The older I get, the more concerned I am with my hair. I used to only have to worry about it being too curly or straight. Usually it was doing the opposite of what I wanted. In university, it was long and very straight... so I had a perm (OK..wait, that was when a perm was cool, lol). I still love my hair from university days. It was long, lush (missing that...) and I never worried about it.
As I creep up into the middle age years, my hair is a pain. It is thin and still continues to fall out more than the occasional stand. I fine this disturbing.
I have blogged about this before but usually you see older women with short hair. I don't look good in short hair. As the grey hairs peek through, more so each month, I am vain enough to have this on my things I worry about a lot.
This article about Why Can't Middle Age Women Have Long Hair? in the New York Times got my attention. Why can't we? Who is to say it is a fashion mistake? There are over 1200 comments on this site... I love it. There is quite a variety of opinions. I really enjoyed reading to as many as my ADHD self would let me.
What do you think? I guess I hate that my hair is losing its once natural glory. lol I hate that I see spots that are thinning and obsess about it. Even as I type this, I am thinking that tomorrow I need to make a appointment with my hairdresser to get a trim. I do wear my hair longer, it is longer than shoulder length and always long enough to be in a pony tail. Yet I have been cutting it a little shorter to give it a false sense of fullness.
SInce I am behind the camera, there aren't a lot of pictures of me, especially ones I like enough to post... but this is a picture of me having a good hair day... What will my hair be like in 10 years? I have a beautiful cousin, 10 years my senior... who wears her hair long... and its so natural that I don't about it. She is my inspiration!
Are you a long haired lady? What's your opinion?
Hi Reema,
ReplyDeleteI have worn my hair both short and long. I cut a lot of the length off after my divorce in 2009(I actually did that both times) just for a change. I loved it long, and I do have gray, but I found the length often became too heavy. I don't have the problem of thin hair, mine is really thick, and it does get heavy and gives me neck pain and head aches. So I'm keeping it just above my shoulders now, not for style, not because some guy likes long hair, but because I feel better with it shorter. It is very much an individual decision, and from the picture, I see no reason for you to wear yours short. It looks beautiful.
Sandy