Men who grew their hair long late or still have long hair?
Posted by jtsa5@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 329 comments
I grew mine out in my late teens and then chopped it for a job interview. Started growing it back 3 years ago and I'm pretty sure no one who knows me likes it.
Any men with long hair?
Caliopebookworm@reddit
My husband has long hair. He started growing it when his mother died (she would not have put up with long hair) and now shaves his head about every five years.
CaroCogitatus@reddit
Same. Grew it mid-back length in the pandemic and then finally went to a stylist, not SuperCuts, for a hairstyle.
Now I'm rocking the Jim Morrison look. Not sure if spouse likes it, but I do. Rock on, brother.
issues00a@reddit
Same here
Old_Thing_3262@reddit
I have long hiar and it stop growing a listtle pass shoulder length and havent had a haircut for six years
largos7289@reddit
Dude... i had metal hair in HS, and i was assured that the hair thing was always genetically tied to the grandfather having hair. I was stoked! my grandfather dies with a head full of hair. I was gonna be the cool grey log hair dude. I got little left.
Prestigious-S1RE@reddit
Grew my hair out long bottom of back and would wear it in ponytail at work as it needed to be out of the way. After work always had it in pony tail as I thought it looked a bit feminine down. Realized if I don’t wear it down ever then why have it long? So I cut it. Never grew it back yet.
HarryHaywire@reddit
I had hair down past my elbows from high school until I was 30. I shaved it all off, then grew it back out again a couple years later. Then I cut it AGAIN in my 40's. I grew it out again to my shoulders after the pandemic, but the ravages of time have done a number on my hairline and my wife told me if I grew a skullet she was divorcing me, so now it's buzzed again.
ladyrose403@reddit
gen x wife here, w/ a gen x husband. we met in the army. the day he got out, he said he was never cutting his hair again. i trim it myself about every six months or so because the tips are getting ragged. it reaches his waist easily. he also has a full beard, which i force him to let me trim once in a great while, he's due again.
iwastherefordisco@reddit
Yep. Wore it long all my life and every year I get it cut brutally short to shock people, then let it grow again.
Mine goes naturally wavy/curly which is a pain in the ass to wash/manage, but I'm told not to complain by guys who don't have hair.
61 and still no gray, yay! Thanks Mom and Dad.
zombie263739@reddit
Long hair, here. The shortest it's been is about an inch or 2 below the shoulders for the past 25+ years. Lucky for me, my wife loves it.
303FPSguy@reddit
Had hair down the middle of my back in high school. But Boomers hate that, so I had to cut my fuckin hair. Then, I started losing my hair in my 30s.
Been bald for 20 years and still miss my long hair from when I was 17.
I’ll never get over the Boomers and their need for conformity.
rammer-jammer71@reddit
Probably more of a Greatest Generation/Silent Generation thing that just perpetuated. The Baby Boomers kind of brought long hair back. This incessant need to blame them for everything is getting weird. My niece said they should be rounded up and put in camps. Right in front of her grandmother. Wild stuff.
honeybadgerdad@reddit
In my 50s. Wanted long hair. Same issue. School, jobs, etc. Grew it when I got my career job, until I had to go to court for some stuff. Cut it. Also, started balding, so never grew it back. When I did let it go for a while, I got called a baby bird. 😂 A good, tho. It's just hair.
Now, with our son, he can do almost anything he wants to do with his hair, because, up umtil a certain point, it'll grow back. When he teases me about not having a ton of hair, I just poi t to my head and remind him, this is your future, buddy. Laugh it up while you've still got it. 😂
Far_Oven_3302@reddit
I just chopped off my beard and hair for my 50th. Planning to never shave or get a haircut ever again.
Doordasheasthartford@reddit
I wish I am bald now
FatherOfLights88@reddit
50 y/o. Had very long hair in my twenties. Short in my thirties. Started growing it long again back in 2014.
I get it cut twice yearly to keep the ends from looking shaggy. This slows the appearance of growth, but makes the hair look more full. I take a lot of care with my hair, and am working my way toward a very, very long braid. My hair is currently most of the way down my back, but braided up is shorter than I'd like.
goaway432@reddit
Sorry,my back hair doesn't grow that long lol
john-bkk@reddit
Later into Covid I let my hair grow out, and went a couple of years without a haircut, long enough that it was long. In visiting my family, back east in PA, nearly two years ago my son was getting his hair buzz-cut, so I joined him, and looked the part better spending a month there. I haven't cut it since, and it's only now at shoulder length again. I don't like the look more, or less, but it's really easy; put it in a tie or clip and that's it.
AAUAS@reddit
Desert_Rush39@reddit
Grew it out after the military. Donated 7 times. Now 59 and just let it grow out.
Somewhere out there are 7 wigs of auburn hair worn by cancer patients.
Fuck cancer.
Formal-Cut-4923@reddit
Both my boys have done this. They are only on their first donation though.
OAKRAIDER64@reddit
Good on you brother
creeva@reddit
I had longhair through my early 30s. Well I would it grow it out for a year or so and then cut it all off and do it again (made it to the middle of my back a few times). I stopped when I gray hair started to dominate. I didn’t want the wizard look for myself.
Formal-Cut-4923@reddit
Now I want the wizard look.
creeva@reddit
I have no problem with others going full wizard, just wasn’t for me.
Formal-Cut-4923@reddit
I meant your description made it sound awesome. 🤘
octopus_serenader@reddit
I am mid-wizard.
Queasy_Entertainer68@reddit
66 and haven't cut it in 4 years. Probably saved a small fortune.
Paint-by-numberrs@reddit
My boyfriend started letting his hair grow out a few years ago. It's a little bit past his shoulders now. He's 59.
Solarhistorico@reddit
had mine long till it become gray... never went back but now at 55 is going long again... problem is now needs a lot more mantenaince and regular pro cuts to look half good...
ytrywhenyoucanfry@reddit
55... Have had long hair off and on since my 20s... Just grew it out again... 2 years strong now.
Sharp_Cow_9366@reddit
Early 50's - decided to let my curls grow out about a year ago. Gettin close to Jerry Garcia / Sam Elliott hair and it's awesome.
dis690640450cc@reddit
I grew my hair long in my 20s then, went to fully shaved because I was expecting to go bald based on family history and stupidity thought that doing it myself was giving me some power over it. Then I didn’t show any signs of losing my hair in my 30s so I grew it long again. Then I got tired of paying for haircuts and buzzed it all off. Then my wife informed me that I liked me better with hair so I grew it back and found a really good barber that would cut it for less than 10 bucks and was a five minute walk from my house. Then I turned 50 and the family genetics came in with vengeance. Now it buzzed again because there is no much left of it. (What a stupid story)
Creepy_WaterYogi75@reddit
My ex tha can't let go of his youth haha...only a few people can get away with this look, others look silly, but to each their own...nobody's perfect, takes all kinds...what a strange wonderful world...life's a trip
Main_Tangelo_8259@reddit
Had phases of long then short hair since college. Career did not have dress/appearance code. Now closer to 60 than 50. After COVID, cut hair and gone clean shaven (had goatee no stache). Hair still full but turning much more salt than pepper. At the age it happens in my family. Also less maintenance other than regular cuts.
DubbulG@reddit
Currently 54 years old with a full head of hair, I kept it very long for 5 years or so since COVID because why not. Last summer I kept getting too hot and cut it off. I look 10x better and it's so much less of a hassle, I doubt I will ever go long again.
RealisAurelioS@reddit
60m - older GenXer raises hand.
I hand long hair in HS.
Chopped it off when my career started and had short corp hair for decades. Very successful career.
But in my 50s, got shafted by a global company.
I sued, won and threw up a big middle finger at The Man.
Grew my hair to my traps; returned to strength training; returned to my heavy metal roots and returned to computer programming instead of mgmt.
Never been happier.
I'm blessed w good hair genes.
funkyg73@reddit
I’ve had short hair my whole life but my younger brother has had long hair and beard since his late teens. He’s now 47.
tanhauser_gates_@reddit
I shaved my head once I started losing it past a certain point. Not doing fringe.
Hedonistic_Yinzer@reddit
I started with the mullet in the mid-80s. I cut it off around the mid '90s. I have kept it high and tight ever since. 21 months ago I started growing it out again. I haven't had a haircut since. It's all the same length, and no mullet. My better half seems to like it.
