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Short..to long
Jan 6^th, 2005 at 2:10pm

I thought it would be fun to ask everyone what the
SHORTEST their hair has ever been, and then the Longest. I don't know if this has been covered before:
OK I'll start-back in the punk rock early 80's, I had my hair cut 1'' all around except for a tail in the back which
was shoulder length! Didn't look too bad, actually.
The longest is BSL after my 2nd son was born(must have
been the pregnancy hormones, it snuck up on me!)
I've had every length and style in between-bob-pixie
perm-colour- I like to experiment with my hair!! Now
I'm trying to grow, and be patient I want waist length
hair, which I've never had.

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Spaceybabe

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Re: Short..to long
Reply #1 - Jan 6^th, 2005 at 5:21pm

Well, the shortest my hair has ever been was when I was a child and I had these horrible short curls, that made me look like George from the Famous Five! (UK members will know what I mean

)

As an adult the shortest I've had my hair was in a "Chicago" style bob a while back when my hair was being professionally straightened. (Oh, the horror!)
My hair is longer now than it's ever been, and counting. Its now bra-strap length and I'm trying to grow it.
Some-one told me that no-one over 35 grows their hair so I've got about a month and a bit to see how long it can grow. Wink

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bikerbraid

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Re: Short..to long
Reply #2 - Jan 6^th, 2005 at 5:28pm

Hmmm, let's see - I had NO HAIR until I was 2 almost 3 years old. Does that count?? Once my hair did come in, it was like duck down and impossible to do anything with it, so it was kept very short. I had a pixie (ranging from an inch to two inches) until I was in high school. I grew it out in high school and kept it long (BSL to almost waist) until I was pregnant with my son. Then it was back to short hair for the next 15 years. The shortest I had it as an adult was about an inch. I grew that haircut out to my current length - initially out of frustration that I could not find anyone to cut my hair with a decent cut. Now it is just long and will stay that way until I tire of it, then it will be back to a really short cut again (but not anytime soon!).

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flaming bunny Emerald Offline Gothic Beauty Posts: 374 magical forest in England Gender:	Re: Short..to long Reply #3 - Jan 6^th, 2005 at 5:46pm the shortest was probably shoulder length (which was my last major haircut that ive since grown out ) when i was younger i always wanted it around shoulder length but my mum wouldnt let me cos she liked my hair long...so i would always be cut to between shoulders and bsl (thats the shortest she let me have it yay mum)
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Rua

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Re: Short..to long
Reply #4 - Jan 6^th, 2005 at 5:49pm

Bikerbraid, are you and I related? I swear I was reading my childhood story when I read your post. Well, for all except the long haired parts. Haven't reached your lengths yet! I too was bald until I was 5...um...I mean, 3.

And mine was so fine when it did grow in you couldn't do anything with it. My poor mum had a terrible time trying to tame what can only be described as wispy baby bangs ALL OVER MY HEAD. Oh the horrors of my grade school pictures. Shocked

Then once I got to my teen years, I had the punkish spikey pixie cut. Rougly 1 1/2" on top and coloured a purpley red.

The longest my hair has ever been is now (22 1/4"). Never before have I experienced the wonderful feeling of soft hair on my back until recent months.

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Re: Short..to long
Reply #5 - Jan 6^th, 2005 at 6:51pm

I think the shortest my hair has ever been was when I was just starting school. My mother had it kept about shoulder length on me, for as far back as I can remember I begged her to let me grow it out. When I finally got my way I kept it and my hair is currently at its longest point now. Thanks to all of the information and tips I've found here, I'm hoping it will only get longer.

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Re: Short..to long
Reply #6 - Jan 6^th, 2005 at 8:14pm

The shortest my hair has ever been came sometime after I chopped my knee-length hair to shoulder-length and got a stringy, wavy perm that I hated. As soon as it grew long enough and I reached a high enough level of annoyance, I cut it off myself, so my hair was about 2" long. I cut it myself for a while, and I got lots of compliments. Must have been pretty edgey, huh? Go figure.

