QuoteReplyTopic: Who has cut there long hair? Thoughts Posted: March 06 2002 at 2:01pm
I thought this would be a interesting thread.
Who has cut there long hair?
Reason why?
How much did you cut?
How did you feel before, during, and after the cut?
Ok, my hair is mid-back almost to my waist. It is light brown, thick, and naturally wavy. My hair is dry, a little stringy, have some split ends and has gotten where it will knot real bad.
I have found a style I like, it is just below the shoulders.
If I cut my hair it will be more healthy. I know I would be ok with losing the length.
Go for it change is good. :)
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To settled this hair can grow that fast. Not mine for sure but seen it on other people for a fact. The baby sitter that my children had use to have waist length hair and decided to cut her hair very short into a bob style. Then she decided that she wanted to let it grow for her graduation and sure enough at the end of that year her hair was about the middle of her back. Another secretary lady that I worked closely with had long hair down to her waist also and decided that she wanted it to be about the middle of her back and within three months that hair was already down to her waist. According to those two people that I mentioned they felt that when we cut a good length the weight is off and it triggers the hair to grow faster to catch up. Not sure what to think but what I do know is that my hair is grow extremely slow and when a stylist cut six inches off of my hair it did grow way faster and it`s like i never cut it. Now I in the between stage of waist and buttocks length.
I had very long thick hair, and went from that to very short, nape showing hair. To be honest I felt great as it was being cut off ( by my husband!!), I love my short hair and wouldn`t grow it back again, in fact I trim my hair evry mth now to keep it ultra short. Just my opinion of course! :)
My hair (Honey Blonde) was down to my tailbone. It was very thick. I had it cut because I was getting alot of headaches and my 2 year old and my 6 month old kept pulling on it. I had 12 inches cut off. My feelings before were: I have to get this cut. During: Wow! that`s alot of hair. After: Wow! I can`t believe I did that, but it felt much better. That was 5 years ago and my hair is to my waist now... But, I am getting it cut again at the end of September. It is not as thick as it use to be. I will be cutting off 12 inches again, but this time I am donating it to www.wigsforkids.org
Keep Smilin` Dorothy :)
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First, age 16. Cut from waist to shoulder length. Why? To be "grown up"! My mom went with me for support. I felt anxious during the cut, but great afterwards when I got lots of compliments. The lock I saved is 14 inches long.
Next, age 24. Cut from below shoulder length to short (middle of ears, layers all over). Why? Before a job interview, again to look "grown up"! (I did get the job). Beforehand I did not feel much, because I only decided at the last minute to go as short as I did. My husband was with me, and he favored something less drastic, but the hairstylist and I got carried away! During I felt pretty excited -- I remember telling the stylist "I have ears again!" while she was cutting off the left side. I guess a good 10 inches were cut off. Afterwards I was not as crazy about it as it required frequent trims or otherwise looked bad. I grew it to my shoulders where it remained for several years until growing it longer.
Third, age 38. Cut from bra strap length to middle of ears/short layers all over. About 15 inches cut off, though in stages - first she cut it all to around the nape of my neck (9 inch locks). Why did I do it? My grandmother (who was not in good health) really wanted me to, so I wanted her to see me with short hair. (She did pass away less than a year later). Beforehand I was really ready. I brought a picture with me of the last short haircut I`d had from when I was 24, and my husband was with me for support. During I felt pretty excited, as the hair piled up on my lap. I also felt some anxiety at one point. After the hairstylist first finished cutting everything to the nape of my neck, it was still all one length. She then announced, "Now the real cutting begins" as she started in on cutting short layers! Afterwards I was not as crazy about it and immediately began growing it out. Now, 4+ years later, it`s longer than it was then, a little below bra-strap length. Guess what? Now I`m thinking of going from long to short a fourth time!
Layers. Wanted to get rid of my layers around the back and grow it one length around the back.
Before - excited During - `oh my *curse* god` sprung to mind After - ok. I have an oval shaped face, so I can get away with many styles. I still prefer long, but this had to be done.
Least now, it`ll grow a lot healthier and my hair grows fast - with the help of biotin supplements. :)
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I got my mid-back hair cut to above my shoulders a few years ago, and got it trimmed a few times. After that I just let it grow long again.
I got my hair cut again a few days ago. It was a few inches above my waist and now it`s just past my shoulders. I`d say about six inches came off. I actually wanted to have it shorter, but was afraid I`d regret it. But when I got home I thought it was too long. I think I`ll just leave it for now and get my hair cut again in a month or two, into a layered bob. That`ll be the shortest I`ve had it since I was 5 years old (I`m 24 now). I can`t wait!
