;D ;D ;D I'm not measuring until Inauguration Day!!! But I wanted to jump on the opportunity to start one of these measure up threads anyway. I do plan for a trim later on this afternoon when I've got some time... then that will take me a tad shorter than waist length. But no numbers for me!  ;D :D ;D :D

Anais

Allright!

Then it´s my turn... and the measuring tape says 27cm (10.8 inches). I have a time for hairdresser´s tomorrow and I´m gonna take 1-2cm off. The ends are so dry, no matter what I do  :(. It´s the cold and dry scandinavian winter I suppose. But I´ll survive and keep growing!

not measuring til january tra la la la  ;D

Nov 10th = 1 year aniverssery I can't wait till the 2 year aniverssery, goodbye awkard stage

The front is about 4 inches, the back is about  8 inches. Not that bad for 11.60 months of growth, it is also very thick and a little wavy so it could be longer.

God I love my thick hair, would not cut it for a million bucks.

*grin*

6 inches.  ;D

I'm wondering how long this inch a month thing will keep up. The longest layer is all the way down my neck. It's really exciting! Too bad I'm going to need to trim the long layer in a month or two, to start the work of getting these layers to one length.

Any advice on how much I should trim off the bottom at a time and how long it will take to get to one length without doing any SERIOUS chopping?

Ella

I would do half an inch a month. Even at my length, it's too traumatic to do any more that that.

But I would also wait until my longest layers are at least shoulder length. YMMV.

I just measured this morning ......................

24 inches !    :)

This is the first time I've done this... My mom helped me measure my hair with the "standard" method that ya'll use here in the long hair community  ;D(start at the forehead and go over and back to the longest piece), and she said 32 inches.  So I guess that's about what it is.  Starting a month ago I measured my actual hair length, by parting down the middle (which is how it always is anyways) and measuring a piece that started at the part (does that mean I measured from the crown?).  A month ago it was 27 inches and now it's 28 inches!  If I was consistent, that's a whole inch of growth! WOW!

Ella!

Last I remember, you were at THREE inches!! My my, you're growing pretty darn fast there and CONGRATS on your SIX ;D ;D !

34 1/2 inches.  That's one inch in 5 weeks.  I still need to trim off the ends though, but hopefully just 1/4 of an inch.  

Wow, fantastic growth everyone! I'd better start taking my vitamins again! ;)

I've actually lost the tape measure this month, so looks like I'm waiting until Dec 1.

/Kate

34.2" here! Only 0.2" growth, but I'll take anything I can get!  ;D

Lots of good growth going on.  Keep eating healthy, take your vitamins and be gentle with your hair - your hair goals can be reached!

I know I'm a few days late, but...

34 1/2 inches!  :o (leia, am I actually longer than you?!)
That's almost a whole inch of growth since last month! I haven't been paying very close attention to my hair lately so I wasn't expecting much growth, but I guess just letting it do it's own thing worked just as well, if not better. It's to my waist now, and I love how it feels at this length.

I figured out that I need to start measuring so I can get some proof that I really make some progress.
I don't know what the "standard" way to measure hair is, so I measured it two ways: from forehead hairline and over the head to hairtips at the back it's 53 cm. Length of an average-looking lock from scalp to end is 31 cm.

I guess that I'll start using the method that gave me longer result. It's more encouraging.  ;D

For those who wonder...one inch is about 2.5 cm.

wrote on Nov 10^th, 2004 at 4:45am:

I know I'm a few days late, but... 34 1/2 inches!  :o (leia, am I actually longer than you?!)

It looks like you are! When you were last 33", I remember mine being a little shorter too.  ;)

Hmm...for some reason I always thought yours was so much longer, I guess because yours always looks so much thicker and more beautiful compared to mine.

I think I will wait to measure mine till next month or January, that way I will really notice a difference.  ;) ;D

83 cm ... that's 32.677 Inches apparently

What is the correct way of measuring?  Going from your part down, or from the front of your head down?  ???

The most common method is to start at the hairline at the front, then go over the top of your head down to the longest tip of hair.

OK then.....measuring.....measuring.......

Looks like....

we've got precisely 26.5".  I guess that's Ok (?) That's all I gots!

Next measure: set for christmas...

Hi all!

By standard measure 14". But if I measure from scalp to end of average section, 5" or so. I just chopped off all my heat and chemical damage on the 6th of this month.

Hi LB, nice to have ya!

So exactly how *big* was the big chop?  Sometimes it just has to be done, though...I've been there.  In fact, my usual pattern is letting my hair grow as long as I can, and then I always get this urge for <<short>> hair, I mean SHORT!  Then I hate it, then I grow it, then I hate it, then I chop it, then I hate it, I think you get the cycle!  I'm trying to break the cycle this time!  I will not cut, I will not cut!

wrote on Nov 19^th, 2004 at 4:45pm:

In fact, my usual pattern is letting my hair grow as long as I can, and then I always get this urge for <<short>> hair, I mean SHORT!

maybe this time you should go for really LONG hair  ;)

but i understand, i have 6 year cycles ... as i remember i have cut my hair above shoulders in primary, high school and university (college or whatever you call it). i dunno exactly how you count in the US but all those three school times consist of six years exactly (in my case, college is quite often just 4 years). afterwards i would always let my hair grow back.

my bf measures poorly. measured it again after washing (when dry), no waves that is.  84 cm  ;D

wrote on Nov 19^th, 2004 at 9:01pm:

maybe this time you should go for really LONG hair  ;)

That's the goal - as of now - I am committed this time!!!  I am still skeptical that my hair will get any longer than this, I will be *very* shocked if it does, very!  But I will keep positive, and keep trying... ;)

Yay!!! I measured my hair today after cutting it yesterday and it measured at a little more that 19 inches and before i cut it it was 19 1/2 inches so I actually didn't lose all that much. That makes me feel a lot better about cutting it. And I am very pleased that it is still long enough to braid for bed.  ;D