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how attatched are you to your long hair?
chin-length bob (longer at present, I cut my own hair and have to be in a
good state to be able to do this) and I know I want it no shorter than that.
For the rest of my life in fact, because in my opinion, short hair looks ugly
with the shape of my face. Plus, I am not a slave to fashion; that stuff
should work for you not you for it, and I don't care if fashion dictates or has
recently dictated that men should crop their hair. Nonconformist that I am, I
may even be helping fight against the pointlest standards!
Anyway, are y'all attatched to YOUR long hair, and think you may want to
keep it forever (or at least until yer getting old and grey whatever) or do you
see it as just the look of the moment?
And theoretic question, important for my sociological research: suppose you were
going with your long hair for a regular trim. The hairdresser suggests it's time
for a bigger cut. How quick would you be to say okay? Maybe the long hair board
is not the best for this question, as it may draw long hair lovers more easily than the
general board! Let's hear y'all, I'm in a good mood tonight despite the weather!
So here goes - I'm very attached to my hair.
I will more than likely NEVER cut my hair again in any quantifiable measure. Right now I do trims of 1cm or less, and snipping off the occasional split.
Long hair as a "look of the moment"? Considering the patience it takes to actually grow and maintain long hair - several "looks of the moment" come and go while you're growing out - so no, long hair, by it's very definition, can't be a "look of the moment".
This is not to say extensions can't be a look of the moment, however.
If - IF - hypothetically I were to be sitting in a salon chair and the hair dresser suggested it was time for a bigger cut. Hmmmm... Funny, that's not what my watch says, and didn't I tell you I was here for my regular miniscule trim? Actually, I'd probably be asking to speak to a manager, and telling her that I was no longer a patron of her salon.
Well Duke - 5 days later, here's an answer for you. How's the weather?
I had my hair up in a tight updo and my grandma's neighbor came running out and said, "OH NO!!! You didn't cut your hair!!"
And my grandma replied before I could open my mouth,
"She would cut off her hands before she would cut off her hair, what's wrong with you???"
And she' s right!!
grey! One of my professors has stunningly beautiful waist-length silver hair that she wears loose. I'd been debating for the longest time whether I should cut my hair. I teach high-school English and I was afraid I'd slide into total frumpiness. I mean, I already have the practical shoes, long skirts and multiple cats. Jean
Good question, Leia1979. By the way, at 13, I was a standby in two scenes of the episode Reunion of "Kung Fu: the Legend Continues". One of the scenes happened in a shaolin temple. I was just a martial arts student and wore jeans and a plaid shirt, but there were a bunch of guys being filmed that day who represented monks or priests. This is interesting: most of the guys had their hair shaved CLEAN OFF (including a fellow who had gone in with a beard, gone too), but the two main characters (Kwai Chang Caine and his son Peter) had their hair covered by skullcaps that take several hours to put on. Now take into account that David Carradine, who played Caine, had long hair, and that these skullcaps would have to be put on EVERY EPISODE they had flashbacks to the time when Caine was in the temple. Which, I think, was in many if not most/all episodes. So if the studio spent all that time and trouble on getting skullcaps to mask the two main actors' hair (and while I may be wrong, I'd say KFTLC wasn't the highest budget production), I wonder why so many highly paid actors in big budget movies allow makeup to "wreck" their hair instead of just giving them a wig. A minor example: Colin Farrell having his hair bleached in Alexander the Great. Less minor examples: Mandy Moore going from very long to short hair in How to Deal. Catherine Zeta Jones did reportedly have a bob wig cover her long hair in Chicago, but this seems to be almost an exception to a rule.
Admittedly sometimes it might be hard to get a wig for this purpose, for example, when Demi Moore takes clippers to her hair in G. I. Jane and gives herself a buzz cut. I don't know if you could make a buzz cut wig, I. E. the base being like a scalp and the hairs all being stubble. I must admit, however, Demi is a rare lady, in my opinion, who looks good with a buzz cut! 
Sarondie, is that you in the avatar? Your hair is gorgeous. You can keep it long for the rest of your life! 
I have to ask, did you have the chin-length hair just once (how long was it before) or did you have it shorter for awhile? How did you decide to grow it? Did you have any trims while growing it out and if so, how often?