Bottom line is, it`s a change, if you don`t like it, it`ll grow back. Go for it!
I used to have long hair (mid back), but now my hair is short and curly. I had my hair cut short and permed in June of this year for much the same reason as Katherine. My Great Grandmother was diagnosed with cancer and knowing that she had been wanting me to have my hair cut and permed, pretty much since the time I left school, I decided to do it before it was too late. For about a month beforehand I was in a quandary and didn’t know what to do, however, once I’d made up my mind, there was no turning back and it was easy from there. I wasn’t in the slightest bit frightened as I entered the hairdresser’s and although I had always loved long hair, there was no sadness as the cutting commenced, in fact, after all the soul searching as to whether I should cut it or not, it was actually a relief to see my hair fall to the floor. It was a little strange seeing myself in perm rods, but at the same time quite exciting knowing that as time went by, the perm solution was turning my hair from straight to curly. I left the hairdressers looking completely different to the way I had entered but it felt good because; just as Katherine wanted her Gran to see her with short hair, I wanted my Great Grandmother to see me with short curly hair and thanks to my visit to the hairdressers this would now happen. I have absolutely no regrets about having lost my long locks, the smile that I received from my Great Grandmother when I presented myself to her with, as she described, “my neat little head of hair”, was absolutely priceless. I have now got used to my new hairstyle, I very much like the practicalities of having my hair short and very much doubt if I will grow it long again.
Oh man, bad, bad memories. Apparently others here have had better experiences than I have.
To be honest, the first time I got my long (mid-back, which is long for me) hair cut, I was about 11 or so and I can`t really remember how I felt. All I know is that now I look back at pictures of me at that age and I feel I looked much better with the long hair.
The second time was frosh year, when I was 14. I cut my semi-long hair to ear length. I remember the hour or so before I got it cut well, because I arranged it so it was down and pulled back a little and thought thoughts along the lines of "you know, that actually looks pretty. I wonder why I`m doing this". Things went downhill from there as I went in to get it cut. I think I felt awful as she was cutting it off, sort of sick, and when I saw the finished product I was basically horrified. Here I had thought I would look so much better, but in reality it looked pretty bad.
To conclude this long post, the next year and a half were spent literally agonizing over the length and look of my hair. Right now I`m much, much happier with it as it is a little longer than shoulder length. I plan to grow it to mid-back again, with layers. All I can say is don`t do it if you have doubts, or don`t do something really drastic at first if you do.
I had long hair and took the scissors to myself at five years old and had to have a pixie-you should see my kindegarten picture, talk about a pitiful looking little pixie!
I let it grow to my bottom until eighth grade and my mother finally cut it because I nagged at her incessantly. It was the 80's and I wanted the poufy feathered look. She told me over and over again that I would end up looking just like everyone else but I didn't care!
I kept it bsl until senior year and then bobbed it. In college I cut it super short like Halle Berry and I have never been able to grow it past my shoulders since! It hasn't been because it won't grow, it is because I won't stop cutting it.
Well, that is over. My last haircut was in January and I'm going for it. I don't want to live and die not knowing how long my hair can get! Whoooopeee!
Hello everyone.. It was not me that cut my hair, but my mom...before i entered Kindergarten I had long hair down to my waist... then when I entered Kindergarten my mom had it cut like a boy...as short as my ears.. for a little kid I was upset.. Then it all grow out and down my back again, down to my waist when I was in 6th grade... I loved it... I like to lay on it, it was so soft and also thick.. but my mom said I was having to many headaches... too me I think she didn't what to help me wash it and take care of it...so she had someone cut it all off again, like a pixie... short.. I have not been able to grow my hair to my waist again, can only grow it to my shoulders.... I have had so much trouble with it... started to work and so I put hair spray in my hair... made it more weak.. then I started to pull it out a little and then got worse as I got older,,nerves.. and more nerves... started to brake it off and pull it out... So now at 39 years young,, I got my hair layered (fathered) back in front and took off 2 inches in back.. to get everything started out trimed,, So now its no more pulling out or bracking the hair,, witch is somewhat hard to do, but doing it... no more hair spray...or styling jel.... I really like to use Aussie products, makes my hair feel so nice and soft...also I like to do the EV Olive oil treatments 2 times a week.. Well I hope I didn't bore you all to much.. Everyone have a great weekend.. and hairs to you...
