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Today being a sunny and mild autumn day in Canberra, Australia, I thought would be a good time to catch up with some hair progress updates. Now 65cm long or 26 inches.
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Your hair and beard look super, Duncan. Your hair appears to ba just about to your waist. I am guessing you are part aborigine. I see a lot of curl to your hair on top but not much at the ends. If I remember correctly, you did straighten it early on. That probably helped with the awkward stage. Looking good.
Scott
Hi Scott,
I am liking both my hair and beard the longer they continue to grow. I don't know if I have any Aboriginal blood in me but it is in the realm of possibility. Many people in Australia do have some degree of native Australian ancestry in their family background if only distant. My dad has darker skin then me and I have been thought of as aboriginal by some people. I don't identify with being aboriginal though and see myself as a white person. Thanks for your kind comments Scott as you have definately helped inspire me on my long hair journey.
Cheers,
Duncan
Duncan,
It's a great look.
Your hair and beard are wonderful.
peace,
jonalbear
Hi Jonalbear,
Thanks again and I think we can both agree that the hair and beard both go well together and help maketh the man as he was meant to look like in the natural world.
cheers,
Duncan
VERY NICE!!!!!!
Hi James and thanks for your kind words of support! Your own mane is looking awesome too.
Cheers, Duncan
Thank you Duncan! It gives me relief that my coarse thick hairs will someday settle when I reach your length! I believe you now!Thick coarse wavy/curls gets better longer! It just leaves me no choice but to grow hair to my new goal of classic. You really can show that our hair texture is "bad ass."
cheers,
rowie
Hi Rowie,
I'm glad to have helped inspire you along with others on this hair forum to persevere in your long hair journey. Yes the "ugly duckling" if given a chance will blossum into a bad-ass mane. Believe me the longer your hair grows the easier it will be to manage and it will get neater in time too.
Your hair is of a type that is tough and durable and less likely to break off. Part of the fun is the journey along to the final destination whenever and wherever it will eventually terminate at.
Another member I think that has coarse wavy hair that is now super-long uses the name of trolleypup.
Looking forward to viewing your progress down the track!
Cheers,
Duncan
Thick coarse hair pride brotha!
cheers,
rowie
Another great pic Duncan:)I do like your hair texture too!Looks very durable.Cheers
Mârk
Thanks Mark,
Cheers,
Duncan
Just gorgeous Duncan! Both the mane and the beard are looking great.
- Oren
Hi Oren,
Thanks for your thumbs-up! I have been inspired by your own beard growing prowess, so I'm going to keep growing my own beard out as well. In the photos the beard is almost 12 months old. I'm very happy with both hair and beard and hope to continue along to perhaps terminal just for curiosities sake.
Cheers,
Duncan
Very impressive Duncan, I don't think I'll ever catch up with you! Great thickness too! Next stop the butt?
Hi Ian,
Thanks for the thumbups. I do admit to being jealous of how quickly your own outstanding hair growing prowess has achieved in the last 12 months. I sincerely believe that you will comfortably achieve belt length easily. I do enjoy your contributions to the board. You are a perfect gentleman.
Cheers,
Duncan
Absolutely stunning Duncan !
Vivien.
Hi Vivien,
Thankyou for the post feedback and I hope to one day enjoy a mega mane as long as yours!
Cheers,
Duncan
Wow Duncan, I love the length and volume of that mane!That is AWESOME!Doesn't even look like you are close to being at terminal which is cool:)I have to assume you are going for full terminal length?Regardless you have a mane any longhair would die for;)Cheers...
Mârk
Hi Mark,
Thanks for the thumbs-up feedback Mark, and I would personally love to experience at least another foot in hair length which would bring it to the classic or butt length milestone. At this stage I should achieve belt length by the end of the year and am now just on the cusp of waist now. As far as I know my ends are still reasonably thick, and I also appear to have a low hair shed rate and the growth hasn't slowed down at all but remains the same as it was 4 years ago. An extra foot would look fantastic indeed! We shall have to wait and see what mother nature's final designs are.
