Yes I am. It's on my head. Holding my hair back. AND I AM SO FUCKING EXCITED ABOUT IT. Ok, before you decide that I'm entirely batshit and run screaming from this thread, let me explain. I cut my hair pixie-short a few months back...in May I think. Liked it for a little while and then promptly went into the WHAT THE FUCK DID I DOOOOO phase and started to try to get it grown back out. I suppose I should tell you that my hair was past my shoulder blades when I cut it. I donated it to Locks of Love and I'm happy I could help someone out, but now I want my hair back, lol.

I'm told hair normally grows 1/4" to, at the most, a 1/2" a month, but I want it to go faster!! I'm trying to do an oil treatment with Vitamin E oil or a treatment with a conditioning mask once a week, I'm using all natural products with no sulfates or parabens in them, I use a leave-in conditioner that has Procapil (an ingredient supposedly proven to help hair grow faster and stronger)...but I want more hair now, lol.

People keep telling me I should cut it short again though. They keep telling me how nice I looked with short hair. That I shouldn't grow it long again. I guess they just don't care that it makes me hotter with short hair, that I sweat like an idiot because it's so thick, that I'm just not comfortable with it short whether it makes me look nice or not. I can't stand it hanging in my face, poking me in the eyeballs. What they say kind of hurts, because it makes me think I look like crap with long hair, even though I know that's not true. Thing is, it's my fucking head and I'll wear my hair how I want.

Aaaaanyways, anyone else trying to grow their hair out? Ever have a situation like this? Just want to bitch about your own hair? Go for it!

- gosh because how dare you have your own opinion on what is going on literally on your own head ? The arrogance. I don't know of anything specific to get hair to grow longer/faster, mine is thinning badly, and is to my hips. I wear it up in a clip usually because of that. It breaks my heart because I have always wanted princess length (Back of thighs) but it just won't grow that far anymore. I'm too attached to long hair, I actually can't fathom having to cut it off because of how thin it's gotten. As in I literally don't think I am mentally capable of handling short hair, it's so alien and unnatural to me and my self identity and self worth. It's absolutely mad, but, there's something wrong that I just can't handle the reality of short hair for me.

I have had a short style, my at the time best friend's mom promised me a "trim" and cut about eight inches off, from waist to bra strap, because "I like it better this way" and I sobbed. I was absolutely undone for weeks because of that. This was over twenty years ago and it still bothers me to think about it. She did this to me twice.... TWICE ! as if the first time wasn't enough of an insult and promising to only trim it again - as if I didn't know what I like ! To this day, no one trims my hair but me, now.

Wear your hair in a headband and rock it. Rock it hard :D

Wow, I would knock that woman to the ground! What a bitch to do something like that to you and then do it again even after seeing how you reacted!! I think I'm the same way you are though - my hair is tied to my self-identity/worth too and without it I almost don't know who I am. I hate it, but that's how it is. I need my hair long again.

- I was 13 and 15 at the time, and a very meek child, so going away sobbing was the only reaction I had. My mom just said it's just hair, get over it, it'll grow back. Yes it did but that's beside the point. DO you know how LONG it takes to grow back hair from back to hips ? AND THEN she lied to do it again ?! I was devastated.

When my daughter started sixth grade, she wanted her hair curled with curlers for her first day of school. I bought ones that ended up being cheap and falling apart IN HER HAIR, causing a gigantic mess of tangles and we were sitting in my living room both sobbing because I was afraid I'd have to cut off all her hair to get them out, and she also values her long hair (Luxuriantly thick and down to her hips, too)..... it took me hours, HOURS but in the end, I had to cut out two, but did it so there was only this shorter spot. It took about three years for it to fully grow out and even up with the rest of her hair. She had bangs for a few years, but grew them out because she decided that having long hair was important to her, too. I trim her hair and ask every time if she's sure just a trim, and guess what - I. Respect. Her. Choice. Revolutionary. It was the same thing, called my mom for advice to loosen them up and what might get the pieces to slide out, and her flippant "Just cut it off" was not helpful nor appreciated, as well as the slightly mocking tone of why are we so attached to our hair.