ConversationBoth6127@reddit
48 now, worn it long since high school, roughly mid-back. Been a metalhead since my early teens, just feels right on me. I’ve worked corporate jobs for the last 20 years. Always kept it neat and tied back in the office. My wife has two joking conditions that could result in divorce:cutting my hair short or buying her anything pink. If I start losing it, Rogaine.
juniper3411@reddit
I think the metal head qualifier is important haha. Same with my husband who’s also in a metal band. He’s only cut his hair once.
juniper3411@reddit
The hubby has long hair and always has. He’s 34 though. He likes the older ladies (I’m baby Gen X). He’s in a professional career as well.
TheVioletEmpire@reddit
Full head of hair here. Had long hair in high school. Cut it toward the end of my senior year.
Now I get a haircut every two weeks. Sometimes I think about growing it back out when I retire.
Beerinspector@reddit
Grew mine out during Covid and kept it. I too am lucky to have a full head of hair in my mid-50’s. However I’m thinking of cutting it because I always have it in a ponytail to keep it out of my eyes.
roanokephotog@reddit
I had close, spikey hair for 20 years and grew it out in my 40s, so many more options😂. It's funny how people's perception changes with something as simple as hair though. As long as I have it I'll probably have it long, fuck the "establishment".
OAKRAIDER64@reddit
Yep half way down back, Feathered top same style as I've always worn it , parted down the middle. I got this cut in the early 70s and still rock it.
Signal_Glittering@reddit
I hate long hair on men. My husband grew his out and it hasn’t changed
daemonhat@reddit
up until i was 12-13 i had the side part, tapered in the back. after that i let it grow out and had a mullet starting high school. graduated in '90 and went into the navy a month later and got my head shaved. got the boot a month later with an "erroneous enlistment" discharge and got a job as a security guard so had to keep it cut short. i quit in '93 and aside from keeping it trimmed up i haven't had an actual haircut since then. and while i've always had thinnish hair, it's all still there and hasn't gotten any thinner.
threedogdad@reddit
unga bunga!
threedogdad@reddit
I always had very short hair, but out of the blue 10 years ago I just stopped cutting it so it's been long ever since. It's a surprise to people that haven't seen me in years, but otherwise it's pretty normal for men to have long hair where I live.
Imaginary_Damage_502@reddit
I've had long hair since 1993
Alcophile@reddit
Mine has been long off and on since high school. It's long now and I have no immediate plans to cut it off...
amazing-haves-34@reddit
During the pandemic I grew my hair out. Funny thing is, when my hair was long all I heard was negative comments. When I cut my hair, all I heard was “why did you do this?”. I cut my hair because I’m lazy and hate the maintenance. But it was definitely validating when people started letting me know how much they liked it long.
amazing-haves-34@reddit
That being said, someone I know also grew out their hair at the same time and it looks awful because the ponytail they put it in does not cover up the bald spot in the back and makes their hairline look even worse.
HippyKidz1@reddit
15 years was down to my waist. Just chopped it back to that 80s skater cut we all know and love.
wraithsonic@reddit
I had straightened hair for a while in college to about shoulder length. I cut it off when I started my professional life.
I loc’d my hair about three years ago (Juneteenth will be the third anniversary) and my hair is the longest it’s ever been at about a quarter way down my back.
w3woody@reddit
60; let my hair grow out during the pandemic and never looked back. My wife seems to like it, and for me it has the benefit that it’s an easy distinguishable feature: I’ve been to stores where one salesperson hands us off to another, sight unseen, seamlessly, because more often than not I’m the only guy in the store with long wavy hair.
CheekMaleficent3654@reddit
I'm 61, ive now got long hair for the first time in my life. Just let it grow. Having to tie it back now.
Glittering_Watch5565@reddit
Havent had but one haircut since 1977
Krustylang@reddit
Late fifties. Still have long hair. Still play in a rock band.
ziggy_santo5@reddit
yes, currently a year into my mullet. before the pandemic i usually grow it out a few years, then shave my head
typhona@reddit
I wouldn't call it long, but about shoulder length. But its still electric blue
figurativelybland@reddit
I had long hair throughout my late teens and 20s. At my current job, the boss prefers a short haircut, so I've kept mine short back and sides for the last few years, which I don't really like. I have started growing it back out, as I still have plenty of hair, but it looks a bit like Ian Huntley / Spok at present, which isn't a good look.
I always think of this meme when I consider growing my hair back haha.
BT_Artist@reddit
I had long hair for about 12 years, give or take. Mid-80s to late 1990s.
Until my hairline started heading north. I got it cut short for about a year, and eventually said "fuck it" and shaved it all off.
lilred7879@reddit
Worked in corporate America until 3 years ago so I kept it neat and professional for 40 years and now down to my shoulders and the wife loves it so its staying.
tultamunille@reddit
Yup, sheer laziness and refusal to pay for a haircut.
I was a pretty decent barber, forced into it really on tour shaving heads to prevent lice, and growing up in the 70s 80s we tried pretty much every do just for fun.
ceazzzzz@reddit
Last real cut was when I was 15y/o.
Lots of trims and management, but still letting my freak flag fly at fifty five.
D05wtt@reddit
I had my hair the longest it’s been since high school, smack in the middle of the Covid lockdowns because we couldn’t get a haircut. Since then it’s back to the normal short hair.
Also, I’ve been losing hair at the top of my head so if I had longer hair, it’s more noticeably obvious I’m trying to cover up. I already told my hair stylist of 36 years that if I lose anymore, I may just shave it all off.
nrauhauser@reddit
I never had it long until late 20s, chopped it when I turned 30 and my son was two. His reaction to dad with short hair was priceless.
It grows out about once a decade - basically if I get it cut in spring, it's off my neck for the summer, by the next summer it'll be long enough to pull back, so I let it go. I didn't intend that for this summer, I'm kinda on the cusp, it's *almost* long enough. But I *am* in San Francisco so it isn't gonna get all that hot ... maybe.
n_thomas74@reddit
I grew my hair long late, at 11pm
Jbchristy450@reddit
Had a ratt tail in 3rd grade, grew it along with mullet into 5th grade then decided to grow it all out. I could almost sit on my hair by 11th grade. Senior year had a bad car accident and had to shave it all off. Joined military. Bald now but have a long beard.
devilhead668@reddit
Had long hair until my mid 40s, cut it for a while, grew back out during Covid times, cut it again, now growing out just the top with a tight under cut. Just gonna Viking braid it when it’s long enough.
OkKnee7580@reddit
1998 was the last time I cut my hair. Did it so I could start serving bc men didn’t serve back then and my boss said that’s the only way I could serve. He did pay for it and was an “event” at the job. Looking back it was a fucked up thing to do and one reason why I never cut again. Trim it here and then
JakeBanana01@reddit
Was about to turn 60, decided it was time to finally grow out my hair. 18 months later I can actually pull it back.
FletchGordon@reddit
Most of my adult life ive had long hair. Now i have a beard to go with it and look quite a bit like Jack Black
Cvilledog@reddit
Long from HS (when my stepfather couldn’t force haircuts any more) through college. I mean almost to my waist long. Finally cut it when I was about 23 to find a job. Grew it back out through work and more school. Cut it again around 33 and kept it short until a few years ago. I keep it in a bun most days at work. When my kid visited from college and hadn’t seen me in a while, he asked why I looked like an old woman, but I didn’t let it bother me. Weird thing was seeing my dad after a few years’ absence and finding him with long hair and a beard. I didn’t grow up with him and he never had long hair when I was a kid so maybe it’s genetic.
splorp_evilbastard@reddit
Started growing longer it in middle school (6-7th grade). Longest it ever got was about 8-10 inches past my shoulders.
Cut it short in Feb '96 for a job I quit after 3 weeks. Grew it back.
Cut it short for a job in Oct '03. 2 weeks after I started, I saw a guy with hair halfway down his back. Haven't cut it short since.
My hair only grows 4-6" past my shoulders. No bald spot (per my wife), but right where one would be, it's turning white so it LOOKS liked I'm balding.
sly-3@reddit
COVID shutdown 2020 to May 2023: in grad school, which suddenly became online instead of in-person. I figured I had one last shot before nature took its course and it would look like I was trying too hard. Down past my shoulders (+giant Viking beard), cut it for graduation ceremony. Nobody recognized me. It was great to get all that out of my system in relative private.
sinistar2000@reddit
Yeah I grew a long Mohican and I loved it. No one else did though lol I cut it for work.
