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Many of you may remember Dale Manzano and his beautiful below-the-knee-length hair. He's still around, but under a different name now. He goes by Clark Manhattan and you can find his Instagram photos at @c-manhattan.

Hi,

Do you have a nickname related to your long hair?

Do people give you a nickname because you have long hair? Are these nickname positive or negative?

I think I don't need to explain why my nickname is "Jesus". For full explanation go to the post given in link.

Hey there,

I used to post a lot, been a while so I thought I'd give an update on my current progress, i posted a few months back but thought it only fair to now have a pic including my face too ha ha. It's been over 5 yrs of growing now and I'm happy with the length it's at, sitting on belt length which is what can happen if you just forget about it and let it grow. The last few inches are getting thinner but don't really care, might do a little trim at some point if it starts to bother me but it would be nothing drastic, at this point in my life I am finally comfortable with being a longhair.

Stay safe all!

MattT.

Here I am, approaching 3 and a half years of hair growth! I actually wrote a little blog about it if you guys wanna check it out! Long locks forever! (Thanks for letting me steal the saying, Ken, haha!)

Hello everyone!

I don't really post much anymore however I'm an oldie on the forum and some will remember me I guess ^^
Last year I decided to go a full year without trims to see what my hair would do. I also started using different hair products and internalized a peaceful benign neglect point of view towards my hair while also oiling it more often.
Now that the new year started I was supposed to get a little trim, especially since I was already aware my hair had grown a bit longer than classic length so my plan I guess was to then maintain it there for a while. But I realized - it actually grew perhaps a solid two inches past classic! And although I am far from happy with my ends as far as thickness goes, I am definitely not unhappy with the health of my hair. The frequent oiling has definitely helped the condition overall and also some of the thickness has travelled down. I remember my hair used to be transparent from waist down, and now it's full all the way to tailbone length (which is actually a favourite length of mine).
As such, I have decided to try on another year with no trims. Perhaps I will meet my terminal length, or even better, I will creep closer to knee length, which was my original, albeit fantasy, goal. We will see, but it is exciting! I have definitely been getting more comments on my hair, even always wearing it in a braid, but mostly people comment on how long it is and they tell me it looks very healthy so this has to be a good sign =)

I just thought I'd leave this small update. I don't really photograph my hair anymore as I'm never happy with it in pictures but I have to take one for the record, as it's never been longer than this! For a short term goal, here's to fingertip length!

Thank you for reading me! Happy growing everyone!

Hello,

I managed to make another post. Here is my 8 years and 10 month update. The recording is from April 2020. I like that it is so long, a ponytail can cover the thin ends ;)

Here is an image and a link to the video.

I hope you are all well and healthy!

Cheers,

Phil

Hello

I search for a ponytail holder like the ones we can see on Highlander TV series wore by the main actor. They're also shown on "On Being a Longhair".

I had found the officials seen on TV series for sale on eBay, but I also discovered that it's just an elastic with a piece of metal. I thought that was a hair clip.
The big problem are that elastic is non-replaceable being held by a bent piece of metal. Of course, it could be replaced, but you know that when you bent metal over and over again it finished to breaking due to fatigue, so replacements are limited.

I had searched on the internet, but I found mostly stuff for women. I want something more for men, I like the ones with Celtics patterns, ideally made with silver.

Do you know websites where we can buy this (and ship in France) ?

Hi! During COVID I decided to start growing out my hair. Something I’ve been wanting to do for many years. How long should I go?

Hey guys! I just wanted to reach out again and ask a quick question.

So as a born longhair myself, I've gotten extremely tired of the way we're treated and stigmatized in our societies. I want this stigma to end, and as a result, I'm planning on starting a blog that is geared specifically towards born longhairs. I want to educate the public by providing information and interviewing as many born longhairs as possible. Would any of you be interested in that? I have not made the blog yet, but I plan on working on that today. If you are interested or have any questions, please respond to this thread or email me at themanestreamer@gmail.com. Thank you guys for continuing to be an incredible community!

Hey all- glad to see everyone here well. I just finished up another semester of college and things are going well. Seems like my hair has been growing consistently all the while as well which is awesome!

I was wondering, does hair ever just randomly stop growing, for dietary or stress related reasons? Obviously when you hit terminal length it stops, but other than that, does it ever just stop growing? I'm trying to track my hair growth progress and how much it will grow in future and obviously things like this will impact my predictions. I've also heard that hair stops growing if its damaged and constantly breaking off at the ends(so as to give the illusion of no more growth occurring). If anyone has experience with any of this I'd love to hear what you have to say- helps me out a lot in my planning/prediction :)

Cheers!
-Avi

Third time growing my hair out after cutting it back in 2016/2017. Hit the two year mark with no trims or cuts.

Hello.

