I have a little niece. At the age of 11 she had very beautiful shiny, healthy midback length hair, all the people loved it. Suddenly she decided to cut it all off and colored it red. No pressure from family to keep her away from a hair cut. On the other site as I was young family allways catched my hair away, although I really wanted it long on me.
After some time my niece don`t liked her new style anymore and now she grows it back in it`s natural appearance. Don`t know what she will decide in future.
The bad thing is if you change to a very short style the hair may be lost for the next 5, 6, 7 or more years, if you want to get it back. It may happen that you change your mind much quicker as your hair can grow.
Nevertheless, I think your wish should be heared from your parents. If your mother can not convince you but only gives pressure she will risk that all of the hair will be lost sometimes. On the other site I heard from another talk board that some women are really happy that their parents don`t allowed to cut the hair off if they were younger.
You don`t tell that you want it very short. I think the hair should be pleasant for you.
If you only hate your hair I think it would be better to cut it off or to go to a shorter length, but if you have doubts sometimes you can get encouragement for the long hair as much as you want.
wolfgang
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