# Long Hair on men in their 50's. What say ye Ladies? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 19, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349 "2009-06-19T23:24:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/1 "2009-06-19T23:24:56Z")
Yay or ney? (Guys can comment, too) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/2 "2009-06-19T23:38:41Z")
Gal speaking up: As long as it is clean, groomed, and under control I don’t care. And I don’t care if it’s long head hair or long beard hair. Long nose hair, however, should be trimmed. Some men, of course, look better with long hair than others. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/3 "2009-06-19T23:40:01Z")
If it’s well groomed, yes. Even balding can look OK. If you look like a member of ZZTop, no, no, no. Use shampoo, liberally and frequently. Use conditioner, liberally and frequently. Get it trimmed neatly. ---
**Author:** ![RedRosesForMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/4 "2009-06-19T23:44:07Z")
No way, on guys of any age. I think anything past ear/chin length is too long, and only certain guys can pull off any more than 2 or 3 inches of hair anyway. I hate it, and I feel really bad rejecting potential matches on OkCupid because of it, but long hair = do not want. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/5 "2009-06-19T23:51:28Z")
Long hair on guys of any age is totally fine by me. If I had great hair, I’d grow it out … but I don’t, so I’m always looking like Julius Caesar. Why do GUYS get the great hair? WHY :smack: ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/6 "2009-06-19T23:53:22Z")
I am eyeing MrWhatsit’s fabulous mane, and doing some calculations… yeah, he’ll be 50 in about 6 years. I vote yea. ---
**Author:** ![geezermom67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@geezermom67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geezermom67)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/7 "2009-06-20T00:02:15Z")
I think long hair is great on older men as long as it’s not too thin. I’m not a fan of thinning hair and very tiny little ponytails. And mullets…not on anyone, preferably. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/8 "2009-06-20T00:04:47Z")
Like most anything else, it works on some guys, but not on all. The too thin thing I agree with, but mostly, I’m fine with it. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/9 "2009-06-20T01:00:43Z")
> [@RedRosesForMe](#): > > No way, on guys of any age. I think anything past ear/chin length is too long, and only certain guys can pull off any more than 2 or 3 inches of hair anyway. What if you’ve got about 6 inches of hair, but it doesn’t fall down? And I don’t even use hair products… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/10 "2009-06-20T01:17:21Z")
It only works on some guys, but clean and neat and it’s acceptable. it’s the nasty unwashed mane hanging in the eyes that makes me stabby - or go all mother Hen and cut it. ---
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/11 "2009-06-20T01:38:52Z")
Yikes. And: if you’re also balding? Please, no. JMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/12 "2009-06-20T02:11:24Z")
Long hair + balding = HELL no. And I say this as a guy who likes long hair and had to cut my own when the balding became noticeable. [Pre-balding (1992)](http://www.sunspace.org/swb.jpg) [post-balding (recent)](http://www.sunspace.org/scott.jpg) ☹ As I get balder, my hair will probably become shorter. I haven’t decided whether this is creative adaptation or just giving in… Without balding, it’s fine. Usual disclaimers for personal style, not all guys can pull it off, etc. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/13 "2009-06-20T03:44:40Z")
I dislike long hair on men of all ages. But what anyone else does is up to them. Keeping it neat and clean should be a given (though it isn’t always). ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/14 "2009-06-20T04:05:52Z")
I’m shallow. It doesn’t look good to me on guys older than their mid-30s, and my definition of what’s both “good” and “long” means chin-length, max. Any older than that and I get flashbacks of a 40-something co-worker that another, older, co-worker dubbed “Fabio gone to seed” and how he hit on every woman under the age of 30. It’s not fair to all older long-haired guys, but that’s a hard image to shake. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/15 "2009-06-20T04:08:52Z")
I’m 62, bald on top with a pony tail most of the way down my back and I find myself to be just too cute for words. Yes, I do have a Harley. Why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/16 "2009-06-20T07:42:41Z")
As long as it is maintained, and not in a ridiculous combover, i vote yes. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2009, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/17 "2009-06-20T07:48:39Z")
Nay. But I don’t like long hair on guys, in general. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/18 "2009-06-20T08:17:54Z")
> [@SandyHook](#): > > I’m 62, bald on top with a pony tail most of the way down my back and I find myself to be just too cute for words. Um . . . I was just gonna say that it’s ok, as long as you’re not bald on top, with a pony tail. But if you’re that cute, it’s forgiven. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/19 "2009-06-20T13:45:16Z")
Longish, with a full head of hair, can be very sexy – Richard Gere didn’t get truly gorgeous till he went gray – but not too long, and not in conjunction with a bald spot or a receding hairline. ---
**Author:** ![BaconAndEggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@BaconAndEggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaconAndEggs)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349/20 "2009-06-20T20:08:11Z")
No, thank you. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349.md?page=2)