#955

Tracking the hair growth of my hair through the years........

(Please pardon how ugly I looked back then... The horror of looking at past year photos!)

This was back in November 2009, the last time I cut my hair (till last Saturday).

The hairdresser cut my hair till it was SO thin and I almost burst out in tears when I felt that more than half the hair on my head was gone and on the floor.

But yes, this was my horrible thin "ah-lian" hair back when I was in year 1 of JC!

And this photo was taken in November 2010, a year later....

My hair was noticeably longer, but still horribly thin! 

In November 2011....

Suddenly so crazy long! I think it must have had a growth spurt during the past year and just decided to grow like super fact. 

I loved the fact that it was long but hated the fact that the thickness was so horribly uneven with the top of my head being quite thick and the bottom half so terribly thin.

And in November 2012....

I think that was about the time my hair stopped growing noticeably.

It's still growing, but so much slower! Once again, all the same problems as mentioned above.

And this is my hair now.

(Literally, this photo was taken like 10 minutes ago?)

Excuse my ugly sleep wear, but it's too comfy to pass up!

And also, you can see my brother in the picture haha.

But oh lordy, do you see my lovely violet red hair?? SO PRETTY :D

Even though it isn't a good comparison with the previous few photos, because they were all with my hair swept in front and this is a picture of the back but you get my drift, my hair is still long even though I chopped off a good 2-3" off on Saturday.

My point of this post, isn't to show you my horrible past photos, or all my horrible hair styles of past years, but it's to start a topic which is honestly quite a pet peeve of mine! I'm sure all of you have guessed it, it's about my hair length.

I have SO MANY people coming up to me and preaching to me about how I should cut my hair, that I shouldn't let it grow so long, it is WAY too long and whatnot and it gets on my nerves!!

I don't tell you to keep your hair longer, or ask you to change your hairstyle, so why are you preaching to me about the length of my hair?!

My close friends and people who really understand my obsession with long hair do ask me to cut my hair from time to time. But they don't do that in a preachy way, or ask me to cut it short. They just advise me to trim my hair to get rid of the spilt ends and to shape it. They're the people I don't mind.

But then there are the people who come tell me that my hair is too long, and the implication they give is that my hair is UGLY because it is so long. 

I honestly don't think so?

I can understand the practical reasons why long hair isn't good. With Singapore's climate, it is understandably why having long hair isn't practical due to the heat and humidity. Also, long hair is a hassle when it comes to washing and drying it. But since I'm ok with all the above, why is it a problem to YOU?!

Just because my hair is longer than other people's hair, does it mean that I have to conform to the norm and confine my hair length to the bra-line? So many people have shoulder length to bra-line hair these days and it's the NORM. I want to stand out with my naturally long hair! Why can't I do so?

I'll admit that there are times when I'm so tempted to cut my hair off and curl it inwards, something like this:

Isn't it just gorgeous? 

But I always refrain from doing so because it will be a hassle to curl my hair everyday, plus, if I do cut it that short, the ends will probably be plagued with curls in different directions which will look horrid!

And I just can't bear to cut my hair, that's why it took me 3 years to muster up the courage to even trim it a little! 

I'm rambling.

But the main point of this post is, PLEASE, don't nag at me to cut my hair. I like it the way it is and as a kid, I LOVE long hair, the longer the better!

Pocahontas used to be my idol because of her gorgeous long hair.

Obviously, I won't let my hair be THAT long, that's too crazy, but I just want my hair to be at my butt length I guess? What's wrong with that?

Just stop telling me to cut my hair because there's only so many times you can tell me that before I flare up and just tell you off. There's a limit to my patience.