QuoteReplyTopic: longest hair I have seen Posted: December 28 2005 at 9:37pm
I'm with you, Dave. My hair is waist length now, but I want to
hit my ankles. The woman I am named for had ankle lemgth hair for life,
and I hope to make that at some point.
As fate would have it, my business is all about you.
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The ratios I mentioned based on the mathemtical natural logarithm,
0.368 and 0.632 (or the similar Phi ratios mentioned by Anais)
correspond (in this context!) with hair that is waist-length and
classic-length, respectively.
(Although "me" length hair is appealing, as well... )
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I don't really know. I'd quite like to know what it looks like at
classic I suppose which is only a few years away but I'm not
specifically growing to a goal. I don't want it super long though.
28.02.06 34 inches
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Anais, very interesting that you were able to apply the Golden Ratio to
hair length. I am not very good at math, however I am very artistic, and
things like balance and proportion are very important to me. This is one
of the main reasons I am growing my hair out. I am aiming for waist
length.... about another 15" (a ways to go!)
This hasn't really got anything to do with the topic but does there
come a point where you can no longer comb/look after your hair by
yourself?
No.
I used to think so. I wondered how people with hair (longer than
fingertip length) cared for their hair. But as I passed that
length, I kind of "figured it out." I hold the comb in my right
hand, and use the left hand to "lift" or "push" the section being
combed away from my side. When it got even longer, I started to
grab it with my fist.
For those who think they might want to let their hair grow ultra-long,
I would suggest that they not consider this an insurmountable
issue. It is actually quite easy to detangle my hair (so long as
I haven't foolishly allowed it to get snarled or knotted).
Longest hair I've ever seen was about 8" past floor-length and still very thick at the ends. Simply amazing.
Having very long hair myself, it's something you truly grow into.
When it was shorter, I never thought I'd be able to deal with having
hair this long. But as it grew, I kind of "figured it out."
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Anais, thanks for that little history
lesson lol. I have heard of Phi as well, the first I had ever read about it was
in the novel the Da vinci code, but I wasn’t aware that it could be related to
hair as well…interesting.
A few years ago I did some extensive study on phi. Classic length is what evolved from Golden Ratio (called phi, or 1.618..... or .618.... they are both reciprocal, irrational numbers)
Golden Ratio, or phi, is supposed to be the most attractive proportion. It's also manifested (vaguely) as the "Rule of Thirds", where ideally the focal point of an art piece or a photo should be on the first or last third of a space to have it "look good".
The calculation is [the square root of five, plus or minus one] the quantity divided by two.
Golden Ratio is actually about fingertip length, and the inverse of the Golden length is actually about waist length. This is why both waist and classic are "theoretically" the most attractive lengths for long hair. I think the practice of having fingertip length eventually evolved into classic length because classic length is the borderline between what you can and cannot comb by yourself. Not that people in ancient days didn't have hair minions!!!
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