Hair length.

[FullThrottleMalehem]

Don't worry too much, some of the most macho cis guys out there have long hair now days. Personaly I've always hated having long hair but did it for the sake of people I was dating and family. As a child I had no choice, I had to have long hair and wear dresses.

[Tiny717]

Actually - I really like short hair on myself, BUT
I FEEL terrible with it. I cut my hair once, really short, only an inch or two, and after a bit, my self-esteem and everything just.. dropped. I hated it.
I prefer to have a haircut that's at the least, long enough to almost touch my shoulders, maybe even a little shorter. I like to experiment when I get my hair cut or styled, so I've gone through a few already.
I think though, if/when I begin to bald, I'd shave it all off, either that or invest in a hair transplant - but more than likely just buzz it. I could never buzz my hair right now though -- my hair is like my crown, I don't know what I'd do without it. xD

[henrytwob]

Funny this topic has come up. I need to change my hair. It's doing anything for one way or the other. I like shoulder length hair, but , of course all the pics of cuts I like are on guys. I need something no fuss no bother. But can't figure out how to tell the person who cuts my hair that I want a guy style should length cut.  I know I have no hope of passing regardless of hair at the moment- but I could at least go for a more gender neutral look. Any advice on how I describe this to a woman who has known me ten years, knows my kids and we live in a somewhat small community, without totally outing myself yet - I would greatly appreciate it. Thx

[Nero]

I wasn't able to cut my hair as a kid either. Yuck. It was horrible. As a teen, the 'thick, curly hair problem' prevented me from cutting it short, so I just pulled it back straight and tucked it up into a knot at the back of my head. Whenever I let it down, I got dysphoric. Hair falling on my shoulders? <shudder>

Now I keep it short, but not super short. Now that I've put on weight, I have little choice. Skinny guys may be able to pull off a ponytail but it looks unholy on heavy guys. Especially if you're white. Very unkempt. No offense to any fat long haired dudes out there.

Ribbons, if you did want short hair you just need to find a good cut for curly hair. Maybe something like this?



Or shorter?



It'd be awesome if you can really grow an afro though.  However you want it, sounds like you just need a good hairdresser. I actually love my curls now.

[Ribbons]

I wear an afro though it's gotten terribly annoying.

I've thought of getting a shorter haircut - maybe something like Kid Cudi's or Sean Comb's frohawks or neofro - but I don't think that'd fair me well. I'll just get my hair braided or get dreads one of these days.

[King Malachite]

My hair went down to my mid-back as a kid.  To my knowledge, it's still that long today.

I've considered my hair, for the longest, to be my best trait physical trait about me.

However, it's hell to deal with my hair and I do wish I could cut it off, but I can't in this household, and even if I could, it would feel weird since I've had it for such a long time.

I really do want to experience it being cut though.  It is usually in a ponytail or braids.  I prefer the latter because I consider that my "male" mode.  I'm more confident when I wear them.

[OlivierDeSillegue]

I completely understand how you feel. I hate the idea that I have to cut off my hair completely to "pass". This is not me, and it will never be. Then again, I am the ftm musketeer  *takes feathered hat off and bows low*. Un mousquetaire ne saurait avoir les cheveux courts. (A musketeer would never have short hair.)

If you want to see the length of my hair now, this is what I look like.

http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l603/OlivierDeSillegue/MeFeb042013_zps8312acce.jpg

It's shorter than I would like, but until my moustache grows in, and until my face gets a little more angular, it'll have to do. Afterwards, it's back to shoulder length with hair tied at the nape of the neck.

[democration]

My boyfriend refuses to cut his hair (which goes down past the middle of his back) because he considers it to be a big part of "who he is as a person" -- and that is mildly frustrating to me, because it isn't helping him pass. But, hey, freedom of expression...

I keep my hair pretty short, and it doesn't really help me pass either, so. *shrug*

[Bastian]

When I was little I bounced back and froth between long and short. My mom raised me on the "it will always grow back" saying lol. Right now my hair looks like this

but blond. Which has been great because it makes me look very androgynous. However now that i'm further along with my T i'm excited to go to my hair appointment this week and get it shorter.

I'm looking to get something like this

but I will let my hairdresser decide. I'm lucky I suppose because I've used the same hair dresser for the past 6 years or so, so when I was coming out and my parents were telling everyone my mom told my hair dresser, who was totally cool with it. So now when I go in I just tell her to 'man me up'  and she gives me a guys haircut. It's also nice because I know she won't make me look butch.

[insideontheoutside]

Personally I like my hair to be mid length but all choppy. I look like a dork with short hair. I looked ok with short hair when I was a kid/teen and I pretty much had short hair my whole life up until around college when I had kind of very unkempt kind of rocker type hair. 

[Felix]

My kid told me today that her Pikachu doll thinks my hair looks silly. It's probably time for a trim.

[Devin87]

My kid told me today that her Pikachu doll thinks my hair looks silly. It's probably time for a trim.

Pikachu knows, man....

[Gene]

I have a similar problem with my curls. I even did the pixie cut thing in my youth. I decided to keep it long through transition and afterwards, but cut it to just below my shoulder so it'll be a little more masculine. I'm going to go for a Roger Daultrey thing (lead singer of The Who).

[AscendantDevon]

Im trying to grow my hair long enough to get a pomp going, but my hair is still short enough that it falls back onto my face. *sigh* I wouldn't look like Matt Smith anyway...

[Qlinik]

I'm a girl but I just wanna say that guys with long hair are HOT!!! I prefer a guy with long hair than short hair but I know it becomes an issue of passing.

[kaiju]

My hair is about shoulder length, and I'm trying to see how long I can grow it. I prefer longer hair on myself, personally. My face does not look okay with short hair at all.

[dalebert]

My kid told me today that her Pikachu doll thinks my hair looks silly. It's probably time for a trim.

You gotta love little kid tact. "No, Dad. I think your hair looks fine. It's Pikachu who thinks it's silly!"

[thatboyfresh]

When my hair is really short ( like in a shadow fade with a 2 on top) its straight and looks really sharp. However when it is an inch or longer it grows into a fro. Thick, birdsnesty fro. And no matter how clean I keep it and how tangle free it never looks professional or makes me look sloppy. Plus it is a pain in the neck to take care of. In high school I had dreads down to my shoulders but eventually cut them when I was looking for a job because they wern't the nice "well taken care of" type of dreads lol. Sometimes I play with growing my hair out but every time hot weather comes around I cut it because a fro really sweats your scalp , trust me. And then it get's to this stage where you cant really style it at all . I used to perm it straight but that really kills your hair. Now I am attempting to grow it long again and possibly dreads we shall see!

[NathanielM]

I had it past-shoulder length for a long time (cut it once when I was young to a bob style thing) and then I cut it really short in one go. Now I have what I consider really short hair. I like it because it helps me pass and so I'm more confident, but as soon as I'm on T (or earlier if I can handle it) I'm growing it out to shoulderlength again. I actually tried to grow it long again right before I came out, but realized my dreams of long hair belonged to male me and got really dissapointed by how feminine I looked.

[Exus]

it's short-ish but not that short atm. I plan to go bald just for the heck of it one day.