Inspire Us!!!

[Pixna]

Have you gone from ultra-short or pixie to APL, BSL, or beyond and have progress pictures to share for inspiration? Those of us who are currently shorties would love to see your progress in photos and know how long it took for you to get from there to here.

Inspire us, encourage us, and let us know that it won't take forever to grow long!!!

[jojo]

This is my hair a few weeks after going from waist to pixie in Feb 06
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l283/joanna_eglin/CIMG0009-2.jpg
my most recent is in my siggi. I have more in my album.

Hope this gives you some encouragement!

[Pixna]

Thanks, JoJo. How long did it take you to get from your pixie (and growing out all your layers) to your current length?

[purplebubba]

A progress combo from 2004
1994 Picture was August. My shorter cut was in April 94.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/purplebubba/PB1/All.jpg

A progress combo from 2006
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/purplebubba/PB4/Sig906.gif

April 2007
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/purplebubba/PB4/Apr0407BAsm.jpg

I have not been taking pictures since. 36" was my minimum goal and I reached that so I'm just staying there and beyond.

There are some more recent pictures of me in the meet reports for Michigan for those with the access permission but I didn't take the pictures.

I made this a while back too to show that I wasn't constantly trying to grow. My only main purpose along the way was to maintain hair long enough for a ponytail.
And when I was working in the late 90's I wanted it long enough to tuck under a hat at work to keep it out of machines. The chart is not necessarily accurate. I was going by what I remembered.

Chart
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/purplebubba/PB3/ProgressChart.gif

[Coriander]

I don't know if I still have the pictures I took when I first joined LHC 2 1/2 years ago; I'll check.

I cut my almost-waist-length hair up to above chin for boot camp in December 2003... I know I have a picture of New Years 2004. I'll put those together for you later this afternoon.

:)

[Coriander]

Okay let's see if this works... I've never done a side-by-side thing before, so sorry if these aren't wonderful lol

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n221/Coriander74/HairGrowth.jpg

[jojo]

Thanks, JoJo. How long did it take you to get from your pixie (and growing out all your layers) to your current length?

So far it has taken me exactly 37 months and 3 days! I go my hair cut on the 22/12/05.

I have never had the layers trimmed, but i did just dust my ends last year to even things up. I am now nearly all one length, the sides still need to catch up a teeny bit.

[Pixna]

PurpleBubba: Thanks for the time line. It's so funny that you started it at age 3 -- that cracked me up. I can't believe how long your hair is!

Coriander: I appreciate your retrospective through the years. It must have been SO painful to have your waist-length hair all cut off in one fell swoop for boot camp -- I think I would have gone into shock!! Well, you certainly have rebounded and exceeded your prior length. You hair is so long and healthy now -- just lovely! (And you did a great job with the side-by-side setup!)

JoJo: Thank you for sharing the time span. It took you over three years? Yikes! Well, maybe now that I'm all at one length, I can cut that part of the time line out and hope that in two years I'll be close to where you are now (fingers crossed!).

[suicides_eve]

went from waist to pixie after bleach damage melted most of my hair off at the roots..


all my pictures are in my album... every month for nearly 2 years worth is there i am too lazy at the moment to post them but chek'em out if ya want its open to the public:drama:


in all it took about 1 1/2 years to get past apl with most of my layers cut out and a 3 inch cut after the pixie mullet

[Curlsgirl]

Oops I didn't see the "started at pixie" part. Never mind.:)

[Avalonna]

This picture was taken in 2004; it's my henna example pic that has been posted in the mix section of H4H since then. I was happy with short hair for a while, but a year later it was shoulder length. It grew out partially because of inertia and indecision, and because I hated going to get it cut. Now I love it long! My sig picture is my current length. I've gotten some very hefty trims over the years, because I was never really trying to grow it longer. Now that I'm learning to play with it, I would like it a few inches longer so I can do more updos.

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/57/shortrl1.jpg

[Yedda]

Okay let's see if this works... I've never done a side-by-side thing before, so sorry if these aren't wonderful lol

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n221/Coriander74/HairGrowth.jpg

I love your hair now!

