# Growing long hair as a curly haired guy - help? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 22, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-long-hair-as-a-curly-haired-guy-help/789612 "2017-06-22T16:41:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-long-hair-as-a-curly-haired-guy-help/789612/21 "2017-06-23T16:20:26Z")
I think your hair looks terrific like it is. Kind of like Benedict Cumberbatch’s. Nothing wrong with that. My hair is just a bit curlier than yours and I grew it long several times. It can be a bitch to manage when it’s at that stupid middle stage, but it does get better. Nowadays, since I’m older, I will brush it back and get kind of a Beethoven look. (But it’s short now. My wife says it makes me look younger.) There are plenty of resources for information on long hair. Even here. Best tip I ever got was to keep having the ends trimmed so they don’t split and get crappy looking. DO NOT do a stupid Man Bun. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-long-hair-as-a-curly-haired-guy-help/789612/22 "2017-06-23T16:26:37Z")
> [@Elemenopy](#): > > Your hair looks yummy. Reminds me of an Irish dude I used to have a crush on. I think if you let it grow long it will resemble [this](http://i0.wp.com/ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/weirdal.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1800px%2C946px&resize=1200%2C630&ssl=1). Das ist nicht sehr gut. 😛 That’s what my hair does (or used to, it’s grayer now so the texture would probably be different if I had the patience to grow it out) but only if I wash it and let it dry without doing ANYTHING to it. If I combed it or pulled it back while it is drying as TriPolar suggests, it straightens it out a lot more. Kenny G was on @midnight the other night – he and Weird Al have the same hair as always; just their faces get older. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-long-hair-as-a-curly-haired-guy-help/789612/23 "2017-06-23T16:28:41Z")
I was thinking Benedict Cumberbatch, too! Embrace it, Reddy! ---
**Author:** ![quimper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7c8e57/32.png) [@quimper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quimper)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-long-hair-as-a-curly-haired-guy-help/789612/24 "2017-06-23T16:31:42Z")
You’ve got some [Benitendi-level flow](http://www.providencejournal.com/sports/20170307/red-sox-fiercely-debate-who-owns-best-hair-in-clubhouse). Don’t change a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-long-hair-as-a-curly-haired-guy-help/789612/25 "2017-06-23T17:57:38Z")
The hair is fine, but dude, your face fell off!!! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-long-hair-as-a-curly-haired-guy-help/789612/26 "2017-06-23T21:07:19Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > The hair is fine, but dude, your face fell off!!! Black squares flatter. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-long-hair-as-a-curly-haired-guy-help/789612/27 "2017-06-23T22:30:00Z")
The flippy-ups come from where in the curl your hair is cut; mid-curl or higher, it’s going to stick up. When my hair was at its waviest I had to be careful to get it cut by someone who knew how to cut curly hair, so I asked specifically when I made the appointment and reiterated it in the chair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-long-hair-as-a-curly-haired-guy-help/789612.md?page=1)