FabSwingers.com forum: My hair is currently in that inbetween stage

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I have had long hair a few times in my life. And I’m growing it again. Just such a long process. And I’m struggling feeling attractive right now between haircuts. Anyway

Men, how do you survive long periods between haircuts? What do you do to get by

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

Best thread evah.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Best thread evah. "

Estella

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By *obilebottomMan
over a year ago

All over

Brylcreem

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

"Best thread evah.

Estella

Do they perchance write endless threads whilst awaiting hair growth?

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By *ischiefManaged69Couple
over a year ago

Preston

Cut my hair!

I grew mine out into last year, back to Chin length and loved it! Only really cut it for work

If you've got a pic of what it looked.like when you liked it, stick it on the fridge and remind yourself it's worth the wait!

And get used to brushing it back for the next 6 months!

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By *ee04Man
over a year ago

Essex

Barbers every 3 to 4 weeks

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By *olinOfBathMan
over a year ago

Corsham

Stop it, I'm getting nostalgic...

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Best thread evah.

Estella

Do they perchance write endless threads whilst awaiting hair growth?

When it’s long enough to do protective styles I’ll still be doing threads

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

"Best thread evah.

Estella

Do they perchance write endless threads whilst awaiting hair growth?

When it’s long enough to do protective styles I’ll still be doing threads

Heaven help us.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Best thread evah.

Estella

Do they perchance write endless threads whilst awaiting hair growth?

When it’s long enough to do protective styles I’ll still be doing threads

Heaven help us.

FINE. I’m out

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

"Best thread evah.

Estella

Do they perchance write endless threads whilst awaiting hair growth?

When it’s long enough to do protective styles I’ll still be doing threads

Heaven help us.

FINE. I’m out"

Come visit me!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Best thread evah.

Estella

Do they perchance write endless threads whilst awaiting hair growth?

When it’s long enough to do protective styles I’ll still be doing threads

Heaven help us.

FINE. I’m out

Come visit me!"

Ask me seriously

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

I hear ya, Pickle. To be honest, I think I'm going to crack and get it cut. That's how I'll cope.

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

"Best thread evah.

Estella

Do they perchance write endless threads whilst awaiting hair growth?

When it’s long enough to do protective styles I’ll still be doing threads

Heaven help us.

FINE. I’m out

Come visit me!

Ask me seriously

Ahem, wouldst thou visiteth myself?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I hear ya, Pickle. To be honest, I think I'm going to crack and get it cut. That's how I'll cope."
I always do also. But I’m holding on. I know by the end of summer I’ll be nearly there

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have this problem with the pubes.

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By *ruceyyMan
over a year ago

London

"I have had long hair a few times in my life. And I’m growing it again. Just such a long process. And I’m struggling feeling attractive right now between haircuts. Anyway

Men, how do you survive long periods between haircuts? What do you do to get by"

By doing what I always do.

Wanking and crying.

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By *ee04Man
over a year ago

Essex

"I have this problem with the pubes. "

I do every 6 weeks before a waxing

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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago

Derry

"I have had long hair a few times in my life. And I’m growing it again. Just such a long process. And I’m struggling feeling attractive right now between haircuts. Anyway

Men, how do you survive long periods between haircuts? What do you do to get by

By doing what I always do.

Wanking and crying."

The combined act is known as a crank.

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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago

west midlands

"I have had long hair a few times in my life. And I’m growing it again. Just such a long process. And I’m struggling feeling attractive right now between haircuts. Anyway

Men, how do you survive long periods between haircuts? What do you do to get by

By doing what I always do.

Wanking and crying.

The combined act is known as a crank."

Everyday is a learning day on fab!

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

"I hear ya, Pickle. To be honest, I think I'm going to crack and get it cut. That's how I'll cope. I always do also. But I’m holding on. I know by the end of summer I’ll be nearly there"

Remind me to show my lockdown hair sometime; I was like Lion-o (80s cultural reference - look it up!). I'll go back there one day as I really liked it, and hopefully before the next global pandemic.

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By *ruceyyMan
over a year ago

London

"I have had long hair a few times in my life. And I’m growing it again. Just such a long process. And I’m struggling feeling attractive right now between haircuts. Anyway

Men, how do you survive long periods between haircuts? What do you do to get by

By doing what I always do.

Wanking and crying.

The combined act is known as a crank."

I know, I just do them separately

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By *ife NinjaMan
over a year ago

Dunfermline

Every two weeks, for what's left of it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Persevere! Husbands hair is longer than mine. It took some awful stages to get to where it is now but he is hottttttt now with long hair. *drools all over myself*

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wear a cap and avoid all social gatherings.

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By *mf123Man
over a year ago

with one foot out the door

I always wanted hair like brian may but i kept getting bored of waiting for it to grow and shaved itoff

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

The in between stage is the worst.

I'm not a man, but I've had a pixie cut in the past.

I just grinned and bore it.

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By *ig1gaz1Man
over a year ago

bradford

My hair is the longest its ever been.

Enough so its inbetween my collar bone level and armpit level/shoulder blade length.