ZogemWho@reddit
I got a hair cut in 1989 for a job interview. I had a rat tail that was left alone. Hair has not been cut since.
leicanthrope@reddit
Yep. I had it long in college, and I started growing it out again around 2015. I’m going to take full advantage of the fact that I inherited my hair from mom’s side of the family.
dreaminginteal@reddit
Had fairly long hair in HS. Grew it out more in college. Cut it off (except the infamous Rat Tail!) to get a job out of school. Eventually grew it out.
After many, many years I realized that while my hair was FREAKIN GORGEOUS, it didn't work well with my face. So I cut it all off, and suddenly started getting dates. Haven't grown it out since then.
.... I bet it would still be GORGEOUS, but still wouldn't go with the shape of my face ...
TheSwedishEagle@reddit
Women are very split about long hair. Many dislike it but some really love it.
PyroNine9@reddit
I started growing it in high school.
After graduation I got a job assembling and repairing PCs. At that time, ability to do anything with a PC vastly outweighed long hair. Moved on to software development. By the time anyone started thinking about hair length again, I was senior enough to not need to worry about it.
TheSwedishEagle@reddit
Used to have long hair in college. Cut it at graduation. Grew it back about 10 years ago and it's still long but thinning. Thinking of cutting it but I dunno.
Melvinator5001@reddit
I’m 57 and grew my hair out starting in Spring 2024. Started because my Mom’s health was deteriorating didn’t have time for haircuts. When she passed December 2024 it was just past that weird phase. Wife said the hell with it go for it. She assumed by the next summer it would be cut. Still haven’t cut it. I found it’s easier to take care of and I can actually wear hats. Put it in a ponytail slap on a cap good to go. When it was short I’d have wings or hat head.
vgaph@reddit
I’m 47 and retired from the Army about 9 months ago ago. I had the same haircut for a quarter century and now I want to enjoy having long hair. I haven’t cut it since August 2025.
Entering my dirt bag era.
Empty_Nestor@reddit
I’d love to do the same at 57 but my hair now has the texture of rabbit fur. If it gets any longer than pat the top of my ears, it gets so staticky that it sticks to the side of my head.
bluestaples@reddit
Things have gotten a bit wild with my hair since covid
GoodDoctorZ@reddit
My hair is currently level with my arm pits. Well, the back is, I can’t get any length up top anymore.
Friday_arvo@reddit
You only get about 4000 weeks in our life if we’re lucky enough to live to 80. Don’t let the judgement of your hair from others steal your peace. If you love it, rock it. Who knows how you’ll feel next year or in 5 years. But if you like it right now, wear it.
denvergardener@reddit
My mom was all-in on "boys should not have long hair" so I wasn't allowed to have long hair until I was 18.
She was pretty pissed when I grew my hair out in college. But OMG I got so much attention and girls really liked it.
Then I graduated and became a conformist as I entered the "real world" and cut my hair again.
Then someone told me "you look like a banker" thinking it was a compliment but I was horrified.
So the first time I got a job where having short hair wasn't a requirement, I grew my hair out again. Had long hair the last 15+ years and yeah I'm not cutting it for any reason. My mom still gave me shit about it, but she died last year so she doesn't have to worry about it anymore.
cjs81268@reddit
When I was a A little kid I had longer here. I would often let it grow as a young adult and it was so thick and wavy that it would just become an afro. About 20 years ago, I was working at a summer camp and I pushed through. Fast forward to almost 4 years ago and I decided to give it one last go. I'm in the entertainment biz. It completely changed the course of my career.
WinterExisting5076@reddit
Glorious locks
cjs81268@reddit
Thanks!
LeisureSuiteLarry@reddit
I grew my to about shoulder length when around the time I turned 40. I cut it when I realized that if my hair was down I looked like Benjamin Franklin.
Scpdivy@reddit
After short hair most of my life, last year I stopped getting it cut. I’ve been asked if I was related to Captain Kangaroo and also if I was part of George Washington’s militia, which I thought was pretty funny. A few weeks ago I was asked if I was one of the knights in Monty Python’s Holy Grail, lol.
Mysterions@reddit
Since COVID I have kept it long because the post COVID + tip inflation increases in the price of a hair cut has kept me away.
-NachoBorracho-@reddit
I used to have hair down to my ass, but now I’m half bald so I keep it all very buzzed 😢
I compensate by having a large beard.
Colbysha@reddit
Most of y'all be doing that ishh.
-NachoBorracho-@reddit
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Puzzleheaded-Sun-390@reddit
The I don’t have a large beard, but the hair did naturally migrate from my head to my face.
IAm5toned@reddit
my hair grows up not out 😂
Ted_Denslow@reddit
My hair didn't exceed about 6" until I was in my 40s. My shit is like 2 feet long and fucking majestic now. It's thinner than it would have been 30 years ago, though.
OceanGrownPharms@reddit
I've had fairly short hair for most of my life. In 2015 I was in desperate need of a haircut before a wedding (wife's cousin) and I kept teasing her saying I was done shaving & cutting my hair. It was a joke and I got my hair cut.
But after the wedding I started the joke again and said "this time I'm serious!" And I guess I was. Haven't had a haircut or shaved in 9.5 years.
pgoodnough@reddit
Grew it out during Covid and have kept it going. You get remembered more often, people smile when they see you, in general I feel like it has made me more approachable overall. It’s fun/funny in the best way and I’m sticking with it.
freeformz@reddit
Long hair
WinterExisting5076@reddit
My teenager boy has hair almost to his waist if that counts for anything
dreaminginteal@reddit
Jealous! I was never able to get mine that long...
WinterExisting5076@reddit
Vodka_For_Breakfast@reddit
Started growing my hair out freshman year of high school and let it grow to almost my ass. And then out of nowhere I cut it short in 2015. My boss thought I was gonna quit, my friends were worried I was going to quit drinking, and my clients hardly recognized me. But I started growing it back after Covid. It's to about the middle of my back and doesn't seem to be getting any longer. I figure I'll keep it long until baldness sets in.
Unlucky_Ad_7824@reddit
Grown out past shoulders 3x now. I donate it, and if anyone gives you shit about it: cancer sucks.
GenX2thebone@reddit
I had long hair and still have thick hair but it’s lost its color and I don’t want to look like Sons of Anarchy
dchusband@reddit
Mine is long 3/4 the way down my back. My family absolutely hates it - especially my kids. It’s a lot of work, but, I like it. Few men have hair like mine at 55, so why not?
I have professional job, and I’m competent enough that I don’t have to kiss ass anyone’s anymore. It’s my FU to the world. As the kids would say, “living my truth” 🤘
SgtMayhem13@reddit
Grew it long in high school, Mohawk in college, then joined the Army. Kept it short since then.
whiteglove_srvc@reddit
I still have my covid hair and it's the only time in my life i had it this long. I hate it and love it, it's complicated.
Befuddled_GenXer@reddit
I had long hair as a teenager. When I was 20 I let my Grandma shave my head and never looked back.
Nowadays when it gets long enough to comb, I go straight to the barber shop. I'm not a skinhead, I just don't want to bother with it.
EatingBuddha3@reddit
I'm 55, look 45, feel most like myself with long hair. I had long hair from 18-30, then 38-45, and since 49. I'm thinking about getting the tiniest undercut to neaten things up a bit and ease daily care since I had a cancer surgery that compromised my shoulder mobility but I'm afraid that'll start something, lol.
smokywater50@reddit
My hair is longer than it ever has been. I had a beautiful mullet in the 80’s and early 90’s. Once I went short I didn’t grow it long again until my mid 40’s, I always wear a hat, I’ve been growing it for 7 years now, I’m pretty sure most men in their 50’s can’t do what I can with my hair mwahaha 😈
Affectionate_Hornet7@reddit
I could never get past that awkward point where it looks like crap before it gets long. Now I got through it and I’m going Ben Franklin.
anyoutlookuser@reddit
I used to wear long hair. My hair always grew ridiculously fast so I just let it. It just became such a hassle to keep it clean and manageable. Just before covid I cut it. I keep it short now just cause it’s easier.
