What do you think?

well....for one the standing up part of your hair might be caused by a few things...now im not a guy so i dont know exactly how your hair works, but for one it might be caused by a bad cut. if your hair is say 2 to 3 inches all over, and its standing up the stylist or barber might not be meshing it together right. when you try to grow it and it stands up, you are just going through natural growing out phases and they will go away if you let your hair grow longer. if you still have this problem after its grown say 3 or so inches long all over, get a consultation with a stylist and see why its doing this. it might be your hair type. as for gels and hairsprays, gels on guys are usually used to maintain a wet/greasy spikey look. if thats not what you are going for, go to a salon and use tigis bedhead. i use the manipulator on my short hair and you can do anything with it from make it lay flat as a board to make it stand up straight as can be and it holds. it leaves a little residue but it doesnt make your hair hard. also try their lines of regular gels and hairsprays. i love their line of products. other than that, the only other suggestion is to keep it short like in a real short number 2 or 3 blade buzz. but you say you want it to get longer, so thats not what you want. hope i helped a little :)

tigis bedhead is a styling line, it has gels hairsprays shampoos and conditioners :)