# Can You Do Something With My Hair? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708 "2017-04-18T16:11:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/1 "2017-04-18T16:11:59Z")
I’m at a loss as to what to do with my hair. I want to wear it long, but it just doesn’t seem to work on my head. Maybe I need to grow it more (I’ve been growing it for about a year, maybe a little longer); maybe I need to have it tightened up; maybe I need to scrap it and go back to a short hairstyle. Here are eight pictures of my hair: the first four are without gel and just hanging loose, post-shower. The next four are with product (L.A. Looks Mega-Hold gel) and “styled” (and here “styled” means “slicked back because I can’t think of anything else to do with it”). [[Album] Imgur: The magic of the Internet ![](https://i.imgur.com/ieIXaNa.jpeg?fb "Imgur: The magic of the Internet") ](https://imgur.com/a/8nW6i) If you are in the hair-styling industry and can make recommendations for me - what kind of cut/style, what kind of product to use, etc. - I’d appreciate it. Also, if I’ve committed some kind of breach of etiquette here (by asking a hair professional to do something for me for free that they would ordinarily charge for), you have my apologies. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/2 "2017-04-18T16:21:07Z")
I’m not in the hair styling business, but the fourth pic is the best look. I vote for wearing it short and coming it back like that. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/3 "2017-04-18T16:28:33Z")
They’re all the same look, just the first four are no product, the last four with product & combed. I just used the different angles so a hair stylist could get a sense of the shape of my head. ---
**Author:** ![stolatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@stolatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolatt)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/4 "2017-04-18T16:38:50Z")
I like the slicked back look, but I think a chin length cut would show off your great eyes more. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/5 "2017-04-18T17:27:55Z")
I like it best with no product. You have a nice wave to your hair. Slicked back, to me, it just looks greasy. It’s a bit of an awkward stage for growing out hair - not quite short and neat, but not quite long enough for a ponytail or that romantic long flowing hair look. I think you should keep growing it, but the ends are looking a bit thin and raggedy and it needs a bit of a trim. I wouldn’t change it much from the way it looks now, just a bit of tidying. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/6 "2017-04-18T17:41:21Z")
Real Talk: I think your hair is too thin to look good long. (A receding hairline never works with long hair either.) I say cut it short and move on. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/7 "2017-04-19T06:32:47Z")
A little more beard, I think, to cover the incipient double chin, and a slight hair trim as needed for any split ends. With a little more length, I think a back-of-the-neck ponytail would work. (BTW, do you have a bad eye? At first glance, I would have thought I was looking in a mirror.) ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/8 "2017-04-19T13:14:11Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > Real Talk: I think your hair is too thin to look good long. (A receding hairline never works with long hair either.) I say cut it short and move on. I agree, sorry. Also agree with the more beard comment. More beard, less had head hair. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/9 "2017-04-19T14:34:55Z")
Usually I’m down with long hair but I recently saw [this listicle](https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliegerstein/24-actually-stunning-man-makeovers-thatll-make-you-say-omg) on Buzzfeed and I thought, at least for these guys, chopping off the mane really works. I think you’d look good like #7. I think your hair is too thin to really rock out at a long length. And product DEFINITELY doesn’t help - like \*\*brainstall \*\*said, it just looks greasy. But since you’re not afraid to grow-it-show-it, you can really do something cool with a hair style. It just should be short and clean. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/10 "2017-04-19T14:41:41Z")
Man-bun ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/11 "2017-04-19T15:17:55Z")
DISCLAIMER: I really, really, really hate facial hair so take my opinion with a grain of salt. I think a very short cut would be very flattering on you. The fifth picture down showed me what you’d look like with a nice neat GQ sort of cut. (Although I’m cool with the slicked-back ponytail.) I also think being clean-shaven would take at least ten years off your face. Also, unless you are in a rock band, I don’t think long hair really works on men after about age 30. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/12 "2017-04-19T15:59:09Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Usually I’m down with long hair but I recently saw [this listicle](https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliegerstein/24-actually-stunning-man-makeovers-thatll-make-you-say-omg) on Buzzfeed and I thought, at least for these guys, chopping off the mane really works. I think you’d look good like #7. > > I think your hair is too thin to really rock out at a long length. And product DEFINITELY doesn’t help - like \*\*brainstall \*\*said, it just looks greasy. > > But since you’re not afraid to grow-it-show-it, you can really do something cool with a hair style. It just should be short and clean. I agree. (Although #5 on that list just makes me sad!) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/13 "2017-04-19T16:33:18Z")
I think you kinda look like Brian O’Halloran from the movie _Clerks_. I saw him at a con a few weeks ago and he looks pretty good right now with a [short but coifed hairstyle](http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/filmguide/images/3/34/10.16.11BrianO%27HalloranByLuigiNovi1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140728154757). His typical look, really. When he [grows his hair out](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Brian_O%27Halloran_2015.jpg/220px-Brian_O%27Halloran_2015.jpg) he doesn’t look nearly as…kempt. ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/14 "2017-04-19T20:22:50Z")
Mohican. Short, except where it matters. Also, makes you look taller. Although I just have mine in a pony tail. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/15 "2017-04-20T00:02:19Z")
Ponytail it. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/16 "2017-04-20T00:12:16Z")
Cut shorter. Add product. Dry until fully dry. Brush out product. Shave off beard & mustache. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708/17 "2017-04-20T12:57:51Z")
Post “after” picture!