[RancheroTheBee]

This picture was taken in 2004; it's my henna example pic that has been posted in the mix section of H4H since then. I was happy with short hair for a while, but a year later it was shoulder length. It grew out partially because of inertia and indecision, and because I hated going to get it cut. Now I love it long! My sig picture is my current length. I've gotten some very hefty trims over the years, because I was never really trying to grow it longer. Now that I'm learning to play with it, I would like it a few inches longer so I can do more updos.

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/57/shortrl1.jpg

That's unbelieveably inspiring to me, since aside from the fact that my front layers are a little longer, that's almost identical to my hair. You even have glasses. Hmmm....

[Robbi Dehlinger]

Hi!

WOW! How we help but be inspired???:)

[Coriander]

I love your hair now!


Wow, thank you! Also, Pixna, it was my decision to cut my hair for boot camp. We were given 2 1/2 minute showers and there wasn't any way to have very long hair (In Chicago. In January.) without having issues. I started growing it right back out as soon as I got home :D

[Pixna]

I was happy with short hair for a while, but a year later it was shoulder length.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/image.php?u=18860&type=sigpic&dateline=1232142127

Avalonna, your hair is gorgeous! Did it really just take you a year to get to shoulder length from short??!! If so, that is inspiration indeed!!!

RancheroTheBee, I totally see the resemblance between your hair and Avalonna's. You look like hair twins!

Coriander, thank you for the clarification. Even if it was a choice (and I can certainly understand why you made it!), I still think it would have been a difficult psychological adjustment, for me at least. Even though I went short gradually, when I did get a pixie cut, I had a meltdown (from which I'm still recovering).

[lora410]

This pict was from about 3 years ago and my siggy pict + 1 inch is current.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f393/loralie1981/Misc/see.jpg

[jojo]

JoJo: Thank you for sharing the time span. It took you over three years? Yikes! Well, maybe now that I'm all at one length, I can cut that part of the time line out and hope that in two years I'll be close to where you are now (fingers crossed!).[/quote]

I am a big believer in George michael the hairdresser not the singer, that hair grows quicker when it is all one length. He proclaims our bodies need a balance and when once are is cut shorter, as in layers the longer parts will slow down growing, whilst the shorter bits catch up.

The difference in my shortest layers and my length 3 years ago was about 4". Like I said before i have never had the layers trimmed in all this time but I dusted say ----> _ this much every month last year and now I have no layers. If hair grew all at the same rate then by rights I should have at least a 3" deficit even after my dustings.

I think you will reach my length a lot quicker than I did due to your hair already being once length, good luck time flys past and you will be there beofre you know it.

[jojo]

This pict was from about 3 years ago and my siggy pict + 1 inch is current.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f393/loralie1981/Misc/see.jpg you are so beautiful lora and so lucky that your hair suits you anyway you have it.

[Pixna]

I am a big believer in George Michael the hairdresser not the singer, that hair grows quicker when it is all one length. He proclaims our bodies need a balance and when once are is cut shorter, as in layers the longer parts will slow down growing, whilst the shorter bits catch up.

I hope George Michael is right, JoJo--I'm following a lot of his tips.


I think you will reach my length a lot quicker than I did due to your hair already being once length, good luck time flys past and you will be there beofre you know it.

From your lips (um, fingertips) to the Hair Goddess's ears!!! :D

[scalawaggirl]

I went from near-waist to very short in July 2006. The first pic is my hair, which was dark red so it's a little difficult to see the length. The second shows how short I went (after stupidly listening to someone telling me I should cut it). The third is my first result after deciding to grow it out. The fourth is shortly after chopping off 3-4" of straggly layers and the fifth is my hair now after one full-head henna/cassia.

Take heart, I did not do a straight grow-out because my last hair stylist wasn't good at cutting long layers so they grew out (and still are) very uneven as they get longer so I cut off a lot once and do periodic little trims now.

However, having said that, I now feel like waist is within reach again. I am just a tiny bit past BSL and trimmed 1/8 in spots the other day. Keep at it!

