Short hair on older women

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Anonymous wrote:I am 58. My hair is naturally wavy and I still have a lot of it. I straighten it about half the time. Barring a major health issue, I have no plans to cut my hair short enough that I can’t pull it up. Even my hairdresser says short hair would be way more work for me based on my hair type.

I don’t wear it as long as I did in my 20s and 30s but that’s a personal preference, not pressure to follow an unwritten rule about long hair on older women. I keep it around my shoulders or just below these days.

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This describes me too. I almost always wear my hair in a ponytail, so it has to be at least long enough to pull it back. I do think it would be more work if I had shorter hair that couldn't be pulled into a ponytail. It would have to be styled every day and I'm not up for it.

Dp. It is not 'more work' to have short hair! Since when did having less of something take more time?

I don't care what you do with your hair..no judgement but I have short hair and do not style it every day! That is very funny!!

My hair has its own personality with a lot of cowlicks. When long, the weight of the hair keeps it presentable right from when I wake up. Short, some of my hair goes one way, the rest is straight. I use a round brush to get my cowlicks to heel with a hair dryer. So...longer time styling.

See how that works when you don't assume everyone is the same as you.
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In general less of anything is less work. Would you say having a fewer children more work? Or a smaller house? Of course not ( not talking about kids with disabilities)

So excluding you and a few others would you agree that shorter hair is less work than long hair?

This is a really odd thing to be so stubborn about. Why on earth can you not believe what people tell you about their OWN hair? Do you have to be right about everything?

They think they’re right and just can’t accept that they’re not.

I will accept it if you accept the fact that short hair for a good majority is less work. It is for lots of women and men.

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Anonymous wrote:I see a lot of elderly women in Florida with long hair. Believe me it is not a good look. It is stringy and straggly and thinning.

Shoulder length would be a huge improvement on many.

Just stop. Women should be free to do whatever they want.

DP, I am a rando on the internet who has no power. These women are still free to do what they want with their hair. And I am free to express an opinion on a fashion forum on the internet.

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Anonymous wrote:I had short "hipster" hair in my 20s and it was indeed way more work. It is curly so I had to flat iron it daily to get it in the right configuration. Lots of product. Plus expensive trims every 6 weeks or the style didn't look right.
My husband was commenting on how he doesn't like short hair on women and I said "You do remember what my hair looked like when we met, right?" It was 2008. He said "Yeah, but that was the style back then."

Wow, a man prefers long hair on a woman? What an amazing revelation.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do older women get their haircut short when that exposes their necks and necks show age? And is it because their hair gets thin, they think it makes them look better, or they want less hassle of washing it?

Q-tip cut. Looks awful on 99.9%

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I think this woman would definitely look better with shorter hair. The long gray hair isn't doing her any favors.
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Long hair on a lined face has the visual effect of puling the lines downward. While it may look fine if the hair is swept up, Edwardian style, which visually pulls the lines upwards, wearing the hair down doesn't look so great.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do older women get their haircut short when that exposes their necks and necks show age? And is it because their hair gets thin, they think it makes them look better, or they want less hassle of washing it?

Q-tip cut. Looks awful on 99.9%

I'm a middle aged woman with longer hair, but I sweat so much even in the middle of winter that it is tempting to get one of these cuts. Even when I pull my hair back I sweat underneath the bun.