Ive been growing my hair out for around 1y now. It´s getting to my shoulders. However, it is so thick and sturdy, I have this enormous amount of hair on my head, and it doesnt look that good. I always wear it in a bun, it looks pretty good like this. But I want to wear it open so bad! Do I have to be more patient till it gets longer or is my hair just not made for being long...

Your advice would be appreciated.

Still growing my hair and beard. No sign of stopping the growth of either.

Hey all,

Been over half a year since I've posted an update here (hah, that rhymes ;p !). Earlier this spring, there was a discussion on this board about barbers/hair stylists and whether to trust them or not. I took the stance that if you have a good one that you can trust, then all would be good. Man was I wrong ;p ! About a week after that thread, I had my first trim in a good while due to the pandemic. My ends were pretty damaged (away from regular trims - pandemic), so the hair stylist looked when I got there and said she'd only cut about two inches off. I swear it was four ;o !... lesson learned xD (you always know when a hair stylist has done something wrong when they hand you the mirror and immediately start defending themselves ~o~; !). Went from hair halfway down my back to just barely below the shoulders. Oh well ;o . . . . .

Distant history now ;p .

Mor recently and again - due to the pandemic, I began to again pull out a lot of hair due to split ends. My wife has been offering to trim my hair for over a year now, but I never trusted her to do it (after all, she is the one who did chop off my hair about five years ago in a fit of rage . . .). After my last experience with the hair stylist, having seen the job my wife does trimming the kids' hair, not wanting to pull out any more hair and not wanting to chance going out during the current covid surge, I decided to take a chance with her and have her do it - why not ;p ?... and what do you know - she didn't do too bad of a job ^^ ! She only took an inch (or less off), I believe :) .

She also introduced me to some leave-in conditioner. I've never really taken much good care of my hair until late... and to my surprise, my wife is now helping me with putting in the conditioner, too ;D (which I do every two nights -- I think she just wants my hair to look halfway decent - probably why ;p ). Funny stuff - the conditioner makes my hair straight on the first night and then back to naturally wavy on the second... go figure ;p .

The attached was taken a few days ago and not too long after the first trim she gave me. I am a bit surprised with how it looks - pleasantly surprised, actually :) (I thought it would be a lot worse off than it really is). I haven't regained all of the length that I lost this spring - but man, my hair is in much of a better place than it was a half a year agi :) ... pretty happy ^^ !

Anywho, I hope you all are staying safe 'n healthy during this dark winter and happy 2021 in advance ^^ !... it can't get here soon enough ;p !

Cheers all ^_^ ~

Hello Fellow Long Haired Dudes
This is my 4th and last long haired journey, hopefully I will go to grave with it. If I don’t lose it. Which I currently have have suffered a bald spot on back of my head. I was a poster here 10 years ago but had to cut it due to economics and society’s view. My wife and friends tell me I look better and younger with it short. I don’t care. I LIKE MY LONG HAIR. ITS ME !
Sorry can’t allways post or comment. It’s difficult on the “smart” phone. Hopefully getting new computer.
Keep them hairs-a-growing !
Steve

Okay, okay, mea maxima culpa! There's a new round of photo updates going on here, and I've been quite remiss! Sheesh, this has been a difficult year! But my hair is doing well. I was regularly colouring, up to summer 2019, and decided to let it go 'natural.' About 13 months ago, I cut off some inches to get rid of some of the coloured hair. I've left it alone since then, neither trimming nor colouring, and this is what I have today. I fuss with my hair a bit: twice-weekly washing and conditioning, keratin masque, a bit of argon oil daily. I'm happy with the results.

Don

Hello,

I've written this for people that tell you should cut your hair. Feel free to edit this text if you have better ideas.

I'm a guy with long hair and I speak to you who tells me “When you will cut your hair?”. I heard this sentence a thousand of times and you aren't the first nor the last to tell me this, so I don't care.
Only, did you asked yourself the question of why I have long hair? Yes it's my choice to have them long.

For some people, hair are just a fashion accessory, and they will cut them one day.
But for others their hair are part of their body. When you say to someone to cut their hair it's like if you asked mutilate himself. His long hair are a part of his personality. This person feels good in their body. So, next time, think before critic someone on his hair length. And this hair length has nothing to do with his skills.

I have long hair and I'm more tolerant than you, you have short hair it's your choice and I don't criticize it so be tolerant to me.

One year anniversary of salon trim.

Is Avi still around? Did he end up cutting his hair ;o (hopefully not)???

Hey! been a while.

Just wanted to share my current (new) journey, I posted here many years ago when my hair reached my waist (and later to my hips), all before I had to shave it off due to military service.

After that period was over I haven't had a single trim since and learned to embrace my curlier texture and to take better care of it. This length is about ~40 months since my last buzzcut, here's for more growth onwards and downwards!