3 years on LHC- Closing in on classic! [Pics]

[Shadow Walker]

It's now been 3 years since I've found this wonderful community, and although I haven't been too active on here lately I want to thank everyone for the kind words and encouragement I've received. I would not be enjoying my head of hair without you all.

And now, for the obligatory pictures!

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The day I joined LHC, back in 2007.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=209&pictureid=18646
My 1 year anniversary.

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2 years!

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And now, 3 years! This was taken a few moments ago. I do seem to have lost some thickness in the ends, but that's inevitable.

I'm getting close to classic length, though it's hard to tell since I wear long and baggy shirts. I'm probably going to trim an inch pretty soon here, due to an ever growing number of splits. Over all though I'm real happy, and I can't wait to see where I'm at this time next year!

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So beautiful congrats! What an inspiring progress!

[Yozhik]

What wonderful hair and progress, Shadow Walker! I have some serious hair envy here . . .

I hope 3 years of TLC and LHC will give me as spectacular results as yours.

[Luckysock]

awesome progress - I can't believe how much it has grown AND you have such nicely trimmed blunt ends - I feel like I traded in length this year for trimming - it looks like you got the best of both worlds! nice!

[Joliebaby]

Faaaaaast growth!! Your hair looks so healthy! Congratulations!!

[Heidi_234]

Congrats! Your progress is steady and amazing and it's always great to see it!
I'm glad you stuck around for all this epic hair to happen :D

[LouLaLa]

Oh my goodness! Ii want to borrow your hair just so I could swish it about, it must feel amazing :p

Its such an achivement to have thick healthy long hair, wow!

I hope youre enjoying your hair :)

[Kathie]

Wow! You hair looks great!! Congrats.

[Morgaine]

Wow! That's some spectacular progress!
Your hair is really beautiful and thick and it grows fast, you're lucky!

I wish my ends where that thick :pray:

[girlcat36]

It looks fantastic!
I am such a fan of your hair; glad you never caved in and cut it.

[Loreley]

Congrats! :D Your hair is beautiful! I wish my ends were as thick as yours. :puppy:

[little_cherry]

Great progress!! Congratulations! :)

[helwa]

WOW! :bigeyes:

I wish my hair grew that fast! It looks great.

[TrudieCat]

You have awesome hair! Great growth - congrats! :cheer:

[Ylvalie]

Wow, your hair looks great, long and very healthy!
The proof that it's totally worth the effort! :grin:

[squiggyflop]

im very jealous.. my ends arent nearly as thick as yours

[cmnt831]

Oh, wow! Your hair is amazing! Congratulations. :D

[restourceful]

Congratulations, Shadow Walker, and Happy Anniversary! You hair looks wonderful and your growth rate is phenomenal! I'm glad you've kept growing and resisted the urge to chop. Thanks for the inspirational photos!

[Capybara]

You have some impressive growth there! :) Congratulations!

[spidermom]

Wow - fast growth! Do you get (or do) trims?

[serious]

Awesome growth!

Congratulations, your hair looks gorgeous!

[hmmm]

You have some of the most gorgeous hair on this site! Congrats on your anniversary :)

[Islandgrrl]

Happy Anniversary, Shadow Walker! We joined up a few months apart, and I think my hair was about the same length as yours when I joined....my progress is similar to yours. I think your hair continues to look amazing! Here's to another 3 years!:beerchug:

[Gilly]

Congrats on the 3 years Shadow:cheese:
That is some awesome hair you have there:thudpile:, thanks for sharing your journey with us all!:flowers:

[Alvrodul]

Your hair grows really fast! It looks fantastic, too!

[Aredhel77]

Looks great, and in fantastic condition, well done! Happy Anniversary :D

[DarkChocolate]

Such inspiring progress:) Your hair is so thick and beautiful:)

[sally_neuf]

I love your hair Shadow Walker!! It has gotten beautifully long, And wow, is so thick, would you amuse us with some braid pics as well? :D

I remembered one day when you posted you wanted to chop it off.. I'm glad you didn't!

[renarok]

Fantastic length! I am so impressed with how your hair has grown.

[christine1989]

Wow! That is great growth for three years and it still looks as healthy as when it started. :)

[Sad Sally]

Congrats. Now tell us all your hair secrets! What is your hair routine?

