Me Me Me even after I transitioned. When I was young it was a crew cut or a flat top. By the time I was in high school my mom wanted me to change to a cut short on the side with a couple of inches of length on the top. I hated the idea because I feared longer hair length would expose my secret. It didn't and when I started to transition my hair reached it's longest when I was growing hair for a page boy. I Permed my hair for over 30 years and the hair was never more than 4 inches in length. The style I am growing hair for now is going to be pageboy length once again so I never have felt what it's like to have truly long hair. I envy those of you who have the face to pull off long hair but I don't.

I have had many style of hair length, although I always loved and wanted long hair. I have had short hair when I was really young, to long hair in my late teens. I loved my hair then (cut off by a country barber when  I ask him to just trim the ends). I think this was indicative of my true self. I also suffer from MPB. This has caused me much grief and caused me to go for over 15 years totally shaved. Over the past 5-10 years, I had allowed my hair to grow so that I could wear a short pony tail, or been shaved. With the help of HRT, my hair is growing well. Dutasteride along with spin and E. seems to work for me. In the last couple of weeks, when my wife and I are out and about, I am most often correctly gendered. Makes me smile and onward I go!

My hair was always a short back and sides with a little more length on top - until I came out. Then I let my hair grow out until it was just over shoulder length and learnt that long hair wasn't my thing at all. A couple of shorter styles happened before I settled on my current look, which is both short and kinda long.

I live by a University and all the girls have long flowing hair and I want mine like that.

I grew it out for 3+ years in my 20s. Later on I didn't touch it for almost 5 years but had to cut it off, which I now regret. The 2nd time around I had already started to transition.

  No, I hated going to the barbershop as kid stopped going when I was 12 or 13. Have had my hair at least shoulder length since about 1970.

Yup! I had short hair my entire childhood, and I started shaving my head when I was 17. People I haven't seen in a while are shocked when they see my long hair.

I've had short hair most of my life. Now it's just past shoulder length but very curly. I love my curly hair and am very thankful for it. Though it is a pain to take care of.

Had short to very short hair while growing up, either crew cut or just plain short. When I was 16 was when I had a fascination to start growing my hair out, due to the fact I wanted to have my hair braided, never got long enough to the point in which to braid my hair up until I was 20 and signing my life away for the army.
But while my hair was at a decent length, not quite long enough to tie it back, though when brushed down it was around toward my jawline.

Edit: One day when I do get the chance to grow my hair out (hoping the military protections come out sooner) I'll probably try and have my hair either jaw length to shoulder length.

Kate <3

I'd always try and grow it out long but I was always forced to get it buzzed. Into adulthood I was pressured to get it buzzed being told that long hair made my face look fat or that it was unflattering etc. I used to get it military buzzed every other week and I hated it.

I had shortish hair for the first 18ish years but Unless we want to count 16 years ago as when I started to transision, even though I never did anything medical till this year then yes.. but no not really.

one of the things people kept bringing up was how it must be hard for me getting used to shaving my legs and fixing my hair every day and I tell them all the same thing. "my hair is not much more work, its shorter now than before I transisioned and I used to braid it each morning now I just blow dry a bit and use some defrizzer" "as for the legs, I have been shaving ankles to ears sense my senior year of high school so thats nothing new" in fact make up is the only new time sink to me getting ready in the morning.

Serena

I always had short hair growing up while pretending to be the boy everyone wanted me to be, and in my professional career I had it short to "conform"

  But that was then! It's been four years since my last haircut and it's going to be a long time before I get anything other than a trim to pretty up the ends a bit.

I LOVE how my hair looks longer and I also had no idea my natural color would look like this

Happy dance!

This photo was from three months ago so a bit longer now.

The last time I felt that way, I had a haircut to thin it all out a bit. My hair is so thick it literally breaks brushes, so I really did want it tamed somewhat.

I've worn my hair long since high school, except when my father harassed me into getting it cut so I could get a job out of college. I HATED that, and promptly grew it back out again. I love that I can wear it loose post-transition instead of ponytailed or pulled back. I usually go a bit too long between haircuts, so my hair is typically mid-back length (it's actually to my waist when wet, but curly enough that it looks shorter once dry) and the shortest I've cut it on my own was to just below the bra straps. To me that's short, but even my wife's hair is to her butt so I may have a skewed view of "long."

Growing up my hair was always a short back and sides, nice and short.

I starting growing my hair when I started cross dressing more often, I did not want to wear a wig. I was 19 at that time. Long hair was irritating at first, but I got use to it.

After I started hormones at 21, I had my already long hair styled in a more female style. Then I let it grow to my waist. Then I had it cut to about shoulder length. The reason I cut it, as it difficult to clean, with hair that length blow drying my hair took ages.  My hair now is about down to about my shoulder blades. I maintain it at this length now. when it get long, i get it trimmed.

I have short hair now. Have had it most of my life. But it has always been with a boy's/man's cut in mind. My hair is quite thick. I don't mind going to the barber, but I kind of wish I could get it styled how I felt. Cute and feminine over masculine and short.

One day though.

Growing up, I was always forced to get my hair cut Once it got kinda long I was forced to go get it cut. Now, I've been growing it out for a year and it's awesome, but annoying at the same time lol. I remember growing up with short hair and seeing people with long hair and giving them a hard time, telling them to cut it. Now I know how freaking annoying that is! Not a day goes by that SOMEONE tells me to cut my hair    I find it most annoying when it gets in your eyes and itches your face! I resort to wearing a headband every day until I can figure out what I want to do with it. That's another thing, trying to figure out how to style it and what you want to do with it! I want that gorgeous ombre hair, but I just don't want to listen to people b*tch at me for it 

Ever since I can remember, I wanted very long hair, but my mom buzzed my hair every month. I promised myself that when I grew up, I wouldn't cut my hair. When I started growing it, the hardest  part was getting it long enough to put in a pony tail, as I hated it flying in my face. But as a man ,I got teased about long hair, so when I found out about transgender people, that helped me to become a girl, so I wouldn't be teased. I wish I had floor length hair, as when I had knee length extensions, it was the best feelings I have ever had!!! esther

I always kept my head shaved for fear of having too feminine a hairstyle. Been growing it out for almost a year now. I keep hoping when it gets long enough, that the weight of the hair will loosen the curls into a wave, but all that seems to be happening is that the size of my hair gets larger and larger. I need the 80s to come back so I look normal again. I fear I may ultimately end up cutting it short and just going with the tight curls in the end.

I used to have beautiful long golden dreadlocks in my 20s

I was devastated to cut them off but they were starting to look messy.  I should of grown it back long but never got round to it.  That was 15 years ago!  I'm growing it now though and am loving it.  I have beautiful hair just a shame about the face and slight bald spot on the top arrrrgh!!! LOL 

Actually looking back most people probwould of thought i was gay or trans because i was so fem with the hair,  beads etc...In fact i was very close to going to the doctor back then about this gender dysphoria but i got caught up in drugs for a while and I got a bit lost (which was a good escape at the time)

Anyway looking forward now not back,  I love long hair!

Prior to coming out my hair was never more than a few inches long. Would have to get it cut every couple of months so that I could keep it short. now after 18 months of hrt and 2 years since first coming out my hair is down past my shoulders from only half an inch before coming out.