I'm still waiting for mine to grow =( I'm in these in between stages and it sucks =/

Going to the stylist tomorrow to see what I can do with it with minimal trimming...VERY minimal

Some of the strait ones too...

It took me about 3-4 years to grow out my hair, now its down to the small of my back. It was something I had always wanted and now finally have.  The only annoying things is that I have to brush out the knots often and when I'm eating sometimes sticky rice gets stuck to it or more often, the hair slips into my mouth ugh.  Other than that, I loooooove having long hair. When I was growing up, my mom said I had really nice hair and I should try growing it out, when I did and started passing as a girl, my folks made me get it cut.

Quote from: sarahm on July 03, 2010, 08:19:32 PM
Probably the most frustrating part of long hair is when you have lipgloss on, and it gets stuck in it.

lol. yea, or when you eat something and get a mouthful of hair. haha and cerealmuffin, you are lucky. ive been growin mine out for about 5 yrs now and its still at my shoulders. lol

Quote from: WarHeadJoe3 on July 09, 2010, 08:32:22 PM
lol. yea, or when you eat something and get a mouthful of hair. haha and cerealmuffin, you are lucky. ive been growin mine out for about 5 yrs now and its still at my shoulders. lol

Your hair is really curly so that might be the reason, I bet when straightened it would be really long.

My hair grows really fast so even though I got it cut recently just above my shoulders in a bout three months it will be just below my shoulders. And as far as getting used to it well I have Aspergers and one of my things that I hate is something rubbing on my face and having long hair it does that from time to time. Other then that it does not bother me that much just use a good nourishing conditioner and you should be fine.

I've worn my hair long since high school, you get used to it and it's just part of life. Sticking to the lip gloss seems to be a common problem though lol

I can tell you this- if your hair is any length at all and you go in the hospital for surgery, have someone braid it up for you first! After 3 days of laying on my back I pretty much had a total rat's nest that took my friend a while to comb out for me. After that I put it in braids and no more rat's nest.

So what do you do at night to keep your hair from getting completely messed up?  I wash my very short hair every day, but I don't think women with long hair do that.  Does it help to pin it up or something? 

Some women with long hair (and nearly all with mid-length hair, down to about shoulder length) wash their hair every day. Once you hit mid-back lengths, washing every day starts to be problematic.

If your intended length is shoulder-length or above, you can wash every day with shampoo (just like short hair) but make sure to condition and use a gentle shampoo. Women going for these lengths can pretty much blow-dry and heat-style to their heart's content and do a limited amount of experimentation with colour (heavy bleaching, frequent colouring, chemical relaxing and perming are best suited for chin-length or above because they make hair stiff and brittle so you don't want a style with a lot of movement).

If you're going for below the shoulders down to about bra-strap length, you can usually still wash and condition every day, but blow-drying and heat-styling start to become an issue because of breakage. It's best to get it to the length you want first and then experiment with the heat stuff to see how much damage it does. Colouring needs to be rare and very gentle if you're going for these lengths - highlighting is fine, but drastic all-over colouring may not be, especially combined with any amount of heat styling or blowdrying.

If you're going for mid-back or longer, you have to cut out nearly all heat styling and possibly avoid daily washing. Some women going for these lengths wash every other day or even less frequently and rinse with water or conditioner on the days they don't wash; others use conditioner only to clean their hair (this is possible, but you need a particular type of conditioner, and it tends to take longer).

As far as what to do with your hair if you're not washing/blowdrying/styling every day: short hair can just be rinsed, towel/airdried, and styled. When it's long enough, you can put it up damp (there are lots of possible updos, braids, etc). The only women I know of who keep a style overnight are black women, who have different hair from the type I'm familiar with and wear it in different (more structured) styles that keep better overnight. They tend to wear various headwraps, use satin pillowcases, and even so have to tweak the style in the morning if it's not a very tightly braided type. If you're black, you probably should check with a stylist with experience with African hair types because virtually everything is different and varies significantly with your individual hair texture.

