Short Hair

I've had my hair short for the best part of 30 years. I do the same with mine Nanna but have to say when my hairdresser messes it up wax it looks really good, when I do it, it just looks a mess.

I`m about to have mine cut short ish..
It`s just easier to manage and I do think long hair on some of the older ladies make them look a little older.

I'm lucky that my hair is stiĺl thick and dark with a sheen of silver. I always had dead straight hair - until the menopause, and the it developed a gentle wave. My lovely (Polish) hairdresser cuts it into a layered bob just below jaw line and I wash it and leave it to dry. The first time in my life I've actually been happy with the way it looks!

I absolutely hate going to the hairdresser (or having the hairdresser here) so mine's long. It used to be shoulder length but I got fed up with styling it. Now I mostly tie it back and just go to have it trimmed (not washed, etc.) once a year.

Yes, I've seen that 'disappointed' look when somebody walks by, obviously having admired my long blonde hair from behind - it's hilarious!

What NanaPlenty said. Mine is very short and takes years off me (okay, not that many but it certainly makes me feel better?)! It’s naturally curly and once it starts to grow it develops a life of its own and curly bits ping off in all directions, so we show it the shears!

My hair is very thick and wavy, currently it's collar bone length which I find perfect for me.
I can wear it up or down!
It was shorter and I actually found that more time consuming to look 'tidy'.

I let my colour grow out last year. It’s a lovely white/grey. I wear it very short because that’s how I like it - it makes me look and feel years younger than when it’s long.

My hair has been short since I was in my late 20s and the length has varied little in that time. So I cannot answer your question.

I have dead straight dark hair and a short sharp edgy cut has always been the style that suits me best. Back in the day, I would have given anything to have beeen able to afford to have had my hair cut by Vidal Sassoon

My hair is very thick; loads of it, and it grows very fast. The longer it grows, the more wiry it gets and is impossible to do anything with. Left to its own devices, it looks like stuffing sticking out of sofa! By keeping it short and layered, it's the only way I can manage it.

I cut my hair when I was young, about 23, and have just always kept it short. It’s a messy pixie, with a longish side fringe. I dry it with my fingers and then rub in wax to mess it up. Still aren’t ready to go grey tho , it’s brown with some chunky toffee coloured highlights. So, although it’s short I still enjoy doing things with it.

I think short hair frames the face, I’m quoting my hairdressers comment here. I totally agree. I’m growing mine just below chin level always have mine choppy with layers but in dif variations be it style or colours

Old people's hair is often thin and thin textured. If this sort of hair is worn long it looks straggly and wispy. If the hair is cut the head shapes the lie of the hair and helps it to not look so straggly and wispy.

Entirely agree about long grey hair, but am even more puzzled by the insistence of the young on having very long Alice in. Wonderland hair. Seems to me very un-woke .

My hair has been very short on and off since my 20's so nothing to do with age. Whatever length it is it's washed every day in the shower. Of course it's so much easier to dry and style when it's short, just towel and some matt clay unlike when it's a long bob and have to blow dry and straighten etc. I have arthritis and struggle to wash my and dry my hair but still do it daily. My hair has never looked witchy as it's very dark brown and although fine I have masses of hair, that's very sleek and shiny and always falls back into place like a good cut should. My hair is shorter than dame judi's and has a style tbh I don't particularly like hers, it suits her but it can look a mess at times.

My own hair is quite long but seeing as it is almost totally grey I am sure that I don’t fall into the 1690 brigade ? I am sure however that on windy days when it’s not tied up it does take on a witchy appearance.

I have had a bob for years and recently let it grow a bit longer so now it flicks up on my shoulders and I love it. I wouldn't have it in this style if my hair was grey but it is medium brown (well that's what it says on the box!).

My hair is thick, curly and grows sideways like Crystal Tips so I try and keep it full round the face but not long. I have it trimmed and coloured once a month.

I have dark brown (no grey!) rather fine hair and I wear it long.

The problem for me with having it short is that it requires a skilled hairdresser to cut it well, as it is so fine and flyaway. As someone else has said, when it was short I would wake in the morning with one side sticking up in the air and it was the devil's own job to get it to go where I wanted it to go.

I am a lazy soul and faffing about with potions to try and make it stay where I wanted it and all the blow-drying etc was definitely not how I wishes to start each day.

I have a fringe; and never wear my long hair loose - I plait it (one or two), tie it in a 50's pony tail, create a scrappy twist up in my head etc. It is so easy and no "products" needed. I can also do my hair without the use of a mirror - I often do this if it starts to fall out. Work of a second and no faff!

I am not good at posh - and smart hairdos are simply not me.

As I have said on this site before my hair is nipple length, and this initiated a discussion as to length of nipples!

To address the OP's point - I do agree that people seem to get to a certain age and cut their hair short as some sort of rite of passage - look folks, I am middle-aged now!! . I too have often wondered why this is.

My hair is long. I like to be able to wear it in different styles for different occasions. At home it's usually just pinned back at the front. For formal occasions I wear it up and try to look elegant.

I've only been to the hairdresser 3 times in my life and have come away disappointed. DH trims it for me now when it gets too long.

I have no desire to have the same hairstyle as my peers - they all look much alike. However, I am thinking that it's time mine was shoulder-length again, just long enough to pin up if I want to but not so long as to be 'witch-like' (thanks, kircubbin !!)

TerriBull...I could have written your post!?

To answer the OP, I think the main reason why some women go for the Judy Dench look is for ease of maintenance.I would rather have the maintenance though than such short hair.
I do agree though, that once past a certain length it can look ‘witchy’.

Dragonfly that's a 1690.
16 from behind 90 in front.

The Judy Dench style suits most older people whereas the longer witchlike styles are ageing. Can't stand the wrapped up or bun styles that religious people wear.

I've always had my hair very short.

I recently decided to grow it as I thought I would be able to do more interesting things with it. I looked like a witch! A trip to my hairdresser a few days ago and it's all gone and I feel so much better.

I always had long hair until my second child was born when I had it cut short. It is naturally wavy and very easy to keep smart. Any minute I am expecting it to drop out after chemo so will see how or if it grows back.

Personally I think it is a disappointment when you see a lovely long head of hair from the back and when it turns round the face is old.

Mine was medium length but then cancer hit. After the chemo it came back very dry and totally unmanageable for a while so I went shorter and kept it that way. On the whole it's easier to manage which I like. I sometimes feel the urge to go even shorter but am not quite brave enough. I don't care what others think of it.