JAFO-@reddit
Grew it out after getting out of the Army along with a beard. But I went back to a crew cut, for me the long hair in hot weather was not comfortable.
viking12344@reddit
Had long hair since my teens. I did the mullet a bit in the 80s. Cut it once and have had long hair ever since. I'll be 57 this summer. Hair down to the middle of my back. I wear it down or in a ponytail. It's still brown. I will never,ever dye it. I'm actually looking forward to grey.
CommunityEast4651@reddit
I have shoulder length hair now. It doesn't grow super long at this point. I grew it out because I used to (before it was the cool thing to do) shave my head. I did it because it was easier and cooler for working in kitchens. The whole time I had a shaved head, my friends made fun of me and I was the butt of every joke. Fast forward and all those guys who made fin of me started losing their hair so, therefore started shaving their heads. I grew mine out as a middlefinger of spite because I still have all my hair and its not even gray.
SlapMySloth1@reddit
I had very short hair since I was 18 and am in my late 40’s now. I started growing it out during the pandemic and at first I feel like most people liked it. I think it started becoming a little more disliked the longer I grew it though. I’ve cut it down a little somewhat recently but I don’t think I’ll ever have it short again.
hair_10@reddit
Had long hair since I was 17. Mid 50s now. Pic is myself my my now wife (who was my HS sweetheart who I reconnected with 7 yrs ago).
ChessieChesapeake@reddit
Can't wait to grow mine back out after retirement
Uranus_Hz@reddit
Always had long hair more or less. I also thought that old dudes who were bald on top but had long hair looked dorky. I’m not bald yet but my forehead is now at least a sixhead and I’m starting to think I should cut it.
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Top-Emu-2292@reddit
Men with long hair? I've had hair for years but now nothing comes out of my head! I have ponytails from both ears and nostrils. As for my eyebrows I backcomb them over my head.
vholecek@reddit
I grew mine out in my late-teens/early 20's, and then hacked it off when I enlisted.
Now I've been out since 2007 and after my divorce a few years back I decide to give it another whirl to see if I could even still grow it out without making myself insane in the mid-length stage.
current progress: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fflow-photo-from-this-weekend-the-overtone-conditioner-does-v0-hfiivnxitqxg1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D1080%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3Dda0d3a96e0e5e6c3230f3b4c3ae8f7f3e5d44dfc
The_Blitz_01@reddit
Hot 🔥🔥🔥
Old-Vermicelli7116@reddit
Replacing my mailbox post, wondering why I was getting funny looks from my neighbors.
(I work at a church, so meant tongue in cheek - not disrespectful)
Leather-Newt-3910@reddit
Glum-One2514@reddit
Still do, but not for much longer. It's thinning and curls I never knew I had have shown themselves.
I kept it long since I was 13, cut it for a job that never materialized at 18. Since then, it's just been doing its own thing for the last 30 years.
I'm compensating now by growing a long beard.
Leather-Newt-3910@reddit
59 years old, I've had long hair through most of my life since I was 16. My hair is down to my chest now. At one point it was so long I could sit on it. Met my wife 28 years ago and one of the things she noticed about me with my hair.
I also have a beard that at one point was pretty long so I used to get called Gandolf, Jesus, ZZ Top and somebody even called me Leon Russell one day.
I've cut it short a few times but at this point in my life I don't give a shit if anybody likes it or not. I am planning in the next few weeks to get about six or 7 inches taken off the ends to clean it up a little bit but I will have long hair for as long as I have hair
Leather-Newt-3910@reddit
From about two years ago
TheTrollys@reddit
Yep. I have had long hair since the 70’s. I don’t plan on changing now.
ZombieButch@reddit
I've got the complete Ben Franklin working.
scifijunkie3@reddit
I've never like short hair for myself. I grew it long in highschool and college. Then when I got out into the real world I chopped it because I thought I had to. Turns out, I never had to so I let it grow again. Been that way ever since. Now that I'm in my 50s, it's not as long as it used to be but I usually leep it shoulder length or a little less. It's all gray now but my wife won't let me color it. She likes it gray.
MsKittieVonTrapphaus@reddit
Men with long hair 😍💜🎉
jcr21090_74@reddit
Yes. 51 years old here. Growing it for about a year and a half.. it's a bit below shoulder length now. Plan on growing it at least halfway down my back.. bangs are long too.. I pin them back with a headband. Otherwise I wear it down all the time. I go to my wife's salon every 3-4 months to clean it up and bit and remove split ends.. otherwise I leave it along. I do plan on getting it lowlighted this summer to get rid of the grays that are creeping in.
drtythmbfarmer@reddit
57 have long hair at this point, every now and then I shave my head. But yeah, I cycle through long hair with braids and no hair.
HOT__BOT@reddit
My son has Eddie Vedder hair but a little longer. He’s 17.
losgabbo@reddit
I just turned 50, my hair is almost completely silver and I only get two haircuts a year. If you got it, flaunt it!
ddysart@reddit
Like others, grew my hair out during covid and at one point got mistaken as my wife’s kid, and my dad said, “Dang you look a lot younger.”
Kept it.
BenefitAdvanced@reddit
Yup. Every time I grow it out long people say i look 10 years younger.
HillbillyDlux76@reddit
Covid I quit getting haircuts, I think 3 since. At this point a ponytail is just part of my routine.
Expert-Hyena6226@reddit
Yes. I'm 59 and have hair down to the middle of my back.
DarkSad4202@reddit
I had long hair from about 18-22. Cut it for my daughter’s christening and never grew it back.
InsertRadnamehere@reddit
Yes
InetGeek@reddit
59 yo M cancer survivor, growing my hair out for the past 4+ years since my divorce (the ex wasn't a fan of long hair in men). It's gorgeous but a real pain to maintain in the Texas heat. I plan to keep growing it for another year ( the 10th anniversary of my being cancer free) before donating it to Locs for Love to become a wig for a cancer fighter who has lost theirs to the fight.
Evening-Magician-824@reddit
So happy you are stronger than cancer!! It's a beautiful thing to donate to Locs of Love too. My kiddos did that when they were young and I'm sure your locs will help someone feel very special!
EddieKroman@reddit
I had long hair in the early 1990’s. I let a girlfriend cut it off. She spent 2 hours cutting my hair into a perfect copy of Bill Clinton’s coifed hairstyle. The haircut and the girlfriend didn’t last.
Grew out my hair during the 2020 Covid mess. It was still thick and lush, and my favorite thing ever was my 10 year old granddaughter running her hands through it.
I’m retiring in a few years, I am letting it grow out again. Still have a full head of hair, so I’m going to flaunt it.
Canuck_75@reddit
Still got my Covid hair. It’s pretty long. I debate cutting it all the time.
jcmacon@reddit
I haven't had a haircut in 6 years as well. It's pretty damn long.
guzzijason@reddit
Had long hair in the 90s, as one did. It was usually in a ponytail or under a hat. Cut it off for work years ago.
During the pandemic, I let it grow and was shocked… SHOCKED… to learn that my hair is naturally quite curly. I always had it pulled back when I was younger, so it was never allowed to do its thing. But I let the pandemic hair go au natural, and really loved it. After a few years, I started to get tired of it and went really short. At least I know I can still grow those locks if I choose to :)
MrPrimalNumber@reddit
I just had long hair and cut it off for an interview.
Bahlore@reddit
Had long hair, joined the army... No long hair. Retired juuuust in time to go bald. Yay...
HerfDog58@reddit
I shaved my head from 96-07, then let it grow out ever since. It's thinning on top now, but goes to at least mid back. I'm going to keep it like that until the thinning progresses to bald spots, at which point I'll probably go back to shaving the head.
Jymantis@reddit
Long hair here. Never had long hair until mid forties. Don't wear it down and usually have a hat on.
tkingsbu@reddit
Always wanted long rocker hair, like I’d just stepped off a sabbath poster…
Mines to thin… makes me look like a dick drowned rat…
My son did it though…
We watched ‘dazed and confused’ when he was about 14-15 or so… he immediately started growing out his hair lol… he’s 20 now and it’s super long and he totally looks like a 70s rock guy lol… suits him very well :)
Round_Ad8947@reddit
I had hair down to my ass in senior year. It got cut off later and ten years later I sough to grow it again. Turns out that the intermediate length is really tough to look good. I think the only time to survive that stage is junior high school.
