I'm quite lucky really

**KwaveT** · April 3rd, 2012, 11:32 AM

I have probably wanted to grow long hair about as long as I have grown long nails which is since I was 19. I have never put up the resistance to my parents to actually grow my hair because of all the trouble I had with them letting me grow my nails. Last year I finally just told them no more haircuts and I am letting it grow. I still take much flack for it since my parents don't see it as an option for men to have long hair. I get repeat reminders that they like my hair shorter.

**heidi w.** · April 3rd, 2012, 11:34 AM

I am now 52. I decided on having long hair somewhere in my 30s, and just resolved to never cut it again. So far, so good. It's now over 4 feet long. I am 5' 1" so it appears long, but it's nowhere near as long as other people I know who are far taller than I am. My hair is now mid-calf length, and that's where I keep it trimmed. It looks its best at this length.

heidi w.

**PeacenQuietGal** · April 3rd, 2012, 12:32 PM

I've never had hair much past BSL - and I decided mid forties that I wanted long hair, and joined LHC about that time. My hair was somewhere on my neck at the time, and now I am just barely BSL. So, new lenths - here I come! I have no idea how long my hair can grow, or how it will look, or anything else long hair related, but I am enjoying my journey, and hanging out here quite a bit!!

**GeoJ** · April 3rd, 2012, 12:47 PM

I started growing my hair long at 13, then got an awful perm and started over with growing my hair long at 16. In the last few years my hair goals got messed up due to health problems causing major shedding (getting close to figuring out the problems & fixing them). For now my hair is shorter than I have had it in several years.

**carolyncasl** · April 3rd, 2012, 01:36 PM

I have always liked long hair, but when I was a kid, it was always short. There was a girl in my 2nd grade class who had really long hair. IIRC, it was around waist-length. It was straight, and one day, she came in with curls. I asked her about how she got it to be curly, and she said she braided it and when she took the braids out, it was curly.

I think sometime at the end of middle school/beginning of high school, I started refusing to let my mom dictate the short hair cut to the stylist. My sophomore year in high school was the year I found my first split end, and my first gray hair. Since then, I've always been battling with split ends, but I hardly ever blow-dried my hair.

At some point, my grandma gave me satin pillowcases because she heard it helps with tangles. I used those all throughout high school, but when I moved away to college, they disappeared (I don't know if my mom still has them, but she might have thrown them out.)

I found this site when I decided to henna my hair. When I started reading it, all these memories came flooding back. (2nd grade girl who braid-curled her hair, my grandma's satin pillowcases...) I had no idea I was getting lessons on growing hair so long ago.

It's almost been a year since I've been lurking around on this site. I've been learning a lot!

**IndigoOptimist** · April 3rd, 2012, 03:07 PM

I've wanted my long hair back since I cut it at 12... however I also get annoyed with/see someone with cool hair. Then I cut it and start to grow it again... I think it will be like that... forever! Well, until I get older at least... then I'll be an old granny with long hair xD

**melusine963** · April 3rd, 2012, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by morrigan*

Well i don't really agree with OP, because when i was 13 there was no way i could go to shop and buy whatever haircare product i want, i didn't even know how to use internet to find stuff that help with growing healthy hair. So in that perspective is easier to grow hair when you are older.

Very true. I wanted long hair as a teenager and wasn't allowed it. Maybe it was for the best because I would have had no idea how to take care of it and it would have looked a mess. At least now I can do my research properly.

**luxepiggy** · April 3rd, 2012, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by Anywhere

I don't see how it would be frustrating as an adult to grow out long hair though. You at 13 decide to grow out your hair. It will take time. Someone who is say, 20, or 40, or 60, will still decide at one point to grow out their hair and it will still take about the same time to achieve their goal.

13 year olds are usually shorter than adults though - so the hair doesn't have as far to go! (^(oo)^)

**Diesel Tech** · April 3rd, 2012, 06:43 PM

I was about 24 when I started to grow my hair. At first it was just to see how long my hair got before it irritated me and I cut it off. I never really wanted long hair growing up, and didn't even plan on keeping my hair until after I let it grow for a couple of years. I'm just below my shoulder blades and I'm now waiting to see how long terminal will be for me.