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Heavenly Locks
April 25th, 2009, 04:40 AM
When I first joined it was to learn more about proper care and avoiding damage. Then as I learned and watched my goal length of 'waist' just started to seem so short. The fabulous braids that make me drool and the updos that just need more length to look best...wow they've intoxicated me. :)
Now, waist is my short term goal. I am going to go for hip at least but most likely TB/Classic.
Thanks for the hair-spiration everyone!
What about you? Did you change your goal length after coming here? What was it that changed your mind?
Nat242
April 25th, 2009, 04:51 AM
Yes - waist, then hip (which is about where I am now), and now tailbone. However, I'm starting to contemplate halfway between TB and classic.:rolleyes::D
HeatherMae
April 25th, 2009, 05:20 AM
Yes, only I don't know what my goal length would be right now. LOL! When I first joined I remember thinking that 27 inches seemed like a nice length in inches. Well, I very quickly changed that number to 30. I know that I'm not going to be happy there either because right now I am at about 27 inches and I'm still catching myself thinking that my hair doesn't look long yet. I'm just now at BSL, when I look in the mirror I keep thinking that maybe another 6 inches would be nice. Who knows though. :)
Katrina
April 25th, 2009, 05:35 AM
Yes :D. My first goal was tailbone (36"). Now I'm at hip (34"+) and TB is starting to seem quite short. Or the shortest I want it, anyway. My current goal is classic. If I don't like it, I'll cut it back to TB.
And the reason for my goal change... Well, all those fabulous updoes and just the look of very long hair. You guys have been such a great inspiration :).
Flynn
April 25th, 2009, 06:31 AM
A little. I've already gone from "I don't care what length it is, as long as it looks healthy" to "you know, I'd really like to be able to wrap my braid around my head..."
Calanthe
April 25th, 2009, 06:46 AM
Yes. As of this morning. The story: I cut last week in order to get rid of split ends (that's a lost cause if there ever was one) and to even my hemline a bit. I brushed my hair this moring and even after cutting it it's still past hip - so now I'm aiming for classic... Grow hair, grow...!
Heidi_234
April 25th, 2009, 07:15 AM
Yeah, after a while I realized that waist is not what it looks like.
Funny, I still see people with mid-back or waist length hair and go "Whoa that's long - !" when my own hair is longer than theirs. :doh:
AmandaPanda
April 25th, 2009, 07:34 AM
I can't remember that far back (end of 2002), but I think my first goal was waist, then I wanted TB, classic, and eventually I ended up wanting mid-thigh. Well my hair got to about classic, but I cut back to TB. I don't see myself ever going past classic now.
Myrrh
April 25th, 2009, 07:43 AM
Mine has stayed about the same. I want my hair back down to Tailbone like it used to be :(
Runzel
April 25th, 2009, 07:47 AM
Sort of. I didn't have any particular goal length in mind...I was toying with the notion of terminal, but not seriously, all I knew for my barely waist-length hair was "longer". After being around here a bit, and thinking on it a while, I decided that the longest I would *currently* want my hair to be would be ankle length while in its wurly state, so that's my goal! If course, there's plenty of time to change my mind before then and go longer...:cheese:
Katrina
April 25th, 2009, 08:06 AM
I'd really like to be able to wrap my braid around my head...
Me too :). It's impossible with hair this short :p.
Morningglory
April 25th, 2009, 09:01 AM
Me!:) I quickly went from a waist goal thinking it would be the longest my hair had ever been which was not true, I had been about hip before but did not know it at the time! To thinking hey, I've been at waist before and it is not so long.
Now my ultimate goal would be teminal it is the most desireable to me!!!!!!!!:inlove:
fishwich
April 25th, 2009, 09:06 AM
I figured when I started that I'd shoot for the ankles. Now I figure....eh, why stop there? Long enough to jump rope with my braid, that's my new goal.
Firefly
April 25th, 2009, 09:10 AM
Yes-- I always thought waist would be the longest I'd want to go. Now that I'm here, tailbone is looking pretty good. :D
janeytilllie
April 25th, 2009, 09:10 AM
Yep it has for me :)
When I first came to TLHC, my goal was to grow my shorest layers to waist length then cut my hair to an even hemline. I hated my layers and my fairytale ends.
My shortest layers have now reached waist, but my longest layers are almost hip :inlove:
I have redecided to leave my hair fairytale and layerd for now.
My new goal length is to grow my shorest layers to terminal then cut all even :D
Peter
April 25th, 2009, 09:14 AM
At first I just wanted shoulder length. Now I'm past APL and I think I want to go to waist. Right now I think I'll stop there since I want to be able to wear it down easily. Something tells me when I get to waist, I won't be stopping... :D
punkgirl89
April 25th, 2009, 09:14 AM
Yes, when I got here chin or shoulder seemed long to me and I made my goal BSL, which seemed very out of reach. It will probably still take me 2 or 3 years to reach BSL, but after 2 months in LHC, my hair has improved dramatically and I have started to believe that not only is it possible for me to get beautiful BSL hair, but looking at all the pics has inspired me to go Waist or even hip length.
I have decided I am simply going to let my hair grow, hopefully enjoy every stage, and if I get there I will be very happy. However, I'm trying not to focus on my ultimate goal too much. My immediate goal right now is Chin, then shoulder, then BSL. I'm trying not to think past those for now. Any length will be an improvement on my current situation.
MsBubbles
April 25th, 2009, 09:25 AM
When I first came here I just wanted BSL-ish length hair in the best condition I could get it (which in itself would have been a first). But after a month or two of being here, and seeing people with my type hair at waist, hip and TB, I thought "ooh that could be me, couldn't it??". So I updated my goal to waist. Of course not long after that I updated it to hip. :D
zen_oven
April 25th, 2009, 09:53 AM
Not yet. I'm sort of in a wait and see holding pattern. I'm still a long way off from my goal length of waist, so I think I'll re-evaluate when I finally get there. I haven't thought about it too much--I'm very pleased with the overall appearance of my hair these days so I haven't done as much of my usual fretting about reaching my goal.
mhiap
April 25th, 2009, 10:20 AM
Yes. When I first joined I had chin length hair and I wanted to grow to BSL. When I achieved that I thought I'd aim for waist and then keep it at that length while slowly trimming dyed hair off because I'm growing quite a few inches of dye out. Anyway it's a couple inches short of waist and it just doesn't look long to me! So I might just keep growing, I don't know yet. I quite like the idea of tailbone :)
Islandgrrl
April 25th, 2009, 10:37 AM
I had originally wanted to grow my hair back to waist or hip. Those are still goals, but the final goal is to get to terminal length. Wherever it ends up being (I know it's below knee...but exactly where.....???).