I thought ladies would want to run their fingers through my luxuriant hair. Not so. Going bald was a much more interesting thing to touch apparently.
jollytoes@reddit
I always wanted long hair as a teen and my dad was a hard no on that. Then I started working and kept my hair short for most of my life. In Feb. of 2020 I got my last haircut to shorten the length of my hair. Since I didn't have to see customers for the next couple years I just let it grow. Now, 6yrs later, it's long and luxurious. My wife likes it and I get compliments.
CarmeloTronPrime@reddit
i grew my hair out during covid, i've had a military cut most of my life.
it was cool, but i don't think it suited me. i'm back to having a military cut.
my hair is the same as it was in high school, but there is a lot more gray and white in it.
Jim_E_Rose@reddit
Had long hair until 50 and finally cut it because of work (safety reasons) and it was getting thin. I don’t really like it. Look like a cop lol
Junkman3@reddit
I grew it out for the first time during covid. Took months to get past the awkward in between stage. Everybody seems to like it and I think it better reflects my personality.
kevintheredneck@reddit
I’m bald as fuck. I can’t pull off long hair. I was in the navy for twenty years and I really can’t stand to have hair touching my ears.
kboleen@reddit
I had long hair until 2004. Just shy of forty. I always believed a young guy could get away with long hair and an older guy could get away with long hair but it just looked pitiful on a middle aged guy. I recently turned sixty and grew my hair long again a few years ago.
Apprehensive_Use1906@reddit
When I still had my hair at 45 I decided to grow it out. I’m 55 now still pretty long. I might cut it soon.
IranticBehaviour@reddit
Wasn't allowed long hair growing up, then spent almost 40 years in uniform, so I never had even longish hair. When I retired, I decided to try growing it out. Unfortunately, while I'm far from bald or even balding, I did lose an inch or so of hairline in my 20s. A receded hairline and long hair is a tough combo, and I was never really able to get it to look all that good. Plus my kids and their mum really disliked it, apparently I didn't 'look like me' (same reaction whenever I shave my beard, lol).
So I progressively cut it shorter over several months until I was right back to a military cut. There was a brief moment in that transition when it vaguely resembled Bon Jovi's haircut in the Bed of Roses era, but it didn't last. But I got tired of keeping it short again, so I'm growing it out a little. We'll see where it goes.
CommissionFeisty9843@reddit
I grew mine so far out it’s gone
DangerBird-@reddit
🤣
CommissionFeisty9843@reddit
I guess that’s what happens when you grow it all out!
FeDude55@reddit
I have long hair. I’m Native, so it’s not out of the ordinary. I didn’t have long hair until college.
MaxHavok13@reddit
Dude grew mine out again about 3 years ago. I had waist length hair for all my 20’s and most of my 30’s. At 55 decided to grow it back out and just let me me use a comment a good friend ( truly brother from another mother) made , he said “ Bro how’s that Foghat cover band coming?” After I got done rotfl I cut that shite right back off.
SnooBooks5315@reddit
We always joke that if I met my husband when he had long hair we probably would never have dated. Which is probably true but we didn't met until we were 30 even though we have tons of friends in common. Now not only does he buzz cut his hair, I have him do mine too. Long, thick hair is too much work for this old girl.
FarCry5372@reddit
55 years old hair down to the middle of my back.
All_of_me_now@reddit
My brother in Hair
All_of_me_now@reddit
Started growing it out about 10 years ago and haven't had a haircut since. I look like goddamn Robert Plant now. Well, fat old Robert Plant. Wife loves it, girlfriend loves it, who am I to argue?
v4por@reddit
I had long hair in my teens and 20s, got a haircut and got a real job, then when COVID hit I grew it out again. It was down to me ass until about a year ago when I finally cut it. I started losing my hair and figured it would be the last time growing it out.
pmbpro@reddit
I’m curious about something though, not about long hair, but about huge, long beards. I noticed it in the past 10 years, but it just seems like it really exploded in the past 5 years, with formerly clean-shaven (or light bearded) guys appearing almost unrecognizable now with huge beards. Is it part of a ‘warrior/viking fashion’-type trend, or is it something deeper than that? It’s almost as if some are trying to ‘hide’ their faces.
Also, is it difficult to maintain? Is there a routine to it? I’m just fascinated with how many men decided to ‘grow out’ these days. 🙂
comradb0ne@reddit
I got tired of hair cuts and started growing mine after high school. Got it twisted around 2008 and have been rocking dreads since then. It's thinning in the front but as long as my hairline doesn't move to the middle of my head I'll keep them.
lvpond@reddit
Haven’t cut mine since Covid started, no kidding have it seen a barber since 2 months before Covid. Have had no cutting devices at all to my head only brushes. It’s now down mid-back. My whole life I had basically either a high and tight or short short hair. Never had long hair until now.
tc_cad@reddit
I grew out my hair into a big curly mess in my early twenties. Then I shaved most of it off and gave myself a Mohawk. It really impressed this one girl at college.
Then after graduating, got a real job and kept my hair neat and tidy. When I turned 40 I just buzz it now. #2 on top #1 sides and back.
SecurePhotograph1791@reddit
My dad was old-school country, and wouldn't let me grow my hair long when I lived at home. The second I got a real job and moved out on my own, I grew it out to a decent, below shoulder length. It started receding and falling out, shortly thereafter. I've been shaving my head since my mid-twenties. I'm now in my fifties. I guess I could grow a skullet if I wanted to, but I just compensate with a full beard...
PNWcog@reddit
I started growing mine out during Covid. I got to shoulders until I couldn’t stand it anymore. Ever since I let it get long until I can’t stand it and have to get it all cut off.
Impressive_Mud5678@reddit
57 here. Just grew my hair and beard long the last 2 years. I told people I'm going to see where this beard takes me. Now people call me a wizard! Haha!
R-Voodoo@reddit
I think we're starting a wizard club in here!
oboingadoing@reddit
Yep, for 40 years or so. I still have a full head of hair and it's almost down to my ass. Wife likes it, that's all that matters. Don't really give a shit what other people think.
CakeMore357@reddit
Husband is 60 and has Shirley Temple ringlets. If it was straight it would be middle of his back.
Immediate_Many_2898@reddit
The hubby is growing his out. Me 59 and the kids all have long hair. Mine is the shortest and it almost to the waist of my jeans. I think it’s just self defense, lol
Cbewgolf@reddit
This is the opposite of something I’d want to do.
duecesbutt@reddit
Yeah, I do. Only issue is it’s getting thin up there. It was shoulder length almost a year ago
bruce-neon@reddit
Most of my life, short for a few years, but currently almost 50 and past my shoulders.
RoofAway1331@reddit
Every time I try to let mine grow, I can't stand how much time it takes to get wet in the shower. Off it goes.
blatkinsman@reddit
I used to have long hair when I was school age. I chopped it off because I hated it. I don't see that changing anytime soon.
CromulentPoint@reddit
Had it to the middle of my back in college but ended up cutting it short when I started Kung Fu. Now at 50 I just let it grow a bit in the winter into a sort of later-life Kurt Russell thing and then trim it for the summer.
Nightgasm@reddit
I retired on my 52nd birthday from a job (police) where I had to keep my hair short and neat. I'm not balding or even thinning so because my wife, who had never seen me without police hair, didn't think I would I've grown it out well past my shoulders despite finally getting six inches, my first haircut in three years, cut off last month.
JackWylder@reddit
I kept it short for 20 years (corporate life) but about a year and a half ago decided fuck it and am growing it back out.
samuellbroncowitz@reddit
Been growing it out for almost 2 years, slightly below my shoulders. Turn 50 later this year.
Never had the chance to do it before, so doing it now. I have 0 ducks to give about how people feel about it.
small-gestures@reddit
Anyone ever notice how much younger guys look with short hair?
Emergency-Big-1503@reddit
Yup. 56.
Down to my waist and beard just about to belly button.
Have had a full beard in one length or another since junior year of high school.
I'm also 6'2" and ride Harleys.
Continent3@reddit
You need to have hair to grow it out long.
marshallkrich@reddit
💯! I had long hair from 12 to 34, then I haven't gone bald, just my hair isn't as thick. Chopped that shit off.
If y'all like the way it looks, then grow that shitout for the soldiers that can't any longer lol.
avidinha@reddit
I grew my hair past my shoulders when I got out of the military because I could. I only kept it that long a couple years. I keep it pretty short now.
