How thick is your hair?

[aquadreamer]

If you put your hair up in a ponytail, how many times can you wrap the rubber band around it? For me, if it's new/almost new rubber bands (I usually use two for support), I can wrap it around three times and it would generally be rather tight. I have waist length hair that's rather healthy, but when browsing youtube videos about long hair, I always somehow feel that their hair is almost twice as thick as mine. So I wanted to know if it's my illusion or true. :)

[thisischristine]

Mine is so so fine. I long for a thick pony tail. I think maybe when the baby hairs catch up and the layers grow out it will look thicker? Do you think that those with thick hair tend to be more likely to grow it successfully, or that growing it and caring for it allows it to be thicker? I never see anyone with hair as thin as mine with it past BSL :(

[bluesnowflake]

With new bands I can wrap between 2 and 3 times. Just as a tip, here we usually measure thickness by ponytail circumference. My ponytail circumference is about 4", which is at the upper end of normal/lower end of thick.

[baaaad_kitty]

My hair is right smack in the middle of having medium thickness. I always thought my hair was thin, though. And I have this classmate with really really THICK straight hair, its gorgeous! Makes me have thickness envy :(

[Aerith85]

My hair is pretty thick I wrap a band twice for support. x

[jojo]

I only use scrunchies but my hair is just over 4" circumference

[aquadreamer]

Mine is so so fine. I long for a thick pony tail. I think maybe when the baby hairs catch up and the layers grow out it will look thicker? Do you think that those with thick hair tend to be more likely to grow it successfully, or that growing it and caring for it allows it to be thicker? I never see anyone with hair as thin as mine with it past BSL :(
I hope my baby hairs can grow out too, but I wonder if it ever will :(

[aquadreamer]

With new bands I can wrap between 2 and 3 times. Just as a tip, here we usually measure thickness by ponytail circumference. My ponytail circumference is about 4", which is at the upper end of normal/lower end of thick.
Thank you for the tip :) That's much more accurate than my method lol :)

[jujube]

Too short to measure the actual ponytail, but so thick it doesn't actually move when I move my head.

[MandaMom2Three]

Hard to say since hair elastics come in so many sizes, but my hair is quite thin. 2 1/4 " circumference. I'm hoping that will increase at least slightly with some vitamin supplements and such :p

[UltraBella]

I have all different sizes of bands, so it completely depends, but I do have a lot of hair. Usually I can only wrap it twice. If I am actually going to wear my hair in a ponytail, which I VERY seldom do, I have to use two ponytail holders so I have more support. Otherwise it is really uncomfortable.
My ponytail circumference is 5.6" now that I cut bangs.

[Madora]

When I ponytail (which is seldom) I use a coated hairband and wrap it around twice. I don't like tight ponytails..to much tension on delicate strands.

[Fufu]

usually twice for me, I don't really like to tie it very tight.

[1hunky5monkeys]

My pony is a little over 3" in circumference.

[Alix]

Twice and my ponytail is about 4.75 inches.

[ericthegreat]

It all depends on how big and/or stretchy the elastic is. I have and have used elastics and bands/scrunchies of all sizes.

On my scrunchies and my bigger ponytail bands, I can wrap them around 3 to 4 times.
On my regular ponytail bands, I can usually only wrap them around twice, because my hair is thick. I sometimes also use two bands together for a more secure ponytail.

[lapushka]

Regular elastics go around my ponytail twice, barely / only just three times. It's pretty much always been that way.

[xoxophelia]

My ponytail at the nape of my neck is now between 4.5-5" but it should continue to get thicker as it has been taking a long time for my hair to recover from illness (at its worse it was probably around 2")...

The only ponytail holders I have are very stretched out and I can get those around 3 times but new ones snap if I go for 3 loops and do not have enough support with only 2 :/

I mostly stick to buns :)

[pepperminttea]

Not really sure; my Goody elastics are about half the size of my Scunci ones (both metal-free). When I measure my circumference it hovers between 3.7" and 4.0" (even measuring twice in the same session, it never comes out exactly the same), so my hair's at the thick end of ii, but not unusual.

[cuddledumplin]

You know, my hair thickness changes from day to day. It's usually over 5 inches, but today it's about 4 1/2ish. I think humidity and the type of shampoo and conditioner I use effect it. I can wrap my Superdrug metal free elastics about 2 or 3 times depending upon how stretched they are.

[Tia2010]

My pony circumference is about 4" . Some days a little thicker some days a little less. So at the high end of ii but it still looks thin to me. :rolleyes:

[Cirafly24]

Mine is right in the middle of medium thickness...3"

Before last summer, it was about 3.25", but I had a big shed. Those hairs are now growing back, and they're super annoying.

[christine1989]

I get the small elastics so they only wrap 2 times (barely!) Back when I first joined LHC I could eaisly do 3 with the same size elastic so the great info on here has really made a difference :).

[Kristin]

When I've measured in the past, it was about 5.25", but I feel like it must be under 5"...

I am a typical LHCer in that I never think I can have enough hair.

[kschr2004]

I have a 4 inch circumference, but I also have bangs so I would add about a half inch to that with the bangs. On the low end of a iii.

[julliams]

I can wrap twice - my circumference is around 4 1/4" and I consider myself to have thick hair.

[teela1978]

Have you checked out the newbie threads? This information is in most people's info, we measure circumference of ponytails and report it as i, ii, or iii thickness. i is less than 2" around, ii is 2-4 inches, iii is over 4 inches around. I'm around 3", so I'm a ii.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=7804

[Browniegirl]

I have a 6 inch ponytail, and I am also growing out my bangs( very annoying) .I think some of the bangs go into the pony, but not all. Does hair grow thiner as it grows? Mine is about midback now...i'm 5'7.

[jaine]

Have you checked out the newbie threads? This information is in most people's info, we measure circumference of ponytails and report it as i, ii, or iii thickness. i is less than 2" around, ii is 2-4 inches, iii is over 4 inches around. I'm around 3", so I'm a ii.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=7804

That is useful! This whole time I assumed that ii was 2-3 inches and iii was 3+ inches. Now I know for sure...thanks!

[MissManda]

I don't think measuring hair thickness by how many times one wraps an elastic around their ponytail is terribly accurate because there are so many different sizes and because they have different elasticities. It also depends on how worn-out/stretched-out the elastic is.

My ponytail circumference is somewhere between 4-4.25" and with my preferred elastics I can wrap them 3 times max, although I prefer twice because getting that third wrap is a struggle. My hair is quite slippery, so I sometimes have to wear my elastics/hairtoys tighter than someone with less slippery hair because they have the tendency to slide out during the day. I don't wear ponytails very often anymore.

[spidermom]

Ack! I would never put a rubberband in my hair!

[Allychan]

Mine is so so fine. I long for a thick pony tail. I think maybe when the baby hairs catch up and the layers grow out it will look thicker? Do you think that those with thick hair tend to be more likely to grow it successfully, or that growing it and caring for it allows it to be thicker? I never see anyone with hair as thin as mine with it past BSL :(

My hair is incredibly fine. I hate washing it because it makes it even finer ie no grease to thicken it up.
Before torturing my hair I used to have hair nearly to my waist. At the time I did not know it but the secret was I worked 8hrs a day as a cleaner in 35oC (they would not let us use the air con) so I had to wear my hair up every day and I used to henna it every other month.
I can currently tie my hair up with an elastic band (5cm diameter band) by wrapping it around 6x

[Allychan]

My pony circumference is barely 1"