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I have had my hair totally shaved at a no.1 or shorter for about 5 years now, but I have informed family and friends - its official - I am growing my hair. I havent cut it, despite numerous temptations (especially when drunk), four a month now. I dont want it really long, like some guys on the site, but a kind of retro 70's style of around lip length at the front, and slightly longer at the back. My question, if you guys would be so kind is this:
a) how long do you think it will take me to achieve this lenght,
b) what on earth do i do in the meantime? Just leave it to grow, or get it styled or what? I dont want it to lok a total mess as im afraid i might lose my motivation and just shave it off again, as i have done so many times in the past.
Thanks alot for your help guys,
Happy Growings!
I don't know if i can really help you, i'm one of those guys that's aiming for a really long hair but here goes,
If you start with shved hair it should take around 8 months,more or less, to achive that length you desire.
Try not to get to drunk for awhile and maybe you'll make it.
Cheers for that man, not getting drunk?! That sounds like a real tall order!
I've been growing my hair for about 11 months now..and my bangs are about at my lips. I also started with a shaved head (well, nearly shaved on the top) and I really love the results so far. I not really aiming for really long hair, maybe a foot or so in a pony tail, but it really has not been that bad.
There may be a few days a month that you wish you didn't have any hair any more, basically because it's falling down into your face, etc. But if you treat it right and use some gel to keep it up it will be OK. To avoid the frizz when it gets longer (if you hair is like that), try to skip washing it every other day...this really helps me, I tend to have pretty dry hair and the natural hair oils give it a great look.
If you feel like you want to get it cut, don't do anything crazy and just give it a couple of weeks to see how you feel. Most of all, just stick in there and try not to think about it too much.
Good luck,
Scott
a) well its taken me about 7-8 months to get my hair just about touching my top lip from a short back and sides, and when i got a buzzcut in january 2001, it took about 4 months for all my hair to grow back to a decent length, so all in all id say for you, maybe just less than a year
b) let it all grow till you get the length you want on top, then get it neatened up at the bottom and use some non-alcoholic gels / sprays to try and style your hair in the akward stage
hope i helped :)
btw maybe im just misinformed, but isnt the 70s retro look, kinda messy as it is? either way you know what your aiming for, just let it grow