dave

Isn't this one of the signs of the hairpocalypse?

"a Wi-Fi-connected microphone-fitted allegedly "smart" hairbrush.

"A comb through the technical specs of the Kérastase Hair Coach, a snip at around $200, reveals the high-tech hairbrush has sensors that monitor your hand movements along three axes, and an accelerometer and a gyroscope to log the number of strokes through your barnet. The gadget vibrates angrily if it thinks you're being too frenzied on your follicles.

"Also included is a mic that listens to you mastering your mane to give you "insights into manageability, frizziness, dryness, split ends and breakage," according to the builder's blurb. It even has sensors to tell if the hair is wet or dry – in case you had a problem working that out for yourself.

"All of this crucial data is collected and sent via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi from the gizmo to a mobile app, which crunches the numbers along with information about the weather, wind, humidity, and ultraviolet light levels. It then advises the fashion victim owner on effective hair maintenance given the surrounding environment and the state of their locks."

Hairfreaky has posted a couple of new photos on his Facebook page. They're well worth a look. I admire this guy for his resolve to grow his hair as long as it will grow, and his mane is absolutely magnificent.

Ok I'm a longstanding member here, been on this forum since 2003. In 2014, I made the decision to stop posting here. Let me give you a little background to this. When I first grew out like hair it was a god send, I finally cared about my apperance and took great care to keep it looking nice.

Yet, as I grow older now, I'm 33. I'm feeling long hair is making me old and I no longer even take the time to brush it out everyday. The only thing that is making me hesitant, is I have no idea how to take care of short hair. Whats the best style for me, or how to ask the stylist to cut it. I'm basically trying what worked for me in my 20s.

I know of the 2 week rule. I last cut my hair in 2011 on a whim and regretted it.

...but I've now moved to Israel, or in Jewish-speak, 'made aliya.' ('Aliya' means 'ascent,' for when a Jew moved to Israel it is considered to take him/her to a higher spiritual plane.) Forgive me for not posting in a while, the transition has been very hectic. But here I am, enjoying a sunny winter afternoon on my balcony overlooking the Mediterranean. (NOT offered in the spirit of gloating to my friends in the frozen north, but...)

In the selfie taken today, I've just visited my new hairdresser for the first time, to get my colour touched up and ends trimmed. Those who have seen the photos I've posted in the past, may notice that I've shortened my length a bit and am thinking of maintaining this length for the near-term. The reasons: it's still long, but manageable and looks good (in my subjective opinion) when worn loose. And it curls as you see in the picture, more readily and naturally (which I like) than if I let the length go a bit longer.

In the several weeks I've been here, I've hardly noticed any other longhaired men - this in contrast to my last visit about a year ago. There is one guy close to my age in the synagogue I attend, who wears a long queue - longer than mine. But otherwise, it appears that I've plunked myself down in the centre of Buzzcut City. On the other hand, the town where I've settled - Ashqelon - is a rather conservative place; I might find more longhairs in Tel Aviv, which is Israeli hipster central. We'll see when I get up there. That said, nobody has given me even a hint of a hard time or even looked twice as I've walked around with billowing locks.

Nu, best wishes to all in longhair-dom for an enjoyable News Year's holiday and for health, happiness and prosperity in 2017!

-Don

I came across this product which seems to work as well (or better) than jojoba oil for dry frizzies....and about 1/3 of the price.

Have guys been watching Game of Thrones and the numerous braids?

http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/06/50-of-the-greatest-braids-from-game-of-thrones.html

Hello everyone! I am Kyle and I have been growing my hair for about 2 years. I started this time last year during my last year of high school I really wanted to grow long hair for a while but my parents were against it so I had to wait a bit, but now I have been able to let it grow for 2 years and it is really starting to feel long! I am definitely going to keep growing further but wanted to share my progress with some people who might appreciate it as much as I do.
https://s30.postimg.org/99znl4xxd/n_Ja_Z5_Uy.jpg
Me before I started growing.
https://s30.postimg.org/ms6jxfa2p/bd_Td_IGO.jpg
In the awkward stage at the end of high school. Luckily left for college soon after so I didn't have to hear my parents complain anymore
https://s30.postimg.org/q7u2t8hxd/uf05_ZQE.jpg
Today with it down.
https://s30.postimg.org/mcva4eo5d/A6zqtc_W.jpg
Here it is in a ponytail, which is how I usually put it up. Sometimes I wear a bun, but that makes it feel basically like short hair to me so I prefer a ponytail since it still looks long and I can feel it move around like long hair.
Thanks for reading!

Hello everybody ! Just dropping by to post my 31 month hair progress. Be safe everybody!!

https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/01/27/will-boys-in-clovis-unified-be-allowed-to-grow-hair-past-their-earlobes/

are boys allowed to grow their hair now or did it stay the same?

Hi all.

Been a while since I've posted here, but the time has come to return to the ranks of a longhair. Went from shoulder length to a buzzcut for residency but am nearly done and want to grow it again. Starting from a #2 and hope to get it back to my shoulders.

Hi!

I´ve been growing out my hair för almost a year now.
It´s about 4 inches long.
Now is an Ugly mullet style like PatrickSwayze-Macgyver LOL!!

