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Hi all. It's been a very long time since I've been here. I was a small part of this community around 2008-2011, at which time I grew my hair out to nearly hip length. My life circumstances changed and there came a point where being a longhair felt more like a chore than part of my identity, so I ended up cutting it short in 2012. I was happy with the results and have kept it that way since. However, I look back fondly on my longhair days and for no particular reason today decided to see what's going on at the MLHH. It's good to see it is still here and looks exactly the way I remember from over a decade ago.

I was sorry to see that Bill passed away some years ago. It seems that Hairball may be the only one from that time who is still here. I included a few old pictures of my hair in the hopes that it might jog some memories. It was nostalgic for me to peruse the users' directory and see some familiar faces like Absalom, DavidN, Ken in SF, Nuttidave, Justin, and Joao David.

Looking back, my longhair journey was a transformative period for me as a young adult, and I feel as though I grew just as much on the inside of my head as on the outside. I learned a lot about acceptance and tolerance, and although I am now a mere 30-year-old shorthair, I have not forgotten the kind and helpful folks I encountered here during those years. To think that a small community in a quiet little corner of the internet could have made such a lasting impression on me!

I extend my gratitude to the MLHH and hope it continues to be a place where longhairs from all walks of life can get advice and be part of a community. My best wishes to all of you.

Hail from the Great White North,
Peter

Hey guys! Just wondering who's all around the DC area? Would love to meet some fellow longhairs!

Also I should probably share what my hair looks like lol. This is the length it was aroubd 2-4 months before it was (forcibly) cut back to my shoulders (If you want to ask specifics, I'm an open book). Goal length is still waist length or longer.

Has anyone experienced thinner hair since Covid? I feel like my hair has gotten thinner.

Darrin

I've actually only had one haircut in the past 8 1/2 years, but that was about three years ago when I donated it to Wigs for Kids. Never really intended to grow it out again, but am glad I did. I've had several trims and need another, but hope to get to waist length before the next one, then keep it there until the ends thicken up a bit. Then who knows? I just turned 50 so hopefully I have a few more years until it hits terminal length!

I thought I would post a progress report.

My hair is still long, a couple inches below
nipple length. At age 67 the hair is all grey, there is some receeding of the hair line, and the hair seems to have thinned out. At this point I don't know how long i will be able to
keep the long hair long. I also stopped shaving and grew a beard.

On the personal side i'm still with the company that i've been
working for 37 years. As I've mentioned previously my wife of 34 years died of COVID a year ago,my father in law died of COVID three months earlier.

I'm still in the civil war group although our department commander died of COVID last year.

I'm still involved with our local science fiction groups.

Triped over this on the internet. Oh the memories..

Hi all,

Haven’t had a trim for 8 months. Do you think I should trim or keep growing? Thanks for being here.

Cary

MLHH turned 25 today!

The very first message was posted on January 22nd 1997. A so long longevity for a community website is not common.

I wish a long life to the MLHH.

I wish also thanks this website for existing because I had found a supporting community who are like me and I don't feel alone with my long hair.

Happy Southern Hemisphere Spring to everybody! (Which means: to those of us like me that live in the Northern Hemisphere, "Happy Fall!")

These pics of me outside of my deer fenced rose garden that I take care of at work were taken in May of 2014, I think... My friend Bill Choisser was still alive at the time, and it was a gorgeous spring day when he and his partner Larry visited me where I work (in San Francisco's suburban East Bay town of Castro Valley).

Growing on the entranceway arch above my head is the beautiful apricot-colored French Noisette rose, "Crepuscule", along with the purple Clematis vine 'Polish Spirit'. Besides growing a lot of fragrant Heirloom and English (AKA David Austin) roses inside, I'm also very fond of various companion plants, like: Lavender, Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), Salvias, Penstemon, and earlier in the spring, lots of Narcissus (Daffodils)...

Of course, it should go without saying that LONG HAIR always fits in perfectly in any garden or outdoor setting (LOL)!!
- Ken

Hey all,

An update photo on my hair. Getting longer... maybe getting longer... still growing, at least. Anywho, happy holidays friends and onto a hopefully better 2022 :) .

Sincerely,
yoshiki ^_^

Hi!! Posting here after three years. In my last post I mentioned that due to a head injury in an accident my waist length hair had had to regretfully be cut back to shoulder length due to the messy tangle it had got into. I am really grateful to Jin and others for their sympathy and advice. I am happy to report that, with patient growth, resisting suggestions by many that I look better with shorter hair etc, and regular applications of oil, my hair is now almost to my waist again.

Thanks everybody on this board for your wonderful support and encouragement.

I wish you all a happy Christmas and the courage to live through these difficult days with joy and optimism. I continue to sport my long white locks! I have also grown a beard! :)

I invite those of you, if you want, to see my little Christmas service on YouTube with organ pieces by Bach

Anthony

I have not posted to this board in almost ten years! I am still here in New Jersey. Glad to see some old members still here. My hair is now down to my crotch and I love it.

Hair conditioner/ shower once per week. Before shower, brush out hair. Shampoo and rinse twice. Add gobs of conditioner. Let set/ dry for half hour, leave shower. Reenter to rinse excess conditioner. Bush out with course plastic comb. Let hair dry out, then use a course hair brush. Let dry out more, then use a fine hair brush. Should come out silk smooth. Add leave in conditioner in mornings. Brush out with course, then fine comb/ brush.

Go to hair salon every four months. They trim off tangles and split ends. Balance or even out hair style.

Hi, I lost my hair at a young age but I like having hair so I wear a hairpiece. I always wanted longer hair but since my own was thin I never could. But I got the nerve to buy a full cap hairpiece with really long hair. but I'm not sure if it looks ok. I know it's too thick on the sides but if I do get another someday I would get less density. I found this site and hope it's not to odd to ask what you guys think.. I haven't been wearing it because its warm in the summer and I started to felt like maybe I look fake or too old to have it like this. I just turned 50. I am just curious if you think it looks natural or is it too long. I really became infatuated with the idea of having a ponytail.

It's growing...

Something to ponder over your morning coffee...........

If you donate your hair to locks of love and the recipient commits a crime will the DNA lead back to you?

Sounds like another good reason to keep your long hair.

Boy suspended for having long hair told to cut it, girls allowed to have long hair. Yes it's Texas.

Thoughts?

Hey all,
Avi here. I just wanted to let everyone know that I'd cut my hair. The main reason was pressure from my parents to do so- I'm 20 but still live with them(although I go to university for about half the year). I wish I didn't cut it, but I intend to grow it back whenever I move out. I'm really sad because I put in three years of hard work into growing it out, but alas I had to let it go. On the bright side I did almost reach my goal of classic length before I cut it off. My hope is that very soon I can start growing it out again, and this time stick it out all the way till it's at classic length- the ultimate goal is to my knees after that. I have to say I do like my look with short hair, but it doesn't hold a candle to the joy I felt when my hair was long. I guess I will have to wait the three years now, for it to come back :( Crazy to think I'll be 23 at that point!
Pictures of the hair before the cut, and how I look after it:
https://imgur.com/a/cnawvH1
I want to say I really appreciate everyone's support on the hyperboard, without y'all I probably would have never had the courage to even grow it out in the first place. I will continue posting on here as I grow out my hair again. Y'all are the best- thank you so much.
Regards,
Avi