Quote from: Doreen on April 24, 2018, 12:10:24 PM
You're welcome ! It was honest.

This was the first time I went blonde.. ever.  All my siblings, cousins, distant relations were ALL born blonde! Except me.  I was born dark lol.  Not sure what genetic variant button I hit, but I got the doozer of mutations.  (Brown hair is but one of many.  I'm also taller than all of them, and intersexed to boot.  Talk about double whammies).  So I went blonde a couple months ago   I get a lot of compliments, even if its fake 

Haha I was lucky to be smallest of all my brother's even though they are all younger than me,still 5'11" though.
How has the blonde been?? It hasn't dried out your hair more than normal??
I'm curious about it, but aftraid of the negative effects and upkeep :')

Quote from: Rachel_Christina on April 24, 2018, 12:15:53 PM
Haha I was lucky to be smallest of all my brother's even though they are all younger than me,still 5'11" though.
How has the blonde been?? It hasn't dried out your hair more than normal??
I'm curious about it, but aftraid of the negative effects and upkeep :')

It actually made my hair much poofier.  The drying out I counter with using lots of conditioner and leaving it in over & hour before washing it out.  For the first time in all my life I actually LOVE my hair.  Took me 40+ years to get to this point.   There haven't been too many negative effects, and my upkeep is relatively simple.  It probably worked so well because I don't do it often (or at all really).   

Oh, I'm 6'2.  The next tallest sibling is 5'11.  I outgrew my next oldest brother when I was 5 years old.  I just grew ridiculously fast & tall.. had nothing to do with androgen influence either.  Just my unique genome I'm thinking.

That's sounds like you had a great reaction to going blonde. Might try it one day I'm feeling really confident.
I do alot of looking after my hair too :'). It's like the best part of me.
Haha yeah the genetic lucky bag is totally random it's mad :')

Rachel_Christina and Cookiemonstomus - Just absolutely gorgeous! Ah, to be young again.

There are so many of you on here that look great (Danielle/Doreen). Maybe it's good that I don't know how to attach a picture! LOL

Katie thanks, but you look great from your DP.
If you wanna attach pics it's just the
I use imgur, super easy and free

My hair currently falls at roughly mid jaw length after getting about 5-6 inches removed. Caught a lot of grief for it too. I just played it off as "you get what you pay for".

8~ months growing it out from practically a buzz cut.. It's such a tedious process

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Quote from: Allison S on April 24, 2018, 05:00:23 PM
8~ months growing it out from practically a buzz cut.. It's such a tedious process

Patience dearheart. 😊 All you have to do to have super long hair is breathe in and out a few more million times and not cut it. It's going to happen, it is kinda default.

Quote from: Allison S on April 24, 2018, 05:00:23 PM
8~ months growing it out from practically a buzz cut.. It's such a tedious process

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@Allison S :  In your posted picture your hair is near a great length to start experimenting with different feminine hair styles. 
Yes, indeed, growing hair out to a longer length is worse than watching paint dry.  That is why most trans-women are loathe to cut there hair even when it needs it!!! 
I have cut my hair several times since I became full time... usually a trim and style.  My hair length is usually from top of the shoulder to just below the shoulder like in my current Avatar Profile picture... usually no longer.... that is a good length for me so I don't end up with hair in my face when I am working in my office with paperwork and stuff.  When I go to the gym or involved in activities I usually have it in a PonyTail.
Thanks for your posting and your picture.
Hugs,
Danielle

Quote from: FinallyMichelle on April 24, 2018, 05:09:16 PM
Patience dearheart. [emoji4] All you have to do to have super long hair is breathe in and out a few more million times and not cut it. It's going to happen, it is kinda default.

Thanks, I'll try to remember to breath once in a while [emoji4]

Quote from: Alaskan Danielle on April 24, 2018, 05:11:04 PM
@Allison S :  In your posted picture your hair is near a great length to start experimenting with different feminine hair styles. 
Yes, indeed, growing hair out to a longer length is worse than watching paint dry.  That is why most trans-women are loathe to cut there hair even when it needs it!!! 
I have cut my hair several times since I became full time... usually a trim and style.  My hair length is usually from top of the shoulder to just below the shoulder like in my current Avatar Profile picture... usually no longer.... that is a good length for me so I don't end up with hair in my face when I am working in my office with paperwork and stuff.  When I go to the gym or involved in activities I usually have it in a PonyTail.
Thanks for your posting and your picture.
Hugs,
Danielle

I do try stuff but I really don't like most styles on my face. When it's long I'd just wanna wear it down and maybe even hide. I always liked how the girl in the movie the ring did that. She didn't really creep me out much

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Well, I keep my hair in a ponytail at all times. There are bangs in the front, and with like a group of strands hanging down my side burn areas I guess? Not sure what to call it but its a hairstyle that I like. Anyways, without the hair being tied in a band it will hang a bit past my shoulders. It looks very messy when its down, so that is why I make sure it's always up!