SimplyLonghair
April 25th, 2009, 10:45 AM
Since coming to LHC I have changed my goal length several times, and I learned the name for my ultimate goal, terminal length! :D
ClareDee
April 25th, 2009, 10:46 AM
My goal length now is actually shorter than when I started here! I originally wanted waist-length... but now I think I'd prefer BSL to Mid-back :hmm:
Mostly it's because I really want my hair to be easy to manage, and easy to wear down. I tend to slack off on taking care of my hair (often wash daily and skip conditioner), so I want to keep it at a length where I don't have to worry much about the ends.
Besides, for me BSL is 'long', and it's bunnable, and it can look great judging by what I've seen in pics here, so it's my goal for now :thumbsup:
Nightshade
April 25th, 2009, 10:47 AM
A bit, started out at tailbone, now I'm almost to classic dithering with fingertip. :o
Furiana
April 25th, 2009, 11:03 AM
Yeah, after a while I realized that waist is not what it looks like.
Funny, I still see people with mid-back or waist length hair and go "Whoa that's long - !" when my own hair is longer than theirs. :doh:
Why does that happen?!
Like AmandaPanda, I cut back to a shorter length that I'm really happy with. (Although now I'm probably going to grow another 0.5-1" so that the ends hang a little more nicely... Of course, I still LOVE waist-length hair on other people; that always was my favorite length... Uh-oh, it's beginning again! :scared:)
paper
April 25th, 2009, 11:11 AM
Seems like my goal changes everyday!!!
First I wanted to grow out my layers to all one length SL. Then I thought I'd like it really long, maybe waist. Now I'm thinking APL feels long to me and I like the look of BSL hair. So my goal is BSL.
RancheroTheBee
April 25th, 2009, 11:29 AM
It changes a lot, but I feel like any long-term goals I make are pointless, since I may get to BSL and be like, "Okay, that's it," and want to stop there. Who knows? Maybe I'll be happy at APL.
Noctifer
April 25th, 2009, 11:43 AM
Not really change the goal, thow im currently rethinking if i want my hair be to waist i think it might just be a bit too long for my taste. But I will wait until i past BSL
Unnamed
April 25th, 2009, 11:52 AM
No; it's been 'see how long it'll grow' since before I joined here, and I've never really had any plans to even cut back from that unless it's somehow unmanageable.
I have kept changing the 'goal' lengths in my profile (usually with a + after them), but the 'real' goal hasn't changed.
chrissy-b
April 25th, 2009, 11:57 AM
My goal hasn't changed, though it might once it gets longer. I'm shooting for hip, but once it gets there I'll have to see how I like it to decide if I'll keep it there, cut it back or grow longer.
Roseate
April 25th, 2009, 12:07 PM
My goal has possibly changed; I'll just have to wait and see. I joined here after cutting my waist-length hair back to chin; my initial goal was just to go back to waist, or maybe even shorter. My hair had gotten rather unwieldy at waist last time. (Heavy, cumbersome, dry ends.)
But since there are so many long, thick-haired folks here to help me out, I'm thinking I might be able to go longer this time around. That's a few years in the future, though, so I have plenty of time to consider. At least the dry ends are taken care of! (Thank you, Fox's conditioning cream!)
Coriander
April 25th, 2009, 12:26 PM
When I first joined, I wanted to get back to waist-length hair. When I reached that, it seemed kind of short! I decided to try to get to tailbone.
I ended up just wanting to take care of it and have it as "healthy" as it could be. Soon I ended up at hip, and now I'm at tailbone. Now that I'm at tb, I have decided to grow to classic.
Originally, my BF had told me that he didn't like "really super long" hair (beyond tb) but when I showed him pictures of classic length, he changed his mind :D
So that's the plan :) I think classic will be it for me though.
WritingPrincess
April 25th, 2009, 12:36 PM
When I joined, I decided I wanted knee length. Since then, I've been considering longer, like floor+, but I figure I'd better get to knee first. :)
Silverlox
April 25th, 2009, 01:27 PM
My goal has always been that I'd like to see how long it can grow, just once in my life. Going natural was necessary in order for my fine hair to be able to grow past APL/BSL. So I stopped dyeing and perming. Since I'm now past 50, this feels like a last chance attempt.
I only stumbled on to LHC by accident when I was searching for new ideas on updo's. Until then, I had no idea sites like this even existed! I started reading the articles. Then I got some oil. Next was buying my very first hairsticks and figuring out how to use them..
Somewhere in there, I got hooked, almost without noticing it. :inlove:
While my original length goal hasn't changed one bit, I'm having so much more fun on the way and found several new addictions! :eyebrows: :cheese:
Brianna
April 25th, 2009, 01:35 PM
Kind of, yes. My initial goal after joining this site was tailbone (though I'd earlier been thinking waist, which is where I'm at now) but now I think I'm probably going to end up trying to grow it to classic instead. Just to see what it's like. =)
jojo
April 25th, 2009, 01:39 PM
yes i wanted waist but now i am so near there it seems too short, I am deffinatelly going for classic-god willing!
eresh
April 25th, 2009, 01:40 PM
I think my first goal was classic, to get it back where it was before I cut it all off (never should have done that)
When I got back, I got curious to see how long it would grow, so now my goal is ankle.
I might stay at this length for a while though to see if I can get it to thicken up a bit with trims. Then continue :)
If I even reach ankle and I find it too much to handle I will go back to this length, not shorter.
Katla
April 25th, 2009, 01:48 PM
A bit. I started out aiming for around tailbone-length... now I'm aiming for classic as a hopefully-realistic goal, but if I can grow it longer, I'm all in for that :o
Jeni
April 25th, 2009, 02:08 PM
Like a lot of people here my original goal was waist. Before LHC waist seemed OMG long!! Now my goal is between hip and TB. I want long enough hair to have a big bun which will take more since my hair is on the thinner side of average. I cant imagine going past TB.
Carolyn
April 25th, 2009, 02:16 PM
My original goal was waist length which I thought was unachievable. It was something to shoot for but never in a million years did I think I'd make it. It took about 6-7 years to get from shoulders to waist but I finally did it. I decided to keep on going and try for hips and then tailbone. It took about 2 years to go from waist to tailbone. I cut back to hip length and am going for tailbone again. I really don't have a goal beyond getting to tailbone a second time. I've achieved more than I set out to do so I'm happy.
Hay22
April 25th, 2009, 02:26 PM
My goal has definitely changed, because my view of "long" hair has changed! I'm at 26", which is BSL for me (I'm almost 5'9). My original goal was just midback, but quickly changed to waist, which should be at 34" for me. Now waist is my short-term goal, then TB, then we'll see how I feel from there. I still don't really see myself with true LHC long hair because mine is insanely thick and already heavy for me.
Kiraela
April 25th, 2009, 03:39 PM
Yep, actually! When I first started actively growing my hair, I wanted a waist length braid, just like my favorite character in the wheel of time series, Nynaeve. Now I have it, and I think I'm going to go for TB length braid. That should put me at classic or a little below, loose, which I think (and DBF agrees) will look fantastic!