         It took me about two years to get enough hair to put in a ponytail.  I had mine short for over thiry years before letting it out.  Yes, one gets used to the long hair.  It kind of grows on you. Pun intended.  Have fun with it.

Quote from: Robertina on July 10, 2010, 06:10:03 PM
So what do you do at night to keep your hair from getting completely messed up?  I wash my very short hair every day, but I don't think women with long hair do that.  Does it help to pin it up or something?

Personally I condition it everyday, but I only shampoo it every other day. There are no hard and fast rules though, if other some people I know conditioned their hair everyday they would have really greasy looking hair, but mine tends to be dry and frizzy over oily and stringy.

I time it so that my showers are always 4-6 hours before I plan on going to bed, that way my hair will be more or less dry before I goto sleep. Blow drying it would damage my hair (it really doesn't like the blowdryer), and if I were to pull it back or put it up, it would damage my hair as well. I just goto sleep with my hair down, and I push it out to the side so that I am not laying on it.

If my hair is not dry before going to bed it will come out in nasty frizzy curls on the morning, My hair is however, naturally wavy. if I have to goto sleep with it still wet I will pull my hair into two pigtails and make it into two large braids, this will result in almost ringlet looking curls in my hair, without much frizz, and this is much more preferable.

One note, I do seem to use more products to keep my pores clean and dry than my non long haired friends, male or female. So there is a bit of skin maintenance that goes along with long hair as well, I never have acne trouble or anything, but I get the feeling that if I didn't do this I might. I cannot really say if that would be the case or not with short hair or if I pulled it back more as I have had long hair since before puberty and I loathe to restrain my hair (except the elegant chopstick bun, which is just cool).

Sorry for the rambling post, I hope this answered your questions

I wish getting used to it was my biggest problem, growing it is but its on schedule so I can't complain to much.

Back in high school, I grew out my hair pass my chest (about 16 inches).  Now, I am regrowing my hair for gender identity reasons (about 5 inches), period.  When my hair was long, I hardly ever noticed the length.  Hot was hot, and cold was cold.  In a very true sense, it is easy to get used to long hair.  This is because it takes a long time to grow, and hence one has a long time to become comfortable with it.  I like my hair either really long or really short (weird, I know).  At this point I can't wait for it to be long, it is comfortable!!

Quote from: kyril on July 10, 2010, 07:03:15 PM
Some women with long hair (and nearly all with mid-length hair, down to about shoulder length) wash their hair every day. Once you hit mid-back lengths, washing every day starts to be problematic.

If your intended length is shoulder-length or above, you can wash every day with shampoo (just like short hair) but make sure to condition and use a gentle shampoo. Women going for these lengths can pretty much blow-dry and heat-style to their heart's content and do a limited amount of experimentation with colour (heavy bleaching, frequent colouring, chemical relaxing and perming are best suited for chin-length or above because they make hair stiff and brittle so you don't want a style with a lot of movement).

If you're going for below the shoulders down to about bra-strap length, you can usually still wash and condition every day, but blow-drying and heat-styling start to become an issue because of breakage. It's best to get it to the length you want first and then experiment with the heat stuff to see how much damage it does. Colouring needs to be rare and very gentle if you're going for these lengths - highlighting is fine, but drastic all-over colouring may not be, especially combined with any amount of heat styling or blowdrying.

If you're going for mid-back or longer, you have to cut out nearly all heat styling and possibly avoid daily washing. Some women going for these lengths wash every other day or even less frequently and rinse with water or conditioner on the days they don't wash; others use conditioner only to clean their hair (this is possible, but you need a particular type of conditioner, and it tends to take longer).

