First time for long hair?

**meepster** · September 6th, 2020, 10:50 AM

This will be the first time for me if I ever get beyond about shoulder length. Last time I had "long" hair as an adult was about 15 years ago, and it maybe got a little beyond SL. I'm kinda excited, actually. At this point, I just passed chin length, so I'm estimating that I'll be at collarbone length about a year from now, which will then take me into totally uncharted territory.

At present, I'm very excited at the idea of being able to put my hair in a ponytail. This is new and kinda fun. The ponytail is still kinda pitiful, but getting fluffier.

**Kat** · September 7th, 2020, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by Curlsgirl

Okay I was just wondering if others are excited like me and also kind of NEW to longer hair! At 29 inches I do not have long hair by LHC standards really but I do have longer hair than ever before in my life by a few inches! Some new things for me are:

Having it get in my way when I sit or sleep (that is get caught under me or behind my seat between the seat and back, having to move it out of the way etc.)

Learning what to do with it in general such as updos, braids, etc.

Feeling it brush against my arms and farther down my back, seeing it in the mirror longer than I have ever seen it, catching it between/under my arms and just all kinds of new things!

I really really love it! I see some longhairs just seemingly not concerned about their hair at all just like it's an old friend but I don't feel that way and wondered if it is like that for others here. Every bit of extra length is like a new and exciting (and a tad bit scary to tell you the truth) fun and different challenge!

By now-- 20 years after I decided to ditch short hair-- my hair *is* an old friend that I don't worry about too much. But way back then, yes, I hadn't had hair longer than about chin-to-shoulder length since I was 8, so it sort of felt like having long hair for the first time!

I was excited when it was finally long enough to *actually pull back* into a braid or ponytail and get it out of my face!

**Lainey** · September 7th, 2020, 11:27 AM

I was excited when it was finally long enough to *actually pull back* into a braid or ponytail and get it out of my face![/QUOTE]

Ah Kat you summed it up for me completely. Just being able to pull my hair back will be lovely. As I used to wear it when I was a youngster. Been many decades but I’m looking forward to the ease of those updo styles.

**Feral_** · September 7th, 2020, 11:54 AM

Mine is the longest it’s been for a while. The difference is now I’m looking after it better so it’s not as annoying as it was before, or possibly I'm more tolerant

As for updos buns are a new discovery and still unpredictable. I am enjoying being able to plait it, although i can only do 2 versions, English or milkmaid. I'd love to nail a French or Dutch braid - at present nails are what I'd need to enable that!

**ynne** · September 7th, 2020, 07:35 PM

My longest hair before was something like the bottom of shoulder blades when curly (just briefly, a haircut soon followed, it usually stayed in shoulder-APL territory), and then I had really short hair for many, many years. I don't actually remember much from back then, besides the issues with loose hair, and the discomfort when a ponytail was assymetrical (that did not change!). Braids besides English and pretty much all buns are new to me.
I already got to SBL with stretched length, so I feel closer to that milestone!

**Lainey** · September 8th, 2020, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by Feral_

Mine is the longest it’s been for a while. The difference is now I’m looking after it better so it’s not as annoying as it was before, or possibly I'm more tolerant

As for updos buns are a new discovery and still unpredictable. I am enjoying being able to plait it, although i can only do 2 versions, English or milkmaid. I'd love to nail a French or Dutch braid - at present nails are what I'd need to enable that!

I laughed at your nails comment Feral. It’s good to have a humorous take on all the shenanigans we get into with our hair.

**GoatLady** · October 17th, 2022, 09:27 PM

This isn't my first time growing my hair long BUT this will be my first time growing it past my waist.

**Dark40** · October 24th, 2022, 03:43 PM

I can say the longest my hair has ever been was 2 or 3 inches above hip length, and that was 37 years ago, and back then I had gotten my first haircut up to a chin length bob, and I started growing it back out again. Then, I cut it again, and kept on going back and fourth cutting and growing back out. Then during 9th grade in high school that's when I decided to let it all grow out again, and during my senior year in high school I cut into a chin length bob again, and throughout college I wore it that length for many years up until 1997, and up until 2010 when I decided to join here t LHC it was at a chin length bob again as a start, and now I'm back down to mid back length again. Hoping to grow lot longer. I really love the feel of long hair!