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it is an interesting thread! I cut my elbow length, thick, wavy and henna-red hair in two stages - a chinlength bob, then a short crop. I never grew it any longer than earlobe-length again, currently it is a very short pixie. Why? The first time was for a practical reason. It took ages to dry and I was a student at that time, it overwhelmed me. Well, being a student in Germany is different from being one in the US, I HAD to be on time for classes, they started 8:00 am and I had to travel for at least an hour. I studied pharmacy, so I needed to tie it back during lab classes. I cut the hair myself and felt liberated. Like I could finally see my face again behind the masses of hair. I loved it! The second step was after my vacation in Spain. We hitchhiked through Spain for about a months - and at the end of this trip my hair was bone straight and dry and very dead. So I cut it off. This time I went to a hairdresser and we had a blast! We did some before and after polaroids for me (who got lost), settled on a nice cut and did some colour as well. A total change for a student, but so much fun!
My boyfriend at that time was shocked. Most of the time I was identified as "the girl with the long red hair" and not as "me", my personality was left out. He didn't break up with me, but wasn't too happy. My family liked it a lot, my friends commented it was different, but suited me and my tomboy-personality. Now it is ten years later and I am a tomboy, still, and I still have short hair. I feel totally female, although there are people who think and comment differently. Not my problem if they can't see further than my style, their loss.
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Well my hair had pretty much been long midback most of my life, five months ago I cut my waist length hair to my shoulders, and just recently got it cut shorter to chin length.
Why well the frist time wanted change and it need it, the second time was getting tried of ponytails again and wanted a change.
Go for it change is good. :)
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Hi guys... This is my story (very short version)...
When I was very small my mother cut my hair off all choppy for her own convenience. Pictures show that I was one unkept child.
After my move to my dad's I was able to let it grow longer, and it grew to my waist. Now my sister had thicker hair than me, very beautiful, and one day "we" decided to cut our hair to our shoulders, or just above. This was actually my stepmom's persuasion and we thought it would be fun for a change. First my sister. As I watched her beautiful hair fall to the ground tears filled my eyes and I slipped away into my room. I realized that I did not want to give up my long hair. But I promised her I would not back out if she went first. So I bravely sat myself down in the chair and chop, chop, chop.
A few years later I had grown it all out including the bangs, but the bangs were chin length, so I cut my hair to chin length so it would be one length and decided to "never" cut it again.
I grew in beautifully. Very full and healthy.
Many ups and downs in between.
Most recent... I have been trying to grow it out long. I love my hair long, and I truly believe long hair is a gift that not all can have. But I got tired of being upset with the looks of things, I have put my hair through a lot and compared to yesteryear it's like this is not my hair! So I cut it to my collar bone. I would not dare go shorter. I was so scared that I would hate what I did. You know what... I am so happy with the results. It's been a fun change and almost refreshing and maybe once in awhile a good whacking is what our hair needs.
If it continues to be strong and healthy, I hope it grows long again. But I don't feel so enslaved to it now. My husband was sad. He doesn't care about the condition of my hair, he just loved it long. His is almost to his waist, jet black.
He keeps telling me to give it a rest and just let it be, it'll grow out just fine...
Precious is the day... it happens only once in a lifetime.
i cut my hair about 2 1/2 years ago it was just below my waist. i just got tired of the weight and time it took to manage it. so i had it cut to the bottom of my ears......then i had it shaved into a wedge. i went with that for about 8 months then i had it shaved evenly into a chillibowl type cut. i wasnt really happy with either so ive had a chin length bob ever since that i love
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I thought that it would be interesting to have a post from a guy on this topic as all the others have been from females. A little over a year ago I decided to grow my hair long. I had always wanted to see what it was like to have long hair but in the business world I was in it was not accepted. Long story short, I left my job and took some time off. I finally grew it long enough to put in a pony tail. I was surprised at how many women commented on my hair saying how they liked it. It grew in much wavier than I thought it would be. Well, I finally decided to go to the hair stylist and said I got to begin to get serious about getting a job so lets cut it shorter but leave it over the collar in the back. I was really nervous about gettting it cut and deep down really didn't want to do it. I really liked how it felt on my neck and shoulders and dreamed of growing it down my back. Needless to say I was not real happy about it. I still one day want to grow it real long.
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You need to be self-employed or work for a business that doesn't care about hair length Leon.
My fiancee is self-employed and has hair past his shoulders.
I wore my hair very long most of my life. I went from waist length hair to a medium/short bob cut and then to a very short pixie which is how I wear my hair now.
My reasons for cutting my hair? To make a long story short(excuse the pun!), I was going through some emotional changes after breaking up with a guy and right before I met the guy I'm with now, I cut my hair.
My hair has never been more than a couple of inches past my shoulders, but last summer I had it cut boyishly short just before my 17th birthday. It was an... interesting experience, but I think the fact that my own mother didn't recognise me was a signal that perhaps I shouldn't have done it. :P It's now a couple of inches past jaw-length in a kind of bob, and I'm planning on growing it as long as I can now.
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