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h311/scalawaggirl/Hair/7_2006to1_2009-1.jpg

[Pixna]

Thank you so much for the retrospective, Scalawaggirl!! Your hair sure has had its ups and downs -- a lot like my story. It's encouraging to see how far you have grown -- that's just the inspiration I needed! I love your length and color. I can't wait until I'm that long (again)! :)

[scalawaggirl]

Thank you so much for the retrospective, Scalawaggirl!! Your hair sure has had its ups and downs -- a lot like my story. It's encouraging to see how far you have grown -- that's just the inspiration I needed! I love your length and color. I can't wait until I'm that long (again)! :)

You are so welcome, Pixna! Hey, it helps me, too, LOL! I still cannot believe that I actually listened to that girl who told me to chop off my hair. It's like I went completely insane for the space of a year. :)

Now, I'm finally comfortable just knowing that I am a long-haired girl and always have been. I mean what's the point of growing it, cutting and growing it right back again? Now, though, I'm in a lot better shape due to the tips on LHC so things are looking up!

I'm rooting for you. :cheese:

[jeno]

Ok. I started out like this in dec 2005:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=1354&pictureid=16020
Today I'm only one inch from BSL, although this picture is from nov 2008:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=1354&pictureid=24555
I'm aiming for midback, but who knows?

[Pixna]

That's so inspiring, Jeno. Thank you! I am so encouraged when I look at your progress photos. I'm glad you have them. They really give me hope!!!

[jeno]

That's so inspiring, Jeno. Thank you! I am so encouraged when I look at your progress photos. I'm glad you have them. They really give me hope!!!
Glad I can inspire someone! This site has really helped me during this process. Three years sounds like a long time, but I have enjoyed my hair all the way and the time flies... So keep on growing!

[Avalonna]

Did it really just take you a year to get to shoulder length from short??!! If so, that is inspiration indeed!!!


Well, I guess that was a bit of an exaggeration. Here's the history of my hair for the past few years:

10/6/2004:
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/57/shortrl1.jpg

11/21/04:
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1677/112104bo8.jpg

10/31/05: bad growing-out stage w/ different lengths. Part of it, anyway, is shoulder length. (I can't believe I'm posing such an awful pic of myself, but sadly it's the only one taken in 2005!)
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2849/103105nx8.jpg

2/28/06: true shoulder length!
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6036/122806xe9.jpg

And longer from then on....

[Shadow Walker]

I was bald when I decided to start growing my hair, this is the earliest picture I have.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=1155&pictureid=13485

And here's where I'm at as of today, I took this picture to update my signature.

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8092/0126091442ajq0.jpg

It'll be 4 years this spring! I wouldn't have it any other way. :)
I've got a bunch of progress pictures in my albums.

[Avalonna]

Wow, that's some progress! You have gorgeous hair, and it looks so healthy.

[Islandgrrl]

I don't have any pictures of the starting point, but it was about the same as Jeno's.

I've been growing the end of 2005. With trims.

In March of 08 I was here:

http://www.iwgd.com/lhc/march08.jpg

And in November of 08 I was here:

http://www.iwgd.com/lhc/1-year-anniv.jpg

[Shadow Walker]

Wow, that's some progress! You have gorgeous hair, and it looks so healthy.


Thank you! :)

[Pixna]

Avalonna, thank you for the clarification. I think you look really cute in your photos, but you look amazing with your gorgeous long hair!

Shadow Walker, all I can say is WOW! You've got one incredible head of hair. I am SO jealous! So it took you 4 years to go from totally bald/buzzed to your current length? How did you do it? Did you trim at all during the course of growing it out? The pics on your album don't show the chronology. Could you give me a few more details?

Islandgrrl, your hair is a knockout, as is the color. Shazzam!!! So, in 2005, were you a super-short pixie like Juno? Once you got to chin length, did you continue to trim? Tell me more. I'd love to know your hairstory and how you got through all the growing pains. (By the way, you sure grew fast from March to November! I bet you are at waist-length now!)

[Shadow Walker]

Yep, going on 4 years real soon. I've got an old progress album somewhere that I haven't updated in awhile that shows my past progress, but I don't have very many pictures at all of my hair before I joined LHC.

I don't really have a secret or anything, I wash my hair every day (or close to it), and I've always tried to be as gentle as possible. I've only trimmed twice since I started growing it out, both times when my hair was around chin length, I had the hair on the back of my head trimmed so that it wouldn't be completely uneven. I think the last time a scissors touched my hair was about 2 years ago, or something like that. Once I got it all one length I just left it, it was just above shoulder length as of my last trim and now it's just a pinch above waist length.