Snowflakey
April 25th, 2009, 04:24 PM
yes. when i joined this forum, i had hair that just below my collarbone, and my goal was to grow it past my bra strap on my back. now, i'm aiming for below-the-waist length. :)
feralnature
April 25th, 2009, 06:03 PM
My goal has always been that I'd like to see how long it can grow, just once in my life. Going natural was necessary in order for my fine hair to be able to grow past APL/BSL. So I stopped dyeing and perming. Since I'm now past 50, this feels like a last chance attempt.
I only stumbled on to LHC by accident when I was searching for new ideas on updo's. Until then, I had no idea sites like this even existed! I started reading the articles. Then I got some oil. Next was buying my very first hairsticks and figuring out how to use them..
Somewhere in there, I got hooked, almost without noticing it. :inlove:
While my original length goal hasn't changed one bit, I'm having so much more fun on the way and found several new addictions! :eyebrows: :cheese:
What she said, sorta!
AnnaMarie
April 25th, 2009, 06:21 PM
Yip! When I first found LHC I decided that Waist would be my goal, I'm almost there now and it just doesn't feel that long.......so I may just make Hip my goal...however when I reach Hip.. who knows! :p
Jules diamond
April 25th, 2009, 08:08 PM
Woah! There are a lot of people with the same thoughts. I joined looking to go to waist, but then I started looking around and thinking it wasn't so long. Now I'm shooting for hip and seeing how it looks from there. I think I'll take the layers out of it, once I get there.
Tangles
April 25th, 2009, 08:12 PM
I dunno. I just want healthy looking, non-dry hair. Waist is fine by me. Allows for a wide range of updos but you can still wear your hair down a lot. *shrugs*
royalscorpio
April 25th, 2009, 10:12 PM
Yes, from 'waist', to 'hip', now onto 'classic'. But I am growing out some damage, so it might take a while, despite growth of about an inch a month.
JamieLeigh
April 25th, 2009, 10:16 PM
My goal length was classic, since I really didn't enjoy having it at knee when I was in high school. It got in the way, and I really didn't know how to do any type of updo besides a bee-butt bun, and I also didn't know how to take care of it so that it would look nice and healthy.
But now I've seen other people at terminal length, and I'd like to find mine. I didn't have growth-taper at knee-length, it was damage and breakage. At least that's my opinion, and I'd like to see how much longer (if I can) I can grow it. Then I'll likely change my goal back to classic. This length is probably the longest length I can manage it without it really annoying the crap out of me. :rolleyes:
AlleyKitten
April 25th, 2009, 10:45 PM
My goal when I was a kid was waist or belt length. I got there, and decided I wanted it longer, maybe tailbone. Then I figured out that I really wanted it as long as it would go! So now I'm at tailbone, looking forward to classic, super excited about the possibility of knee, and planning to just let it get as long as it wants.
Ash
April 26th, 2009, 12:44 AM
I started out wanting to get back to waist. Somewhere around BSL I changed my goal to tailbone. Now I am slightly past waist and I want to get to terminal length just to see how it looks.
Arctic_Mama
April 26th, 2009, 01:28 AM
Yup, mine got progressively longer, too, when I realized it was too thick to be able to do the style I wanted at shorter lengths. I think I wanted waist, then tb, then classic... But then I saw some gorgeous knee length hair and HAD to grow some of it own. Thus, I am heading for thick, virgin knee length and evaluating from there. It may be too heavy for my neck at that length, we'll see.
rach
April 26th, 2009, 02:56 AM
i personally will take as much growth as my hair will allow. i'm just pacing myself with millstones . long feels now possible because since i've been here and taken in advice and has almost grown nearly and inch already ! which has really shocked me. my personal rules (no heat/no elastics/up often) and using henna and oils is paying off and i haven't been here long. just have to keep up with it then , bring on the length i say! :D
Amoretti
April 26th, 2009, 04:58 AM
What about you? Did you change your goal length after coming here? What was it that changed your mind?
I started out with APL hair and thought BSL was "long".
When I got to BSL I wanted waist length.
Then when I got to waist hip started to look very attractive. LOL.
And after that I reached TB without even noticing it.
And then it seemed a pity to cut it without seeing what classic looked like.
And once I reached classic I was tempted to go even longer.
So now I have thigh length hair and still don't know where I'm heading. :D That's why my siggy says that beyond this point it's a mystery. ;)
Periwinkle
April 26th, 2009, 07:25 AM
When I joined, I didn't really have a goal. After a couple of days, I entered 'fingertip' pretty much on a whim. I then decided calssic would be nicer, but since then I've noticed that I think other people's hair looks best at tailbone. I've also heard a lot of people saying it's a nice length and that it's easier to manage than classic, so that's my goal for now :)
I guess I should be happy that my goal is shrinking - it means I'll get to it quicker!
aahavaa
April 26th, 2009, 07:29 AM
When I first joined I had no "goal", now that I have learnt so much and my hair is looking so healthy thanks to you guys and gals with the wonderful advice, my goal is now hip.
lacereza
April 26th, 2009, 12:28 PM
My goal shrank. I thought I wanted TB but now just past waist will do for me.
Avalonna
April 26th, 2009, 12:58 PM
When I joined LHC four months ago, my hair was between APL and BSL, and I didn't have any great desire for it to be much longer. BSL is the longest it's ever been, and at that length it has tended to lie heavy and flat, without the bounciness of shorter lengths. I never knew how to put it in a bun before, and even my braids were messy. Now I've reached BSL and have my hair in a bun most days and love playing with it! My hair is thick enough so that I'm unable to do almost every cool bun I've learned about, so I've decided to shoot for longer. Waist seems awfully far away, but my hair is healthy and I suppose that if I leave it alone and take care of it I'll get there eventually! I love the look of TB, but that seems like a sort of outrageous goal for me. :o
Eryka
April 26th, 2009, 01:01 PM
Oooh yeah, even way before LHC. When I was a little kid I wanted BSL+ like Ariel in the Little Mermaid. When I got that I wanted tailbone. When I got that I wanted to be able to sit on it. When I got that I wanted knee. Now that I have that . .
Ankle here I come.
(After a fashion. I want ankle with no taper, and seeing as I had a fungal infection causing 1/3 of my hair to dissapear, I will be staying at my current length of knee for many years.)
Alenka
April 26th, 2009, 02:17 PM
When I started growing out my hair, I had no goal at all.
When I started liking my 'longer' hair, I wanted to let it grow 'long', which was mewhere between APL and BSL.
After becoming a LHC member, my goal has been changed from waist length into TBL, CL and longer now.
I am now slightly beyond hip length, I love it and I am looking foward to get even longer hair.