My hair is about shoulder blade length by now, or to my armpits. I'm growing it out, and want it at least waist long, but hip length would be preferable if possible. Last time I cut it short was around end of 2014, but it's been very damaged since, so despite growing it's been breaking off a lot too. So it could have been longer by now if it hadn't been stuck at shoulder length for a year until recently.

I also have a "former sidecut" (shaved one side of my head) which I've grown out since late 2016. And that's still shorter than the rest of my hair, but finally long enough to put into a ponytail and is easy to hide into the rest. High ponytails, half-updo's, braids and sideparting are usually my go-to styles.

I trim the ends and cut it in a layered style about 3-4 times a year. I cut it myself with cheap scissors that are made for cutting hair. I wouldn't say I'm good, but then I also don't really care about the result as long as it keeps growing longer. And I'd rather ruin my hair by myself than pay for someone else to do that, cause I don't trust hairdressers. I don't mind it messy though, that's almost my style.

It's me in my profile pic, for reference, and it's taken about a week ago.

Bad image quality but this is about the most accurate image I have right now:



I started growing in 2015 and since then have had to have it shortened some and would usually take off like half an inch every time I got a haircut but haven't been shortening it anymore lately.

Only to middle of the ears. It's been a year.


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Allison, I know it's hard growing it out from short,I have been there.
The best advice I can say is to concentrate on your work or studies and forget about it.
I remember how fast mine used to grow when I was working, it seem to go so fast, but it was the focus on work and getting by, that took my mind of it. Then before I knew it it was a good length.
I also had my hair tied once it was long enough. In the physical line of work it WILL drive you crazy if its not tied. Every month the hair nubbin in bobble got longer and longer :')
It'll happen, try not to worry about it to much

Hello Katie Ellen  I'm new here so please try to bere with my inexperience. my hair is quite long and thick it reaches to the middle of my back. I find that I use it as a weapon to fight my dysphoria and you know what it works for me it is the first sign that the real me is trying to emerge because I am displaying it a little more feminine in baby steps as I am pre HRT but soon I will begin my journey I don't believe I'll be cutting it anytime soon because it empowers me and helps me to overcome the stereotypical adversity. I recently had an older gentleman tell me you know you're wearing your hair like a girl and my response was a mere, DA. He then did not know how to quite react to me and  he left me alone. This did not make me weaker but stronger because I thought how dare this person try to get me to conform to his own ideas after all it's my life not his. My long hair is my only weapon to use against this type of discrimination because I have this big masculine body and believe that I'll never pass but that's okay I've already worked through this and it's certainly not enough to stop me like I said earlier it's my life to live not his. This is just been the first shot at me and there's certain to be more as I begin my journey and refused to abide by  social Hang Ups I sure hope I can keep this attitude up because I think I will emerge as The Ugly Duckling not the beautiful swan but we'll see as time goes on I will turn each shot at me into empowerment not embarrassment. love Tatiana

Quote from: Rachel_Christina on April 25, 2018, 12:49:14 AM
Allison, I know it's hard growing it out from short,I have been there.
The best advice I can say is to concentrate on your work or studies and forget about it.
I remember how fast mine used to grow when I was working, it seem to go so fast, but it was the focus on work and getting by, that took my mind of it. Then before I knew it it was a good length.
I also had my hair tied once it was long enough. In the physical line of work it WILL drive you crazy if its not tied. Every month the hair nubbin in bobble got longer and longer :')
It'll happen, try not to worry about it to much

Thanks, yeah you're right, I mean it's decent and I see a lot of women with hair as long as mine or a bit longer and styled.. They look great but that's just not what I want for myself. Or that I,can realistically pull off. I think longer hair would just look better on me but like you said I'll try not to stress it.
I know at this point it'll be nearing a "bob" length very soon so that gives me comfort. After that is a "lob" I think, which I'm really looking forward to.

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Not long enough also my hair is wavy so it takes more time for it to achieve some length. Right now it's like halfway down my neck.

For those of you already on HRT. Did your hair grow any faster after starting and did the texture/thickness change?

Quote from: Katie Ellen on April 25, 2018, 10:10:41 AM
For those of you already on HRT. Did your hair grow any faster after starting and did the texture/thickness change?

I honestly don't think so. Maybe a placebo effect as now that my hair is a decent length you don't spend as much time checking the length so it seems to just grow away mad on its own.
Then one day you look and it's like 2 inches longer.

I really don't think it changed anything, I might have said my slight waves relaxed more since, but it could also be there is much more hair and the weight straightens it out abit more, you know?

The only thing it did do was add baby hair fuzz at the front of my hairline in the corners. Finer lighter hair that is