[Robbi Dehlinger]

Yep, going on 4 years real soon. I've got an old progress album somewhere that I haven't updated in awhile that shows my past progress, but I don't have very many pictures at all of my hair before I joined LHC.

I don't really have a secret or anything, I wash my hair every day (or close to it), and I've always tried to be as gentle as possible. I've only trimmed twice since I started growing it out, both times when my hair was around chin length, I had the hair on the back of my head trimmed so that it wouldn't be completely uneven. I think the last time a scissors touched my hair was about 2 years ago, or something like that. Once I got it all one length I just left it, it was just above shoulder length as of my last trim and now it's just a pinch above waist length.

It is so PRETTY:)

[xkitxgirx]

I'm new here, and never thought before to take pictures of my hair from behind. I do have my most recent one. Junior year in highschool I cut my hair pixie length. I've cut it a few times since then but here's pictures of the progress. I cut my hair in November around thanksgiving in 2004. After that I grew my hair back out to shoulder length. and kept it trimmed around shoulder length until 2006. After that I only cut it a few times, the first time it was a few inches because my hair was all un even from a short cut. After that, just minimal trims. Then I trimmed my own hair yesterday, along with adding in some bangs, so the long hair pic from behind is from yesterday.

A few months after cutting pixie length so it's 2-3 inches longer than it was when I cut it (I cant find a pic from the month I cut it)around March
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i69/oospazxx/DSCF0026-1.jpg
2006-probably around February or March-senior pic
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i69/oospazxx/Senior%20Year/IMG_1315.jpg
2007-September
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i69/oospazxx/IMG_7521.jpg
long hair-yesterday form the front- hard to see because I'm wearing a brown shirt..sorry!
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i69/oospazxx/IMG_0047.jpg
long hair-yesterday from behind
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i69/oospazxx/IMG_0032.jpg

[xkitxgirx]

wow I didn't notice until now how much of a jump my hair did September 07 to now and I trimmed around 2 inches off yesterday!

[SHW]

Wow xkitxgirx I'm impressed. I love the back shot.

Shadow Walker, I was most surprised to see a "naked" upper body in your photo until I realized that amazing head of hair was on a guy. YaHoo, I love it.

I posted these earlier in another thread, but I'll add them here too.

Sorry about all the kissing :eyebrows:

July 2004
http://i583.photobucket.com/albums/ss272/shwshw_2009/Hair/TheKiss.jpg


July 2006
http://i583.photobucket.com/albums/ss272/shwshw_2009/Hair/BaukeSue2006-1.jpg

Summer 2008
http://i583.photobucket.com/albums/ss272/shwshw_2009/Hair/MeBackSmaller-1.jpg

January 2009
http://i583.photobucket.com/albums/ss272/shwshw_2009/Hair/HairJan2009-2-1.jpg

[Demetrue]

Wow - everyone's hair looks amazing! Now that I finally evened out most of my pixie layers (from july 2007) to a one-length chin-length bob, I am going to try to leave it alone for a while and see if I can get Shadow-walker's growth!

[xkitxgirx]

Wow xkitxgirx I'm impressed. I love the back shot.



Thanks!:) It was funny, I wasn't even really trying to grow it out, it just sort of happened. I've had near this length of hair 3 times in my life just because one year I decide to cut it and then I just let it go for the next 5 years, lol.

[Avalonna]

It was funny, I wasn't even really trying to grow it out, it just sort of happened.

That's pretty much what happened to me. I had no real plans to grow it much longer. At one point I had a goal to grow out the layers (except bangs) enough so I could put my hair in a half-up. Then I was almost to pony-tail length, so I decided to grow that much longer. Now I'm at APL. :)

[Coriander]

wow I didn't notice until now how much of a jump my hair did September 07 to now and I trimmed around 2 inches off yesterday!

Your hair looks incredible, and you are just a cutie! :)

[Shadow Walker]

Shadow Walker, I was most surprised to see a "naked" upper body in your photo until I realized that amazing head of hair was on a guy. YaHoo, I love it.


Thanks! It won't be long now until it'll cover my whole back, then you won't be able to tell if I'm wearing a shirt or not. :p


xkitxgirx, let me just say that your hair looks amazing! Excellent progress.

[Pixna]

xkitxgirx: Your hair is quite beautiful (and you're really cute, too!)! It's funny that you have a back pic of it when it was short and you weren't even a member here yet. How did you know to do that??