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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Short..to long Reply #7 - Jan 6^th, 2005 at 11:38pm Rua - did your mom tape bows to your head so people would know you were a little girl? My mother would tape little bows to my head and apparently I would immediately pull them off (pulling what little hair I had with it!)
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Re: Short..to long
Reply #8 - Jan 7^th, 2005 at 12:04am

My shortest was a pixie -- up until I was 13 or so. My mother was not going to deal with 3 girls and long hair, so we all got Mom's pixies (of course, she could not cut it even so they ended up very short pixies) Then I, and each of my sisters, grew our hair through high school - mine probably got to BSL, or close to that. Since then it has been up and down some but never that long again. I had almost a pixie again 2 summers ago - looked good for 3 days then UGH, short-short hair just doesn't look good on me, it has to be at least chin length. Can't wait for the long hair to grow again

...maybe I'll even get to waist length - that would be a record for me!

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Re: Short..to long
Reply #9 - Jan 7^th, 2005 at 4:54am

When I was a child, my hair was between shoulder- and bra strap length. At 16, my hairdresser lured me to cut it short, and short it stayed for a long while. Occassionally, I let it grow as far as shoulder length and then permed it Lips Sealed

-I thought that a perm made it more manageable and liked curls.
From that level, I went three times to near-bald. Not pixie, but a half centimeter stub with a little more hair (half bangs???) in front. It looked kinda cool, but at some point I decided that after I'm done with that style, I'd try to grow my hair really long- I started noticing that my friends were starting to cut their long locks short and a rebellious soul as I am, I decided to do something different. A long hair put up to a bun, it would be for me.
About 3½ years ago I came to conclusion, that if I want to have long hair when I hit 30, I should stop cutting my summer stub and start to grow. I've been growing ever since. First year I made it from no hair to chin, next year I grew out layers and started to near shoulders. Now I'm in halfway between shoulders and BSL. Soon I'll have my hair longer than never before in my life

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Rua

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Re: Short..to long
Reply #10 - Jan 7^th, 2005 at 9:12am

Quote:

Rua - did your mom tape bows to your head so people would know you were a little girl? My mother would tape little bows to my head and apparently I would immediately pull them off (pulling what little hair I had with it!)

OH MY GOODNESS! YES! LOL!!! Undecided

In fact there is a picture of me at my parents house at about 16-17mos that has me standing there with a wee red bow in my hair and I'm trying to pull it off. A few minutes after the picture was taken, I lost my balance and fell, hitting my chin off the coffee table and splitting my bottom lip. I still carry the scar to this day that is only vaguely visable when I smile. Grin

My mum eventually gave up on bows and went on to bonnets for awhile. Bows leave babies hairless with scars on their lips! LOL!

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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Short..to long Reply #11 - Jan 7^th, 2005 at 10:19am Rua - that is a stitch! Sorry you have to live with the scar for your memory of it.
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Re: Short..to long
Reply #12 - Jan 7^th, 2005 at 11:17am

my god ... i think the shortest it has been was obviously when i was born. as a toddler my mother kept it pretty short in a way it could never fall into my eyes ... but of course back then i didn't care yet about my looks.
the shortest i ever let it be cut into must be that awfully ugly coupe carrée i think it's what you call a bob? anyway, that cut that makes the hair just (or not) touch the shoulders and is kind of curled a bit to the inside ... i think it suits practically noone and certainly not me (fine oval face).
now it must be back to a length i had before (but then it was all one length, now i am still stuck with layers). so now i am only facing "the longest it's ever been".
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novusfemina

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Re: Short..to long
Reply #13 - Jan 7^th, 2005 at 2:12pm

The shortest I've ever had it (aside from growing it out as a baby) has been just slightly above shoulder length. When I was in high school I had this marvelous head of waist length hair, but I chopped it off because my mother had refused to let me (darned teenage hormones!)

I am rapidly approaching my "longest hair has ever been" point. I want to see just how far past it I can get.. *smiles*

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Babyfine

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Re: Short..to long
Reply #14 - Jan 7^th, 2005 at 3:35pm

Thanks everyone for answering!! It's so interesting to
read everyones posts!! A lot of people had very very
short hair at one time! Now we're all on a quest to grow
it long! Rua that's so funny about the bow!! I had veerrry fine hair as a child, but mom never did tape bows
to me like Rua and BB. She just made me keep it short
chin length bob, so she didn't have to deal with the tangles and fly-aways. When I got old enough to take
care of it myself, I was allowed to grow longer.

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