I So now I have thigh length hair and still don't know where I'm heading. :D That's why my siggy says that beyond this point it's a mystery. ;)
Woow Amoretti, you inspired me to go longer than waist length and TBL. Are you already at mid-thigh length? I have already thought about mid-thigh length, is it more special than TBL or CL?
Have you ever thought about knee length? I did, but even Class+ is a mystery for me.
Hugs, Alenka.
lhangel9
May 10th, 2009, 03:41 PM
Yes, a couple of years my initial goal was APL. After my hair reached APL, my goal became BSL (which seemed to take F-O-R-E-V-E-R). Now that my hair is 1" past BSL. My new goal is AWL and then TBL within the next couple of months!!!
chelssix
May 10th, 2009, 07:22 PM
My goal was originally BSL, but then it changed to waist, which I am about 4-6 inches away from. I think that I might go for the small of my back, or a little lower to hip, but I will wait and see.
Longlocks3
May 10th, 2009, 07:26 PM
I was actually consider cutting quite a bit of length or not going any longer than TB(where I'm at now). After joining I've decided to go to terminal length. Once I stop growing then I'll see where I want to keep it long term.
InTheCity
May 11th, 2009, 06:06 AM
This was a great post subject and it's really interesting just how many of us have changed goals to want our hair longer than previously thought. What does this prove? That this board really is an inspiration. The people on this board have the most beautiful hair AND attitudes, so its easy to see someone's great hair picture next to their inspiring writing and think "Yeah, I can do that!"
My "longest ever" was between shoulder and APL, which was when I joined LHC. Fortunately, it was also the healthiest it had ever been, so it was easy to start. I thought I wanted BSL or 26" but I know when I hit it, the "itch" will hit and I'll want to go for 30 :p
Monsterkitti
May 11th, 2009, 06:33 AM
I came to LHC looking for conditioning treatments without a goal in mind other than improved health but pretty quickly decided to go for waist.
I havent changed it yet but seeing how lovely longer than waist looks Im thinking I will continue on to maybe Classic if my hair can manage that :)
GlassEyes
May 11th, 2009, 06:35 AM
I started wanting hair to my butt. Then I figured just waist would be okay, but I'd still like hair to my butt.
Now I KINDA want a classic length braid, which means my hair would have to be beyond classic and maybe to knee to achieve. Which is okay, because that's PROBABLY where my hair will have to be to appear classic with my curls. :D So it all works out. xD;
Carina
May 11th, 2009, 10:46 AM
When I first joined LHC my goal was waist.But the more I think of it the more I hope that my hair will be knee length in a few years.I just love how beautiful it is with hair that long.
curls2grow
May 24th, 2009, 02:01 PM
Mine changed -- shortened my goal length. When I first joined LHC I wanted BSL curls. When I got to APL last time, I realized that my hair was getting difficult for me to handle when it was wet, with detangling, dryness, frizz, etc. That made me think that getting to BSL might cause more harm than good to my hair. So now my new goal is healthy curls at APL. I am hoping to reach that by the end of the year.
Sasha_S
May 24th, 2009, 02:34 PM
When I first started looking, my goal was only about 20" or so, or even BSL...
Now?
Well, I'd love to be tailbone length one day! :D
x
GoddesJourney
May 24th, 2009, 03:04 PM
I always wanted waist length hair but it simply wasn't in the cards for me because I was too comitted to activities that don't work well with hair past around BSL. Finally, I can grow it out. However, after watching all the gorgeous hairstyles available to all those with really long hair and how absolutely stunning it looks, I may go for longer when I get there. I do expect to pause there though to work on health and fullness before I move on. I don't see myself every wanting more than TBL. It just seems to inconvenient for someone like me to deal with. It's always nice to see on other people though. Just like large breasts and long, well-manicured nails. A certain amount is nice and after that it starts to seem like a ridiculous amount of effort and maintenance.
hellkitty
May 25th, 2009, 06:01 AM
I originally just wanted No One To Ever Come Near My Hair With Scissors Again--I had a cute sort of pixie cut that was mangled (think--bald) one week before I got to see my family whom I hadn't seen in two years. I sat in the car *crying* and said, you know what? I will NEVER cry over a bad haircut again. That was in 2001. I have periodically let my sister trim my ends back to waist length, but other than that I've been true to my goal. So it's not really a length goal, just a 'no more crying over awful haircuts' goal.
That being said, I am kind of proud of my long hair which I'd THOUGHT was super long till I came here. :(
HK
Deimos
May 25th, 2009, 09:17 AM
My goal didn't really change...I wanted "long" hair :-) So I want at least to grow to waist and from there we'll see. I don't know what terminal is for me, but I'd like to try and grow it to there.
Bunnyhare
May 25th, 2009, 01:32 PM
Yes, my goal was non- existant, i just wanted to get it healthy and stop losing hair..now I would really like to have it classic length.I too look at people and say wow they have long hair and yet mine is longer and looks short to me? is it a side effect of becoming a LHC junkie like I have become? HEEHEE I also have really come to want those "do's" that you need the length for..like the princess in Braveheart..oh her hair was amazing too! and everyone here is so inspirational to me ,thank you all, for sharing such a personal thing..this is an amazing place!
ShoshanUhura
May 25th, 2009, 08:35 PM
Way back when on a prior incarnation of LHC, I thought my goal would be BSL. My hair had never been past my shoulders from the age of 7 on up.
Now I'm thinking waist length would be just about right for me. I'm hoping I can handle that length, having dreadlocks and all, but I've seen it done. It's nice.
Alas, I'm just at shoulder length now - we'll see
Blue Willow
May 25th, 2009, 09:11 PM
I've always been happy with the length of my hair, (just to) tailbone is very comfortable but I'd definitely love to grow it to thigh..However, if it never grows another inch I could be very happy staying just where I'm at.
daydreamer
May 25th, 2009, 10:23 PM
My goal changed as well. I thought at first to go to tailbone, but here I am at hip and it just doesn't *feel* long. Tailbone isn't too far off from here, so I modified my goal to Classic and see how I feel then. It might change again when I get there!
Chanterelle
May 26th, 2009, 02:48 AM
No - I'm not planning to grow my hair below waist. At the moment my goal is some 2" above waist when wavy.
MerryKat
May 26th, 2009, 04:26 AM
My initial goal was longer than BSL by about 2 inches.
Very soon that changed to waist and not long after that it changed to classic.
For now I would love to have classic virgin hair, but I suspect that before it is all virgin I will have sucumbed to the urge to keep growing and see where it will stop.
I cannot imagine cutting my hair to keep it at a particular length, so I guess terminal will be my goal.
meph
May 26th, 2009, 05:34 AM
My goal hasn't changed yet. When I first joined I was aiming for classic and I still am.. however, right now I'm thinking TB might be long enough too.