As far as what to do with your hair if you're not washing/blowdrying/styling every day: short hair can just be rinsed, towel/airdried, and styled. When it's long enough, you can put it up damp (there are lots of possible updos, braids, etc). The only women I know of who keep a style overnight are black women, who have different hair from the type I'm familiar with and wear it in different (more structured) styles that keep better overnight. They tend to wear various headwraps, use satin pillowcases, and even so have to tweak the style in the morning if it's not a very tightly braided type. If you're black, you probably should check with a stylist with experience with African hair types because virtually everything is different and varies significantly with your individual hair texture.

Lost of good information, thanks!!

I've always loved long hair. I first grew my hair long back in the '80 (inciting considerable parental conflicts as a teen) and have mostly worn long or more feminine styles ever since. At one time it was almost to my waist, but more often it's been in the chin-to-below shoulders range.

Long hair can be hot if you wear it loose in warm weather, but it can be quite comfortable in a ponytail or clipped up some how. When it's been long enough, I always liked pinning mine up in a French twist, which in warm weather is basically feels having short hair.

I think most transgendered persons benefit considerably in the passability department from having long hair. It's just one of those visual signals of femininity and most of us need as many of those as we can get.

Wigs do tend to be pretty hot in warm weather. I started a little collection of them back in the '90s during a period of wearing my own fairly short for work. It's essentially like wearing a well insulated hat. You can minimize the heat factor by choosing one with good ventilation on top and having it professionally thinned to the minimum amount of hair you need (most wigs have way too much hair in them). "Skin caps" are about the hottest I've worn. They have a latex sheet on top for realistic parting. If you can get by with a hairpiece or extensions, they're much cooler. Otherwise, stay in air conditioning as much as possible.

Lyric

Yesterday, I had my hair trimmed, as it tended to tangle after shampooing. This is the only problem for me in having long hair. She commented that it would be wasteful to cut my long hair that she treated for straightening a few month ago. Instead, she trimmed partially to make my hair still look long.

Basically no difference between short and long hair in summer with respect to heat. But, long hair can help protect your facial skin from the UV. I untie my hair when I run outdoors at daytime.

Barbie~~

I can't wait for my hair to grow out </3

All this hair talk is making me sad. I grew my hair down to my shoulders. I would sit in front of the mirror and brush it. All of it was the same length. My wife talked me into letting her cut my bangs. She cut it a little to much on one side and it looked like a mullet. OMG. I was pi**ed. it took for ever to get it that long. To this day I think it was on perpuse. I went to work with it that way everyone thought it was funny. I never heard so many Joe Dirt remarks in all my life. after I got home I cut it all off. I haven't let it grow back until now. I loved it and I missed it. starting fro scratch sucks.

Quote from: Robertina on July 10, 2010, 06:10:03 PM
So what do you do at night to keep your hair from getting completely messed up?  I wash my very short hair every day, but I don't think women with long hair do that.  Does it help to pin it up or something?

I wash my hair every other day because it helps reduce the dryness and breakage that often occurs with my hair.  I can't use conditioner because all of it weighs down my hair.  I don't blow dry my hair, either, because that really destroyed it.  On days I don't wash my hair, I curl my hair or put it up in a nice ponytail so it still looks good.  When I do wash my hair, I let it air dry and comb it frequently until it's dry.  Once that day is over and I want curls in my hair for the next day, I braid my hair before bed so it sets and then it's nice and curly so I can leave it down or pull it back.

Quote from: laineyjain on July 12, 2010, 09:06:47 PM
All this hair talk is making me sad. I grew my hair down to my shoulders. I would sit in front of the mirror and brush it. All of it was the same length. My wife talked me into letting her cut my bangs. She cut it a little to much on one side and it looked like a mullet. OMG. I was pi**ed. it took for ever to get it that long. To this day I think it was on perpuse. I went to work with it that way everyone thought it was funny. I never heard so many Joe Dirt remarks in all my life. after I got home I cut it all off. I haven't let it grow back until now. I loved it and I missed it. starting fro scratch sucks.

Aww bb that's sad!!! </3