# What's the longest you've ever worn your hair? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 31, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190 "2009-12-31T16:12:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/1 "2009-12-31T16:12:47Z")
Probably a funny question coming from me. I’m a black guy born in the mid-70s who essentially missed the afro fad. I don’t think I’ve ever had my hair more than two inches off my scalp. But perhaps that’s why you other people fascinate me so much. 😃 So, what’s the longest your hair’s been? My poll options are limited because my hair-length vocabulary is limited, but please feel free to be descriptive in your posts. Also, please include the era and/or age you were when it was at its longest. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/2 "2009-12-31T16:14:10Z")
Mine has been to the top of my bottom. I was so glad to get it cut! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/3 "2009-12-31T16:20:07Z")
Growing up I always wanted it to my mid back, but it never got much past my shoulders. These days I’m taking a cue from my mother’s side of the family and just shaving it all off. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/4 "2009-12-31T16:23:02Z")
I’ve been getting it cut pretty short, lately … every two or three months whether I need it or not. But through most of my life I wore my hair long. The longest I’ve had is probably a tie from when I was around 12 (1977) and it was just a mop past my shoulders (I have a picture of myself somewhere where I look like a 12 year old Peter Frampton) and just after I got married. I’d cut my hair for the wedding and vowed not to cut it again until the 1st year anniversary. I ended going about 18 months without a haircut and it was past my shoulders, but not to the middle of my back. But it got to be where it drove me crazy so I lopped it all off and haven’t had it that long since. It’s just such a pain in the ass because, while I love to have my hair long, the getting there looks horrible. Medium length hair … just past short but not yet long … tends to make me look like Herb Tarlick. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/5 "2009-12-31T16:24:01Z")
When I was little, it was long enough for me to sit on. Then there was the razor-comb incident… Well, anyway, it never got quite that long again. A few years ago it was down to my elbows, but I was annoyed at the feeling of my hair touching my lower arms. I always thought a bug was landing on me. I think the perfect length is just an inch or so shorter than that, but whether I will actually allow it to get there again remains to be seen. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/6 "2009-12-31T16:27:58Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > (I have a picture of myself somewhere where I look like a 12 year old Peter Frampton) Funny, my nickname in high school was Frampton. Now I look a little more like Corgan. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/7 "2009-12-31T16:50:24Z")
Sometimes I’ve grown it as long as I could, but that’s only down to mid-back. A couple of years ago I got it cut pretty short and liked it like that, but for the past year we’ve been broke so I haven’t paid for a haircut. Now I really need one, it’s getting longer than I want it to be now. It’s currently past my shoulders. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/8 "2009-12-31T16:58:32Z")
Back in '94 I had mine to my mid-back. Sadly, baldness precludes that now. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/9 "2009-12-31T17:02:32Z")
I once wore a pony tail down to mid-back. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/10 "2009-12-31T17:08:41Z")
It’s been almost down to my waist, but right now it’s about bra-strap length. I wanted to see if I could grow it long enough to sit on it, but my hairdresser and I both agree that when it gets waist length, it looks ratty, so I keep it its current length. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/11 "2009-12-31T17:13:12Z")
I’ve had hair to just about the bottom of my shoulder blades\* for the last 11 or so years (since I was 21/22)…started growing it at 19, grew it as long as it’d go, and have kept it, since. - Theoretically. I usually keep it tied in a ponytail which brings it up to about halfway down my shoulder blades. If I’m having a good hair day, and it’s relatively straight. It usually curls to come just below my shoulders. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/12 "2009-12-31T17:25:58Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Back in '94 I had mine to my mid-back. Sadly, baldness precludes that now. Same here. My hairline was receding so I shaved it off in early 95 and I’ve kept my head shaved since then, except for a few attempts at letting it grow for a month at a time. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/13 "2009-12-31T17:30:16Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I once wore a pony tail down to mid-back. Same here. And at that time my goatee was bellybutton length. ZZ Top jokes made me trim everything (along with upkeep being a pita). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/14 "2009-12-31T17:30:57Z")
Bunch of dirty hippies on this board. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/15 "2009-12-31T17:50:40Z")
When I was around 18 I wore my hair to my shoulders, sometimes in a ponytail. Between that and the goatee, I kind of looked like Comic Book Guy, so I deep-sixed it after a short time. ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/16 "2009-12-31T17:54:46Z")
Male here. Growing up I had it a little past my shoulders. Cut it in 7th grade and have no intention of growing it back out. I keep my hair around 1 inch now. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/17 "2009-12-31T18:13:57Z")
I voted for entire back, but my hair is rather wavy and springs up a bit. At rest it appears to be a bit more than halfway down my back, but if I grab it and stretch it almost reaches the crack of my ass. Guy here, BTW. I haven’t had a haircut in twenty years. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/18 "2009-12-31T18:17:28Z")
Hmm, I’m the first longer-than-back-length. For over a decade, my hair was 40-42" from root to tip. It was down to my hips. I wore it up in a bun all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/19 "2009-12-31T18:23:55Z")
I think mine was longer when I was a little girl, but the longest I’ve worn it as an adult was mid-back. I’d wear it longer now if my hair was thicker, but all I can get away with is shoulder-length. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190/20 "2009-12-31T18:33:37Z")
What’s the longest I’ve ever worn my hair? My whole life! But I’ve always cut it before it gets to my shoulders - usually long before that. I don’t like it over my ears. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-worn-your-hair/523190.md?page=2)