Shadow Walker: Has your hair retained that lovely and perfectly rounded hemline even with no trims in 2 years??!! Did it just grow into that shape naturally? I'm impressed (and I'm hoping my hair will do the same thing)!! If you wash your hair daily, do you let it air dry? If so, how long does it take?

SHW: Wow! What gorgeous hair! It deserves to be long!! You've got amazing texture and color -- it's so straight and the hemline is perfect. I'm also awed that you have a pic from the back even before you joined LHC. Gosh, it never would have occurred to me to do that before joining here.

[squiggyflop]

um is this short enough?(yes i distorted my face)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v512/kidmol/try2sept2006.jpg
it started shorter than the picture but i refused to have my picture taken for the first couple months after this horrible cut.. i just thought it was so ugly.. it looked like a mullet when it was growing out because my underside grows twice as fast as my canopy (i have no idea why.. but my roots are always twice as long under there when i go to henna my roots so i know its not my imagination)

if its short enough then here is my length nowish (i say now-ish because i havent taken a pic in a while)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v512/kidmol/novemberprogress.jpg
there are more progress pics in my albums.. im too lazy to post them here..

[tiggens]

Though I don't have any photos, I know I grew from short pixie to bsl in less than 3 years. Cut to pixie in June of 2004 and had BSL by January of 2007. Aaaaand now I'm back to pixie again. :p It is encouraging to remember that my hair grew quite quickly last time. Must keep this in mind during the dark times.

Good luck to all those grow and WOWZERS to all those who have grown from little sprouts.

[Pixna]

Squiggy: That some scary photo! :shocked: I'm glad to know it's distorted and not your real face. The hair's a bit scary, too. ;) I'm so glad you grew it out, as it is stunning now. I couldn't access your hair album, and the only album I saw on your page is for Jack. Is there some other way I can view your progress? Also, about how long did it take you to grow from there (scary short) to here (long and luscious)?

Tiggens: Hello, my friend and sister shortie (soon to be longhair). Thank you for your reply. I'm hoping that now that I'm at chin length, and all the layers have grown out, that it won't take me 2.5 years to get to BSL. I think I might have to commit hari-kari (or should that be "hairy-kari") if that would happen!!

[squiggyflop]

Squiggy: That some scary photo! :shocked: I'm glad to know it's distorted and not your real face. The hair's a bit scary, too. ;) I'm so glad you grew it out, as it is stunning now. I couldn't access your hair album, and the only album I saw on your page is for Jack. Is there some other way I can view your progress? Also, about how long did it take you to grow from there (scary short) to here (long and luscious)?

well my hair broke off at the shoulder for nearly a year after that was taken because i just kept doing full head bleachings because i didnt know how to do roots only(i liked to have my hair all sorts of weird colors.. pink, purple, blue,etc..) .. ive trimmed nearly 8 inches since joining in august 2007.. i joined at shoulder length.. 15 months from shoulder to that pic with like 7-8 inches trimmed.. it would have taken me less than a year to grow that horrible cut to my current length if i hadnt treated my hair so badly before joining..
i sent you a pm with links.. i forgot my albums were private..

[tiggens]

Pixna: Nah, I don't think it will take you so long. My hair in 2004 was about the length it is now so you're ahead of the game by at least 8 months if not more. I actually do not remember the grow-out process AT ALL but I know I had a few trims while it was still short and then I think I rarely cut it until it was bsl. I think my secret was the "unwatched pot" approach. :p

[Fluke]

Ok, I'm actually one of the "us" who needs this inspiration from others, but's I was thinking I could do a little recap of my last (before this) attempt of growing my hair out from a pixie.. :)

It took me 1 year to go from this (March '07)

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q99/Fluke_bilder/Resizeofsiggy2.jpg

To this

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q99/Fluke_bilder/Resizeofeposttelenorno_12-10-07_1.jpg

Then this

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q99/Fluke_bilder/ResizeofIMGP1163.jpg

And finally this (March '08 )

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q99/Fluke_bilder/ResizeofIMGP1314.jpg

This time around I want to try to tough out the mullet stage and not tidy up as I go, I think I got two trims that year, and I'm curious about how much "length" those trims actually cost me.
Last time I did it that way, now I want to try it this way.. :D

[squiggyflop]

This time around I want to try to tough out the mullet stage and not tidy up as I go, I think I got two trims that year, and I'm curious about how much "length" those trims actually cost me.
Last time I did it that way, now I want to try it this way.. :D
ok well i can tell you one thing about the mullet stage which was like 4 months long for me.. wearing wide headbands (http://store.americanapparel.net/8437p.html)that go all the way around the head can disguise the mullet stage.. you could also tie a scarf around your head like a headband.. i also wore a few hats.. you can get through it...

