Shoulder | Armpit

**likelikepenny** · July 12th, 2017, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by hairaddiction

And likelikepenny, your hair growth is phenomenal. It's gotta be really nice to have the length gain to make up for the shrinkage, like you said!

Thank you

**Joyful Mystery** · July 13th, 2017, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by hairaddiction

So, I'm just at chin length now, but my ends flip every which way. I haven't had hair longer than APL for about 20 years. Is 1b the wrong classifier maybe? It's very confusing. I honestly don't remember what my hair used to be like back then as I was very young and hair changes so much from childhood to adulthood.

And likelikepenny, your hair growth is phenomenal. It's gotta be really nice to have the length gain to make up for the shrinkage, like you said!

A lot of us in this thread suffer with this to some degree. It's a rather annoying stage that gets better as your hair gets longer.

**Arctic** · July 13th, 2017, 11:53 AM

Guys, flippy ends are so cute, and something I miss about shorter length! Enjoy them!

**papillon** · July 14th, 2017, 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by hairaddiction

So, I'm just at chin length now, but my ends flip every which way. I haven't had hair longer than APL for about 20 years. Is 1b the wrong classifier maybe? It's very confusing. I honestly don't remember what my hair used to be like back then as I was very young and hair changes so much from childhood to adulthood.

I'm at a flippy stage too. My S-waves start when my hair is just below my shoulders. Even weirder is that one side has more wave than the other.

**Kake** · July 15th, 2017, 02:51 AM

Originally Posted by Arctic

Guys, flippy ends are so cute, and something I miss about shorter length! Enjoy them!

I think so too, especially on straight hair.

I feel like I've had no growth recently, I don't feel any closer to APL than I was after my big trim in March.

**Agnes Eliza** · July 15th, 2017, 08:05 AM

I believe flippy ends are like vanilla ice cream. Some folks like it, some don't

**papillon** · July 17th, 2017, 09:48 PM

Ha! I can tell my ends are getting longer because more and more hair get caught under my jacket when I put it on.

**Corvana** · July 18th, 2017, 02:37 AM

Uuuuugghhh I'm late on my measurement because of a monster migraine the past two days. I never shower with a migraine because they make me super dizzy and I'm terrified of falling. Soooo I haven't washed my hair yet either. I think I can manage it now, since I've finally gotten some relief with these pain meds. But now I just don't wanna because I'm so drained from being in pain all weekend

On another note, my best friend in Iowa's birthday was today (Monday), and she posted pictures! Her hair is almost at hip now, and her daughter has the most beautiful classic length 2c blonde hair. To die for! And her daughter is her little mini-me, and I'm so sad I couldn't be there in person to celebrate with her.

ALSO! I don't know if it's just because I'm more aware of it or something, but it seems like everyone I know is wanting to grow out their hair! A beauty group I'm in on facebook has a good dozen people in various stages of growing their hair out, including several from pixies. I may or may not have mentioned here

And then last week a very good friend of mine posted about tips for growing her hair out!

**Corvana** · July 18th, 2017, 05:53 AM

So I washed, and it's dry and I just measured. After comparing all of my other notes from past measurements, I don't think I mismeasured at all at any point. All of my measurements have been consistent give or take enough for general growth difference. Like less than 1/8" difference.

My baby layers have been consistently ~7" shorter than my midlayer (now all of the rest of my hair). Since that hair has been untouched, it's safe to assume it's not incorrect. Since my "outlier" of 17.5" is in fact perfectly matched with the baby layer measurement of 10.5", and today's measurements of 18.1" and 11.25", then I really have to conclude that I didn't mismeasure at all and perhaps had a bit of a growth spurt if anything else.

But I'm less than half an inch shorter than I was when I started now! But now I've got the benefit of almost everything being even. It certainly feels longer. While it was drying I was really feeling it on my upper back and shoulders. I'll have to see if hubby will take a length shot for me later! It's so much easier for him lol.