How long does hair have to be before it is considered long?

**Finoriel** · June 18th, 2009, 02:49 AM

Hmm

for me long hair already starts beyond shoulders.

Very long hair, well that´s another story. I guess that´s beyond classic length for me.

**82exoticbeauty** · July 25th, 2009, 01:39 AM

About tailbone length on me that is considered long because it felt like I'm kinda sitting on the floor and it touches the ground!

**ZadenWillowfyre** · July 25th, 2009, 06:50 AM

I'd say about BSL to waist is getting long it really depends on the persons body shape.

**paper** · July 25th, 2009, 07:35 AM

To me, APL-BSL is long. Anything longer then that, is super long!

**Aurea** · July 25th, 2009, 08:15 AM

To me, it's long when it starts getting the "movement" of long hair when down - it hangs and swings instead of sitting stiffly. Obviously that doesn't necessarily work for natural AA hair and other 4a/4b types; I tend to consider "tightly curly" hair long when it transitions from a TWA to a "puff" with a bit of spring/movement, or when it starts to brush the shoulders and swing a bit when worn in braids/twists/locks.

**WritingPrincess** · July 25th, 2009, 10:04 AM

I, personally, feel that long starts at waist, and that past classic/fingertip, you get into super-long-thud territory.

**Brownie** · July 25th, 2009, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by WritingPrincess

I, personally, feel that long starts at waist, and that past classic/fingertip, you get into super-long-thud territory.

WritingPrincess, you take the words out of my mouth

My thoughts exactly!

**theskeletonkey** · July 25th, 2009, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by paper

To me, APL-BSL is long. Anything longer then that, is super long!

I agree! I guess things look differently when you have had short hair most of your life.

**florenonite** · July 25th, 2009, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by theskeletonkey

I agree! I guess things look differently when you have had short hair most of your life.

I had shoulder-length to APLish hair for years, and when I joined LHC I thought that somewhere between APL and BSL was long. However, I didn't start to feel like my hair was long until it reached the length it's at now, which is somewhere between BSL and waist length. On others, I see it as long when it gets to the long side of BSL.