How long would you grow it?

Hello Long Hair Lovers

I am just wondering how long you would let your hair get? Would you stop at a particular length?

I have no idea what my growth potential is as neither of my grand-mothers nor my mother let their hair grow very long.
So my personal hair growth odyssey involves a discovery of my unknown maximum length.

Do you know how long your hair will grow....or are you willing to find out..?

Thanks in advance .

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An Interlude........

I never read the story of Rapunzel, but as an avid Tolkien admirer, I found long hair inspiration in the character of Luthien Tinuviel from the Silmarillion.

Luthien was an elven princess, of loveliness that beggared description. The most beautiful of the children of the world.

The arts of enchantment "...caused her hair to grow to great length, and of it she wove a dark robe that wrapped her beauty like a shadow..."

Luthien cast a spell into her hair and trapped it there by twining it into a rope.

It's a beautiful story, but the image of hair so long that it can be worn as a cloak around the body, is truly fascinating to me.

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That is a nice image. I think Alanis Morissette did that in a video once?? For "Thank You".

I think I might stop at my waist. I just like the length of waist length hair. At this point it seems like my hair is growing so slowly that this will never be a concern of mine.

I do wonder how long my hair would get.
I recently learned that my Great Grandmother had long hair. She lived to 100 years old! I don't really know how long her hair was. Whenever I saw her, it was in a bun.

As long as it will get in what is left of my lifetime, which is plenty of time. So far, it's only been as long as a little past shoulder length. Unless it becomes a royal pain, I want to see its full potential.

Jean

Waist length for me....

My current aim is BSL or waist-length, but if it happens to be able to grow longer than that, I'd be curious of my hair's natural end length.

Thank you for your responses, ladies.

Lets see

I know that 10x15 is 150 + 46 I have now is 196. Even though I'm 201 tall , some would be on the floor by then, but not to over-project, let's say they'd be at the knees or a bit below by then. However I'm going terminal :P

I would go for waist length.

I was almost there and I cut quite a bit off, but it needed it. I am growing it back again, using a better shampoo/conditioner and it seems to be helping a lot.
The summer seems to help me, I just wrap it up in a bun and secure it with a "scrunchi sport!" it keeps it out of my face, detangled, and it grows because it is being left alone!

Add me to the tally of those who're going for it.

My hair is as long as it has ever been as an adult - I don't think it's stopped growing, so let's see how far it will go. If it gets to the point where I can't take care of it - I think I'd have to consider losing some length. I don't want someone else to have to care for my hair....

Ciao!
Gren

I would like to hit knee length and would be thrilled if it would get to ankle length, much more than that would be hard to care for. But we'll see, I have a ways to go before I hit either one!!!

AS it says in my signature...my first goal is to get to 26". I am better able to handle small goals than to set the bar too high for myself all at once. Once I reach 26, I will have a little party for my hair with lots of aromatherapy and oils...maybe even go to a salon and have it braided into an updo.

Then my next goal is waist, which on me is about 30"....then more celebrating!

I think that if I reach waist and can handle the extra weight, I might try longer. I have some heavy hair.

On this topic....Dave, or any of you other long haired lovelies - have you ever weighed your hair?


Jacqui

Hairalways,

thats a good thought!! I have never thought about the actual weight to hair..hehe Something else to "subtract" when we get weighed...

Laine

My ex-bf's sister cut off 18 inches of hair a few years back. We weighed it on kitchen scales and it was just over 1oz.
And she had thick, abundant hair.

So not much to deduct from the scales unfortunately, Laine .

Hi Jacqui

Yo mentioned a hair celebration when you reach your goal......why wait so long..????

I am planning a celebration on August 13th, when it will be exactly 1 year since scissors were used on my hair.
One year of un-cut hair calls for much feasting and gifting of hair-toys and oils amongst like-minded friends.

Speaking of which, I have a few long-haired chums in real life, now.
I conclude that long hair magnetically attracts it's own kind to itself .

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SuperGrover ~ I like your idea of a SuperBraid.

And if you were in London, you would not need to crash the party, you would be invited as a guest of honour

[QUOTE=uzma] Speaking of which, I have a few long-haired chums in real life, now.
I conclude that long hair magnetically attracts it's own kind to itself .
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Birds of a feather flock together, Uzma.


[QUOTE=SuperGrover] Then we could braid it all together into one beautiful multi-colored braid![/QUOTE]

You mean sorta like this?

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Oh, and Uzma, you can toss me into the "full-potential" category, even though that hasn't ever been my goal, it's where I find myself these days.

Oooh, that's great, Amanda!

Wow those pictures take a long time to load! And I have a Cable connection! But worth the wait.

Uzma - I have yet to find a "long hair" afficionado in person here where I live...I mean, I have friends who wear their hair long...a few inches past shoulder if that is considered long. But I think it is just the style they happen to be wearing now. They all blowdry and color it and don't really seem to have the same reverence we have for it.
It would be awesome to have a live person to hang out with and braid my hair!

I will celebrate with you on Aug 13!

Jacqui

Years ago a magazine ( I think it was New Scientist or Omni) asked the question 'how do you weigh your head?' The issue being, without decapitating yourself how do you only weigh the head and not any part of the body - if you put your head on the scales of course your body is adding to the total mass weighed.

'How do you weigh your hair?' as a much harder question :-) Lets say you are not allowed to cut it all off and put it on the scales...


As another 'hair maths' question - we know that hair appears shorter when plaited as it weaves rather than is straight. There ought to be a direct relationship between hair thickness and length 'lost'......

Thanks for the invitation, Uzi! I wish I could go. I'd love to visit England someday. I'm so pathetic. I'm 24 and I don't even have a passport yet!
Gunther wouldn't be so excited about coming, however. That's a long plane ride to endure without a litter box!

Ahem, anyway...
I agree. It would be great to have a local friend to hang out with and play with hair. Share conditioner. :)

As for weighing hair... couldn't you just get a basket-like scale? Like they have in the produce section? If you stood very near to the scale, or stood with your head hovering just above it, and put all your hair in the basket, I think you'd get a pretty accurate reading.
I don't however recommend trying this at your local grocery store. No THAT would gross out your fellow customers and probably attract some store employees real fast.
But in theory... :)

And I should think you could weigh your head this way, if you wanted. You'd have to lie down on a bed, with your head sticking off the head of the bed. Then put the scale right there, and relax and let the scale hold your head. You'd have to have your shoulders and neck supported by the bed.

Traci

Hey Jacqui

My new hair-buddies are way out of my league. One has tailbone length hair at age 21, and the other is at thigh length at age 24.
I'm the oldie of 38, at just past shoulder-length learning from these young lasses .

I hope you find some chums that you can "talk hair" with in RL. But if not, you still have all of us here .


SuperGrover

you kill me, honey.

If I see anyone furtively weighing their hair in the fruit section at the supermarket, I'll know who is responsible for that crazy act...YOU, ya mad gal...tee hee

ooo forgot to say:

Great braids, Dave and Amanda.

Can you imagine if the two triads tried walking around with the braids in place..........the amaxing 3-bodied braid monster..........what a riot .

ooooh, those braids are so beautiful! I love the contrasting colors and symbolism of them! So very warm and chummy!

Jean

I love my long hair.

How long would I grow it???
Well it is nearly mid-back now.
Would I want it longer???Maybe a little past my wiast would be long enough.
I keep it trimmed at my current length however, just haven''''t gotten around to growing it longer.