[lost_hope]

Wow! Your hair is stunning :) I hope one day my hair can look as good as that.

[jasper]

Amazing, amazing!

[paperwhite]

Congratulations, it looks fantastic! And I agree with the above posters, you've had some seriously amazing growth :)

[Arianwen]

Your hair is fantastic!

[dropinthebucket]

Just incredible hair - and wow, it grows fast! :D congrats

[TinaDenali]

Wow, you've got some seriously gorgeous hair. Jealous!!

[RavennaNight]

Wow! :thud: Shadow Walker your hair looks amazing! Congrats on 3 years and almost classic! Happy growing:)

[NiAosSi]

Amazing hair and progress!

[Coriander]

Good grief! 3 years already, and not only that, but your hair is amazing. :)

[pinkbunny]

Holy cow - your hair grows about twice as fast as mine! Lucky you!

[MissManda]

Your hair is magnificent! I am envious of your lush hemline! Congratulations and thanks for sharing! :)

[Jenn of Pence]

Oooh, so nice...your hair is what I hope mine looks like when I get to that length!

[Pixna]

AWESOME, Shadow Walker!!! I can only aspire to your phenomenal growth and luxurious hair. Congratulations!!! :toast: You are one hunky dude (meant in the most complimentary way, of course!)!

[clichepithet]

(snip)
I'm getting close to classic length, though it's hard to tell since I wear long and baggy shirts. (snip)

Thank you. I will now have Men in Tights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc1am3KyYgA) stuck in my head for the remainder of the evening. How or why I immediately made that connection I'll never know.

But at any rate, :thumbsup:

[Fiferstone]

Happy 3rd anniversary ShadowWalker, keep rocking the long locks! See you at classic length next year :).

[Paniscus]

WOOT! Congratulations! Your hair is GORGEOUS! And that is some growth! Just wow!

I can't use anymore exclamation points... oh sure I can, Keep growing!

[marikamt]

you have GORGEOUS hair..... I have thought so every time I see a pic.....
Congrats!

BTW- am SO glad you didn't cut when everyone IRL was giving you cr*p

[melikai]

Always nice to see your progress pictures! Your hair is wonderful, and I'm very glad you've kept growing it.

Congratulations on 3 years at the LHC! :cheese:

[Chrissy]

Shadow Walker your hair as always looks amazing! I have to say I know you've been through it with people. I so appreciate your tenacity and keeping true to what you want through it all. Your hair is so healthy and beautiful. I am so very thankful you didn't cave and give in to what the idiots at your work were saying to you.

Again congrats on your three years here. We are blessed to have you. :) Here's to another year of growing.

Oh and rock on!!!!:rockerdud

[Teazel]

Time has flown... and your hair is awesome! Congratulations on your 3rd anniversary. :)

[Monsterkitti]

As always your hair is looking gorgeous, congrats! :)

[Newniepg]

Wow! Your hair must grow so quickly! Very cool. I love the colour, love the length and am more than a little envious of your ends! So thick.

Really nice hair.

[MerryKat]

Oh my goodness, your hair is AWESOME. It started out stunning and has just gotten more amazing with every inch of growth. :thud:

[camara]

Your hair has gotten so long in three years! And it looks very nice, too.

[CrisDee]

You do have amazing hair - thanks for posting the inspirational photos :)

[jennydaesy]

very beautiful hair! Congrats!!

[SpinDance]

Wow, wow, wow! Beautiful hair, great progress. Here's to another 3 years!

[ghost]

Your hair looks amazing! You're getting some great growth.

[-j-]

Wow, you have great hair. Congratulations! :) :cake:

[Jean Stuart]

Beautiful!!! Good luck.

[virgo75]

Gorgeous!
And it's so thick and healthy too!!! :thud:

[EtherealOde]

Congrats on your three years, and most importantly on being an individual. Your hair is beautiful. And I am one of the jealous ones envying your thick hemline and rapid growth.

[Angela_Rose]

...wow. That's just downright impressive, ShadowWalker! I am definitely envious of those nice thick ends.

[DavidN]

You continue to have some of the best hair on the LHC, Shadow Walker, and your growth rate is nothing short of fantastic. Congrtulations on such awesome growth!

[CurlAhead]

Your hair grows sooo fast!! And your hair is just amazing! :thudpile:

[littlenvy]

:) Wow! That's beautiful!!