[Fluke]

ok well i can tell you one thing about the mullet stage which was like 4 months long for me.. wearing wide headbands (http://store.americanapparel.net/8437p.html)that go all the way around the head can disguise the mullet stage.. you could also tie a scarf around your head like a headband.. i also wore a few hats.. you can get through it...

Actually, that won't be an option for me, I'm a security guard and work in uniform :)
But I was thinking of disguising it with a ponytail, I don't think people will think twice about a ponytail and shorter pieces in front, around here I see lots of girls actually sporting that as a look!

[Pixna]

Fluke, I agree with Squiggy. I trimmed the "mullet" and lost quite a bit of length (well, a few inches, but that's quite a lot at the shortie stage). Hang in there! I can't believe how much progress you've made already. I thought your hair was still at the pixie stage, but you are far past that!! We're on our way!! Wheeeeee!!

Squigs: I got your PM -- thank you!

Tiggens: Ah, the "unwatched pot" approach. That's what I need to do (rather than checking every 5 minutes to see if its grown any!!). ;)

[xkitxgirx]

xkitxgirx: Your hair is quite beautiful (and you're really cute, too!)! It's funny that you have a back pic of it when it was short and you weren't even a member here yet. How did you know to do that??


Thanks! :o Yeah, that picture was actually after it had grown a teensy bit and I had cut it again myself. I had taken a picture of it from the back to post online for a couple of my friends.

[Fluke]

You thought right Pixna, my hair IS just about an inch longer than the photo in my signature, the pictures are from March '07 to March '08! :)

The last picture I posted was the last picture I have of my hair before I cut it again last summer.. :)

[tiggens]

Actually, that won't be an option for me, I'm a security guard and work in uniform :)
But I was thinking of disguising it with a ponytail, I don't think people will think twice about a ponytail and shorter pieces in front, around here I see lots of girls actually sporting that as a look!

I don't know if this would be an option for you, but my sister is currently mulletting and she puts her long, back pieces into two pigtails. It actually looks pretty cute without being too cutesy and does it's good fighting the good fight against the big M.

[Shadow Walker]

Shadow Walker: Has your hair retained that lovely and perfectly rounded hemline even with no trims in 2 years??!! Did it just grow into that shape naturally? I'm impressed (and I'm hoping my hair will do the same thing)!! If you wash your hair daily, do you let it air dry? If so, how long does it take?


Yup, my hem is the same as it was two years ago when I last had my hair trimmed. I had it cut that way so it would grow out rounded, and I'm quite surprised that I haven't had to get any trims to keep it that way.

And yes, I air dry my hair unless there is somewhere I have to be and I can't wait for it to dry on its own. It usually takes about 2 to 2 and 1/2 hours to air dry.

[Fluke]

I don't know if this would be an option for you, but my sister is currently mulletting and she puts her long, back pieces into two pigtails. It actually looks pretty cute without being too cutesy and does it's good fighting the good fight against the big M.

Yeah, I did that too last time I grew it out, and that worked well. I really could have gone without cutting it then too, as I actually never felt like it really grew into a horrible mullet, I just wanted to even it out I guess.
I think maybe fine, straight hair is somehow spared from the worst mulleting unless you actually go for the look.
Anyway, I'll soon be finding out! :lol:

[trollkjerring]

I am at an awful stage right now (see my siggy pic) and I need lots of little claws or pins or a headband to tame the mess. I hate my mullet but I am not willing to cut anything off.