Oh OH here's my favorite. This was when kidlet was about seven. Apparently me allowing her to have long hair was basically tantamount to me grooming her for pedophiles to kidnap and rape her by making her attractive........... what.

I have what I consider long hair; it officially hits my waist now (and I'm pretty tall, so it's actually 30+" long).

I'm still not really used to it, either. All my life I have kept it somewhere between my shoulders and my chin, up until almost 3 years ago when I started growing it out. Long story short? I promised my husband (who prefers me with longer hair D=) I wouldn't cut it until a certain thing happened, thinking it wouldn't take so dang long... Buuut that thing still hasn't happened yet, and I'm a woman of my word, so I can't get it cut until it does. XD

The biggest downside is... I have always hated having my hair pulled away from my face or done up in any way. I just feel it's more flattering for me to have my hair down and framing my face. I'll braid my hair or throw it in a ponytail or a bun when I'm at home and not going anywhere that day, but I just can't bring myself to leave the apartment like that. I feel like it's my "lazy day, didn't wash my hair, generally unpresentable" look. But going outside during heatwaves or out in the wind/rain/snow with my hair down? It's just asking for trouble. D=

All that being said, I just know when it does come time to cut it I'm gonna struggle. As much as I bitch that having long hair isn't worth the effort, I know I'm going to regret having it cut almost instantly. Every time I've gone for a trim and they've taken off more than the absolute bare minimum I've gone home and cried, soooo... XD

"As much as I bitch that having long hair isn't worth the effort, I know I'm going to regret having it cut almost instantly."

That is me in a nutshell. Crying included. Why do we do this to ourselves?? XD

It's a thing of pride, man. It's like "Yes, I've invested years of my life in taking care of this glorious mane." just to go and hack it off when we get sick of how much effort that actually requires. Maybe it's stubbornness? When we cut it, we're letting the hair win - and lords know I hate to lose. XD

Have you looked into taking biotin supplements? I hear they're pretty good for helping hair and nail growth - but I've never taken them myself, so I can't say from personal experience.

That is so it. I hate that I'm a prideful person, but there it is. I am. And Lord knows I'm stubborn as all hell, lmao. I hate to lose too!! And I did try Biotin supplements, but I had a problem with them. One of the side effects that can happen is restless leg syndrome. And knowing my luck, it triggered that in me. It look me a month to get it out of my system. Wasn't worth it to me, as much as I really wanted my hair to grow.

I literally got my hair cut like two weeks ago and it's already shabby, lmao. I got a very... unisex haircut and someone had the utter gall to tell me I looked "butch" because of it.

Good thing about hair is that it grows back if you don't like the cut. XD

People told me the same thing. Somebody actually had the balls to ask if I was 'out' now. I'm like WUT? No, I'm not. I'm not 'out' because I'm not gay. I don't have a problem with that, but it's not what I am. It just irritates me when people make assumptions like little know-it-alls.

I know, right?

Like there's some direct link between my haircut and my sexuality. Joke's on them, I'm ace. XD;

Ace? Is this something I have not heard of? Or is that short for asexual?

It's short for asexual.

I got a pixie cut July 2014 and my hair was down to the middle of my back before. I did get it cut and evened out in December so it's just now long enough to get into a tiny crappy ponytail with lots of clips and a headband. Once it gets long I will never, ever cut it short again!

I personally love short hair on women. Lot's of girls can't pull off long hair, but they do it anyway. I tried growing out my hair (it was to my collar bone) and it didn't look good, so I cut it short again.

I had my hair almost pixie like this summer (click), and I liked it. I was told I looked nice with that hair style; however; I'm growing it back out again for the winter and I think I'd like to try a shag (I'm not growing my hair past my chin. It's usually just below my ears).

Oh, okay. :)

AMEN! I am never cutting mine again either, except for a half inch here and there to get rid of split ends.

I would have thought I'd've told you that at some point by now, lmao.

You may have, lol. I work at an assisted living facility where many of the residents have dementia and I think it's rubbing off on me. XP

Pfffft, you're too young for that.

Could be early-onset Alzheimer's. Nah, I don't think I'm that bad, lol. I think my problem is that I have so damn much going on there's too much crammed up in that 3 lbs. to remember. XD