QuoteReplyTopic: What about the future for your hair? Posted: November 03 2005 at 8:01am
After seeing the post asking people for their hair history, we were
thinking ... what about the future for your hair? So many people
say
that when you reach a certain age, long hair doesn't belong on a woman
or a man for that matter. Jennifer and I disagree with this and
think long hair can look great on anyone of any age. Jennifer has
no intentions of cutting her hair as she ages and plans on letting it
gray naturally with age. What are your plans for your hair?
BTW: We just trimmed about 3 inches off Jennifer's hair to remove
the point in the middle where most of the length was. The picture
below shows the results. This picture was taken on a day (about
the only day in the last 6 months) that she blew her hair dry for a
Halloween look she wanted. The ends of her hair were getting very
bad anyway and were always tangling. I think it looks much
better. This trim also removed about all her layers she had from
a layer cut about 2 years ago. A larger version of this picture
is available here.
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I agree I like to see long hair on older people, it's a rare
occurance. I like the way Jennifers hair came out. It looks
beautiful, and now when it grows longer it will look even better.
I want mine the same with a slight rounding. My hair is in need
of a trim soon although it's just starting to get nice and long
so I plan to put it off. Do you have the before the trim pic for
us to compare it? Anyway her hair looks great
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It isn't a real great picture, but here's
one taken about a month ago. You can see in this picture how long
the middle was compared to the sides. I like this look
personally, but her hair was always getting tangled in these last few
inches so the trim was best. It's in much better condition now to
continue down the growing path.
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Hey I really like the trim!!! Her hair looks nice and healthy
So from hair history...to hair future....I like it!
I'm not too sure what I think about older ladies with long hair (I think I'm going to get flamed for this!!! but anyway...). I think it's a great idea in theory, I mean why should ppl cut their hair because they are aging? Doesn't make sense (unless it's in really bad condition). However, the few more mature women I have seen with long hair did not look good. Maybe I just need to see one with really great hair to change my opinion on this
As for me, well I'm "only" 32, so have a few years to go before I'd consider myself to be a "mature" woman. But I think that if my hair is looking good and it suits my lifestyle, then I wouldn't see a reason to cut it. It's one of those things to play by ear.
Missrini, you have a great point. I don't think there will be any "flaming" The older women get, the thinner the hair tends to be. And further, the hair strands will become less "plump". It's perfectly understandable for many women to cut their hair short as hormonal changes affect their hair and health. As for me personally, now that I think about the possible changes to my hair, I'm just going to have to wait and see what old age will bring. It's just a decision I'll put off until later.
I'd have to agree with your comments. If the hair isn't healthy
looking, then it probably isn't going to look pretty long and the best
thing to do is to keep it shorter and make the best of it.
Jennifer and I just don't agree with those who say long hair doesn't
look good on "older" women and that as you age, the hair has to
go. As long as it looks good, she plans to keep it long.
I'm going to go gray naturally and keep it long the rest of my
life. I will wear it up in elegant buns. It may go kinky,
because some people in my family went kinky haired as they got gray,
but on my mother's side they don't, they stay thick haired.
Either way, it should be fine in buns or twists.
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I'm not sure about the future of it. I loved the whole process of growing it. Once it reached my waist, I thought that was long enough. Due to some shedding a year ago, I began to trim it back a little. It's now a few inches above my waist.
Being a man, I don't think I'd want long gray hair. But I have seen some gorgeous women with long gray hair! Healthy long gray hair is beautiful!
I agree with everyone who said long hair in old age really depends on the hair's condition at that time. If my hair gets thin and frizzy when I'm that age, I'd rather cut it
As for the nearer future of my hair... I could envision myself getting a pixie cut at some point, just to try it out. It won't happen anytime soon though, if ever. I love all extreme short and long lengths; it's the time it takes to get from one to the other that gets on my nerves.
tdouty, Jennifer's hair looks GREAT! So healthy and shiny! My own hair could probably use a good trim, but like TLSF I'm going to put it off. Which I know is bad, but I'm a glutton for punishment.
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Im not going to be a typical gray, short haired,poofy,or helmet
headed older lady! Im 46 and have gray mixed in my hair,and Im growing it! Its relatively thick,and I agree
with Susan, I will be wearing it UP in a nice upsweep,chignon, and various other Updos! I wont wear it
long and straight,just hanging there. Its just easier to
doUP than fuss with styling it spraying,,etc.I want to go gracefully. I feel its possible!
