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Hello, I've been growing my hair long for 14 months and my hair is considerably longer in the back than in the front. In the back, it has grown beyond the shoulders, but in the front it's in the chin yet. Because of this, I can't use a ponytail, because the hair in the front doesn't reach it yet by a matter of half an inch, I think. My hair is mostly straight, but it's wavy in the ends.
My question is: Should I trim the hair in the back to match the length, or will it be ok when the hair in the front reach my shoulders?
Thanks for the advice.
I would suggest not trimming it. Wait until you reach goal length in the front, then trim it to even it out.
I'll let it grow without trimming then. Thanks for the advice!
I'm in the same spot as you... I am at 15 months since my last hair cut... my hair is just about long enough to stay back in a pony tail. As a matter of fact, i just pulled it back at work while i was doing some things that required me to bend forward - I actually got quite a reaction from various folks who saw me with it pulled back - First time I did it publically... I don't like drawing attention to myself, but I thought it is about time to do it.
So, my advice to you is to let it keep growing without a trim yet... the front is naturally shorter because it was once cut above your ears, most likely. So, the top and the sides are going to be shorter than the back... give it a little more time, it will suddenly be long enough to stay tucked into the tie.
I'll tell you, though, it feels kind of weird to pull it back after all these months of letting it hand loose.
Most of the time I let my hair hand loose, but sometimes I like to push it behind the hears, mainly when I'm working, because a lot of times I have to bend forward, too.
I think people are used to see me like this.
Probably it'll be a big surprise when I first put it in a ponytail. Most of the times, my face is hidden by the hair, even when my hair was shorter my face was hodden by it.
i won't trim it now, then. The hair in the back looks cool, just the hair in the front that doesn't look so cool, curling up... I'll have to wait, haha.
Thanks for the advice.
- Rogger
Here is my advise:
If you are enjoying your hair as it is right now, then by all means, please do NOT trim it!
If, on the other hand... you are NOT enjoying the way you look and feel with your current longer hair style, then go have a modest amount of hair trimmed off. Best for you to find yourself a very experience professional hairstylist, if that is the case, preferably somebody who specializes in long hair (if you can't find this out by asking a longhaired man, since longhaired guys are more rare to find, then ask a long-haired woman)... The important point, though, is to go to a highly reputable salon -- yes, they charge a little bit more money; but as the saying goes, "you get what you pay for!"
Good luck!
- Ken in San Francisco
I'm enjoying how my hair in the back looks now, but I'm not enjoying it in the front, because it curls up and it looks kind of strange, sometimes. I think it'll be ok when it reaches my shoulder.
Thank you for your advice.
- Rogger
Congratulations on reaching the 14-month mark! Typically, the hair in back isn't "longer" than the hair in front, but appears to reach further down due to the fact that its lowest strands are growing from the nape of the neck, rather than the front of the forehead (i.e., the hair in back starts from a position that is further down). You are VERY close to being able to get all of it into a pony tail. Cutting the back now will only make it look shorter, overall, than it would if you just wait out this final stretch.
--Val
Thanks for the adivice, I'll let my grow normally without trimming.
- Rogger
Hi Rogger,
This is really a personal preference thing. I would probably let it grow to your desired length and then trim it. I am in the same situation. My hair is a little past chin in front right now. I want the front to get about 8 inches past chin so it sits behind the shoulders better. Since your hair is straight, it would look great all one length. When it gets long enough, you can cut it straight across the ends. Hope this helps!
Ted
Thank you for the advice.
Rogger
Enjoy the journey!
Ted
If MLHH charged a dollar for every time length has been spelled lenght in posts, we'd never run out of money. Like most of us, this guy knows how to spell it (see below), but in the title of this thread he misspelled it anyway. It's got to be the most misspelled word on MLHH!
Bill
Bill,
Your words are so true. Length is an easy word to spell. I know some people pronounce the word with the a silent "g" but the "th" is still pronounced at the end of the word(ie len-th)
Oh well,just the(2 cents worth)ramblings of a frustrated grammar Nazi during "Lent".
peace,
jonalbear
Bill and Jonalbear,
May you both find the strenght to endure! ;)
Cheers,
Val
Yeah, I know, it's touch.
Bill
... but gets easier wiht time.
--Val
Haha,I just realized it was wrong after I already posted the message. English isn't my first language, as well.
Yeah, well it is for all the others posting in the thread. So "we" are no better than you are! We make that mistake often.
Bill