I'm not longer a little envy ... more like a full envy mode :D

[melrose1985]

You have such awesome hair!

[linda g]

Wow! Amazing progress!

[triumphator!]

Look how thick it is! Your hair is glorious, and congrats on the growth. It looks like it grew a foot and a half in the first year!

[Xi]

:agape:Wow -- fantastic hair and amazing growth! Congratulations!:cool:

[halo_tightens]

Your hair is truly amazing, a thing of beauty as always. I'm glad too that you chose not to cut it! It's honest-to-goodness droolworthy. :thumbsup:

[leslissocool]

gosh that's so awesome... soon you will be putting the guy from Immolation to shame! i saw him live... totally jealous of his hair... now you've taken his place! i hope i get as much progress as you in 3 years!

infernal hails

[pennyroyal]

Your hair is amazing! Congrats!

[IcarusBride]

Your hair is so amazing! Your 'thin' ends are thicker than my hair at the roots, I'm pretty sure!

[Shadow Walker]

Oh wow, I can't believe how many replies there are! :thud:

Thank you so much everyone, I don't even know where to start thanking you all!

[Sammich]

Oh my, what fast growth! Congrats. Wow! So inspiring, hope my hair gets as long as yours as soon as you did! :D

[Morgaine]

Your hair is truly amazing Shadow Walker, that's why you got so many replies :)
All of us girls (and guys!) are jealous of it! ;)

[Igor]

That’s some awesome growing! Looks so healthy! :rockerdud

[little_acorn]

Happy anniversary - you have awesome hair that grows really fast :D

[Das Siechtum]

Nice progress. :-) Your hair looks awesome. :-)

[tinti]

Wow, congrats! Really good process :)

[VintageBrooklyn]

Oh wow! I love seeing growth documented in pictures like this! Congratulations on reaching classic length, it suits you! :)

[going gray]

Wow, oh wow, your hair is gorgeous! Congratulations!

[PeonyGarden]

Your hair looks fantastic, and wonderfully thick. Looks like you take really good care of it. Congratulations on your 3 year journey, and 'closing in on classical'. Hopefully this year will be just as productive for you :).

[adiapalic]

What the heck?! :agape: that's some crazy progress for 3 years. Congratulations! :flower: Looks beautiful!

[smilinjenn71]

:thud: Very nice & sexy too!:smack:(except that smiley is in reverse....hehe)

[SilvraShadows]

Don't disappear on us... let us know your secrets! :rant:

[ritza]

Beautiful...Keep Growing!:eyebrows:







Happy Hair Growing!

[KahlanAmnell]

Your hair looks very healthy, gives me hope for waiting longer too. :-)

[Chrissy]

Don't disappear on us... let us know your secrets! :rant:

Head banging! Right Shadow! :D

[Isa-belle]

Wonderful! Happy anniversary, ShadowWalker. Your hair is gorgeous and your growth is quite impressive.

[DuckyDot]

Congrats! Your hair is :thudpile: Worthy :)

[WaitingSoLong]

all that growth in 3 years! Wow! EXCELLENT!

[slz]

You have some of the most gorgeous hair on this site!
Fixed :D .
Can't wait to see the rest of your journey - even more gorgeous, if possible :cheese:

[growing2shine]

Congratulations! Your hair looks AMAZING!!!:joy::blossom:

[.:Alma:.]

What amazing hair!

What thick and "tonic" ends! (as we say in italy :P)

It's unfair, I believe you guy have a growing ratio higher than us... My growing is so sloow compared to yours :(

Keep growing! And headbanging, of course.

[Henrietta]

I like your attitude, this atmosphere of waiting where you'll be nexy year...
And I really have to tell this- you have so thick ends! I know you know, but... ;)

[Shadow Walker]

Head banging! Right Shadow! :D

That's right! :rockerdud

I don't have any secrets though, I don't do anything to my hair except try to be careful. I basically just watch it grow. :p

[Hylia]

Wow, it looks great, and it doesn`t look thin at all at the ends.

[Debra83]

WOW!!!!!!!!! :thudpile::thudpile::thudpile::thudpile::thudpile: :thudpile:

[sipp10]

Wow, amazing progress!

[bunzfan]

Wow! You hair looks great!! Congrats.

Wow your hair grows really fast and its so thick :)