(1) Please don't feel badly. I don't have terribly much (quantity
of) hair beyond the point where it was 3 years ago -- because the last
12-15 inches are quite thin.
What are you gonna do with your next 3 years' growth? Keep it, and enjoy it?
(2) Actually, I've never had that problem. Somehow I've managed
to avoid it. But I do occasionally get hair in odd places.
Always pulling it out of the laundry, both after the washer and the
dryer. And it does tend to pile up on the floor in places - get
the toes wrapped in it and I'll hear the occasional "snap" sound 'cause
I'm stepping on the other end with the other foot.
Back to the topical question, I certainly don't consider
shoulder-length or a bit below (on women) as being "long." I
consider that to be "medium." To me, "short" is chin or
shorter. Long is at least mid-back, and super-long (to me, on
others) is below waist-length. Even that is biased toward shorter
lengths. Given the extent of my strands, and similar (but
opposite) bias of the styling industry, I might consider my hair as
super-long, knee-length as long, "classic" length as "medium," and
waist-length or less as "short." Pretty funny, right? Goes
to show you how ridiculous the styling industry's definitions are.
I get my "personal" classes of hair length from the general population and what I see there. Given the vast magority of women have hair bra strap or shorter I'll start with that. Bra Strap of longer, to me is REALLY long. Bra Strap to 2 or 3 inches below shoulders is long. From there to mid neck is medium. Mid neck to 2 to 4 inches long is short. Pixie is very short. Just my thoughts.
I often have to categorize the images in our galleries...so here is what I use as a general rule of thumb for defining hair lengths:
1. No hair - bald 2. Fuzz covering - fade or fuzz covering 3. Hair that covers the head but generally above the ears - very short 4. Hair from the ears to the chin - short hair 5. Hair from chin to the top of the shoulders - medium length 6. Hair from shoulders to the bra strap - bra strap length aka BSL 7. Hair from BSL to the waist - waist length long hair 8. Hair from Waist to the bottom of the derrierre - Classic length long hair. 9. From derrierre to mid thigh - thigh length 10. From mid-thigh to knees - knee length 11. From knees to mid calf - calf length 12. From mid calf to ankles - ankle length 13. From ankles to the floor - floorlength 14. Floorlength + inches - floorlength plus
When it comes to what is considered long...it is all relative. It is sort of like how high is up or how hot is hot?
A lot depends on your height, your weight, your hair texture (curly and wavy hair will not stretch full length w/out help) and your attitude.
I remember when I was first growing out my hair I went to a long hair salon. The woman making my appontment asked how long my hair was. I proudly proclaimed that it was at the bottom of my bra clasp. I was so excited. She said...oh I can book you because we have time for a short hair at 11:00 am. I almost cried.
But then I got to the salon and the walls were covered with women with floor length tresses. Arggghhhhh.
I think when describing your own "long hair" you need to describe it how you feel comfortable. My own hair is approximately 5" below my waist and would probably be considered "classic length" but sometimes I feel a light brush against the top of my thighs. What a thrill. But anyway, I usually say....x inches below my waist. It feels the best way for me.
Again...it is all subjective. When I am talking to Dave Decker on the phone I feel like I have a crewcut because his hair is sooooo much longer than mine, he has been growing it longer AND he is taller.
And then there is Lady Godiva (hey LG) who has awesome hair that is wayyyyyyyyyy longer than mine will probably ever be. So to me, I have relatively short hair, but to everyone here at HB.com they talk about my super long hair.
Find your own comfort zone and chill out there. :-)
Best wishes, karen
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Again...it is all subjective. When I am talking to
Dave Decker on the phone I feel like I have a crewcut because his hair
is sooooo much longer than mine, he has been growing it longer AND he
is taller.
You are too funny, Karen. Your hair is NOT short! It is not only long, it is very long!
Welcome Mysty/Cindy! I agree with Karen that "long" is a subjective term.
Thanks Karen and Dave, well I measured again the way they said on here and it is 23" , now to me this is Long...and gettin longer I love the support on here it is fantastic and all the great tips. I agree Karen to me your hair is loooooooooooong, but then when your growing it out it can never be long enuff, I say I want mid back but I know IF it will , I want it longer. So thanks for the welcome and all the help!!!
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Karen I know texture has a way of disguising the length. I am african American and I am natural. My hair grows up and out, it looks short but when i stretch it for the most part it is past my shoulders. This is only 10 months worth of growth. So my question is, since certain textures can be decieving and lets say it was to my waist (which it could be one day) how would u classify curly or extremely curly hair if someone was to give u a picture to put in the gallery by length?
I'm just going by your list of classification and was just wondering about that. Hope I'm not causing any problems in here.
That sounds good to me, I am at 23 inches and hope to be
near 30 at the end of the year. Elbow length is exactly what I
want but it will need more than 30 to get there but it will be a great
start. How long do you want it?
I quite like my hair as it is which is probably good as I don't think
it'll grow any longer but it'd be quite nice if it reached my waist.
Any longer and I'd probably get frustrated and chop it all off!
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Oh, the woes of being (sorta) tall I am not even that tall (maybe for a woman I am above the norm) at 5'7" inches, and my hair is not even to my bra strap, yet it is 22 inches. I read earlier on this topic that someone who was 5' had hair that was almost waistlength and it was 22 inches! Not too mention I probably need a good inch trimmed and I have been procrastinating going into a salon. I hate my hair, what I wouldn't give for a mane like my sisters. Hers is like a horse's tail, numerous stylists have said she has the thickest head of female hair they have ever worked on (and to add insult to injury it grows over an inch a month, while mine barely measures the standard half inch) Those darn genetics......
i'm 5'1 so i would believe that the girl had waist length hair that was 22" and is 5'0. I personally dont want my hair to go past bra strap but instead just aboveit, like halfway between my shoulders and bra strap.
Norskygrl21 and LadyFrog, don't worry about being tall...It may take
your hair longer to get it where you want it, but when it does get
there, it will be even more loooooong! (comparatively speaking).
I'm 5'8" so I'm right there with you in the loooong slow journey.
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You're 5'8" and you've still managed to get your hair to your ankles???? NO wonder it took you ages!
(sorry, I keep enthusing about your hair but it's so long!!)
17 years?!!! Dang! Your goal must have been the floor,
right? Do you find your hair still grows a typical 1/2 inch a
month? Or does it go slower after a certain point? (hoping
it doesn't! )
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