I wear a tiny pony stub every day and I try to encourage myself that this time will pass and in about half a year I hope to get almost all the hair in a ponytail, this will be my first milestone reached.
trollkjerring

[HairyCarrie]

I'm still a shortie, or perhaps a Betwixt and Between, but the following pic is way beyond where I was this time last year January (buzz cut on lower length - 2 inches on top).

http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL655/2418900/21339242/351966299.jpg

[RancheroTheBee]

HairyCarrie: Ooooh, pretty! That's very inspiring; thank you! :)

[Aditi]

Right now what you are seeing in my avatar is my current hair length a little above BSL, it took me a year to reach that lenght. When i started to grow my hair it was shoulder length. My target length is waist or tailbone.

[RancheroTheBee]

When did you start growing?

[SHW]

Pixna, I lurked for at least a year before I joined so I had already developed the "habit" of pics from the back.

Sqiggyflop, WOW!!

Fluke, you have beautiful hair. Hope you are able to let it grow.

[Pixna]

trollkjerring: Hang in there! I feel the same way -- once I can get all of my hair in a pony stub, I'll feel like I've made it through the first milestone. Hang in there with me!

HairyCarrie: Your hair actually looks long to me! Well, you know, not in comparison to the folks here with classic length, but it really does look long! And so thick. And the color is absolutely gorgeous! I agree with Ranchero, it's very inspiring!

Aditi: It looks to me (from your avatar) that you're at waist length already!! You've got beautiful hair!!

[Remke]

Whohooo, I've found also an old picture to put in here

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a212/555Nikita/haar/Haarprogress00tot09klein.jpg
April 2000- august 06- november 07- januari 09

[lapushka]

Remke, what amazing progress. Your hair is absolutely beautiful as is your hair color! Congratulations on reaching the length that you have! :D

:applause

[Pixna]

Beautiful, Remke!! Thank you so much for the inspiring photos of your amazing progress--your hair is divine!!

[Remke]

Beautiful, Remke!! Thank you so much for the inspiring photos of your amazing progress--your hair is divine!!

Thanx, and you CAN do it! :cheer: Just wait for a, euhm, few years...

[Xandergrammy]

I just found a picture of me taken about 2 weeks after I had my biggest chop in September 1995. You can see how short my hair was and how huge my head is. :grin:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g6/Xandergrammy/The%20Next%20One%20Thousand/And%20Another%20Thousand/image0-3.jpg


And here is my hair in January 2009.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g6/Xandergrammy/The%20Next%20One%20Thousand/And%20Another%20Thousand/DSCN0002-8.jpg

[Robbi Dehlinger]

I just found a picture of me taken about 2 weeks after I had my biggest chop in September 1995. You can see how short my hair was and how huge my head is. :grin:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g6/Xandergrammy/The%20Next%20One%20Thousand/And%20Another%20Thousand/image0-3.jpg


And here is my hair in January 2009.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g6/Xandergrammy/The%20Next%20One%20Thousand/And%20Another%20Thousand/DSCN0002-8.jpg

Hi there!

I like it much better in the second piccy and you look younger too!!:cool:

[Alaskanheart]

went from neck bone area in Sept 2008 to current bsl on my avatar.I have progress pics in my album.

[FallenAngel]

went from neck bone area in Sept 2008 to current bsl on my avatar.I have progress pics in my album.

Wow! That's inspiration for me! And your hair looks really nice!

[FallenAngel]

Xandergrammy - that is just... envious! Very beautiful hair!

[SHW]

Remke & Xandergrammy all I can say is WOW !!!!!! Very inspiring. Thank you.

[Pixna]

Xandergrammy: What a difference!! You sure have been growing your hair for a long time, and it's fabulous. It must feel incredible to see how far you have come after having had it so extremely short. Now THAT's inspirational!

Alaskanheart: Your hair is divine, and it grows so fast -- wow! You are so lucky. I can only hope mine will grow as fast as yours. I really enjoyed seeing your progress photos -- thank you!

[Forever_Sophie]

Well, from chemo (NOT posting that! :p ) to

http://img.makeupalley.com/0/8/1/5/380052.jpeg

(that was '05) to

http://img.makeupalley.com/0/8/1/5/1183977.JPG

[HairyCarrie]

Oh what a nice thing for everyone to encourage others by posting pics. It is such a supportive gesture and it keeps me motivated to grow long beautiful hair.

