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After 3 years of growth I shaved my head last summer. It was a male bonding thing between my brother and me before he got deployed. (blood is thicker than water, or hair) But I really miss it and am growing it back. This is my 3rd time growing and cutting it in the last 6 years. Each time I cut it after about 3 years and then wish I hadn't. And though I did it for a good reason (this time) and now the critics are happy (not that it matters) I see that I am a longhair at heart and am more committed than ever before to keeping it long. I know that everyone hates that awkward phase but after 6 months I happy to be almost there again. People are starting to ask me when I'm getting a hair cut or if I'm (sigh...) growing it out again. YES! That must mean it's getting long(er). I'm having more fun with it this time around and taking monthly pics. It's blowing out the back of my helmet when I'm riding my MC and curling over my collar. These are small but important stepping stones. I'm not going to mess with it as much this time either. It is thick and wavy and if I brush it a lot it just gets "big." If I leave it alone it curls and looks pretty cool. Will send pics later.
War Sucks!!!!!
longhair rules!!!!!!!
keep it growing man
I can understand doing it for that reason. Having a loved one deployed most be nervewrecking at times, so yeah.
Good that you're enjoying your growing.
I've never really paid attention to the awkward phase all that much. First time I grew I just wanted it long and knew the way to do that was letting it grow. It looked horrible at times, but I didn't really care.
Second timem around I'd learned some more about haircare, and my own hairtype so I took better care of it, and it was never really in awkward phases as much as awkward days. Some days it looked great, and some days it looked like heck.
Now it rarely looks bad, so that's cool.
With your attitude, you should have a breeze growing it back, and since you've already tried it you don't have to worry about stuff like 'will it look better when longer, will it this, will it that'.
Good luck on your journey!