In the end, the length doesn't really matter that much to me. Yes, it would be nice to have classic length hair, but I aim for health over quantity so if I wont make it to classic it wont be that bad.
suicides_eve
May 26th, 2009, 08:02 AM
i though bsl was gonna be my ending point but now that i'll be there before i know it i moved down to waist/tail length
Eden Iris
May 26th, 2009, 11:24 AM
I am millimeters from my goal length now, would have reached it with a few straggly outliers but I cut those suckers off, and now my ends look much, much better. My new goal, I think, is to get most of my hair to waist length, and I will continue trimming every few months to attain it.
Maybe if I can get a decently thick hemline at waist I'll consider growing it all a bit longer.
enfys
May 26th, 2009, 01:53 PM
I wanted vintage hair, then came back here and wanted my classic hair back.
So, I guess yes and no.
Nevermore
May 28th, 2009, 11:24 PM
My goal length has always been ankle to floor length, after I got over the initial "please for the love of all things holy, just grow out of that horrible cut!" phase.
Cassiopeia
May 29th, 2009, 02:42 AM
My goal length changed from waist to hip to tailbone (maybe... I'll decide that at hiplength)
Margeaux
May 29th, 2009, 05:55 AM
Yes!
When I came here I wanted BSL hair, but now that I'm less than 1.5 inches away from it I'm starting to contemplate waist. I think it would be amazing to have my hair that long (previously I never got past APL.)
However, I don't see myself going further than waist...it's the golden ratio for me, below waist I don't actually think hair looks "proportionate" to the rest of the body anymore. :o
dragonfrog
May 29th, 2009, 01:30 PM
When I first came to LHC (just weeks ago :) ) my plan was to maintain at my current length (about hip) until I grew out all the damaged portions of my hair. My nice, virgin hair goes to somewhere between shoulder length and APL, so it will take a lot of growing to get it to hip. Now, however, I am considering only trimming about half my growth while taking super good care of my length (similar to what Nightshade recommends in her excellent Damaged Hair article) and growing to classic or mid-thigh. I'd really like to have a just-past-classic braid :)
Leneveu
July 22nd, 2009, 05:40 AM
My goal has changed from waist to hip.
I'm about an inch off waist now, and my hair just doesn't feel long. I guess that comes from looking at too many pictures on LHC :) Previously, my hair had been APL-BSL, and I remember feeling that it was really long, and I suppose it is longer than most of the hair you see on the street.
Marika
July 22nd, 2009, 06:20 AM
I always thought I'd be satisfied with TB but now as I'm getting closer to that, I definitely want more!:) Classic and mid-thigh look very appealing to me but it could be I hit terminal before that, who knows... My hair used to be a wreck (couldn't grow it longer than shoulder length) so even if this was my terminal length, I'd be quite happy!:)
magpielaura
July 22nd, 2009, 06:31 AM
I didn't come to LHC with any thought to growing my hair any longer really, I just wanted improved condition. It didn't take long to see improvement, and I realized that I could grow much longer hair than I thought possible if I took better care of it. When I came here I was starting to think that cutting to above BSL or even APL was the only thing to do, but after a few months of lurking I joined and now have hair nearly at hips. Now I'm aiming for tailbone whilst gradually trimming the damage....and concidering classic in the future.
If I ever get to classic, I wonder if that will still feel short! I seems quite common for goal lengths to get further away as your hair gets longer. I still see people in the street and think "what long hair!" then remember mine is longer!
jivete
July 22nd, 2009, 09:03 AM
Margeaux, I'm exactly like you. Never had hair past APL and my original goal was BSL. Now's it's BSL and my goal has changed to Waist. I can't even fathom it longer. Who knows though, once I actually get there...
Rentlle
July 22nd, 2009, 09:05 AM
hihi..
I changed.. XD
I started with "no layers"
then :"waist and no layers"
after waist I want "hips, no layers, no farytale ends"
but.. i guess.. when I finaly will have reached that one.. I just will keep on growing :)
Reptilia
July 22nd, 2009, 10:25 AM
Mine is still waist. Any longer does look very pretty, but I just can't see myself having hair that long! I think it would annoy me, haha. Even at BSL it annoys me!
AnneAdeline
July 22nd, 2009, 10:51 AM
When I first got here, I made a goal of waist. Now I've hit waist and it isn't very long at all. So my next goal is hip. Then TB...
I guess I'm just going to grow until it gets too much to handle or looks really bad.
But, yeah, my sense of "long" changed so much!
Quixii
July 22nd, 2009, 10:58 AM
Yeah, but in a kind of opposite way. My goal was always tentatively knee. But after seeing people at a kind of classic, maybe on the longish side, I kinda like that better. Sure, I won't cut it if it starts approaching knee, but I think I may cut it back to a longish classic if I ever get that far.
FallenAngel
July 22nd, 2009, 11:18 AM
I don't have much of a goal. I started to grow my hair just months ago and then it was "to get it as healthy and long as I can". I guess its the same now, but my perception of "long" has changed dramaticly! (I nourish a secret dream of classic, but that is so far in the future I really think of it as a dream)
bakertwins2004
July 22nd, 2009, 12:40 PM
YES! I had waist as my main goal at fist too. Now I want hip I think. I OFFICIALLY am at APL so my next mini goal is BSL. I am going small goals and try to enjoy the journey.
Amara
July 22nd, 2009, 01:44 PM
My goal has always been "longer" :D
Honestly I've never had a long term goal - I just keep making short term goals and then seeing where I feel like going from there!
krn2891
July 22nd, 2009, 03:51 PM
I've always wanted long hair and I used to say that waist was my ideal lenght. Then I got there and decided to keep growing to see if I could get to classic. I will see what happens when I hit classic next year hopefully. I'll see how I feel about it at that length. I'm at can I call this tailbone at the moment and some times it bothers me when its down so. But I also have hair arexia where i think my hair is shorter then it really is so I don't know. I will probably just grow until it stops then cut it back to a hip and repeat over and over again.
rhondalicious
July 22nd, 2009, 04:59 PM
Yup!!!! I originally just wanted to grow to waist, now that I'm nearly there, it doesn't seem long enough. I will probably grow to tailbone, but I bet when I get there, I'll want it longer.
Aunteater
July 22nd, 2009, 05:24 PM
Oh, yeah! When I first stumbled across this forum, I had already reached my goal lenght: waist. I just wanted a better hemline and less breakage. Now that I've seen all the awesome photos and hairstyles... I'm going for tailbone length.
Wicked Princess
July 23rd, 2009, 03:23 AM
Oh yes, it has changed! When I first found this community, I was maintaining my hair at the lowest part of my back, maybe an inch or two above tailbone, but I was looking for ways to help cut back on some shedding I was experiencing. Then I promptly forgot about about this site completely for about four months. Then I was trying to find different hair styles and re-happened upon it. This time, I took a longer look at different people's pictures and was inspired to grow my hair longer!
