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Why Did You Let Your Hair Grow?
Dec 21st, 2002 at 1:46am
 
When I was a kid, my mother had raised three boys before she had me.  She was so happy to have a girl to dress up in pink ruffles, who would have long hair for her to play with.  That was until she discovered that my hair knotted something horrible and that I was a *huge* wuss when they were being combed out (still am).  So, she decided that her daughter was going to be the next Twiggy (if you have to ask, you're too young) and tried her best to convince me that the "pixie cut" was a good thing.  Needless to say, I did a lot of sobbing when I was a child.  What was even worse, one of my brothers dated a girl named Liz who had hair almost to her knees (who later went on to become Billy Joel's first wife... I like to think because of the gorgeous hair ;) and all I wanted when I wasn't dreaming of having Marlo Thomas' hair was to have Liz's hair.  Instead, my mother was trying to convince me I looked "just like Twiggy."  Twiggy (whom by the way now has long blonde hair and has obviously seen the light) is someone I have never resembled in *any* form except mother-imposed hair length.

So, when I grew up I was very determined to have long hair to die for.  I *tried* to have long gorgeous hair by doing horrible things like perming it and spending ten long years as a blonde.  Eventually I figured out that the reason it wasn't growing was because of the horrible things I was doing to it.  In my late 20's I dyed it to my best guess at my natural color, stopped perming, cut off everything that was in bad shape, and started taking really good care of it.  It grew like a weed and by the time I was 30 it was close to my waist, the longest it had ever been after almost two decades of trying, and it's been growing ever since.  In fact, I sometimes think it's getting too long and will cut off a couple inches, but it always seems to be even longer before the mood strikes me again.  I often muse about having a grey braid to my knees, but at 42 without a grey hair on my head, it's beginning to look hopeless.  Still, one can always hope... and I DO!
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Reply #1 - Dec 21st, 2002 at 10:05am
 
When I was a little girl my sister and I always had long hair because my mother loved us beeing nice dressed and styled like little dolls. At the age of 10 I cutted my hair to chin length and during the next years I tried a lot of styles...the shortest hair I ever had was half an inch  Shocked
At the age of 16 I decided I wanted to have long locks again and started growing. As my hair grows very quickly when I graduated (at the age of 18) it fell down to the middle of my back. Unfortunately my hair does not grow longer than waistlong- maybe it would but every time it gets longer the hair tips start to become dry and brittle so I have to cut half an inch. So from 19 to 21 I wore my hair on waist length and was very pleased with it.
But one and a half year ago I was afflicted from something bad: hair loss   Embarrassed!
I started running from doctor to doctor...they checked
everything, they took so many blood test I sometimes was afraid of becoming anaemic  Wink and they prescribed so many medicaments for me I could have topped my grandparents´collection! Nothing was helpful and finally they told me that the cause of my hair loss was nothing but stress and they could not do anything for me furthermore. So I was forced to cut my beloved hair to shoulder length to conceal as good as possible how thin it had become ( the first doctor I went to told me I should not be upset because my hair was totally normal thick for middle europe- but I am spoilt with very thick hair and cannot get used to this new condition).
Can tell you seeing 12 inches of my hair dropping was painful  Cry
Since then (it was in August) my hair fortunately grew nearly five inches and becomes looking more healthy again.
That was my story and I hope I can show you a picture of my hair on its former condition soon.

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Re: Why Did You Let Your Hair Grow?
Reply #2 - Dec 21st, 2002 at 7:59pm
 
I'm a girl. I swear. But tell your average person that -- I have an androgynous body a la a supermodel, and an androgynous face to match. I've been called 'sir' a lot, even when I'm not dressing in guy's clothing -- apparently, thin guys walk around wearing babydoll tees allll the time. Wink

Having long hair makes me feel more feminine, and it translates into how I carry myself, which reduces the amount of 'sir's I get. I've also found that it makes me feel a lot more attractive and confident, as well, especially because the area where I live... not many women who are naturally curly wear their hair that way, let alone to mid-back and dyed red with henna!

