Anyone have short hair their entire life before growing it out for transition?

[rachel89]

So, in case you don't now, I've had short hair my entire life until I started transition. Sometimes I like having longer hair, but sometimes I find it annoying, it can be unruly, in my eyes, a little warm itchy sometimes, slow to dry, and slow to grow into a more feminine style. Sometimes I just feel like buzzing it all off and wearing scarves and wigs instead. This would also enable be to have a more professional appearance when i have to be in guy mode. Does anyone else who used to have short hair ever have days where you get so annoyed by long hair that you just buzz it all off?

[Zoetrope]

Yeah, I had a shaved head most of my old life. I looked mean!

I couldn't stand the feeling of any hair touching my face. I've had to get used to it. Luckily it stands on end though ...

[stephaniec]

 no

[katrinaw]

OK a bit of wit here  Never had that problem... MPB ensured I never had to worry about hair in the way...

But probably if I did, I would gradually grow it out moving in steady steps, but it does depend on your surroundings and your work life I guess.


Katy xx

[Sarah82]

I have had short hair all my adult life mostly because it was so I could fit in it was part of my "man mask".
When I was younger I let it grow as long as possible... Until my dad told me it was too long or that it made me look like a girl. He would then take me to the barber, this jolly old Italian stereotype who had soccer memorabilia on the walls and porn magazines in the reading material, for a short back and sides.
A few years ago I needed a new barber, the old one having closed, but none had opened in my town. A new hair salon had that was run by two Palestinian men, my "man mask" thought this was suitable and my secret self thought it was great. Gone was the ultra macho environment replaced by photos of women and men with different hairstyles, taken by the hair dresser, men's and women's interest magazines on the coffee table, it was a breath of fresh air at last. It didn't stop my mask from requesting the same old haircut though but the first time, and almost every time I visited, the stylist asked if I was sure. He told me my hair was beautiful and fine, that if it were longer the natural highlights would make it shine like gold instead of the mousy brown it looks when short.
But I digress.
I have had short hair for too long and I look forward to having it get in my eyes, not being able to do anything with it, and it feeling too hot when the weather is bad.

[KristinaM]

I always had short hair growing up through high school.  The school I attended had a strict dress code for haircuts.  For guys it had to be "short" and off the ears and off the collar basically.

When I was 18 or 19 after graduation I let it grow out a bit, but I never got the split ends trimmed off or took very good care of it so it was always frizzy and huge.  I cut it off and kept it short again until just a few months ago.  Now I'm almost to that length again, but I have a much better hair care regimen and have a stylist that keeps it shaped properly and well maintained every 2 months or so.

I don't think about buzzing it off, that's for sure.  I love my curly hair and am eagerly awaiting the day it actually looks good, haha.

[Cindy]

I had a short, what you guys call a grey hair buzz cut? Walked into the swankiest hairdresser and told them I was trans and could they help me.

They have.

I have my own hair beautifully styled.

I love it

[-May-]

I am trying to grow my hair out as of recently. Sometimes I get the feeling they just don't grow at all, they are too short to style them any way and too long to not get bothered at times -w-

Anyway, I am confident after a while, once they are longer, I will be glad to have long hair >3<

[lostcharlie]

 As an adult have always had short hair, either written requirement of job or huge unwritten pressure to appear a certain way. Growing up started pushing parents to let my hair grow longer around 11 years old. Longest I ever was able to get it was not quite shoulder length before fathers objections overrode mothers leave him alone attitude.
Funny side story 5th or 6th grade era, memory a little hazy. Friend of my mother visiting with us thought I would look great with blonde hair ala Marilyn Monroe, she had been a hairdresser at some point in her life. She ended up peroxiding my dirty blonde collar length hair to a bright blonde. Mom didn't object, dad was pissed and I loved it. The boys at school made my life miserable ,the girls weren't much better.
Recently found some old pictures from high school, hair was about shoulder length. Made me kind of sad. Oh well no one said life was easy.

[Harley Quinn]

Always had short hair. I don't think I could deal with having long hair 24/7. Wigs are fun for long hair once in a while, even then I carry hair bands. Nothing like hair sticking to your lips to make you annoyed. Ha ha ha... I stick with wigs and extensions if I want the look that day. Till I figure out how to manage my hair, I'll settle for a longer pixie. That awkward middle phase was all I could manage... 😕

[Ange]

I had short hair all my life. I avoided growing them since it would have been more feminine and I didn't want to be more feminine. I wanted to be cute as a boy and I think I quite managed that part for a long time.

But well, I always wanted long hair and I'm super happy now that they are longer. Short hairs feels great because you got nothing on your head, but long hair feels better because it's soft, you can play with it, and I feel like having a chignon or ponytail is like having short hair + all the advantages. And well, I have great hair and I love them, which helps I guess.

[Beth Andrea]

I would love to have a pixie haircuts...unfortunately I don't have the shoulders/neck/face/forehead to pull it off, so my hair is long (not quite long enough, though; I want it to be able to drape between the breasts by a good few inches).

I count the beginning of my transition the day I looked in the mirror and asked "who the hell is THAT?! I need earrings and long hair!"

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[Orchid]

I had long hair when I was 19, cut it at 20... albeit regretably.

I'm growing out my hair again, taking a lot more care of it.

[stephaniec]

I grew up in the Hippie revolution so I had my hair very long, then cut it , then grew it back , then cut it then grew it back. Got really sick with the flu and laid in bed for three days my hair got irreversibly tangled so had to cut it and cut it really short and kept it that way for a long time , then transitioned and the only cutting that will be done is to straighten the ends.

[Abby S.]

I had really short hair since I was 3. I stopped shaving it a bit more than 2 months ago, and it has been growing pretty fast, and so far, feminine (I am using a biotin based shampoo, and I am on Hormones, and my hair grows fast naturally). I am a bit concerned how I will take care of long hair. So far it is already getting frizzy, and a bit annoying. But I guess i will know more in a few.months.

[FreyasRedemption]

I had it almost military short before the age of 14.

[iKate]

Sort of.

It never got as long as it is now. However, it was kinda long and bushy before. My wife used to always hound me to cut it.

[big kim]

Not really, shortest I ever had it as a guy was a grown out DA. I looked a bad ass

[Emjay]

Mine has been long for much of my life actually.  I started growing it out in my teens and kept it almost waist length until I interviewed for my first "real job" and had it cut short at my ex-father-in-laws request (because I had to get the job, no excuses). 

Once I got the job I promptly grew it back out and kept it waist length again until I began working around high speed equipment, so I had it cut short again (I'd seen the "scalping" horror pictures our safety department had of those unlucky enough to get too close to a high speed spindle.)

I kept it that way for about 10 years.  2 years ago I started growing it out again and plan to keep it that way!  It grows so much slower now that I'm older but it's getting there.

Personally, I love my hair long and don't ever want to cut it short again.  I love the way it feels.  I love the weight of it, the feel of it against my skin, the way it looks.  Sure it gets hot in the summer but that's what ponytails are for. 

[Lady Smith]

I was made to have short hair as a child, but in my teens I let it grow despite being nagged about it being so long.  Long hair has always felt natural for me and having short hair just plain feels weird.