Right now, I don't really have an end goal. I do intend to grow my hair until it hits terminal length...and I'm curious if it will manage to reach the floor before it does this. Only time will tell! Once I get there, however, maintaining it somewhere around mid-thigh will likely end up being what I do.
Fiferstone
July 23rd, 2009, 05:12 AM
I too am wondering what terminal is for me. That's my ultimate goal, and depending on what that looks like (or is like to maintain), I may or may not cut back to some other length like TB. I've got to get there first :)
Glitch
May 9th, 2022, 07:06 PM
I googled this topic and here is the thread, so :p
Man, I always wanted waist length hair. That was my goal for as long as I can remember. However, joining and frequenting this forum eventually impacted my perception of what I consider to be long hair, and pretty quickly I want hip length hair. But once some hair reached there, it still didn't seem long enough and I already began considering tail bone length! And just the other day, a friend sent me a photo of herself with her finger tip length hair and gosh, I just can't stop thinking about it. It was so beautiful, and we have the exact same texture, so knowing what could possibly be is just a lot to imagine about!
This is crazy because I never would have imagined even thinking about growing aaanywhere close to FTL, but here I am... pondering! Omg.
Bat
May 10th, 2022, 02:33 AM
Mines changed I've gone from mid thigh to hip to be more reasonable if I can get to hip I'll aim for mid thigh
squirrrel
May 10th, 2022, 03:16 AM
Mines changed I've gone from mid thigh t hip to be more reasonable
Sounds like a good thing to aim for as a start, Bat. I know these things change. It’s a little like I plan to grow until the end of this year, then maintain for a while and decide after a year or two what I want to do after that point. Will I like having hair longer than my arms, for example?
Bri-Chan
May 10th, 2022, 03:41 AM
At the beginning, I didn't like the color & length combination (black, mbl) so I actually wanted it to waist or hip, so out of that area. But as soon as I decided to grow my hair like I had nevere done (keep in mind I used to have hair between apl and waist for all my life) I deceided for classic.
Now the goal is still classic, however I don't know how will I feel once I'm there.
Bat
May 10th, 2022, 06:58 AM
Sounds like a good thing to aim for as a start, Bat. I know these things change. It’s a little like I plan to grow until the end of this year, then maintain for a while and decide after a year or two what I want to do after that point. Will I like having hair longer than my arms, for example?
I wonder if aiming for hip might also be a pipe dream too honestly but I'll try at least my trim urges have completely gone but my dying urges are still here I bleached it today in salon but I'm not going to buy my own bleach like I used to and only bleach once, not the three+ times I was trying to get white
squirrrel
May 10th, 2022, 12:11 PM
I wonder if aiming for hip might also be a pipe dream too honestly but I'll try at least my trim urges have completely gone but my dying urges are still here I bleached it today in salon but I'm not going to buy my own bleach like I used to and only bleach once, not the three+ times I was trying to get white
Hey: both of these things sound like excellent progress. Good going. Something to aim for is always good too.
elfgirl
May 10th, 2022, 12:57 PM
Agree with @squirrel on aiming goals being good!
My goal is classic, but for right now, I'm currently aiming to get my hair to a healthy, solid BSL (all layers at BSL, so admittedly it'll take a while :p ) then will go from there. So one could say I have a long term goal of Classic, but a current goal of BSL :)
I honestly don't know how long my hair will grow....as my mum has TBL length hair, it grows fast! But, to my knowledge, no one on my father's side of the family has ever had long (past APL) hair , so I don't know what to realistically expect, as I'm more like him gene-wise. Will be happy with whatever happens ^_^
hannabiss
May 10th, 2022, 02:08 PM
Oh a resurrected thread. Glorious! I'll say my goals have changed a lot from when I first joined. I used to think I wanted ankle length hair. Now I realize my hair is very fine. And could I possibly make it to ankle in my life? Sure. Would it look good? I don't believe so. So now I feel like TBL would be the longest I'd still enjoy how it looks. Currently at waist a smidgen past. So I'm coasting along towards my goal.
foreveryours
May 10th, 2022, 10:13 PM
At the beginning, I didn't like the color & length combination (black, mbl) so I actually wanted it to waist or hip, so out of that area. But as soon as I decided to grow my hair like I had nevere done (keep in mind I used to have hair between apl and waist for all my life) I deceided for classic.
Now the goal is still classic, however I don't know how will I feel once I'm there.
You'll feel great!
Bat
May 12th, 2022, 06:36 PM
Mines changed I've gone from mid thigh to hip to be more reasonable if I can get to hip I'll aim for mid thigh
Fook it, I'm keeping my original goal of knee lol. Let it grow!
Glitch
May 12th, 2022, 07:52 PM
Fook it, I'm keeping my original goal of knee lol. Let it grow!
I love this energy! Here's to super out there goals but hoping and trying! :grouphug:
My own hair goals keep getting wilder with time as well. :guns:
Bat
May 13th, 2022, 02:58 AM
I love this energy! Here's to super out there goals but hoping and trying! :grouphug:
My own hair goals keep getting wilder with time as well. :guns:
For a while my goal was floor lol it's hard to stay realistic but even before LHC I wanted knee length hair. honestly I'll be happy if I can get passed hip at least
illicitlizard
May 13th, 2022, 06:57 AM
Well all my goals are set in stages else I get discouraged and quit - when I started my goal length was probably past BSL but I think I said waist. Over time that moved to hip, now I'm aiming for classic! Past that I don't think it'd be compatible with my lifestyle (and I don't want to cover my legs, they're straight up the nicest part of me aesthetically) so hopefully my goal won't change further.
embee
May 13th, 2022, 07:28 AM
My original goal on finding LHC was to learn a couple of updo styles that I might be able to do with hair about BSL. I was also interested in seeing if it could get longer, as always in the past it had stopped completely at BSL. That "longer" turned into "how long?" when I hit waist. Then it grew to classic and I could sit on the ends! WOW!!! So my goal became "terminal" just to see what it would do! Now hair's back at waist, with many 8-10 inch bits after the huge shed last year. No idea what it will do now, but "terminal" is good for me. :)
knobbly
May 13th, 2022, 07:30 AM
I joined at waist and set my goal of classic which I’ve almost reached and will be at good and proper by the end of the year. Am I going to stop growing when I hit it? Heck no! :lol:
Concurrently, my spouse, who prefers a nineties lesbian short haircut on women, has had time to get used to the idea of being married to a longhair. :lol: They have been complimentary towards my length more and more recently, and have even asked me if I’m going for terminal. 8) And like… I’m not NOT going for terminal :hmm: but my next goal is knee.
Estrid
May 13th, 2022, 07:38 AM
When I first joined LHC my goal was waist length, that quickly changed to hip length since I wanted my hair to be waist-length while braided. After a while on here my goal got more vague, I had fingertip length in mind for a long time, I thought that would be my ultimate goal, but I could see myself letting it grow to terminal.
