Support thread: growing your hair out

[Emo EMAW]

Has anyone ever grown their hair out?  I'm a military brat so I've always had short hair.  But I do have nice hair and I think I'm ready to let it flow.  But how do you get through that super awkward middle stage?  Like now it's nice and neat and then it'll be just everywhere!  Do you just stop cutting it all together or do you keep the neck neat and such?  Do you talk over a strategy with your barber?  Also how do you resist the outside pressure to quit looking like a damn mess and cut it?  Also, I assume it's ball cap time every minute you're not at work?  Super worried here guys.  Thanks for the help.

[Dugout DickStone]

Pete, take this

[yoga-like_abana]

Its the worst. Its like trying to grow a beard when your facial hair doesn't grow that well

[pissclams]

Pete, take this

yup, pete you were made for this thread

[Emo EMAW]

  c'mon Pete I NEED THIS! 

['taterblast]

it's a battle. it really is.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Just keep getting hair cuts, only less frequent than you normally do and have it cut to a longer length every time. That will make the process gradual and it won't ever look really bad.

[Tobias]

[Asteriskhead]

Have your neck cleaned up every once in a while. Other than that, just let it grow, man.

['taterblast]

i have mad cowlicks. adds an element of difficulty, but can be elite with no effort at times.

[Emo EMAW]

i have mad cowlicks. adds an element of difficulty, but can be elite with no effort at times.

Emo's mom said one time I asked her "mom how does the cow get into my room every night?" (That was my super cute way of telling you I have mad cow licks, too.  Like a whole herd.  Dairy, not beef cattle.)

[AbeFroman]

Got a haircut before prom senior year, didn't have another until February of sophomore year at KSU. Kind of mixed reviews, at first it was awkward emo-style(which you may like), but then it got to the stage of girls saying "wow you have hot long hair, I want to grab", unfortunately it turned into "omg eww a hippie" at the end. Donated it to locks of love, so some good came of it.

I mostly did it because I was too poor to spend money on haircuts. It takes good hair genes to grow it properly, so consider that

[Ghost of Stan Parrish]

I'm in the process of growing mine out for the first time really.  I've had one haircut this year, and it was meant to be just a trim.  Never would've been able to do this, except my gf gave me constant positive reinforcement.  Now I'm getting lots of compliments.

But I so would've cut it back to my normal short prep school 'do if it wasn't for the gf.

Oh, here's a tip: start using conditioner when it grows out.  Not necessary for short hair, but it helps if you have any length.

OK, good luck emo!

[Emo EMAW]

Got any pics GOSP?  I'm a visual learner. 

[CNS]

I would be worried about being overly hot all the time(both in temp and appearance) and feel like I would have to constantly have it pulled back in an awkward d00d thing like Zusi. 

Anyway, if you are going to do it, shoot for this:

[EllRobersonisInnocent]

Has anyone ever grown their hair out?  I'm a military brat so I've always had short hair.  But I do have nice hair and I think I'm ready to let it flow.  But how do you get through that super awkward middle stage?  Like now it's nice and neat and then it'll be just everywhere!  Do you just stop cutting it all together or do you keep the neck neat and such?  Do you talk over a strategy with your barber?  Also how do you resist the outside pressure to quit looking like a damn mess and cut it?  Also, I assume it's ball cap time every minute you're not at work?  Super worried here guys.  Thanks for the help.

 

[mocat]

Zusi's hair is much more "kempt" when out in public giving out hugs to skc fans. can co, you guys, can co.

[CNS]

Zusi's hair is much more "kempt" when out in public giving out hugs to skc fans. can co, you guys, can co.

Pics?

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

youll probs look like fabio or whatever.

['taterblast]

having a huge rough ridin' head doesn't help

[HerrSonntag]

I grew my hair out summer before Sophmore year, and wore it long for about a year before donating it to locks of love (to give you an idea of how long it got)

Bandannas look cool with long hair, can help you through the awkward mid-length range, if you can take people calling it a "dew rag" every now and then 

I'd be willing to bet that the people advising getting it cut "only less frequently" never have actually grown out long hair.  If you want to look like Justin Beiber, thats probably fine, but if you want to look like a mountain man or a rock star, keep the scissors away.  The problem is that your average barber doesn't do long hair, so you have to go to a stylist, who will give you a lady haircut.  It was actually the reason i ended up cutting it all off, it looked BA growing out, because it was naturally layered (started with a pretty close crop and never touched it for like a year) but as soon as i let a stylist "trim it up" it never quite looked right.

[Stevesie60]

I'm with HerrSonntag on this one. No haircuts until you cut it all off for good.

[Ghost of Stan Parrish]

My hair is about like this.  I'm not going any longer.


I just got out of a videoconference and I couldn't stand to see myself on screen.  Have to tuck my hair behind my ears to look presentable.  I previously had a beard a couple times for a few months, just to do it.  Same with long hair: eventually this is all coming off and I'm going back to short...

[Emo EMAW]

That's about as far as I'd want to go.

[yoga-like_abana]

to know how long you should go, we really need to know the dimension of your head as well as your facial features