I wish it was longer, though. I measured recently, and I have 23" of hair -- but when you're 5'9", and your curls shrink your hair by half a foot... it doesn't seem long at all! I plan on growing my hair out until it's at least to my hips when it's curly. And maybe beyond that...
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Reply #3 - Dec 21st, 2002 at 8:52pm
 
Eeeeekk, the "Twiggy" thing!  I'm old enough to remember that, hehe!

I ended up with a horrible pixie cut as a child, too.  I was about six, and had waist-length hair that my mother always kept in braids.  My mom was tired of dealing with it, and wanted to cut it short, but I loved it and wouldn't let her.

And then, one morning, I woke up and my hair was gone.  I ran into the bathroom, and hardly recognized the little face with the untamed pixie cut.

My mom says I got up in the night and asked her to cut it.  All I can say is I remember no such thing.  Sleepwalking?  I don't know.....   Cry

So....it wasn't so much a decision to grow long hair, it was more like "no one's ever touching my hair again!!" 

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Reply #4 - Dec 22nd, 2002 at 2:45pm
 
Curls run in our family - and the "prefered" family hair style is *short* - no more than 2" for girls, 1" or less for guys.  All my friends had long hair when I was a kid, and I desperately wanted to have long hair like everyone else.

Eventually, my mom let me grow out my hair (I was about 10 at the time) and my dad complained the whole time.  A year and a half later, he insisted I had to have it cut short for the summer....and instead of the soft curls I'd had as a little kid, I developed cork-screw curls that stood straight out from my head and were completely uncontrollable.  This was *not* good for my self esteem, because everyone made fun of me - and the trauma of having it cut so short made me decide I never wanted short hair again.

That's the shortest it's been since.  A couple of times I've had it cut to shoulder length (which for most stylists meant "shoulder length when wet and pulled straight" - so really chin length).  And I tried coloring it in college (early gray hair also runs in the family). But in the last 3 or 4 years, I've really started taking good care of it and letting it grow - I only cut a little off the ends at any given time, and  I've almost finished growing out the last time I colored it - I've got about 6" left to go. Smiley

I'm to the point now where, when pulled straight, my hair is waist length, but when dry and curly, it's down to about the bottom of my shoulder blades.
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Re:  :'( ;)Why Did You Let Your Hair Grow?
Reply #5 - Dec 22nd, 2002 at 6:49pm
 
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Can tell you seeing 12 inches of my hair dropping was painful  :'(
Since then (it was in August) my hair fortunately grew nearly five inches and becomes looking more healthy again.
That was my story and I hope I can show you a picture of my hair on its former condition soon.


Oh my, how heartbreaking for you!  I can't  imagine having to cut off 12 inches.  Still 5" in only four months is really fast hair growth so maybe you are on your way to recovery! 

Please do post your picture, we'd love to see!  :)
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Reply #6 - Dec 22nd, 2002 at 6:56pm
 
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I wish it was longer, though. I measured recently, and I have 23" of hair -- but when you're 5'9", and your curls shrink your hair by half a foot... it doesn't seem long at all! I plan on growing my hair out until it's at least to my hips when it's curly. And maybe beyond that...


My hubby has the same problem... he's got very curly hair and he's been growing it "forever" but it curls up so much you'd never know it.  I think that's the *only* aspect about curly hair that I see as a drawback, but I can certainly find plenty to complain about having very straight locks!
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Reply #7 - Dec 22nd, 2002 at 6:58pm
 
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And then, one morning, I woke up and my hair was gone.  I ran into the bathroom, and hardly recognized the little face with the untamed pixie cut.


