My 14-year-old brother isn't growing his hair long (yet  ;)), but he likes to keep it longer & kinda shaggy. The problem is, it's just long enough that it hangs into his eyes, gets caught under his glasses, and sticks up over his ears. My stepmom keeps nagging him to get it cut, but he likes the length, and they both think that if he trims it he'll end up with one of those early-90's bowl cuts.

His hair is blond, straight, and kinda thin, with no body or wave. Does anyone have any suggestions on what he could do to neaten it up a bit?

tons of gel?
god, i remember the whining when my brother was growing out his hair in order to get dreadlocks ... it looked HORRIBLE. and he has exactly the opposite: brown, thick hair and full of these weird waves. i enjoyed making fun of it  ;D
but well he got to the dreadlocks (such a filthy business!). and now he's been having them for over three years and wants to cut shave them all off  ::)

I would suggest just trimming the front hair that gets in his eyes. If you cut it for him, you can cut with the scissors pointing INTO the hair, which will thin out his fringe area a bit. It might be easier for him to deal with his longer hair then.  ;)

wrote on Nov 14^th, 2004 at 10:26am:

If you cut it for him, you can cut with the scissors pointing INTO the hair, which will thin out his fringe area a bit.

Hmm, that's a good idea. I'll recommend that next time my mom mentions it. :)