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Fabulous hair! You've grown soooo long since 2000!
I think this should be a progress pictures thread. Let's all post progress pictures.. I'll make a collage tomorrow hopefully and edit this post.

Anais

Edited 11/28: Here are some photos:

   
March 2003 (2004?)(I'd swear I started growing in 2003)
June 2004 in Los Angeles 
Early September of 2004
Late September of 2004

   
Early December 2004
March 2005 at around mid-back-waist-ish
Beltaine 2005 when it felt like waist length
Late June at hair meet, with LisaJaney and Teacherbear

    
Cherry picking in mid-July 2005
August 6 2005 at almost-hip
???unknown date, possibly October
October 2 2005 at covering-hipbone length

 
Looks almost tailbone when straight
Frozen hair day, November 18 2005

Whew, I'm glad I have a "progress" folder.

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GREAT progress, Holly!   Thank you for sharing these photos.

Personally I think your hair looks better the longer it gets.  But I'm probably biased.

Holly...so the bottom pic is the most recent one?  I agree that your hair looks MUCH better longer! Did you have regular trims in that 5 year period?

Anais...can't WAIT to see your pics!!!!!

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Did you have regular trims in that 5 year period?

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Define "regular" trim... haha.  They weren't regular by any means.  It was more like "Okay, the ends of my hair feel/look fried..." Followed by a trip to the hairdresser and saying, "Please take off as little as you can!"

I got in "trouble" for going 6-8 months between trims.  I actually did some major cuts in those few years, especially between 2000-2002.  I had more or less been maintaining a shoulder length style until the end of 2002 (I was about 17) when I decided to grow it out.

And since then everyone (family, friends) has just been very supportive.  Every time I would say, "Oh...should I cut my hair?" it would be "NO!" from them.  And I've had a few boyfriends that said they'd be mad if the hair went missing, so it stayed...

Gorgeous hair!! You're an inspiration to all of us "wannabe's". I think the key to letting it grow is patience.....which can be very difficult when you're at the ugly "in-between" stage. I've had short hair so long that when I look at pics of myself with longer hair I don't remember what it was like to have it that long!! My husband is glad I'm letting it grow...I think he's tired of looking at my short hair also!

Thanks again for the great pics!

 

Wow, what wonderful progress.

Your hair looks great!! Long hair really suits you. 

Wow, your so pretty! And I agree your hair has grown alot in 5 years, it looks great 

Your hair looks so healthy.Give us some product-tips,please.

Thank you for the inspirational photos!

Great hair!  Thanks for sharing! 

wow, amazing growth! I agree with Anais-it should be a progress thread. Unfortunately I have no picture since my hair has never really been shorter than it is now. Ah well. (Can't remember it being shorter than elbows)

Wow Anais, you've come such a long way. Keep up the good work, your hair looks amasing 

Awww, thanks everyone.  You're all so sweet.

I don't think I was ever consciously taking progress pictures... I just had the occasional day where I was fascinated by how long my hair looked and took a few pictures.

And I really wouldn't say I have healthy hair.  Or any great product tips.

I've been using satin pillowcases for probably two years though.  Sometimes if my hair is looking relatively nice or I have it braided, I tie a silk pajama top on my head when I sleep.  It keeps my hair in semi-decent shape when I put pseudo-micros in every summer.

My hair isn't exactly straight either.  Most of those pics are following a blow dry straight.  Air-drying produces a poofy fuzzy mess that I haven't learned to deal with. 

LadyFrog, how long have you had your hair that long if you can't remember it short?  Do you keep it a similar length consistantly?  I personally couldn't see myself being able to manage with hair any longer than your own.

Anais.....FABULOUS!!! I love your hair (have always had a "thing" for black hair).  I wonder what your terminal length will be?

Thank you Vicky and Missrini

Great progress photos, Anais! I don't think I've seen some of them before. 

letmecount123, I have had long hair my entire life. In the past, I did not consciously grow it or maintain one length, I just chopped off 4 or 5 inches every year and it always stayed around elbow length. It's only the  past year maybe I realised my hair was long and decided to grow it. I hope this has answered your question

I agree Anais, lovely pics

Anais, I don't know if I've ever seen anyone's hair grow faster than your's does.  That is sure some incredible progress indeed!  Fabulous hair!  We decided to include some progress pictures of Jennifer in this thread as well. 

This picture was taken in January of 2004, shortly after Jennifer and I first met:  

June of the same year ... 5 months had past: 

September of the same year:


This picture was taken almost exactly one year ago.  At this point, I was considering Jennifer's hair to be "long", but she didn't.


Then in March of 2005, we took this picture.  Her hair looks uneven at the bottom, but I think it's just the way she had it pulled back this particular day:


I took this picture of her while on vacation at Assateaque Island this past summer:


Then, in September I took this picture and Jennifer made the remark to me around this time that she thought her hair was beginning to look "long".


Because of split ends from not having a trim for a very long time, we decided to trim the longest growth from the middle of her hair.  I hated to do it, but we agreed it was best for her hair.  Now, her hair looks much neater and it's ready for a year of growth in 2006.   I can't wait to see her hair at her waist.

Anais,

I think you have the most lovely hair I've ever seen. It's gorgeous! Your
pics are definatly inspirational. By the look of your hair progress photos it
seems to grow very fast! Is your hair all one length? I just cut my hair to
my shoulders in October and I'm aiming for waist length (for now). I cut it
to get rid of the layers because I think it will look better long at one
length. Do you have any fringe?

Awwwww thank you Ladyfrog, Tdouty, and Sugaree  

Sugaree, you made my day! My hair can be described as extremely tapered. I had fringe, but because I've cut a total of 2 cm maximum since mid-2003, the rest of it has "fuzzed": everything grew in and shedded at different rates, so I just have a big gradient of random hair. The shortest natural layers are about eyeball length, ranging all the way down to hip length. It almost looks like I've never cut it. I still search and snip for individual split ends though.

Hugs and faery blessings
Anais

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tdouty...thanks for all those pics!! Doesn't Jennifer have a  lovely smile?    I really like the look of her ends right now, nice and neat/blunt. I am aiming for a blunt ended look when my hair is long too.

Anais, I think it's great that you have not had to do any drastic cuts in all that time. Well done!   I  hope I can go for a couple of years without trimming (well, at least for the next 12 months). How much does your hair grow in one month? Based on your answer, I could visualise my hair in 12 months I think (it grows 3/4 inch per month).

Ohhhh I totally forgot to comment on Jennifer's hair. That was insensitive of me. I went to page 2 and got carried away. Jennifer's hair is getting more and more gorgeous. And she looks so young too!

Anais

I'll be sure to show her all your wonderful comments today at lunch.  We did cut a few inches off there a month or two ago, but we like the look now.  Also, without intending to do so, we removed the rest of her layers from a cut she had done 2 years ago.  Her hair should look terrific when it's waist-length.  Thanks for the compliments.