Thanks. :grouphug:

[Pixna]

Forever Sohpie: My sister had chemo about 2 years ago and is growing her hair back now, too. I hope you are doing well (healthwise)!! Your hair grew in so beautifully! When hers grew back, it was a different texture than before (curlier). Was yours? So, in only about 3 years you were able to grow from zero hair to your current length? If so, I am definitely inspired!!!

HairyCarrie: "Every day my hair is not shorter than the day before." I love that saying -- thank you!!! :D

[Forever_Sophie]

Oh no, Pixna, '05 was when the 1st pic was taken, the short, flippy cut. It started coming back in late '03. I attribute it to lots of biotin! (Vitamin World Mega Vitamins for the Hair).

The texture is much wavier now! It was more curly to start, but...maybe the length has something to do w/ it? A friend of mine whose treatments ended in '95, her hair came in super curly and is now as straight as ever! I hope that doesn't happen to me. Edit: And thank you so much! I am doing really well. My AML relapsed twice but I've been in remission for 3 years now :)

[dor3girl]

I haven't had a pixie or super short hair since I was a little girl...but I did cut it at the end of 2004. It was just above the shoulders & now it is somewhere close to tailbone (more than an inch, but less than 3). If I knew how to make a photo collage, I would!

[lapushka]

I just wanted to say to everyone who posted pics of their progress: thank you so much! I am at an awkward length right now and peeking into this thread really helps me out, and tells me to hang in there!

Thank you! :flower:

[Pixna]

I feel the same way, lapushka!

[SupermanSeven]

Very lovely pictures. Thanks everyone for posting these. I love looking at everyone's dramatic progresses. I assume taking many pictures helps gain confidence growing long hair.

[Kittee]

2003 http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g60/workbucket007/Haircut1.jpg

2005-06 http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g60/workbucket007/Progress.jpg

2008- http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g60/workbucket007/Nov2008.jpg

And I'm holding off on a 2009 pic until I get a decent picture. I just trimmed on Saturday to cut off all the dmg you can see on my bottom half.

[Robbi Dehlinger]

OOOOOOOHHHHHH

What nice growth! So pretty!

[Coriander]

So I've been going through this thread again and am just so very inspired by you all. I know we all have our difficult moments with The Tresses, but you've all pushed forward and have kept growing. :applause:

I'm reposting my growth photo here because evidently it was "moved or deleted" on my Photobucket :rolleyes:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=2409&pictureid=30102

Happy Growing Everyone :flower:

[Pixna]

Kittee, your starting hair (in 2003) looks quite a lot like mine currently does. Did you straighten your hair then? You sure got a lot a curls as your hair got long, long, and longer. Thank you SO much for posting these. Hope reigns! :D

Coriander, I appreciate your going back through the thread and discovering your missing pics. They are such an inspiration, and they are essential to this thread. Thank you!! :heart:

[Kittee]

Pixna- Yes, I did use a blow dryer to straighten it then. :) Thats one of the reasons I grew it out. LOL If I didn't straighten it, I looked like a poodle.

[Pixna]

Thanks, Kittee. I can't wait until my hair reaches your current length! By the way, your artwork is incredible! :applause

[HairyCarrie]

I'm from super-short to not-quite-middy right now. Here's a pic that I should probably post in the vintage hair thread! :grin: Since the flip was my hot hairdo when I was a teen, I like to wear it that way now and then. Plus it's my hair's favorite position at this Betwixt and Between length...

http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL655/2418900/20021288/354485226.jpg

[Kittee]

Thanks, Kittee. I can't wait until my hair reaches your current length! By the way, your artwork is incredible! :applause

/blush thanks!

[Alana2000]

Officially inspired.. I love all the pictures on LHC..

[nostalgic]

I don't have any new pictures since I have been AWOL on this site for months! However, in those months (just about a year exactly) my hair has gone from my avatar picture to shoulder length. My longest layers are slightly longer than that and my shorter ones are only about midway down my neck, so I've got a long way to go but it goes much faster than you think! It really helps to be able to put it up. Happy growing!

[Pixna]

Nostalgic, glad you are back and posted in this thread! I stayed away from LHC for a few years, and during that time, my hair ended up going from waist-length to pixie! :bigeyes::blueeek::face::blueeek:

It is fantastic to know that you grew to shoulder length in only about a year! That is VERY encouraging indeed! I look forward to seeing your new pics once you have a chance to put them up. Please let me know when you do!