After getting to TBL last year I realised that I can't have my hair that long, the pain in my neck and shoulders from just having simple braids, every single updo giving me a headache... I gave up. I'm now back to thinking that maybe hip-length is my sweet spot, but I'm still not quite sure. Maybe I'll be stubborn and let it grow longer again (probably with the same end result).
squirrrel
May 13th, 2022, 08:09 AM
My original goal on finding LHC was to learn a couple of updo styles that I might be able to do with hair about BSL. I was also interested in seeing if it could get longer, as always in the past it had stopped completely at BSL. That "longer" turned into "how long?" when I hit waist. Then it grew to classic and I could sit on the ends! WOW!!! So my goal became "terminal" just to see what it would do! Now hair's back at waist, with many 8-10 inch bits after the huge shed last year. No idea what it will do now, but "terminal" is good for me. :)
I think that the idea of terminal intrigues many of us. I am interested but I don’t know if I would want to care for hair as long as my terminal might be. OTOH my terminal might be only a few inches away…. How long could it get. Hmm…
alewyn
May 13th, 2022, 08:10 AM
My initial goal when I joined was to grow my hair back to the longest it ever was (BCL), but now I'm really hoping I could reach classic. With how much taper I have, I doubt I could get much longer than classic, anyway, if I can even get there to begin with. So once I hit classic (if I do) I'll maintain, see if I can bring thickness down any at that length. If, after maintaining there for a while, it seems like I have the potential to go longer, I might consider it.
memeow
May 13th, 2022, 03:36 PM
Well all my goals are set in stages else I get discouraged and quit - when I started my goal length was probably past BSL but I think I said waist. Over time that moved to hip, now I'm aiming for classic! Past that I don't think it'd be compatible with my lifestyle (and I don't want to cover my legs, they're straight up the nicest part of me aesthetically) so hopefully my goal won't change further.
I also do things in steps because I'm worried about getting discouraged, and if I ever hit the point of feeling my hair's more trouble than it's worth I'm not gonna keep growing from there. And I also feel like the tailbone to classic range is really flattering length on most people, and I don't know if I'd want to grow longer than that anyway. But who knows, I might get tempted, and also my ends are so thin the visual effect of knee length hair might not so dramatically affect my silhouette.
baanoo
May 13th, 2022, 04:50 PM
I think that when I joined LHC I wanted what a friend called "true waist" (aka, hip), not realizing just how close I was - I had been a member here for several months before I took my first length-check picture and that was so surprising to me!
At that point, I jumped to thinking I wanted to grow to classic before realizing that what I actually wanted was to grow it out slowly and consider each milestone before deciding whether to continue on or maintain for a while at any given point.
Reyn127
May 26th, 2022, 11:01 PM
I've had mini goals to reach all the milestones I've hit of course. But my "final" goal has only changed once; when I first joined here, my final goal was classic length (I was already at waist length so it was a ways out still, but I could see the end per se), but once I got closer to classic length and got a much better idea of how far my hair could likely really go..... I pushed my final goal length to upper calf, and it's stayed there for a few years now. It's looking like I'll reach upper calf in about a year and a half, including some wiggle room to trim it if I feel the need, which is super exciting! And I think that will be my final final goal, if that makes sense, I can't imagine myself wanting to go much further past that length.
RedIris
June 5th, 2022, 09:58 AM
This is an interesting thread- looks like I'm not the only one who's been influenced downward by being here haha. My goal was originally waist but now I'm a bit past hip and it's still not long enough. I have my eye on classic
stardust lady
June 5th, 2022, 12:30 PM
I first joined strictly for henna discussions and was maintaining bobs and undercuts and pixies for a while. I didn't have a goal length because I wasn't trying to grow. Now my goal is waist. I think there's two reasons - 1) I realized that shorter hair is actually MORE high maintenance than longer hair (coming from someone that had BSL hair most of my life, so not really that long), and 2) exposure to all this beautiful long hair made ME want beautiful long hair LOL. Now I'm growing out my natural color and trying for long hair, so things have changed!
Taliesyn
June 5th, 2022, 01:55 PM
This is an interesting thread- looks like I'm not the only one who's been influenced downward by being here haha. My goal was originally waist but now I'm a bit past hip and it's still not long enough. I have my eye on classic
I have only just found this forum a few days ago and seeing all the amazing beautiful hair photos is definitely influencing me too.
My hair has been classic length in the past and is now tailbone length which I have been happy with but now I'm starting to think I want to grow it out past classic.
RedIris
June 6th, 2022, 09:25 AM
I have only just found this forum a few days ago and seeing all the amazing beautiful hair photos is definitely influencing me too.
My hair has been classic length in the past and is now tailbone length which I have been happy with but now I'm starting to think I want to grow it out past classic.
Ahaha the influencing happens quickly doesnt it? Good luck if you decide to go for it! I'm trying not to think about how pretty mid-thigh length hair is ahahah
Theobroma
June 6th, 2022, 09:35 AM
I found LHC when I was about BSL, grew to my goal of classic, then decided being able to sit on the ends was overrated and cut back to tailbone. That was about six years ago and I've been cheerfully maintaining at this length ever since. It seems to be my happy place between "not long enough for my liking" and "long enough to be somewhat annoying". :)
amiraaah
June 6th, 2022, 08:11 PM
yes my goal has always been classic but because classic is close now, my new goal is mid thigh length!
Bat
June 9th, 2022, 06:39 PM
Mine keeps fluctuating from hip to midthigh to knee in back again with my track record I really should just aim for mid back or even apl
ExpectoPatronum
June 9th, 2022, 10:48 PM
My first goal was waist, but then when I hit it, it suddenly wasn't long enough. Now I'm aiming for classic :lol:
stephlynette
June 10th, 2022, 05:54 PM
reached classic but now I'm aiming for knee, I'll maintain it once I get there, that's the plan for now at least. :)
lapis_lazuli
June 13th, 2022, 06:10 PM
I was at hip when I registered. I think I wanted at least classic, and anything beyond would be a bonus. Growing past knee was never a possibility to me until joining here.
Sigrid
June 13th, 2022, 08:31 PM
My goal length has gotten shorter over time. The more I learn about my hair the more realistic I'd like to be about my expectations. It'd be nice if it could someday reach my ankles or the floor but I know how unlikely that is so I'm just going to enjoy every step of the journey and not focus on the "end goal" or even decide if I have one.
foreveryours
June 13th, 2022, 08:40 PM
I was at hip when I registered. I think I wanted at least classic, and anything beyond would be a bonus. Growing past knee was never a possibility to me until joining here.
