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How old were u when u decided 2 grow ur hair long?
Oct 31^st, 2006 at 2:48pm

I was 22 this year when i found long hair boards, if it had not been for baords like this i would stil be fighting with my hair. I just want to thank you all as i have had so many tears cryed over my hair from bad colour to bad cuts and now i never have to worry again.

Not only have i gone natural with my hair but also my skin and makeup to i feel so great to be free from the influential media of this world and just be me.

Thank you all

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Re: How old were u when u decided 2 grow ur hair l
Reply #1 - Oct 31^st, 2006 at 8:09pm

Welcome to the au natural crowd! Grin

I've grown my hair long (at least mid back) 3 different times, once starting when I went to college. That lastest until I was pregnant with my son. The second time was after my first back surgery... that time I only grew it to mid back, then cut it back to a pixie. And now my 3rd (and final) time. I started growing my hair out after a bad cut and a forced change in hair sylist. I figure I'll leave it long for as long as I still enjoy having it long. If/when I decide I am ready to cut my hair this time, I will again cut it very short and I am sure it will stay that way. However, I have no real plans to make that drastic move yet. Wink

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Trisha Stardust Offline Posts: 2318 Missouri Gender:	Re: How old were u when u decided 2 grow ur hair l Reply #2 - Nov 1^st, 2006 at 1:14pm Let's see...the first time I was around 10 years old, the second time I was 23 or 24, and now this time, begun last year when I was 43. Currently at BSL--HOOrah! Long Locks is the best site, isn't it?!
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Re: How old were u when u decided 2 grow ur hair l
Reply #3 - Nov 1^st, 2006 at 2:49pm

Although I have wanted long hair since the Beatles, I didn't possess the, um, backbone until I was 31. Three women in my life over the years didn't approve.

First, of course. Mom. I, at least, successfully negotiated a compromise for over-the-ears, collar-length.

Second was, my (then) wife. She was a hairstylist with other ideas.

A girlfriend ('89-91) believed long hair was for rock stars. I started my quest for long locks the day she dumped me.

Since then, I have been in relationships that not only appreciated my look but discouraged me from cutting on several occasions. I did buzz it once (2000); just wanted a different look. Short hair didn't feel or look like me, though. A couple weeks later, I started over.

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Re: How old were u when u decided 2 grow ur hair l
Reply #4 - Nov 1^st, 2006 at 4:01pm

The most recent time that I "decided" to grow my hair long was after a terrible colouring accident when I was 20. During the week between my wedding and honeymoon, I decided to take my natural waist-length, light brown locks to deep raven black using a Level 2 (demipermanent) hair colour. But when the colour took permanently, I had the length cut off to my shoulders, then slowly grew and cut the last of the coloured part out.

It was then that I decided to 1.) NEVER colour my hair again, and 2.) to take much better care of it while it grew back out. So it wasn't so much a decision to grow my hair long as a commitment to reclaim the long hair that I once had. Slowly but surely, it's coming along... Undecided

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PreciousLocks Diamond Offline Turning my gold to silver one hair at a time Posts: 812 Gender:	Re: How old were u when u decided 2 grow ur hair l Reply #5 - Nov 1^st, 2006 at 5:45pm Ummm, is this the third or fourth time??? Anyway, I can't remember exactly anymore. This time I started about 2 years ago. First year when very slowly as I had regular trims to get most of the layers out. That would have put me about 47.
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Lisabelle Stardust Offline Kami wa onna no inochi - A womens hair is her life Posts: 2797 Southern Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: How old were u when u decided 2 grow ur hair l Reply #6 - Nov 1^st, 2006 at 11:03pm Lets see.... hmmm I think I was 38 at the time.
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oldkathy Sapphire Offline Longlocks Hairstick Addict Posts: 150 Central Texas Gender:	Re: How old were u when u decided 2 grow ur hair l Reply #7 - Nov 5^th, 2006 at 5:06pm First time I was 17, and off to college... cut it when I got married at 20. Next time I was 28, cut it after birth of my last child at 33. This time I was 55, and I'm not cutting!
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Re: How old were u when u decided 2 grow ur hair l
Reply #8 - Nov 5^th, 2006 at 7:11pm

I was 9, I think. I started with growing the length out but kept my bangs short. I later decided to grow out my bangs so I could have my hair all one length. I had to cut my hair to shoulder length at 12 (when my bangs had reached my shoulders), so I could grow it all out together, and I haven't looked back.

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Joan-Ivy Ruby Offline One of the ways I've been torturing my hair in Posts: 78 Sweden Gender:	Re: How old were u when u decided 2 grow ur hair l Reply #9 - Nov 9^th, 2006 at 1:13pm When I was fourteen. And now I'm fifteen. But I've had pretty long (and much...) hair since I was about 9 or something; my mom thinks my quest for hiplenght is a way of compensating for having reaaaaally little hair when I was very-very-very widdle.
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Re: How old were u when u decided 2 grow ur hair l
Reply #10 - Mar 17^th, 2007 at 12:26am

After getting my hair cut short every summer for camp, I decided around 12 years old to have long hair. By my hs graduation it was almost to my waist. I kept it long until the second child, then cut it short again. I haven't cut it short since then, about 24 years. I have my hairdresser trim it about every 3-4 months (maybe 1/2 an inch). Both my grandmothers had really long hair. I don't plan to cut it ever!

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Re: How old were u when u decided 2 grow ur hair l
Reply #11 - Mar 18^th, 2007 at 12:01am

I've had my hair long, short, and every length in between. I really can't remember. I do remember at some point in my mid-20's noticing that my hair had reached the middle of my back, but it wasn't a deliberate choice.

This is the first time I have "chosen" to grow my hair long, and I made it in February of 2005 when I was 40. I am almost to BSL now, and only have a few inches to go to surpass the length I had before.

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Re: How old were u when u decided 2 grow ur hair l
Reply #12 - Apr 3^rd, 2007 at 2:21am

I was 25 when I started to grow. This is my first time. When I was a kid, my hair was about BSL length- it just would not grow longer (due to bad haircare). When I was 16, my stylist convinced me to chop it all off, and for the next decare, my hair was of different lengths of shortish- pixie most of the time, but also bald, and a couple of times barely shoulder length.
When I turned 25, I decided that I didn't want to follow my "bald in the summer, let grow during the winter"-cycle but wanted to have long hair when I hit 30. My idea of "long" was BSL-ish, as I thought it might not grow longer. So, I started to grow, totally ignorant of finesses of longhair care. When I found this board, my hair had made it a bit past shoulder length again.
I love having long hair- I think I've got short cuts out of my system for good.

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Peachygirl Ex Member	Re: How old were u when u decided 2 grow ur hair l Reply #13 - Apr 7^th, 2007 at 4:53pm What is BSL??? I guess from reading all of your posts..that deciding to grow it long at age 38 isn't impossible!!?? I want it to be long enough that it kind of covers my boobs..I think that would be the mid to lower back area??
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Lisabelle Stardust Offline Kami wa onna no inochi - A womens hair is her life Posts: 2797 Southern Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: How old were u when u decided 2 grow ur hair l Reply #14 - Apr 7^th, 2007 at 6:38pm Hi Peachygirl! BSL Means bra strap length. Growing your hair at 38 is not impossible, thats when I started! Now I'm 40 with 25 1/2 inch hair, of which is not quite boob covering yet
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