I have tried conditioner somtimes but my har gets greasy really fast afterwards.

When is a good length to start using conditioner?

// jimho85, Jim

It's not something I'm considering. We are quite a few grey (gray) haired guys around here, and I'm happy with mine.

My wife dyes hers, which I think is a pity. She would wear grey hair very well. The problem is as the hair grows and shows its natural colour at the roots. Is there a type of dye that is less harmful to the hair.

Another problem my wife has with her frizzy hair is on the top of her head. It's quite rough at the ends but the ends don't seem to be split, at least the ones I looked at with a magnifying glass. The rest of the hair is softer at the ends, but she keeps it a lot shorter than I'd like ideally (I respect her freedom and she respects mine). It's almost a "perpetual awkward stage". Perhaps it's a question of general health or the effect of the dye. Any ideas from this scanty data?

I'll have a look through the archives on growing frizzy hair.

Anthony

Just to let everyone know, photos from the new 2017 Mens' Long Hair Calendar is now available on-line, and well worth a look.

I've been an undercover long hair for a while. 90% of the time I keep my hair up. When my hair is down, I seem to be pigeonholed. I've been pigeondholed as a stoner, as an artist, and as a musician. The truth is, though I am these things, artist, musician, I am pretty much deep down inside, very conservative.

Interestingly, I am conservative in a right wing fashion. I don't drink, I don't smoke pot, but I do have artistic abilities like playing guitar and doing digital art. Underneath it all, some way or another, I always thought I was a long hair underneath it all. Living in a right-wing town, has been sort of a challenge, because if I am not clean cut I am pigeondholed to the extreme.

Because I've taken this job and have been an uncover long hair for so long; I have been debating on cutting it for the past year. The truth is I want to be a professional musician. I have this nostalgia for classic rock and metal. But I feel like, the world, and everthing around me is wanting me to be against that. It's like the world wants men to be clean cut; and that's the way it is. When I go around with my hair down, i'm not almost always comfortable. But I also feel it signifies part of me as a person and my character. I am identified more with a different crowd.

But I've been stuck in this working class job for a while. Even though my political leanings are more conservative; I feel being that I'm a musician deep down it is conflicting for me because I do not smoke pot nor do I drink; I just happen to love classic rock and metal. I love hippy rock and all that good stuff. But the working class doesn't understand me.

I know I might be making a bigger deal of this then I seem to be; but when I walk around life and 90% of the time my hair up tied back and I'm not really "Who I want to be" - I question why I'm doing this in the first place. Second, to be honest with you, I don't even think I really look good with my hair down. I don't think I have the face for it. Maybe sometimes the personality but I look a lot better and am more receptive when I am clean cut.

Because I've been a longhair now for about 3 years, I've sort of developed a bias towards clean cut men. And I'm sure they have developed a Bias towards me. It's not that, I am against them; but I feel psychologically it puts a filter on your life. You don't "Go with the flow" as easily. You are not always "welcomed" everywhere, thus it makes it challenging. And in fact, I have developed a disdain for clean cut males; in that I feel they have it "Easier" - and are "Groomed for conformity" - not that I feel, they are lesser human beings; butit is painful to go through this.

Cutting my hair, is sort of like cutting my dream. If I cut my hair, given the fact 90% of the time I have my hair up anyway because of work; symbolically I am giving up on my dream; and cutting my hair signifies that I have lost the battle. The battle to one day become a professional musician and be who I really want to be. When I cut my hair, it's a sign that I have given up. And that's why I have not cut it, even though I have debated cutting it for a year now. It's made life more difficult in regards to my acceptance in society. But I am not ready to give up yet, and in a way it has become part of me. I once had a dream that I did cut my hair, and woke up completely depressed.

Even though, when I wake up it's messy and ugly and shaggy, even though that for some reason, I do not find it particulary attractive; I can't come to grips with cutting it. About 14 years ago, back in High school, I was a performer and musician and I was in band. In my 20's I stuggled with addiction and was in and out of jobs for 10 years. I feel like now I've finally come around full circle and my true self is here. the only thing is that, I am conformed because the entire area I reside in is right wing. And though I have right wing values; I have sort of a left wing appearance. People mistake me for some pothead, or liberal, or possible druggy, or freak, etc.

I do want to move to Los Angeles. I have a dream to start a band and become a performer once again. Long hair is just part of that identity for me. I can honestly say I have not felt comfortable with my hair down anywhere, but Los Angeles, interestingly enough. People in Los Angeles gravitated to me when I had my hair down. People in all other places, including my home town, tend to shy away or treat me with indifference when my hair is down. For some strange reason, Los Angeles, having long hair is sort of like, an exhaultation; It was a great feeling; hell, I even had tourists taking photos of me! That's my dream, anyway, and if we can't dream, what's the point of life?

I think I'm not going to cut this hair, because every centimeter of these strands signifies the a month in battle against societal norms. Yes, sometimes it's dirty, fringy, and I look hellish when I'm ungroomed and unkempt; but then again somtimes I feel that if we are human beings and individuals are allowed to flourish as who we are in an unconventional and unbiased society; then long hair can be colorful and beautiful and exemplify the human spirit in us males. Thank you for reading and I hope you understand.