Guess it's only fair to ask, How do you feel about women over 60 with SHORT hair?

I like long hair myself, but it's a pain to look after. Washing it is such a palaver. Besides, hair thins as we age and the see-through look isn't good. So, short hair on old ladies is preferable, so long as it's in a flattering style. I don't like to see women with mannish haircuts.

I have to confess something...my hair was long until a couple of months ago...then in a fit of pique, I shaved it all off. For the first time in my life, I was completely bald and it felt wonderful! Now it's growing back and going curly, which is nice. Just in time for the cold weather!
 
I don't care, one way, or the other. If someone looks good, to me, with his/her hair a particular way, cool. If he/she looks ridiculous, to me, he/she probably doesn't, to himself/herself. Also, cool.........
 

Rosemarie said:
I like long hair myself, but it's a pain to look after. Washing it is such a palaver. Besides, hair thins as we age and the see-through look isn't good. So, short hair on old ladies is preferable, so long as it's in a flattering style. I don't like to see women with mannish haircuts.

I have to confess something...my hair was long until a couple of months ago...then in a fit of pique, I shaved it all off. For the first time in my life, I was completely bald and it felt wonderful! Now it's growing back and going curly, which is nice. Just in time for the cold weather!
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WoW !! That was Brave!! ... was it curly before you shaved it off?

I would have my hair cut short if my face suited it but it doesn't so my hair stays long....

This was last weekend after I'd had 3 inches cut off...


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Long hair is such a pain after spending years and years making it look ok. Now that I am older and retired, I don't want to bother so I am not colouring it anymore and plan to get it cut shorter the next time at the hairdresser.
 
I’d like my medium length hair just right below the chin I like it to frame my face what I’m looking for now is a new color for my hair it’s kind of dingy now a dirty blonde so I’m going to talk to the hairstylist and see if she has some suggestions
 
Personally, I don't think 'college girl' hair (long, straight, center part) pairs well with a jowly turkey neck but that's just me.
 
Short hair for this over 60 woman. I'm on the go a lot so I have "wash and wear" hair. Fluff it up with fingers and/or blow dryer and I'm out of the apartment ASAP!
 
I remember when I was almost 30, EVERYBODY was telling me I needed to cut it short, that women were not supposed to have long hair past 30. Since I'm naturally rebellious I told them I was not cattle and did not follow the herd, I would keep mine long. If looks could kill I would have died that long ago. Now I wear mine to the bottom of my neck. I think very long hair is not pretty on older women unless they put it up in some way. Also very long hair is hard to wash/brush/maintain for older women. I've always loved Angela Lansbury's hairstyle on "Murder she Wrote'' but a friend of mine told me that style is murder to maintain.
 
PVC said:
Some of these short hairstyles are classy and elegant. They can be expensive to maintain with more frequent cuttings, but they're so easy to care for, like Jaquie said above ''wash and wear''.

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I definitely think it depends on the woman, but I think I prefer shorter hair mostly. If a woman has a longer looking face, a shorter hair style tends to make her face appear less so. I guess it is also a bit easier to take care of the 'do.

Ages ago I married a gal who had hair down to her waist. It bed it was a PITA! Not too much later, most of it was lopped off.
 
Keesha, most if not all of the women you pictured look under 60, especially #3 and #4 in your first post above with the pics, hardly any wrinkles and NO jowls on their jaws and necks. Not arguing here, my opinion is just mine and I was just offering MY opinion. I never said all older women have to cut their hair or even put it up, it's THEIR personal choice.
 
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No problem with you having your opinion. I respect that we all have our own biases and opinions just as I have mine.

I’d even go as far as saying that very few older women suite long hair but I’d never say that ‘very long hair doesn’t look pretty on older women’

In my experience I’ve seen plenty of gorgeous healthy older women with long hair. Perhaps it’s possibly that I live near Mennonite country where women don’t cut their hair so I’ve seen plenty of exceptionally long hair on all age groups.

Plus in my opinion, all the women in the pictures are older women who look attractive with long hair. When I went to purchase my wood lathe, the receptionist at the store had hair down to her knees and it was pure silver and in one long braid down her back. It looked gorgeous on her and she was definitely in her 60’s.

I do agree though that it usually looks nicer styled into some type of bun or undo.
Maybe I’m just a long hair die hard. 🥰
I find long hair on women so beautifully feminine
 
Keesha said:
Perhaps it’s possibly that I live near Mennonite country where women don’t cut their hair so I’ve seen plenty of exceptionally long hair on all age groups.
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There you go, that is why you have a more favorable opinion of long hair on older women. I practically never see older women with very long hair, past their shoulder blades. And, most of your photos you've posted, you wear it beautifully braided or put up in some way.
 
PVC said:
There you go, that is why you have a more favorable opinion of long hair on older women. I practically never see older women with very long hair, past their shoulder blades. And, most of your photos you've posted, you wear it beautifully braided or put up in some way.
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Awwww.... thank you. 🥰
That was so sweet 😘

Awww.... 😎
 
https://www.google.com/search?q=hai...BAgHEAE&biw=1920&bih=944#imgrc=HA3uQr3fOfF3YMI'm not good at uploading photos, so my apologies.

The photo of the hairdo on the right, with long front and short back I think is very elegant and is attractive on all ages and all hair colors. It would only work for someone with straight hair and likes to blow dry their hair. I have wavy with some curl hair and it would never work on me.

I once was at a garage waiting for my car to be serviced. This older woman with salt & pepper hair with this same hairdo was dropping her car off to be serviced and ALL of the guys in the office kept staring at her and practically begging to give her a ride home. I am definitely not a lesbian and I myself thought she looked beautiful and very elegant with that hairdo.
 
Yes I totally agree. That is one exceptionally attractive hairstyle. The other day while out shopping I saw an older woman with super thick silver grey hair in this style but she dyed the very front jet black and it looked amazing. Everyone was looking at her. I don’t consider myself a lesbian but I do find some women attractive and this older woman certainly was.

And getting back to very long hair. You ARE right that very long hair does generally look better styled somehow. Looking at pictures is completely different because the models are prepped and posed for the photograph which clearly isn’t reality.

The only time my hair is down is after I wash it since it takes all day to fully dry otherwise it IS always styled. My conclusion is that hair looks good at any length as long as it is healthy and well coiffured and cared for. Straggly long hair is ugly on anyone no matter what age.

This angled bobbed style can look attractive on wavy 2c type hair also but definitely looks best on straight thick hair. I love how the thickness can be sown off at the back so nicely.

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Ah, the first photo of the blonde is how the lady in my story wore hers, only hers was salt-gray. The first lady of France, Briggite Macron, kind of wears hers this way but it always looks kind of windblown and dry and I think it could be a wig.
 
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