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

hollydolly said:
Not me...I hope!!! :oops:
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eh, if it is a saying to shame older women into submission, then it fails miserably. I think women (and men) should live their lives to the fullest. My grandmother had hair down to her waist until the day she died. I don't believe she was trying to look like a lamb. I have hair that falls below my shoulders. I am not aiming to be a lamb. People should wear whatever length suits them and makes them feel good, IMO.
 

Keesha said:
And mine is down to my tailbone and Iā€™m tall.
I could not give a @&)ā€ what others think of my hair. How others feel about me is none of my business
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Ah, you agree with Dr. Sonia Friedman who said exactly that. I loved what she said in her book, ON A CLEAR DAY, YOU CAN SEE YOURSELF: "No matter what you do, someone important to you isn't going to like it." and "Though it is painful, rejection won't kill you and it may lead to growth."
 
Jetz said:
I know there are different opinions on women with short hair, just as there are with men with long hair.
I'd love to hear other opinions.

J.
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I have short hair and am over 65. I even thought about buying a short hair wig because I have a bald spot on to p of my head.
 
fancicoffee13 said:
I have short hair and am over 65. I even thought about buying a short hair wig because I have a bald spot on to p of my head.
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fanci, I wear a lot of wigs - love them. They've really given me a sense of freedom from doing a lot of hair fussing. Bad hair days are ok now thanks to "monofilament"...lol. Get a lot of complements, too, so what's not to love. Suggest you might want to find a wig salon and try some on so you can get a good feel for the type you would want. Love the catalog from Paula Young Wigs. Just thinking of buying another this week...they've got a big sale going on now!
 
Over the years, I have had short hair and long hair but short hair requires much maintenance - which costs $$. For a number of years we had enough income that I could color, trim and style my hair for $100 about every 8 weeks. Now we are retired, I don't have those funds so have let my hair grow. I also don't have a hair style that I really like so have just let it grow. Its now just below my butt and it sometimes gets in the way and I have to braid it up every night so it doesn't wrap around my neck :)

I had a long braid once before and was madly painting the interior of the house to get it ready to sell. Every time I leaned over to refresh the brush, the braid would fall into the can of paint. I HAD to cut it then :-D
 
Myquest55 said:
Over the years, I have had short hair and long hair but short hair requires much maintenance - which costs $$. For a number of years we had enough income that I could color, trim and style my hair for $100 about every 8 weeks. Now we are retired, I don't have those funds so have let my hair grow. I also don't have a hair style that I really like so have just let it grow. Its now just below my butt and it sometimes gets in the way and I have to braid it up every night so it doesn't wrap around my neck :)

I had a long braid once before and was madly painting the interior of the house to get it ready to sell. Every time I leaned over to refresh the brush, the braid would fall into the can of paint. I HAD to cut it then :-D
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Oddly enough itā€™s usually only the women who actually grow their hair really long who understand how much easier and cheaper it is to care for. Short hair requires maintenance , cutting , styling etc., whereas long hair just needs braiding or some type of updo. My long hair takes minutes to get ready whereas having short hair took ages to style.

I do the opposite and undo my braid at night time so it doesnā€™t wrap around my neck. Iā€™d better not give my husband any ideasšŸ„ŗ.
Its about 40 inches long. Iā€™d like to grow it to just below my butt which is considered ā€˜classicā€™ length.
Since my hair is curly , I loose a lot of length
 
I haven't cut my hair since the summer...Too much in the way...I finally called the Hair Salon....I will get a shorter cut....Not to the shoulder's,
at least to my neck....I really don't like short hair....My hair grow's fast....
 
i do feel, that elderly women , should not have long hair............i like short hair , on older women.....mine is collar length....i'm gradually going shorter.....
 
When I was younger I had long hair and then went to shoulder length for years. A few times I had it short. To each his/her own.

I now have my hair nearly to my lower back and am liking it this way again. Why not? There's no rule that says older women have to have shorter hair.
 


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