RevToy@reddit
I had a very little hair from about 1999 through 2018. Couple times I let it grow out, but most of the time it was 1/8” or shaved completely bald. Then I decided to grow it out. Let it go untouched for about 6-8 months I think, then decided to shave it off again….but, I did the first pass on the side and then decided I hadn’t had a Mohawk in a while so I did that.
In late 2021 I decided to let the top grow while I shaved the sides and back. This is the longest I’ve had it since I was a skater in the early 90’s. This was the trip in May 2023 when I lopped it off and went back to a high and tight. I’m currently growing it out again.
RevToy@reddit
The Mohawk wasn’t super long apparently.
vasmuybien@reddit
52 here, I have very curly hair, tried growing it out once and gave up because I couldn’t get past the awkward phase. I’m trying again. We’ll see how it goes.
Pootismanas@reddit
Long dreads to my ass at 51
Old-Vermicelli7116@reddit
Yep. I'm 60. I was in the Navy nine years, then took a corporate job and kept the same basic haircut. I was self-employed after that for 16 years and about half way into it I realized I could do whatever I want.
I'm into keeping it simple, so you always wear it in a tail. When it gets too long I cut it myself - leave it in the hair tie and just chomp away with a scissors.
I have a good head of hair for my age. Not quite as thick as when I was 18, but also the sad, balding in front, whispy little strand in back that you often see.
I only wear it out around the house and at Halloween. Works great as a pirate. A few years ago I actually had to cut it quite a bit shorter than usual to be "Cheech"
jmf0828@reddit
Had the obligatory 80’s mullet in high school and some college. Cut it off to “go into the work world”. At about 50 (5 years ago), I became my own boss, started growing it all long and haven’t cut it since. Don’t care what other people think although the wife and kids seem to like it and my patients don’t seem to care.
PermuhGrin@reddit
Ive had long hair for decades. You dont need to chop it for a job interview. Things arent like that any more. Unless you're in govt or a fucking banker.
MoeBlacksBack@reddit
Mine was long in high school and college then wore it short until lockdown. Have had a couple trims since then . Never get any comments but my wife prefers it this way so fuck em if they can’t take a joke.
madtownjeff@reddit
Grew it out senior year of high school, had it long through college then went back and forth on cutting it and letting it grow out. Have had it long for quite a while now. Wife likes it long. Sometimes wish I never cut it back in the day.
daveescaped@reddit
I’m in my 50’s. Grew my hair long for about two years. It was universally hated. Cut it.
hfw01@reddit
Grew mine out after high school. Cut it off at 25 to get a job. Grew out out during COVID-19 shutdown. Work didn't complain when we returned to the office, so it's still long.
Last_Blackfyre@reddit
Growing mine out too. Tbh the grey isn’t as prominent and think my hair lightened up a bit too since it got long.
DandelionPopsicle@reddit
Stopped cutting in 93 when I got out of the Swedish army. Haven’t cut it since, 51 now. Wife (since I was 23) and kids say it would be very weird if I cut it. Was originally going to stop when I got gray but.. now that’s clearly already happened and I didn’t.
No-Fox2087@reddit
I was in the Army/Guard/Reserve for 21 years. I retired; my hair is now shoulder length and I have a full beard. I figure I earned it.
Possible_Shoulder_50@reddit
I’m 54 now and usually had it long in high school. I go back and forth with it now. I work in a hospital so length isn’t an issue there. Usually in middle/ late summer I get sick of the heat (in Florida, don’t hold it against me lol) and buzz it off. I’ll keep it shorter until fall then let it grow to start the process over again. The wife definitely likes it longer. I’ll let it get shoulder length, maybe a bit longer.
Character-Guitar6833@reddit
When I retire I'm growing mine down to my shoulders. 1st time ever having long hair other than covid. Everyone is going to hate it.
TheImpPaysHisDebts@reddit
COVID long and haven't cut it. I will be 60 this year. Never been long before. A couple of inches below my shoulders... enough for a ponytail.
mindlesspoe@reddit
Me in 91 or 92 ish
ThumbsUp2323@reddit
It's been the same since middle-school. Shoulder length self-administered ponytail cut. Along with a full bushy beard. It's been like 35 years.
(simulated image. I am NOT this good looking)
Zealousideal_Goal550@reddit
I think that’s Jesus, 2026 A.D.
beardedweirdoin104@reddit
I’ve just started letting mine grow out for the first time since I was a teen. It’s at a really awkward spot right now where it’s just poofy. Doesn’t help that it’s thinner on top than the sides lol.
forkmerunning@reddit
I didn't plan to grow my hair out long. I just kinda..... stopped getting it cut.
Didn't hit a barber or salon for like 3.5 years.
Before I knew it, full on fat gandalf silver/white hair down to my lower back.
Little old ladies loved it, guys my age mostly glared at me, younger people were indifferent.
Chopped it all off mid august last year cause it was seriously friggin hot
EyeSuspicious777@reddit
Grew up In an ultra conservative religious family that would have crucified me if I dared to have long hair like Jesus.
Grew it out at age 40 and have had the ponytail I wanted since I was a teenager ever since.
turnbullac@reddit
Focusing on my beard for now thx
rckblykitn14@reddit
For whatever it's worth, I know a lot of women (myself included) who absolutely love guys with long hair.
Electrical-Stable498@reddit
I absolutely love men with long hair ! Always have.
ReindeerWise5170@reddit
I’m the opposite. Not a big fan.
ThisusernameThen@reddit
Pubes or head hair?
ReindeerWise5170@reddit
Haha. I am not a big fan of long hair in either location on men. And to be perfectly honest, a short hair can be more flattering on women as well. Some women just look long in the face when they have their hair long.
MajYoshi@reddit
I grow mine out every 12 years or so for a few years then cut to mohawk and donate.
This time I told my wife I wasn't going to stop letting it grow until someone said it's "epic" or I get the horns thrownnat me.
Its currently just above the small of my back.
connain@reddit
Grew up on military bases and had short hair or even crew cuts.
Shoulder length feathered hair in the 80.
Got my last real cut around 1989, I think. Went to college and had almost no expendable income. It cheaper letting grow out than getting haircuts. I get the split ends trimmed about every 6-12 months, usually, but thats it.
There were a few years in the middle where I kept it tied back but thats just for exercise or when I'm really hot, now.
Its rare I see people who knew me with shorter hair so it just is what it is. Also, most of my friends have long since had receding hairlines or growing bald spots. A few embraced it and went cleanshaven and look good. I kind of feel, as the exception with a full head of hair, it would be rude to throw it away.
___ez_e___@reddit
I’ve had long hair for a long time now probably since 1990s. My hair has thinned, but I still got enough.
The funniest is when it starts to get really long and every time we go out it like “ladies……oh sorry sir”.
ThisusernameThen@reddit
Before the beatles.every man wore hair slicked back. Then overnight four liverpudlians turned up with fringes and combed forward.
Heard that on a podcast with english music peeps recently.
Some of the office wear ive seen of late is.much less approriate than.longish.bloke hair.
Reddiculusness@reddit
When I was young (20s) it was down past my ass. Cut half off because it was hard to deal with, that and always sat on it while riding my bikes . Have cut it business style three times in my life, other than that, always long . Right now it's halfway down my back and I'm sporting about a 10" goatee .
floppy_breasteses@reddit
I started growing mine out after 30 years of uniform regulated short hair. Took about 3 years to get it right. Wife likes it. The kids love it. Once the hairline starts to make it look dumb I'll probably go back to super short but, for now, I'm liking it.
LKPTbob@reddit
Me too! I just stared after 26 years. I've been at it about 10 months.
floppy_breasteses@reddit
You gotta power through "the stage". It looks awful for a while. But once you can tie it back, you're all good.
MaddMango68@reddit
Had long hair to about my shoulder blades most of the early 2000s after I got out of the Navy in 96, then cut it "military short" in 2013 for a job. I ended up shaving my head in 2022. My wife and 13yo son wanted me to grow it out again, so haven't had a haircut since September 2025. Seems to be taking longer to grow now. Hats are my friend until I can pull it all together into a ponytail.
1leftbehind19@reddit
I was one of three guys with long hair when I graduated, and almost 50 now I still have long hair. The closest I came to getting it cut was for a job interview, but I left it long enough to still pull back in a band. I figured fuck em’ if they don’t hire me, I’m gonna keep my hair long.