Cheers,
Duncan
Hi Duncan,
Thanks for sharing your update. You have a fantastic mane, and as a fellow with similar hair texture, this picture gives me something to look forward to. Australia looks beautiful, and I someday want to visit it.
cheers,
rowie
FANTASTIC! :-)
Thanks Justin. I have always loved my natural hair colouring which looks great in sunshine! I do remember well how in the early days of growing my hair out that your own mane was most impressive!
Cheers, Duncan
Hi Duncan,
What a fantastic update, and congrats on 50 months of progress! With your outstanding thickness, you should be aable to achieve a lot more growth.
Keep it growing,
David
Hi David, Thanks for the thumbs up and I'm hoping to grow it ever longer as I am finding that it is now settling down a lot and would love it to grow a further 30cm or foot to at least 3 feet or 90cm.
Cheers, Duncan
Fantastic update; thanks for the inspiration!
Got a surprise this week when I found out my calculations of time since my last haircut were wrong. I thought it was about 3 solid years, but I took a look at my drivers license and realized it had been issued in late August of 2009. The picture has me with hair a little over an inch long. So, it's been about 2 1/2 years for me, with growth starting at 1 inch.
When I get to 50 months like you have, I'll be looking forward to the results!
Great update.
The results you've gotten are totally textbook, meaning they are perfect. Any guy wanting to grow his hair out can only hope and pray that his comes close to being as fine as yours is. Congrats and thanks for the encouragement.
Steve
Hi Steve,
That's what this forum is all about - helping members to achieve their goals and learning and inspiring one another along the way. I'm glad that I have helped you stay motivated to pursue your goal. Positive encouragement and role models can definately help persevere over the rocky awkward stages!
Wow - that is impressive for less then 3 years of growth! How time flies!
Yes Steve, I do think you have great potential there to achieve much longer hair if so desired. How many inches long is it now?
Thanks - I'm very pleased with how it has turned out so far.
Yes - this time round on my 2nd attempt I really made an effort to do everything to encourage pristine results! And treated my own hair like antique lace.
Onward and downward!
Duncan
Thanks for writing back. You asked how many inches my hair has gotten to. Out of curiosity, I measured it; it's around 20 inches. It hits me in my lower chest and lower back right now. I'm only 5' 5" tall and it probably looks longer on me.
Steve
Hello Steve,
20 inches is some serious fast growth considering that your hair when first starting out measured just 1 inch in just over 2 and one half years ago.
I am 6'1' tall and it has taken me just over 4 years for my hair to be on the cusp of waist length at 26 inches. I think you will achieve waist length within 3 and one half years.
I have never seen the back of your hair Steven only the front and the photo cuts off the true length.
Good progress and I only hope my hair is still as thick as yours when I hit the 60 year milestone mark.
Cheers,
Duncan
Hey Duncan,
Pretty cool - it's looking pretty darn good at that length :) ! Are those highlights and waves natural :o (I assume the waves are)???
Sincerely,
yoshiki
Hello Yoshiki,
Yes - I am now at a stage where I feel my mane is now at a very respectable length and am grateful to have achieved the results that I have. The highlights are all natural and I have never dyed my hair in my life. My hair bleaches easily from the sunlight hence the golden streaks in it. The waves are natural as my hair type is of a curly/wavy texture.
Thanks again for your support.
Cheers,
Duncan
Serious head of hair there Duncan! I really dig the color too. Good work!
Hi Michael,
I am very happy with my results and now feel I have arrived at a length which is most satisfactory.
Cheers,
Duncan
Looks bad ass, Duncan! Me and you are about the same length now. I'm pretty much keeping mine the same length and don't really plan on growing any longer as I am happy with the current length of between mid back and waist.
Hello Mark,
Thanks for the thumbs-up. Yes the mane now looks kick-ass and strangers have approached me on the streets and at rock concerts wanting to take my photo. I get called Rob Zombie, Hagrid, etc a lot. I have to agree that both our hair is now of similar length and like you I am more then happy with my current progress. For curiosities sake I will probably continue to grow it just to see where terminal is. Afterwards I will then probably do what some others have done and just maintain it at a length that I find suitable triming the ends back a bit to make them fuller. At present there is no sign of thinning ends in site yet. Anything longer then classic I think would be more hassle.
Cheers,
Duncan