# Wondering what to do with my hair

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-what-to-do-with-my-hair/919713>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 3, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-what-to-do-with-my-hair/919713 "2020-09-03T13:46:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-what-to-do-with-my-hair/919713/1 "2020-09-03T13:46:17Z")

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I have not cut my hair since early in the year. I think it’s time to do something with it.  
Currently…  
Thick hair. Shoulder length. Curly hair at the neck - not elsewhere. I can pull the hair down to my mouth.  
I’m working from home and not going anywhere, so how I look isn’t as important as it normally is.  
The problem is that it is now falling in front of my eyes, and has taken over the side of my head.  
The three criteria for my “new hair” is:

1. Keep the long curly hair at the back.
2. Hair that doesn’t fall in my eyes - no more wiping the hair away.
3. Very low maintenance.

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**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-what-to-do-with-my-hair/919713/2 "2020-09-03T15:45:19Z")

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i dont know what happened, sorry

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**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-what-to-do-with-my-hair/919713/3 "2020-09-03T16:09:07Z")

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I am of the “shave it all off” club. My ideal haircut is 1" long, all over.

~VOW

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**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-what-to-do-with-my-hair/919713/4 "2020-09-03T17:37:32Z")

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Use a claw hair clip/barrettes? Wear a manbun or man pony tail? Or ask for a Mullet haircut.

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**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-what-to-do-with-my-hair/919713/5 "2020-09-04T11:30:39Z")

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If anyone cares… The answer is…  
Sometimes people find pictures of what someone wants their hair to look like to show the person cutting the hair. I took a picture of my own hair and said that I wanted it to look like that. The difference is that I just came from the shower and my hair was wet. Meaning, the problem was mainly with the thickness (I have very thick hair). So it was mainly thinning out the hair and leaving it basically the same length, except in the front.