Deb
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The only important thing is what you like on your head, not what people around you have been conditioned to think about due to age. If you know in your heart that long hair no longer works for you, get a cut that does. If you're happy with your long hair, keep it.
I like the idea of grey-haired ladies keeping their long hair but wearing a bun. But again, only if it works for you.
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Im going to keep my hair growing long for the rest of my life! lol im 17 at the moment, so i have a long time yet, but im definatly going to keep it long & if possible have no cuts at all! im a red head so i gues my hair will go white instead of grey, i just hope my hair will look thick n healthy when im older. I shall keep it in a plait from now till then
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Yeah I agree with everyone who's staying long. I tried "short" and it just isn't me so I'm going to get mine down to waist length and then just have it trimmed every once in a while. I don't reckon I need to worry about having long grey hair for a little whlie yet
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Nice hair sunsailing great color and thickness has the same rounding as
Jen's I am going to get mine trimmed like that someday,
realisticly I am
aiming to get my hair around your length, although I love the
idea of real long.
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tdouty, Jennifer's hair looks great, I am so jealous!!
I don't think I've seen an older woman with long greyish hair just hanging who I didn't think looked a bit like an old Morticia Addams... I wouldn't like to have grey hair, especially not if it started going grey early (which it tends to do on my mother's side of the family). I'll probably cut it chinlength (is that a proper expression?) and dye it in a colour close to the one I have now when I get old. Or maybe purple-blueish, that seems to be popular among the old ladies here in Sweden...
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I'll probably start getting my hair dyed in a salon when I'm too gray although I'm not sure. I might keep it. Henna is another idea although again I'll need to see when I get there. I'm only 16 just now so it's a while off. Jennifer's hair is gorgeous! I like the natural highlights it has.
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Thanks for the compliments on Jennifer's hair. I'll be sure to
forward them on to her. The trim was about 3 inches and I wasn't
too excited about cutting that much, but her hair does look better
now. She'll have that length back in 4 or 5 months at the rate
her hair grows :-). I trimmed one of her daughters' hair this
past weekend as well. It was about the same length as
Jennifer's. I find it interesting how a daughter seems to follow
the mother's lead with hair length.
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Hi sorry to sound nosey and all but tdouty who are you to jennifer? and why do you always talk about jennifers hair & not ur own? and how come the pictures of the 2 hairs before and after cuttin look like 2 different colours n textures? just curious
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Hi sorry to sound nosey and all but tdouty who are you to
jennifer? and why do you always talk about jennifers hair & not ur
own? and how come the pictures of the 2 hairs before and after cuttin
look like 2 different colours n textures? just curious
Hi MrsMNK,
It's my understanding that Jennifer is tdouty's wife.
I think Jennifer's hair looks great in the picture you shared, tdouty!
Sunsailing, your hair's looking great!
And my opinion is that long hair is right for people of any age.
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I'm her fiance. We both have an interest in long hair and I post
for the two of us since I care for her hair as much if not more than
she does with hair washing and daily brushing. I also have access
to a computer all day at work and her job doesn't give her this
luxury. This question has come up before and I feel I have to
defend myself on this forum because of people maybe thinking I'm just
some sort of freak playing head games with everybody here. Trust
me, this isn't the case. The reason for the difference in hair
colors is the flash on the camera. The picture above was taken at
close range (about 2-3 feet), whereas the others were taken from
farther back. Her hair is a chestnut brown color, which really
doesn't show up well in this photo. There's a picture of the two
of us here. A picture of her from about 2 years ago can be found here and here. This last picture shows her true hair color better than any others we've shown here. I've also posted this picture and this
one on this forum. As you can see, her hair does look different
colors in different light, but the latest one at the top of this thread
does look much lighter ... the flash is the only explanation I can
give. Why the different texture? Probably due to
blow-drying that day. Why don't I talk about my own hair??
Well, you can see from the picture of the two of us that it's not all
that interesting and people here probably wouldn't care for me to be
talking about it. Why the wedding gown in the photo might be the
next question. She bought that gown quite some time ago at a yard
sale to use for material. She tried it on a few weeks ago and we
went out back behind our house into the woods to take a few pictures of
her in it. I thought she looked great in it. We have
learned a lot about hair care from this forum and I try to keep up with
what's going on here. I tell Jennifer of all posts I make and
anything interesting that I read about. I'm not sure what else to
say. I'm a guy who loves to take care of my fiance's long hair
and we get a lot of enjoyment from the time we spend together with it.
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