longest hair I have seen
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Topic: longest hair I have seen
Posted By: gossipqueen
Subject: longest hair I have seen
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 5:16pm
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Hi everyone, just wanted to share something. The longest
hair I have ever really seen is on my cousin. She had hair almost all the way
to her ankles!!! She was about 26 had never cut her hair, and her hair was the
type that grew rather fast. One day she decided to get it cut out of the blue. So we
went to the hair dresser and they took her braid and just chopped it off!!!! They
cut her hair just below her ears!!! She kept her braid but it was painful to
watch lol. |
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Posted By: missrini
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 5:37pm
Wow!! How long is her hair now? Did she grow it back again? Ankle length hair....woah! Thanks for sharing  ------------- 
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Posted By: gossipqueen
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 9:46pm
| No she didnt grow it back rini, she has it above the shoulders at the moment she doesn't think she will grow it that long ever again too much work. But it was rather amazing. |
Posted By: missrini
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 9:48pm
I wonder why she went from ultra long to really short.  She did not want to go short gradually? Like cut it to waist length, then BSL, then go shorter from there. Oh well......that's just really interesting -------------
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Posted By: juri
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 10:24pm
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Wow, that's a major transition! I don't think I could cut off that much hair in one go. A few months ago I saw a woman who probably had ankle (or at least calf) length hair. It was hard to tell exactly because her hair was in a ponytail and the rest of it was braided, but the braid almost reached her knees. |
Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 7:04am
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The longest hair I ever saw was on my friend in elementary school (when
we were 12). It reached her knees then, and she had agreed to
follow a tradition when she was 4 years old not to cut her hair until
she was 18 (just in case she would, her parents didn't cut her hair
before age 4 either). I saw her again once after that when we
were maybe 14 or 15, but I didn't see the length of her hair at that
time because she didn't want to take it down and show me, she said it
was too much work to put it back up (I don't blame her of course, I
thought it would be neat to see it, but thats not why I went to visit
so I didn't care. And she was probably sick of it by then too).
It was neat hair I have to say, what I remember when I was 12. It
was black at the top couple of feet, then dark brown, then tapered to
red ends with the very last inch blonde. She always got tons of
oooos and aaaahs the rare times she wore it down. ------------- Making metal barettes/concord clips hair safe, long hair style how to: http://alonghair.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Sugaree
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 7:28am
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I used to work at a day care center, teaching kindergarten, where I had a
boy in my class named Austin. Being half Japanese, his parents decided to embrace the tradtion of not cutting his hair at all. What resulted was similar to what Susan described about her friend in elementary school, he had black hair at the roots, which got lighter brown and finally blonde at the very end. He wore it in a ponytail most of the time, it reached about to his tailbone. He was totally addorible! ------------- Don't let the man get you down ~ me 1c MC iii Dark Brown, 22" Goal: Waist |
Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 9:34am
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Ahhhh, sweet! The longest hair I've seen is on some of my asian friends
when I went to a wedding and a lot of them had hair in between their
bum and their knees.
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Posted By: laststar
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 10:17am
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Sounds great everyone, I don't see a lot of super long
hair much. Once at Disney world I saw a lady with hair past her knees that was pretty cool. ------------- 1b-M-ii type, 29.5 inches long as of 07/11/06, goal for now waist |
Posted By: gossipqueen
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 12:38pm
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Wow everyone those are some pretty cool stories about long
hair. |
Posted By: missrini
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 4:57pm
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I agree, I don't want ultra long hair either. I would be quite happy with waist length actually -------------
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Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: December 07 2005 at 7:03am
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I'm pretty sure I couldn't handle it that long either. It takes a
special person to be so patient! I'm trying for thigh length to see
what its like, then if I can't handle it I will go a little
shorter. I'd really like to keep it thigh length, but at
least I don't think I'll ever go shorter than tailbone length again. ------------- Making metal barettes/concord clips hair safe, long hair style how to: http://alonghair.wordpress.com |
Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: December 07 2005 at 11:11am
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I think the longer you go, the longer you feel you can go. My hair is
waist and now that doesn't feel so long so I want to go longer but if
you'd asked me when my hair was elbows I would have said that waist was
REALLY long and I would never go beyond that. So there you are.