If i let it grow this year it will be armpit/shoulder length

It can be pony tailed or plaited up

I will admit ive had a few strands of hair in the mouth when eating and drinking.

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By *ildGroverMan
over a year ago

rathfarnham

"I have had long hair a few times in my life. And I’m growing it again. Just such a long process. And I’m struggling feeling attractive right now between haircuts. Anyway

Men, how do you survive long periods between haircuts? What do you do to get by"

I’ve never had a period.

Let alone a long period

Let alone a long period between haircuts

So I am sorry that I cannot be of assistance

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By *uckmonkeyMan
over a year ago

devon

I go cold turkey……but seeing as I cut it every 2 weeks I somehow manage

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've had the same haircut for the last 40 years and now do it myself. If I let it grow, it will take over the World.

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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago

Derry

I got the gandalf thing going.

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By *ackDorianMan
over a year ago

ashford

"Barbers every 3 to 4 weeks"

Everything 3 to 4 weeks…? Surely it’s just getting shorter every time haha

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By *annythatguyMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

"I have had long hair a few times in my life. And I’m growing it again. Just such a long process. And I’m struggling feeling attractive right now between haircuts. Anyway

Men, how do you survive long periods between haircuts? What do you do to get by"

I've got a few tips.

Firstly it'll depend on how long you want your hair to be.

But if you’re trying to grow it out and fast the best way to do it is protective hairs styles. I would suggest to get cornrows as they are close to your scalp they increase blood flow which is critical when growing hair. Well depending on how long your hair is I would say 8 cornrows to start off with then reduce the number to like 6 as your hair grows longer. Obviously since your hair isn’t that long I would say not to worry too much about the length at the back (hang time) but just trust the process.

I would say to keep them in for 3 close to 4 weeks at a time to have the best results. Drink lots of water and use essential oils if you need you can take supplements like biotin they help with hair growth. As your hair gets to your desired length you can now branch off into your more favoured styles.

I hope this helps x

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I have had long hair a few times in my life. And I’m growing it again. Just such a long process. And I’m struggling feeling attractive right now between haircuts. Anyway

Men, how do you survive long periods between haircuts? What do you do to get by

I've got a few tips.

Firstly it'll depend on how long you want your hair to be.

I hope this helps x"

This is great stuff.

I had my hair long only about 2 years ago so I am good for managing as soon as I can get protective styles in. And I can do a few myself which is nice.

I have been using castor oil which works a treat. And shape ups and keeping my beard quite low so I don’t look too terrible. It’s a process but I get impatient a lot. Hence why I’ve not grown it again in two years.

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By *awk90Man
over a year ago

Amsterdam

I find a good conditioner (not necessarily an expensive one, mind, some of the ones that suit me best were cheap) is a big help in keeping things looking tidy

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By *inger_SnapWoman
over a year ago

Hampshire/Dorset

Wear a hat... I had to grow mine out from a very short cut once, it's painful!

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By *enrietteandSamCouple
over a year ago

Staffordshire

I’ve had a few hairstyles over the years (massive understatement) and have grown it over shoulder length twice.

The last time was easy… lockdown.

Caps are good. I was also a big fan of wearing Alice bands but that does definitely require a thick skin if you have friends like mine.

Whenever I get nostalgic about my long hair these days I remember what a fucking massive ball ache it is to look after and how bloody hot it can be in the summer.

Long hair is effort… fair play to all the long haired types

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

I’ve skinned mine for 20+ years, there have been times when I’ve thought/ tried to grow it, but I get a month in and start looking homeless or like action man ( 80’s/90’s to be specific ) so it just comes off.

The mr

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"I find a good conditioner (not necessarily an expensive one, mind, some of the ones that suit me best were cheap) is a big help in keeping things looking tidy"

For sure.

I don't know how well it'll apply to the OP (or at least the products he'll use are different) but maintaining good condition in mine has looked like oil on the ends (2-3 drops of argan oil rubbed on hands and distributed - but I have wavy fine hair, argan probably isn't rich enough) and leave in conditioner on mid lengths (remnants on top of the ends) immediately after I wash my hair. And some sort of slip product (argan oil, detangling product) for when I brush my hair out.

(Plus protective styles, but he's said that and mine will look very different to his - lazy white girl protective style is a loose bun

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

I'm not a man but I decided to go super short 6yrs ago, for convenience, and I've kept it that way. I had two "styles" when short but I like and suit this one best. It does mean going to the hairdressers every 4-5wks instead of 6-8wks though, because as soon as it gets to a certain length (like now), the fringe bit flops forward and the bit around my ears looks stupid.

Our son went from super long with undercut to skinhead to now having the fashionable fade back and sides and curly/messy on top with floppy fringe. He used hats to get through the various odd moments.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can generally get away with leaving it over a month between haircuts before it becomes and unmanageable bird's nest, the problem I ave is when they cut it way too short and I have to wait a couple of weeks for it to grow back to a decent length... A period I'm currently in

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

Wear a hat.

I have grown my hair long multiple times... wear a hat

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By *asterR and slut mayaMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Mines also in change phase

Just it stays until I snuff it I like my hair

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