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Hello everyone!
Been growing the hair out now for about a year and that's what it looks like. I did this once before and and chickened out and cut it a little after a year. Not this time though, I'm going as long as I can possibly grow it.
I'll upload a few more pics to show it off; right now it's a wild mess but I like it! I'd like to know what you guys think.
Your hair looks awesome at this juncture as it was a shame you gave up on it the last time.But that's history and to date you have a fantastic looking mane:)Hopefully this time you will fulfill your longhair dreams.Good luck my friend.Cheers
Mark
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Your mane looks great. Hopefully you will succeed on this second time around.
(It took me perhaps 5 tries to succeed at growing out my hair.)
Scott
It looks great now, and will only grow exponentially cooler with time and length. My advice is to firmly adhere to the two week rule, in a draconian, fervent fashion. I'm not exactly the longest hair on this board, but I wouldn't have made it this far without it.
I think you are doing fine and making great progress, what inspired you to grow your hair?
Hi Pretorious, and Welcome to MLHH!!! Not to worry about the past chickening, as most of us here have our own chicken past experiences we could all narrate as well. The important thing is where you are now -- and sometimes it's our past failures that make our current commitment to grow all the stronger.
Hey, the feline is mutual -- that's been my own goal the past 10+ years as well!
"Wild?" YES, absolutely!!!!
"Mess?" Naaaah, not in my opinion -- it looks exactly as hair SHOULD look: BEAUTIFUL (because it's good & looooooong)!!!
- Ken in San Francisco
Hi Pretorious,
You are doing very well indeed, and are blessed with a great mane of thick curl/wavy hair. Although the awkward stage can be a bit frustraing, the rewards in the end are well worth it, so be sure to stick to your guns and keep up the good work!
Keep it growing,
David
Thanks for all the kind words everyone, I really appreciate it!
Here is another pic with some better lighting (man my phone is picky about that). This one is freshly washed where I decided to let my hair go down instead of brushing back.
To answer a question posted, I decided to grow it out again as I am sick to death of short hair. All my life I've had the same haircut over and over again and I'm sick of hit. I hate how I look with short hair. Now I'm sticking with it this time and for the first time in a long time I actually like the way I look.
I've received insults that I look like Shakespeare or Da Vinci and I simply laugh at that. Those are the greatest compliments one could give me and only encourages me more in my endeavor.
Well you do look somewhat Shakespearean, but I mean that as a compliment. :D
Here is one more photo from the side, this time with much better lighting.
Excellent start - curly hair even at that relatively short length look superb.
Your name caught my attention. Are you Praetorin on youtube? I have a friend there called that. I'm Lifecomesfromwithin there.