Ohmigawd, this is going to give me nightmares for a week.  How horrible for you!  :(
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Re: Why Did You Let Your Hair Grow?
Reply #8 - Dec 27th, 2002 at 2:05pm
 
I became tired of bad hair cuts, so I just quit having it cut!  Long hair is so much easier to manage.
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Reply #9 - Dec 30th, 2002 at 6:21pm
 
I find longer hair so much easier to manage too ! Especially in the summer.

I decided to grow my hair long, like a lot of people I also had long hair when I was a child and I have had short hair since last year when I decided to grow it long again.

My hair is now shoulder length and feels like it is growing faster than it has ever grown before, I mastered the art of cutting my own fringe a few months ago for the first time in my life without messing it up ! Tongue

I just can't wait to have long hair and this website is great because I also learnt how to do French Braids without looking like I have been dragged through a tree backwards !! Grin
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Reply #10 - Dec 30th, 2002 at 7:49pm
 
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I also learnt how to do French Braids without looking like I have been dragged through a tree backwards !! Grin

This image is going to stay with me all day now!  Hee!  Been there, done that - it's a perfect way to describe it.  Wink

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Reply #11 - Dec 31st, 2002 at 1:38am
 
as my stylist would say, though, "easy for who??" I had a shoulder length bob for a bit and was constantly fighting against the little orphan annie look (I have auburn hair). I can just put my hair up and it is out of the way, off my face, and looks nice. it just feels like me, which shorter hair never did.
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Reply #12 - Jan 5th, 2003 at 8:57pm
 
If you can remember the curley perms of the late 70's and early 80's you can start to understand why my hair is just above my knees now!  The word straight does not even begin to describe my hair....I will not curl on a bet...............

I begged my Mom to take me to get one of those perms and being a good Mom she did...In those days you had to wait 3 days after the perm to wash your hair...I waited the three days and when I washed my hair all of those curls washed away!!!!!!  I was left with a head full of awful layers and fried hair.  There was no way to even try to reperm my hair because the origional perm damaged my hair so badly. Sad

I started to make a game out of growing my hair out (nice suggestion from my Mom trying to handle damage control) every time I grew another layer out Mom would take me on a small shopping trip.  Well after the final layers grew out I was off to college and there I started the game of grow it to the middle of my back, my waist, and then it was grow it to the back of my knees or until I turned 30.  Thirty has come and gone (I'm 39 now) and my hair is about 2" from my knees....My ankles next?   ???

I too am looking forward to the long grey braid.  Right now however I am starting to get the Bride of Frankenstein look...all of my greys are coming in at my temples and seem to be forming communities there...My husband teases me that they are silver racing stripes! Smiley

If I ever do decide to cut it though I am going to donate it to charity Smiley
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Reply #13 - Jan 5th, 2003 at 9:53pm
 
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If I ever do decide to cut it though I am going to donate it to charity Smiley


I would be cautious about who you donate your hair to.  At least one organization, Locks of Love, has rather questionable financial practices and even admits that most of the donated hair is sold on the open market.  You might instead consider having a hairpiece made for yourself for those times when you will undoubtably miss your long locks.
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Reply #14 - Jan 8th, 2003 at 7:29pm
 
I couldn't afford haircuts.

No, really! I decided to quit work and go back to college full-time. A private college at that. So, my funds were super limited, add in the fact that I owned a horse made it that much worse.

I had super long hair as a very young child - then my mom had it cut off when she decided she didn't have the time to take care of it any longer. (4 hours to blow dry - I have super thick hair) It didn't bother me, and I had short hair from that point till now. I even had a crew cut for a while.  Which (gasp) I liked. Grin

So, I couldn't get it cut - and it grew. And kept growing. Then I made the decision to cut it, and my mother bought me a $100 hair comb. I felt guilty, so I didn't cut it. Then I bought some hairsticks for my wedding, and liked them. So, I bought more. And now, I can't imagine cutting my hair.

It's grown from a super short cut (about 1") to between my shoulderblades in about a year. It's crazy! I can see my hair without looking in a mirror!  Wink
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