Short Hair

Had short hair since about 11. I have RA and find it difficult as shoulders are bad so glad I haven’t got long hair.

I had long hair when I was younger but now have it short and choppy. My hairdresser is top notch when it comes to styling and what suits me. I've tried different colours too - but my natural colour is two toned [or more!] so it's not really necessary. Like my mum I'm not grey which is a bonus for me

I would love to be able to have a bob but my hair is so thin that short is the only way it can be handled. I know I would look much better with jaw length hair. My hair has now gone so thin, plus it has receded, that I am thinking I will get a jaw length wig.

Always had shoulder length hair then changed it a few times as I got older I stopped my usual curly perm when I had the insight to grow it out feeling it had had its day! Now nice short bob and easy to manage just colour my hair myself and quite happy with it. I did recently see a lady with long grey hair in a pony tail and it looked awful she had good features and would if benefitted with it being coloured and chopped but nothing to do with me!,

I am 66 and my hair is still thick and dark (although just a few grey hairs are there now). I have my hair short as it is easier, I am always out in the countryside in all weathers and wearing hats, I am thinking of growing it a little longer, but will wear it up as I too don't like long hair on older ladies if it is left loose, I am a bit fed up with short hair now. I used to have long hair.

Me too varian! If only I had the right face for a pixie 'do' - and a longer neck would help too. Our mums all seemed to have the standard 'shampoo and set' hairstyle - at least we can choose!

I sometimes wish I was very slim and pretty with a beautiful profile and well defined jaw line because I'd have short hair which would be quicker to dry, but since I'm not and never have been, I know that I need a bit more hair just to look OK.

I had long thick auburn hair in my teens and twenties and since then have modified the colour to slightly lighter and slightly mousier and kept to between chin length and just above shoulder length. OH thinks longer hair is more feminine and I think I need all the help I can get.

I'm growing my hair at the moment, will stop when it is about bra strap length. It is still quite thick and even more so with the careful layering my hairdresser puts in. I seldom see a very short hair cut that looks spot on. Quite often the back of the hair sticks away from the neck, and the problem with roots is more apparent. On the occasions in the past when I've had short hair it has taken a lot of maintenance and I had to wear full make up to look OK, as my natural colour is pale brown and my skin is also very pale.

Long or short, at least we don't have to have a 'shampoo and set' any more. Remember that? Shampoo, rollers in, hair net on, sit under dryer for half an hour. Some things are much better in the modern day.

Mine's shoulder length, thick and curly. I just wash & go! Only ever had short hair twice. Once when I was 12 and once when I was 17. It's just not me. However I appreciate that some people look better with it short.

Mine's dark brown so I can't be in your class!!

Every single woman at my keep fit class has short grey hair and most wear glasses too,

I have difficulty telling them apart as I have a sort of face blindness, They all look the same to me,

My hair is wavy and shoulder length, has streaks of grey but doesnt look witchy

NotTooOld I found one in last year's advent calendar (M&S which is good
However, if I go out in the damp I still look like Worzel Gummidge!

My hair is white and a bit curly. I have always kept it short, even as a teenager as all I have to do is wash it and just give it a quick dry and it looks lovely. If I leave it to grow longer I look like Brian May from Queen with this man of unruly hair growing down and outwards.

Mine is brown and shoulder length with a fringe. Three months ago I allowed the hairdresser to cut a low layer in it and now it is a complete pain so I am growing it back to one length. I have had my hair short many times but find it is less trouble when it is down to my shoulders. My hair is thick so I can't wear it up much or even tied back as it gives me a headache. Callistemon - you can buy straightening cream to put on after you wash your hair and before you dry it. Frizease do one as well as others.

Mine is wavy and I want it straight!
Would it work in reverse, Hetty?

Mine is just below jaw length. I kept it long until my mid thirties then had it cut. If it was any shorter I would look very severe. Also I have frontal fibrosing alopecia so my hairdresser is, at the moment, able to cut my fringe to disguise it. I look hideous when it is wet and combed back.

I love short hair.

Mines not short through choice - it's very thin, fine and ratty in its natural state so highlights and gunk for me every day.

I have had very short hair for many years and can blow dry and ‘mess up’ with wax in less than five minutes. I like to play with colour - currently blonde with coral highlights, but that can change monthly when I have a trim!! Agree a good cutter is essential to maintain stylish short hair.

I've only recently discovered that a little texturising spray helps hair keep it's waves when styled. That's after 50 odd years of curling it and finding it dead straight in a few hours!

I have never had short hair, mine is just shoulder length, layered, with a fringe.
I visit the hairdresser every 6 weeks for a trim and blonde streaks.
I always wear it down and when I wash it, I only need to quickly blow dry and this lasts a couple of days.
No trouble at all.

Short hair always has to be styled. Every morning!

No it doesn't. I have dead straight short hair, no parting. I just run a comb through it and I am done Takes less than a minute.

I have short, very thick, wavy hair. 80% still brown, 20% grey. I go to my lovely hairdresser about every six weeks and he knows exactly how to cut my hair to keep it looking good. I wash it every 3/4 days and cannot stand any kind of hair product in it.
I used to have long hair when I was young but I think long thin hair on older people is not a good look.

Short hair always has to be styled. Every morning!

On long hair a blow dry will hold for 2 or 3 days so its a quick brush and out the door

There is a hangover from the past when it was not respectable for women over a certain age to wear long hair down.

Some people do it because hair looks thinner when its long and flat and short gives the illusion of thickness.

I hate having short hair its too much work. I say "never again" each time I try it but now and then I forget what a pain it was and try it for a "change"