Height and Hair Length

**celebriangel** · May 22nd, 2011, 10:33 AM

I call BS to anyone who says that "X kind of people can't have long hair" whether that's because they are male or young or old or have fine hair or too thick hair or curly hair or if it's just wierd to have hair that long or whatever.

All of it is wrong. All of it. It's just society trying to keep people in a narrow little ditch called "acceptable". You are absolutely free to wear your hair however you like. Perhaps if you had a giant afro it might swamp you, but I do not otherwise see how long hair could make you look shorter. Surely, with straight hair, the long vertical line would just make you look taller? And even if it didn't, I am sure the people's amazement at the beauty and rarity of your extremely long hair would make them totally gloss over your height.

**Mina17** · May 22nd, 2011, 10:49 AM

I'm only 5'0 and was wondering about this too. I have a long way to find out how I'll look with long hair but I can't wait. And I have to admit I get a little bit of satisfaction out of breaking the "rules."

**Firefly** · May 22nd, 2011, 10:54 AM

I'm 5'1" and very petite, but it never occurred to me that height had anything to do with how long I'm growing my hair. I was at hip last summer (recently cut back to waist) and I think it looked good. I plan to get back there, and maybe beyond!

**Islandgrrl** · May 22nd, 2011, 11:27 AM

My little sister is 5' tall and had knee length hair for quite some time. It looked amazing. She's very petite. She looked tiny then. She has shoulder length hair now. She still looks tiny.

So do what you want to do with your hair and forget about everyone else's opinion!

**squiggyflop** · May 22nd, 2011, 11:41 AM

boy i would love to be shorter.. i am only 3 inches taller and that 3 inches to classic has been so hard getting to

**alyanna** · May 22nd, 2011, 11:54 AM

Interesting.

I was talking to one of my husband's relatives, she's SUPER tall and lanky, like 6'2" maybe, and has very thick, dark, lush, wurly hair that's between APL and BSL. It used to be in a bob. I told her I thought it was lovely longer and she said, "well you know, I'm so tall I need to balance out my height". I'd never really thought of it that way.

I personally believe it has to do with a lot more than just your height: the shape of your face, your features, your body type and most importantly the way you carry yourself. I've seen BSL hair that looks ugly and unkept and in need of a cut, and I've seen BSL hair that just begs to be longer cuz its so beautiful.

If you're good-looking and confident, you're good-looking and confident. If you're frumpy and unkept, you're frumpy and unkept. Regardless of how long you wear your hair.

So it's about *how* you wear your hair not how *long* you wear your hair.

**Maria_L** · May 22nd, 2011, 12:05 PM

I'm short and I want to grow my hair to at least waist. I only see my height (or lack of height) as a good thing. My waist length hair will be shorter than waist length on a long person. That means I will get there faster and that it will be easier to keep healthy (it will only have to stay "alive" for so long before it reaches waist and it gets cut)

**Chetanlaiho** · May 22nd, 2011, 12:17 PM

I'm 5'10" and one of the reasons I'm sometimes jealous of 'shorter' people is that they don't have to grow their hair as long to reach a landmark xD (seriously, if I go to hip it'll take forever! xD)

I've never heard of anyone saying longer hair looks bad on shorter people, I've heard of it not suiting your face shape but even that I'm not sure I agree with so go with whatever you want

**leslissocool** · May 22nd, 2011, 12:17 PM

I knew girls who where 4'10 with hip length and their look beautiful. I also know someone with knee length who is about 6'0 and let me tell you, at first I thought it was freaky when down because of the way it moved. Then I started drooling over her virgin knee length hair and following her around :P. So really I think long hair flatters everyone honestly. People will look at the hair and not the height always.

I am short anyways, why does it matter if it "weighs me down"? cutting my hair to chin never made me look any taller...

**akuamoonmaui** · May 22nd, 2011, 12:20 PM

I'm 5'3" and I've considered this, too. As Alyanna said, it depends on your physical make up and how you carry yourself. I think where people say (and why is it they never have long hair?) that long hair doesn't look good on petite women is when it visually cuts women into two parts. I don't have long legs or torso so this is a concern for me; my goal is W- TB so I'm going to keep more of a soft 'V' or 'U' hemline, that way my hair is "pointing" down and is hopefully elongating me, rather than create a line across my torso.