Have you reached your length goal?

My first goal was bra strap length, which I'm currently at. (It only took almost 2 1/2 years, HF37 and TLHS for that to happen)

But my current goal is waist length, which will take a while.

Nicole Z wrote: My main goal is to have quality as well as quantity... my ends will be thick and full, which is really important to me.

Hi Nicole Zoie!

I struggle with this. The ends of my hair are nowhere near as thick as I would like them to be. However, I am encouraged by the results I've achieved since November 2002 with my supplementation regimen because since then my fallout rate has declined significantly. I'm hopeful that as time passes the increase in thickness is noticeable, allowing me to have the thickness at the ends that I want at the length I have.

Well, I'm sure you'll reach your goals very soon! Wish me luck on mine. And in return, good luck reaching those goals to AmandaPanda, princessmonica, Laine, Jacqui, and Karen!

Hi,

My hair feels...at least to me...to be stalled about 4 inches below my waist. It brushes the top of my tailbone. The weird thing......is that I don't FEEL like I have long hair. One of my good long haired friends told me she has the same problem and she calls it "hair-anorexia". She said that some people who have really long hair for a really long time don't feel like it is long.

That is definitely how I feel.

I developed a thyroid problem a couple of years ago that is now controlled very well by medication but my hair basically slowed to a halt for about the last year. It appears to grow a little bit (because I still get roots from my highlights) but not nearly like it used to. I know I don't sleep as much or eat as good as I should so that coupled with my crazy stressful life has a lot to do with it. I also am not as religious about taking my Viviscal or hair vitamins as I should be. Yes, they are sitting on my desk but I forget to take them or take them sporadically, which doesn't do much good. :-)

When I was on the Fat Flush food plan last year I did notice my hair waking up and acting like it was going to grow again but when I stopped eating well my hair seemed to stall again.

Anyway, I hope that my hair eventually reaches my knees like Dave's but I am not going to stress about it if I can help it. :-)

Great topic & thanks to Dave for waking this sleepy board up. :-)

Best wishes,
Karen

My hair was about at my waist until last weekend. The ends were dry and split, and I kept on getting nasty tangles about 4 inches up from the ends, no matter what conditioner I used. And I wasn't even doing any styling to my hair. I was getting very frustrated with the knots I was getting, and so I decided to cut some of it off.
The back of it is now at my bra strap, and the front is "feathered" around my face. I don't know if that is the correct word or not. This way I still have the "longish hair" look, but I can still do something with it. And it feels/looks SOOO much softer and better.
I am going to let it grow out again (I think) and see if the same problems happen that I had before, if I do, I'll keep it around this length. My goal is to let it be as long as it wants, as long as it is healthy!!!
It just seems much shorter to me, since it was cut, but everyone who has short hair tells me it is still long

Hi Lyris,

Ah, the tradeoff between healthy hair and styled hair. Today a colleague told me essentially the same story. As regards the hairdrying time... I guess I am not at all concerned with it. Good thing, too. Cause it does take awhile to dry, depending on temp and humidity, as much as 4-5 hours, longer if in a braid. Hope you reach that year-end goal!

Welcome to the board, IowaBiker! Bummer you had to cut your hair against your wishes. But that's great progress you've made since then.

Hi Dave,

As much as I loved having long hair, it just didn't look healthy after awhile. My hair is naturally very wavy and I straighten it with a brush and dryer every 2-3 days. Unfortunately this wreaks havoc on it! I find that once my hair gets about 4 inches below the shoulders it starts to look frayed and fried. I'd just rather have shorter but healthier-looking hair. My other pet peeve was that it too forEVER to dry! However I am definitely looking forward to having longer hair in the future (we're only talking about 3 inches past the shoulders, but that's more than I've got now!) By this fall/winter it should be there. Thanks for asking! :-)

My goal is to see what the terminal length of my hair actually is.
If I don't cut it ever again, as part of the natural cycling of hair, all the strands that have a blunt cut end should eventually be replaced with virgin hair with it's naturally tapered end.
That's my goal.
A head full of hair that has never been cut, allowed to reach it's terminal length - whatever that might be.
I feel a bit like a "lone rider" on this one, though....do you know anyone else on the same "quest" Dave?

Hello? Anyone wanna join me in the Quest for the Hairy Grail?

Uzma
(in a very funny/peculiar mood tonight - probably due to over-dosing on Tolkien - hehehehe)

I started growing my hair about 2 years ago. Now, it's about mid-back-length. My stylist thinks my hair grows pretty fast. I get trims every month. At least I try to every month. I can't wait. I am really excited. I just need to take care of it. It's kinda dry from coloring.

Are you guys taking anything? Some type of supplements maybe? Any suggestions? I am new to this board and I am really happy to have found it. Thanks!

Congrats on growing past your goal, DaveDecker!

I did reach my 1st goal of waist length, but I got a trim, and that put me behind. I should reach waist length again by the end of June(I hope). After that, I'll try tailbone.