RepeatMain2678@reddit
Boss made me cut it at 30, kept it short when I opened my business and was still dealing with property mgrs in their 50s and 60s. grew it back during Covid and realized all the people who are in charge now are my age (50’s) and no one cares what I look like just so long as their Air Conditioning works
W_J_B68@reddit
Mine won’t grow on the top of my head anymore so I decided to shave it.
Beelzebozotime@reddit
I started growing my hair out after I left Catholic school and haven't cut it short since. My hair was always wavey and kinda unruly, so unless I go to a barber every 3 weeks, having it long is actually more manageable. If I'm being "professional", I'll tie it into a ponytail. My wife loves it, keeps trying to give me new product in order to keep the curls in it.
One time, I was walking in for a job interview and the manager who met me at the door to walk me back made a comment that I'll need to cut my hair for the job. I stopped there and said "I won't waste any more of your time." turned on my heel and left. It was for a job stocking shelves in a grocery store. I'm a graphic designer by trade & education, so I get some leeway about my hair (and the earring, also had it since graduation).
It's gotten thinner. Have the widow's peak from hell if I pull it back, but parting it in the middle keeps me from having a billboard for a forehead. The top is starting to get thin, didn't notice until my wife took a photo of it. My hair is dirty blonde, so the grey looks like the light is just highlighting it. Figure I'm just gonna end up like those aged hippies at some point.
jugsmahone@reddit
I’ve always kept mine longish- Robert Smith long rather than all the way past my shoulders. It’s thinning out now and left to my own devices I’d probably go short but my partner tells me she fell in love with a pirate and I should remain a pirate if I know what’s good for me.
R-Voodoo@reddit
Nuclear security career straight out of college for 22 years, had to be clean shaved and short haired my whole life for gas mask purposes. The day I left that line of work, I stopped cutting both. Beard down mid torso with hair to match. Turns out I have lovely curls 🤣 The Beard is white and kids call me Santa, I can live with that. The hair is thinning up top, so it might be short lived. I tell people at work you can tell how long I've been out of security by counting the rings.
DangerBird-@reddit
You just need a wizard hat.
R-Voodoo@reddit
Dispatchers at the local county government call me the wizard when I visit them 🤣🤣
NetwerkErrer@reddit
I wish I had the follicles to participate in long hair.
indicus23@reddit
First grew it long during sr year high school in 95. Have occasionally had to cut it for jobs over the year, but always regrow it whenever allowed. Haven't had to cut it, or shave my beard in like 12 years. Don't plan to ever again if I can help it.
tastyreg@reddit
Started growing it when I was around 13 or so, had a haircut once when i was 24 and that was it, didn't feel right, haven't touched it since.
Better_Resort1171@reddit
I'm planning on growing mine out upon retirement. I've had buzz cuts forever.
My hairline has not changed since I was in my 20s, just went grey-white in my 50s... Hence keeping the buzz cut.
tranquilrage73@reddit
My husband is 58 and still has a full head of long hair.
caryn1477@reddit
Sounds like my husband.
DangerBird-@reddit
Fuck your husband. 🤣
caryn1477@reddit
My husband does. He's 53 and his hair is pin straight. He says he wouldn't know what to do with it if he cut it short. He has no patience for styling and using products and it probably wouldn't look good anyway.
No-Economics-8239@reddit
I grew my hair long in my teens and kept it that way until my late 20s. Including a mullet for a hot minute.
I eventually cut it short partially because of my career and partly for convenience. That first time taking a shower after it was short again was eye opening at how much time I was spending on keeping it clean. I'm too lazy and disinterested to grow it out again.
Weary_Commission_346@reddit
My husband started out with long hair, but has little of it now.
When i met him (in his 30s), he had a long greying pony tail, but starting to thin on top. After a few years, i started trimming the ends to keep it from looking raggedy. Fast forward another couple decades and he started trimming it shorter to just above his shoulders. The big factor was that he was nearly bald on top, so he cut the whole thing short. He didn’t want draggled back hair with a bald head!
He still had his beard, but when COVID hit, he cut it off for better mask fit while he was teaching.
So he went from beard and ponytail to bald and bare faced. I kinda miss the beard, but at least he has white curls in back, just not long ones.
DangerBird-@reddit
I just procrastinate getting haircuts. Once or twice a year when it gets annoying.
hapster85@reddit
Had it long in my late 20s and early 30s. I don't have enough left to grow out now. Lol
hernondo@reddit
At some point long hair on men just starts looking bad. Thinning is the obvious answer, but it looks like you’re trying to hold onto the 70’s for too long. You’ll LOOK better with shorter and cleaner haircuts, and probably even look younger.
seraphan6@reddit
Hair is overrated.
Crankyanken@reddit
r/bald
Markaes4@reddit
I've had long hair since 1994. Beard since 2006. I'm in my 50s, probably look ridiculous. but its who I am.
dingdongdeVilish@reddit
I’m going bald for sure but have long hair cause I don’t care what anyone says especially r/bald
ConspiracyNearly@reddit
Crankyanken@reddit
I was teased relentlessly over my overly-curley hair in the 80's. I always had it cut close, and even more so after serving in the military. My wife asked me to grow it out just once to see how it looks, so for the last three years I have been doing just that. Decades of going to the barber and asking for close, but don't make me look like a cop, close... Now that I have grown it out, I wish I would have done so a while ago. My hair is thick, going almost white, shoulder length, with dime sized ringlets. My wife is jealous, and I have had women tell me my hair is wasted on a man. Men give me looks, not sure which way, but assume jealousy as well.
For something I was teased about as a kid, this is a cool kinda revenge that makes me smile.
Wetdogg72@reddit
I just started growing my hair out. I’ve always had a buzz cut, or a flat top for many many years.. in high school it may have been a little longer but never too long. Now tho.. I haven’t shaved my head in 2 years or so and it’s to the point in between my shoulders. I’m lucky I still have hair and it’s not real gray! The wife loves it! I’m a little annoyed with it cause it gets in my face so she bought hairties.. I’ve never owned hair ties in my life!
j-6@reddit
I’ve had long hair most of my life. About 80% gray at 49. I did a chop about 3 years ago and my “look” works better in a ponytail worn up like a 90’s cheerleader. I tried the short hair and beard thing and didn’t like it. Clean shaven and long hair works for me.
Not liking equals envy in my book. There’s a shitload of balding guys that aren’t cool with it I work with. My 75 year old mother hates my hair choice, too. Then again, I just found out she wears a wig six months ago.
Grow that shit, my brother.
Ok-Rock2345@reddit
I have very long hair. Its over halfway down my back. It's actually longer than all the women in my family, 2 daughters. 2 sisters and an ex.
I had long hair when I was younger. Then kwpt.it short for a good 20nsomething years. After I got divorced I let it grow back again.
JacquesLeNerd@reddit
Mine grew during Covid, never cut it. It's down to my butt. Still working in tech.
driftwooddreams@reddit
Me too, a profession where what you know and can do is waay more important than what you look like!
Robb_Dinero@reddit
I still have a thick, full head of hair. Started growing it out again last year after I got tired of my mohawk. Why? Because I can and most of my close friends are bald now…it’s fun!
HighBiased@reddit
Ha! I'm about to cut my long lovely locks for a fauxhawk. Haven't had one of those yet.
SavoirFaire2Middling@reddit
Why not both?
HighBiased@reddit
😂😂😂
Blurghblagh@reddit
Had long hair all through my 20s and then cut it off when I was 30. If I could change it I would have grown it for a year or two and then realised how terrible it looked and cut it off having learned my lesson. It was so bad.
I did intend to cut it off in my mid-20s and a girl said, in passing, no it's part of your identity. My second lesson learned would be don't make life decisions based on passing comments from pretty girls.
driftwooddreams@reddit
Just hit mid-fifties and it’s back down to my jeans belt. I’m a redhead so I have thick strong hair, also kept a lot of natural colour. Always been a rocker and a heavy metal kid so it’s an important part of who I am. Occasionally I’ve got sick of it and had it all lopped off but I always grow it back. \m/ once a rocker always a rocker.
QuantumAttic@reddit
I always thought I would be the cool dad w longish hair. Nature had other plans. I did get to grow it down to my shoulders twice. Senior year and again when I was 24.