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Posted By: SpecialKitty
Date Posted: December 07 2005 at 2:48pm
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Are the different hair lengths shoulders, shoulder blades, bra strap, elbows, waist, hip, tailbone, thigh, knee, ankes? Also, what is classic length? Sorry to be so uninformed ------------- 
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Posted By: Hellfrozeover
Date Posted: December 07 2005 at 3:31pm
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Classic length is when it reaches your fingertips ------------- |
Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: December 08 2005 at 9:34am
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no, fingertip length is when it reaches your fingertips. Classic is
just below your bum. Yeah, those are basically the lengths but add in
golden ratio (about mid thigh-so called because it's about 2/3 of the
body or something)
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Posted By: SpecialKitty
Date Posted: December 08 2005 at 11:04am
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Thanks LadyFrog! Hope you have a fab day. -------------
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Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: December 08 2005 at 11:12am
it's afternoon/evening now... Pleased to be of help. -------------
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Posted By: trophywife
Date Posted: December 08 2005 at 11:16am
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I would be happy with my old hair back! Ankle length sounds like A LOT of work, but cool in a kooky way. |
Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: December 08 2005 at 9:19pm
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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!!! I hope this explains some. Anais ------------- http://anaissatin.livejournal.com">  my LJ , 40 inches long
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Posted By: gossipqueen
Date Posted: December 09 2005 at 9:05am
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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. |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: December 12 2005 at 9:15pm
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http://planetmath.org/encyclopedia/NaturalLogBase.html - I think it's also approximately equal to the inverse of the natural log, in mathematical notation. 1/e = .368 and 1 - 1/e = .632. 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." ------------- |
Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 9:49am
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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?
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 6:26pm
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). ------------- |
LadyFrog wrote:Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 6:34pm
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I think the other possibility is "scarfing" your hair and then detangling the out-of-reach parts, or to wrap it around your non-comb hand. Thanks for the reassurance, Dave ------------- http://anaissatin.livejournal.com"> my LJ , 40 inches long
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Posted By: Sugaree
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 10:07am
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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!) ------------- Don't let the man get you down ~ me 1c MC iii Dark Brown, 22" Goal: Waist |
Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 12:42pm
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Thanks Dave!
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Posted By: Hellfrozeover
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 2:22pm
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I saw loads of women with hair at waist-length or longer today which was weird. Also alot of guys with hair past their mid-back. LadyFrog: How long are you growing your's? ------------- |
Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 4:19pm
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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.
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Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 4:52pm
Hellfrozeover, your avatar is so gorgeous  ------------- http://anaissatin.livejournal.com"> my LJ , 40 inches long
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Posted By: Hellfrozeover
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 5:12pm
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Thankyou I love your new av too! Your bun looks huuge! I can't wait to be able to do that. ------------- |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 9:47am
Woah! on the new avatars from HFO and Anais  and  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... ) ------------- |
Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 12:27am
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Go for it Dave, you're quite close to "me-length" Anais ------------- http://anaissatin.livejournal.com"> my LJ , 40 inches long
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: December 24 2005 at 3:51pm
I am growing for it, Anais. It remains to be seen if it'll happen. Fellow strivers welcome to the "club"... anybody else interested? 
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Posted By: shelby24
Date Posted: December 28 2005 at 2:32pm
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Last year I was in totonto and i saw a women about 30 years old. She had gorgeous blonde hair to her ankles. It was mesmerizing. I chatted with her for a few minutes and told her how lovely her hair was. ------------- shelby24 |
Posted By: MsSerenity
Date Posted: December 28 2005 at 9:37pm
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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.
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