Me either :p
Rushli
June 28th, 2022, 09:20 PM
I don’t remember if I had a goal before joining, but soon after I was set on FTL. I got a few inches from it, but I got annoyed with it. I’m terrible about treating my hair nice when combing it out so that never helped. Lol
I grew it out then cut it back several times over the last 4 years. (bounced between just past CL and then back to TBL/BCL) This time I went to waist. It’s so short! But I love it!! I actually wear it down now. I have been struggling with getting mats next to my scalp (where I bun my hair) for 5+ years. I have tried so many things over the years but gave up a couple years ago and just dealt with it. It has gotten much better, but not totally gone in the last 3-4 months, but I noticed after this chop I no longer have it. I did change my diet 6 months ago and have amazing nails now so I don’t know if it is food or length related.
Knowing all this, I’m not sure I’ll end up keeping it between hip and waist or grow it again. Maybe if my new growth is as strong as my nails it will be easy!
Bat
June 29th, 2022, 03:03 AM
My goals changed back to hip length. I can always extend the goal if I get to hip
pisinoe
July 6th, 2022, 01:58 PM
I've been wanting tailbone or even classic length again. I'm not even surprised lol. But we'll see, my first goal is to finally get to belly button first, which was my previous goal before I chopped off my hair last year. I might let it grow past that just to see how I like it, but it will depend on the situation of my ends by then, and I don't know how long that will take since I hate fine ends on myself... Anyway, I'm already overthinking this as always. Oops. :p
LongLocke
July 6th, 2022, 02:03 PM
My goals changed back to hip length. I can always extend the goal if I get to hip
You mean “when you get to hip” :)
baanoo
July 6th, 2022, 03:24 PM
When I joined, I was at waist but thought waist=hip, so that was a pleasant surprise! And then.. yep, slowly slowly, LHCitis crept in. ;) Now I think I'll be happy with TBL; my hair is pretty fragile and it will take some time for the heat/mechanical damage of the old days to be trimmed out.
Joyful Mystery
July 6th, 2022, 03:28 PM
When I joined in 2017 my goal was knee. I had a setback in 2020 but my goal is still the same.
Hexana
July 11th, 2022, 09:46 PM
When I joined my hair was short (above shoulder) so my first hoal of waist was pretty far and looked pretty long to me. But now that I am at waist it doesn't feel that long, so I chose to to prolong my goal to waist length when braided (probably classic when loose?)
Diana Prince
July 12th, 2022, 11:23 AM
So, when I joined LHC I wanted waist length hair. Then I wanted to grow to hip. And now, I think tailbone would be a better length for me...
I'm still taking it one step at the time. I want to be able to wear my hair down 2, maximum 3 days a week (the rest of the time it's inconvenient to let it loose) so I want to be able to enjoy it. I'll maintain where I find it most comfortable, and at the moment it still has a lot of 'room' to grow :lol:.
dancedance
July 12th, 2022, 12:12 PM
My original goal was waist length all virgin hair, I reached that but I was struggling to make it look nice. It was dull and limp, so I cut it back to BSL.
Now I am growing it back out to waist with the intention of taking better care of it and learning how to blow dry it nicely so it looks good. But if I do figure that out I am definitely going to aim for TBL and maybe classic after I reach waist. :)
lairiel
July 15th, 2022, 09:56 AM
When I was in Lurker Mode TM over the years of 2018-2019 my hair grew from waist to past TBL and my goal was fingertip length. However, once I cut to shoulder in 2020 and decided late 2021 to regrow again to TBL at most (for now ;) ). The reason for this is that I have a long torso, and hair that's longer than my torso might make it look even longer, I think! I'm also wanting to maintain my length once I hit TBL to thicken up and have nice, healthy hair, before continuing to grow. So that's my goal for now. Weirdly enough, actually shorter, but more attainable for now since I like to wear it down :)
tuanyiji
July 15th, 2022, 11:30 AM
In reality, only a few of my longest hairs have reached my tailbone as I have a fairytail, and I fear some of them might even fall off during my natural shedding cycle. So for the majority of my hair to catch up, I still have a long long way to go, Classic is such a far-fetching dream, not to mention knee length. I feel like my locks will be stubbornly stuck at tbl for so long, and the more I look at the mirror, the more it doesn’t seem like it’s growing at all :(
I bun my hair during my waking hours and try very hard not to tape-measure it for two months now.
I debate about whether I should thicken my ends when I hit Classic before reaching my knees, that’s a project for the next few years. I am currently collecting my shed hairs to make accent braids or a wig, so I don’t want to use scissors to disrupt the naturally shed hairs’ length, sigh.
Xan
July 18th, 2022, 03:17 PM
My original goal was waist. I'm now at mid thigh and would love to get to ankle or floor after seeing some amazing hair here. I got the long hair itis. Never long enough grow grow grow❤❤❤
lapushka
July 18th, 2022, 04:12 PM
I grew for sentimental reasons and practical reasons, and from the start my goal length was classic. It is the length I am comfortable at. :)
RadioactiveLily
July 18th, 2022, 06:54 PM
I started out just hoping for hip and classic. After being encouraged by the example of many here, and nostalgia for the memory of my grandmother's ankle length hair, I decided to try for ankle or floor. I am almost there :)
mermaid lullaby
July 18th, 2022, 06:59 PM
When I first started LHC I had shoulder length hair and wanted it to be waist length but now, I'm going for hip.
Death-Within-Me
July 18th, 2022, 07:56 PM
I reached classic length before in my late teens with fairytale ends.
I want to see if I can reach it again with fuller ends.
maborosi
July 18th, 2022, 11:13 PM
Way back when I first joined LHC, all I wanted was 36" hair.
Then that turned to classic...then it became knee.
Who knows how long I'd have grown if I hadn't cut it? LOL
The LHC effect is for real!
squirrrel
July 18th, 2022, 11:58 PM
Even when I was in my lurking phase I wasn’t sure how long I wanted to grow: I wanted hip length, or mid thigh length or either one of them braided (with thick ends as a bonus)…. Now I’m contemplating whether I switch to maintaining at whatever I have by the spring solstice (well, start trimming then) or to grow on until knees (easier to know you are keeping it at the correct length) and then keep it there…. Maybe mid calf length will be where I stop. Or maybe not, though I can’t currently imagine having ankle length…
LoveSnap
July 19th, 2022, 07:28 AM
I think my goal has changed. It was more concrete and now it's more abstract. I wanted to be hip length. Now, I will just let my hair grow as long as it is manageable. When I am spending too much time or find my hair unmanageable, that'll be when it's too long.
Joules
July 19th, 2022, 07:53 AM
I came here wishing for tailbone length
4,5 years later I'm past Classic, going for terminal, tailbone now seems hopelessly short :lol:
0xalis
July 20th, 2022, 02:19 PM
Yeah it changed from Classic to maybe possibly a bob in the future... I'm considering growing to a pixie right now
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