Frequent-Print-918@reddit
Retired from military. Let grow for 2 years before I even got it trimmed. Still rocking it fairly long for 11 years
drumbo10@reddit
56 M. yeah letting the locks fly during the cold seasons then shorten it up in the summers.
ggibby@reddit
I didn't realize what people thought until I cut it, and the volume of compliments afterward solidified my decision to never let it go again.
whistlepig4life@reddit
I had long hair as a teen. At 17 joined the army. My hair has never touched my ears since.
CheckeredVansGenxGuy@reddit
Grew mine post COVID and kept it until last year. Your body, your choice.
Tralfaz1138@reddit
Grew mine long in my 30's, more or less down to my waist. Then it became a hassle so I kept it short for a while. Decided to grow it long again later on, but by then I had the David Crosby look with losing hair on the top so now I just keep it short.
PitoChueco@reddit
Mop top here. Think Mike Brady in the last few seasons.
rock0head132@reddit
I wish I have none now grew it out until i lost most of the top
MessageOk2410@reddit
Long hair on guys is so seldom seen anymore, but I love it. (Female, 55 🤘🏻)
Smile_Terrible@reddit
The question is, do you like it?
Knight_thrasher@reddit
I don’t go for regular hair cuts maybe twice a year so it’s a Dramatic change when I go
ExistentialPenguin70@reddit
Joined the military at 18 and kept a military cut until last year at age 54. Got some maintenance trims but I’m currently what I would think is medium length hair. Still, it’s the longest I’ve ever had it and I’m still trying to figure out what to do with it. Sometimes I think about cutting it, but I don’t. I didn’t know I had wavy hair. It’s still thick so I’ll continue growing it and see what happens.
Dreaming_of_Rlyeh@reddit
I do in cycles. I’ll give myself a buzz cut, then grow it all out over about 6 months, and then shave it all off again when I get sick of it, so the cycle continues haha
phalanxausage@reddit
52 & still have nearly ass length hair with very little gray. Started growing it out in my late twenties because the men on my mom's side of the family all went bald in their mid-thirties. Thought I should grow it out while I had the chance. Somehow I lucked out. Now I don't know what the hell I would do with it if I cut it short. Long is easy, but honestly, I'm just happy I have hair at all.
huck500@reddit
I've had long hair for 20 years. It's still dark blonde and thick, but my beard is white now. If it started disappearing, I think I'd cut it, but I like having it long, and my wife likes it, too.
rrrrrrez@reddit
As a bald guy who used to have long hair, I remember wondering if people had a problem with it (before I started going bald). I also remember the crisis all r/bald guys go through before getting rid of it; you need validation.
Never forget that validation can come from others or yourself, no matter what you decide.
DjQuamme@reddit
I was clean shaven, high and tight haircut my entire adult life. During COVID I quit doing anything with either. And I haven't started back up yet. My beard is awful. Thin, straggley, it gets maybe 6-8 inches long before it just breaks off. Hair is halfway down my back, but hasn't gotten any longer in the last few years so I guess that's it's natural breaking point. Most of my friends and family call me the homeless looking guy now. It seems to be a good deterrence to strangers just randomly wanting to talk to me as I get left alone more often than not. I personally hate it. Pain in the ass having to take care of it. Always getting caught in jacket zippers, annoying when it's hot out, annoying when sleeping, just always in the way. But my wife likes it so I haven't cut it. When I retire next year, I want to find a stylist who can do something with it and hope to find a compromise between looking homeless and looking like an asshole cop.
Psycosteve10mm@reddit
The longest my hair ever got was shoulder-length, like Brandon Lee from The Crow. Every couple of months, I just buzz it off because I do not want to deal with it.
MrsQute@reddit
My husband gets it cut when it starts bugging him or he feels like he needs to be more polished. He got it cut 2+ years ago for my oldest's wedding and hasn't cut it again since.
Same reason he grew out a beard. Less maintenance. He takes good care of his beard and I prefer it to scratchy stubble
He's vacillated between long hair and short hair the whole 35 years I've known him..
LayerNo3634@reddit
Honestly, most men - especially in their 50's and older can't pull off longer hair.
Das_Rote_Han@reddit
I'd grow my hair longer between job interviews. Until a few years ago somebody noted I looked like a q-tip since my hair went grey. They were right and back to short hair!
Vast_Needleworker_32@reddit
About 10 years ago I saw a 40ish punk at the gas station with a Mohawk that was interrupted halfway back by a bald spot. I sometimes think about him and wonder if and when he ever gave it up.
According to Facebook, all of the guys I knew who had long hair back in the day have cut it short.
chopprjock@reddit
I retired from the military in 2011 but kept the haircut until a couple of years ago. I decided to grow it out and I love it (so does the wife). Not going back until I start thinning too much.
Celtic159@reddit
Mullet when I was a teen. Almost 60 now and I still have all my hair and it's still mostly not gray. I wear it longer than most men my age. Were it not for my job, I could easily grow it out like Kurt Russell's magnificent plumage.
HighBiased@reddit
Nice. I've got Kurt Russell hair too at 54.
soonerpgh@reddit
I've thought about it a few times and given it an attempt more than once. I can't stand the tickle on my ears and end up cutting it off before it gets long enough to be past the ears.
HighBiased@reddit
54M here and I've been going back and forth from long to short to long now, since highschool. I'm a musician. But my wife likes the short so I'm about to get a faux hawk for the first time. Kinda excited about it. I like the long cuz I got good hair. But it gets annoying in my eyes and really don't want to put it in a ponytail or manbun all the time to get it out of my face. So short cut here we come again!
xjeanie@reddit
My husband has had long hair the majority of his life. He cut it only once since 1988 that I remember and that was to carry his grandmother’s casket. His is almost waist length now. Very few grays. His beard however is almost all gray. I still love his hair.
UFO-Band-Fanatic@reddit
My ex-husband (just turned 56) had hair down to his waist—still does.
One_Laugh3051@reddit
I had long hair when I was young. When I was about 30, someone took a picture of me; when I saw it, I knew it was over.
There is a time for most men, and not at all the same time, when it’s time to get it cut. I knew a 60 yo guy who pulled it off, but I have known many more 35 yo men who didn’t.
defiantnoodle@reddit
59, is this long? It doesn't grow any longer now. Haven't had a haircut since 2016.
It used to grow down my back, but no more
marugirl@reddit
Female here, Ive had 5 serious relationships over the years. 4 of them had long hair and I loved it. Love long hair on most guys.
Hungry_Investment_41@reddit
I turned sixty this year and have had my hair cut three times in seven or eight years without dye . I donate it to ‘ locks of love ‘ my hair grows fast . When I was working it wasn’t appropriate to my bottom line. Now I’m simply cheap and have good head of hair and it may help someone.
JerzyBalowski@reddit
Grew mine back during Covid. I think it bums people out because I have a full head of hair still at 53.
La_Mano_Cornuta@reddit
Had hair down to my shoulders about 3 years ago. Can still grow hair but decided to buy a head shaver and now completely shaved down to skin. No muss, no fuss. That and quality hair cuts are getting expensive.
Ok-Somewhere-2325@reddit
I didnt start growing my hair out tell after I was in the army , now that's im retired , I look like a hippy Vikings and you would never guess i was in.
kidmeatball@reddit
I get a haircut every few years. Cut it all off, right to the scalp then forget about it for a while. It's past my shoulders right now. Maybe I'll cut it next year.
cdlauro@reddit
I grew mine out during COVID and jsut kept it. It probably suited my personality and temperament more. Since I'm a college professor and live in Colorado, it feels in keeping with my job - almost comically so - so I have kept it for now.
My wife and kids still love it, but it's a lot of upkeep if others don't. Maybe you can improve its look; ask around for tips at r/malegroomingadvice ?
Fluid-Engine3578@reddit
I've grown mine out (down to my shoulders) a couple of times and then chopped it all off. Last time I cut it was 2023. I'm currently in the process of growing it out again. I like having long hair.
Tony-the-teacher@reddit
Timely-Tourist4109@reddit
Former male count too?
Red_Beard_Of_Fury@reddit
Of course!
SadSongsMakeMeGlad@reddit
Yes, I’ve worn mine long since I was 40 actually, almost 50 and thinking of switching it up. I think it depends on the person
Pristine_Poetry1340@reddit
had long hair most of my life keep it now mostly to flex on my bald buddies
MaximumJones@reddit
What is this "hair" you speak of?