Jas
August 22nd, 2022, 04:41 AM
Hi all,
Not sure how many people will still remember me - I used to be a lot more active however life has got busy! I missed my 5 year anniversary so 5.5 year it is - January 2017 until now :) For those interested - So much has changed over the years but my determination (and sometimes neglect of) growing my hair has resulted in the longest my hair has ever been and now mostly natural colour, now at knee length! In the last year I've had a wedding, very difficult pregnancy with hyperemesis gravidarum which reduced me to barely functioning day to day, the birth of my beautiful daughter Sadie (whom I fully blame for missing the ends of my hair either side, my god the grip that girl has). I was previously hearing impaired from birth however was able to function with hearing aids however have recently had sudden profound deafness in both ears - so my world is currently silent as hearing aids are no longer working! I'm currently desperately trying to learn British Sign Language with my husband and raise my 3 month old daughter. It's been a lot!
On to the hair bits -
My 4 year anniversary thread is here with all previous pics: https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=153712&p=3855606#post3855606
I started my journey on LHC with mid back length hair and I can hardly believe I've made it to knee. I think my initial goal was Classic length - and I honestly didn't expect to get that far. Here is a photo taken I believe at the end of 2016 which prompted me to start growing my hair healthily - it was the longest my hair had ever been at the time, although heavily bleach damaged - but someone had commented on its length and I was so happy about it! The me in that picture would hardly believe where I am now in my growth journey!
Here is a picture pre-LHC with a few strands of hair juuust at the tip of tailbone. As you can see, the ends of my hair even now are fuller (if also with chunks taken out I still attribute to baby hands!).
https://i.ibb.co/4fqtmhs/Jas-hair-2016-2022.jpg (https://ibb.co/6ZMwnjv)
https://imgur.com/a/j1dW1ki
Following this picture I decided to get it cut to get rid of the worst of the bleach damage - however I also didn't realise it was bleach damage and re-bleached it again (sigh) so here is a picture of post-cut and bleach January 2017 to now, August 2022.
https://i.ibb.co/9gfP4JQ/Jas-Hair-2017-to-now.jpg (https://ibb.co/MSjd1bF)
Lastly, here is a picture of my yearly progress from January 2017 until now :) I hope that these pics show that it isn't impossible to reach your dreams!
https://i.ibb.co/8cKJ41v/Jas-Hair-years.jpg (https://ibb.co/xHCy8x9)
My current plan is to get cochlear implants (Which is incredibly scary and somehow I'm worried and so upset about them having to shave some hair to put the implant in after how long I've worked to grow this - I feel a little silly to be so upset by it but I'm hoping it will only be a bit). Every time I reach my new goal I keep thinking - well - I reached it... why not go further?
So as of now I am planning to keep growing with maybe a trim to even it up at some point - with the current goal being to grow out the last of the dye eventually with small trims (Dye is now at tailbone length - 5 years of growth in a picture!). Now I've seen myself with knee length hair... well my next goal has to be solid knee length with a straight hemline ;) Ultimately? I want to figure out the longest I can go whilst still having a hemline that I'm happy with!
So on that note - any predictions on how long you guys reckon my terminal length may be?
Happy to answer any questions!
Not sure how many people will still remember me - I used to be a lot more active however life has got busy! I missed my 5 year anniversary so 5.5 year it is - January 2017 until now :) For those interested - So much has changed over the years but my determination (and sometimes neglect of) growing my hair has resulted in the longest my hair has ever been and now mostly natural colour, now at knee length! In the last year I've had a wedding, very difficult pregnancy with hyperemesis gravidarum which reduced me to barely functioning day to day, the birth of my beautiful daughter Sadie (whom I fully blame for missing the ends of my hair either side, my god the grip that girl has). I was previously hearing impaired from birth however was able to function with hearing aids however have recently had sudden profound deafness in both ears - so my world is currently silent as hearing aids are no longer working! I'm currently desperately trying to learn British Sign Language with my husband and raise my 3 month old daughter. It's been a lot!
On to the hair bits -
My 4 year anniversary thread is here with all previous pics: https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=153712&p=3855606#post3855606
I started my journey on LHC with mid back length hair and I can hardly believe I've made it to knee. I think my initial goal was Classic length - and I honestly didn't expect to get that far. Here is a photo taken I believe at the end of 2016 which prompted me to start growing my hair healthily - it was the longest my hair had ever been at the time, although heavily bleach damaged - but someone had commented on its length and I was so happy about it! The me in that picture would hardly believe where I am now in my growth journey!
Here is a picture pre-LHC with a few strands of hair juuust at the tip of tailbone. As you can see, the ends of my hair even now are fuller (if also with chunks taken out I still attribute to baby hands!).
https://i.ibb.co/4fqtmhs/Jas-hair-2016-2022.jpg (https://ibb.co/6ZMwnjv)
https://imgur.com/a/j1dW1ki
Following this picture I decided to get it cut to get rid of the worst of the bleach damage - however I also didn't realise it was bleach damage and re-bleached it again (sigh) so here is a picture of post-cut and bleach January 2017 to now, August 2022.
https://i.ibb.co/9gfP4JQ/Jas-Hair-2017-to-now.jpg (https://ibb.co/MSjd1bF)
Lastly, here is a picture of my yearly progress from January 2017 until now :) I hope that these pics show that it isn't impossible to reach your dreams!
https://i.ibb.co/8cKJ41v/Jas-Hair-years.jpg (https://ibb.co/xHCy8x9)
My current plan is to get cochlear implants (Which is incredibly scary and somehow I'm worried and so upset about them having to shave some hair to put the implant in after how long I've worked to grow this - I feel a little silly to be so upset by it but I'm hoping it will only be a bit). Every time I reach my new goal I keep thinking - well - I reached it... why not go further?
So as of now I am planning to keep growing with maybe a trim to even it up at some point - with the current goal being to grow out the last of the dye eventually with small trims (Dye is now at tailbone length - 5 years of growth in a picture!). Now I've seen myself with knee length hair... well my next goal has to be solid knee length with a straight hemline ;) Ultimately? I want to figure out the longest I can go whilst still having a hemline that I'm happy with!
So on that note - any predictions on how long you guys reckon my terminal length may be?
Happy to answer any questions!