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

[redneckprincess]

I know to diffrent people that would be diffrent leingths but I just wonder from a group of (several not all) extreamly long haired women, how long does my (or someone elses) hair have to be before it can be considered LONG by myself or others.

[Natalia]

For me (im not extreemly long by any means ) id say anything nearing hip would start being considerd long. Just my 2 cents

Natalia

[bte]

It all depends on the context. I recently attended a meeting where I was the only person their with hair long enough for a ponytail, and seven of the sixteen present were women. On the other hand, if I go to an LHC meet, my hair is likely to be just about the shortest.

A different kind of context, somebody who has always had very short hair and grows it to shoulder length will appear to have long hair; someone who has ankle length hair and cuts it to knee will appear to have short hair.

So, in my opinion, there are as many answers as there are people!

[Heavenly Locks]

According to the 'rest' of the world, BSL is long...just google 'long hair styles'

For me personally, I won't feel like my hair is LONG until it is at least waist...hip is even better. Extreme length, to me, is past TBL and DAYUM! is past fingertip

[lora410]

For me waist seems long.

[CindyLea1]

For me my hair will be long again when I have to move it to tuck in my shirts. I guess that would make it waist.

On others, I think long hair starts about mid back.

Funny how that works, but we have a zillion long haired folks around here. And a high native american population, and it seems the majority of them (both genders) grow their hair long.

[vamq]

I have waist length hair, and I still think it's short.
Buttlength hair is long imo

But that's different for a lot of other people:P

[redneckprincess]

I have waist length hair, and I still think it's short.
Buttlength hair is long imo

But that's different for a lot of other people:P

I absoutly LOVE your siggy hair pic!! ♥

[MsBubbles]

If I were describing someone's hair to somebody else, I'd call anything from BSL onwards long. Although in the news media they describe missing women as having 'long hair' when it's just shoulder-length.

[florenonite]

If I were describing someone's hair to somebody else, I'd call anything from BSL onwards long. Although in the news media they describe missing women as having 'long hair' when it's just shoulder-length.

shoulder-length?! That's short to me, possibly because it's the shortest my hair's ever been.

To the general population, APL or BSL is "long", though I don't know if this applies in my age group where that sort of length is the norm. On myself, it won't feel long till I get to waist; I'm about two inches short right now so my hair still feels short.

I tend to see girls around here though with BSL/midback hair and think "her hair's so long" before realising that my hair's at least the same length! So on others midback probably constitutes long to me.