Today I am posing a question for you all….long hair after 40….yes or no?
This question has arisen as I am beginning to realise just how long my hair has grown!
It’s funny because I have spent ages letting it do its thing, that I forget that it is slowly growing…and now I officially have long hair!
It doesn’t feel that long….until I catch it on something…
I am also guilty of never doing anything with my long hair…I rarely put it up….I just leave it down and straight.
Although I have had a couple of opportunities this year to have some retro “updos” done which I have loved!
Most of my friends now have short hair…there are only few of us with longer hair.
Maybe it is because I don’t have kids….I have the time to dry it, and I don’t have little fingers trying to pull it out of my head!
But now I am well into my 40s…I am beginning to wonder how long I will grow it, and how long before I give it the chop….
Because there does seem to be a bit of a social standard that as you get older, your hair gets shorter!
Don’t get me wrong…I love shorter hair! I have had everything from a pixie cut…ie very short….through the reverse bob.
However I have always loved longer hair, and have even suffered through having extensions…twice….to avoid the growing out phase!
Be assured that I am not intending to cut any of it off any time soon…thankfully, my hairdresser will not allow it and says if I ever ask, she will send me away to think about it for a week!
It has taken me years to get to this point, and I am reminded how lucky I am to still have it…when I had the undiagnosed thyroid problems, I was losing it by the handful.
And then when I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, my first thought was OMG, I am going to lose my hair….I am still wondering why that was what worried me the most at the time but I am guessing I didn’t want to think about the life vs death question at the time.
Almost a year after diagnosis, and I have so far not needed any treatment apart from surgery, so my hair is recovering and is even becoming a little thicker!
So, what do you think…shall I just say to hell with it and keep growing it…or should there come a time to “grow up” and cut it shorter…
But age is just a number…right?
Gail Abley
Sarah, age is no reason to have short hair. If you love it long keep it long, if you want it short cut it short, but dont do it just because of age. You have lovely hair so have it how you want it and no other way. X
Gail Abley
Sarah, age is no reason to have short hair. If you love it long keep it long, if you want it short cut it short, but dont do it just because of age. You have lovely hair so have it how you want it and no other way. X
Marianna Barker
I had dead short hair at 40 and now at 50 I have shoulder length hair.
I have enjoyed both. Age doen’t matter, being comfortable and happy with how you look does. Go with what makes you feel good.
Phillip Bottomley
Doesn’t matter how old or how long it’s howYou like it, lots of love jenny and Phillip .xxxx
Veronica Boulton
Ha ha – I enjoyed reading this. My adult children will not allow me to cut my hair. They say that all middle aged women have sensible short haircuts and it just makes them look older. Therefore at the age of almost 47 I have LONG hair.
Amy Jonas
I think it really suits you Sarah!!
Michelle Kindregan
Your hair suits you so well. Age doesn’t matter at all, I have friends in their 50s and 60s with beautiful long hair.
Anya Bykar
you look just perfect with long hair! Go with what feels right for you rather than pleasing others or doing what expected 🙂 Life’s too short to live it to please others.
Clare Davis Etheridge
Keep it long if you love it, it certainly looks great. When I had long hair, I never had it down, always tied up, so now I have short hair!
You look beautiful with it long. Your kids are 100% right. I know women in their 60’s who are stunning-looking with long locks!