I have a really big melon head (I swear, it's Oprah sized), I'm tall, my hair is not straight and I have ALOT of, um, "backside" curvature.
TBL on me is around 41 inches. Classic length for me would be about 51 inches. However, I don't count it as TBL or Classic unless it reaches those landmarks curly. So for a proper "pulled straight measurement", or course they are going to be those big numbers.
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