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Mon Dec 10, 2012, 10:27 AM

pipi_k (21,020 posts)

142. What the?????

"Long hair is a sign of depression"????

I don't think hair length is a sign of anything.

More like dirty, unkempt hair. Of any length.

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185 replies	Author	Time	Post
Women with long hair approaching 60? A no-no? [View all]	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	OP
Mistresses of our selves over 60.	antiquie	Dec 2012	#1
It's definitely a "what works for you" thing to me....	Wounded Bear	Dec 2012	#2
Short is nice but	antiquie	Dec 2012	#4
Exactly. Short does not work for me.	love_katz	Dec 2012	#105
Yes, it is easier to take care of long hair!	sammytko	Dec 2012	#107
indeed	Duppers	Dec 2012	#139
I like it long.	In_The_Wind	Dec 2012	#3
59 today with long hair.	MuseRider	Dec 2012	#5
Me, too.	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#7
I see a lot of older women with long hair where I live. I keep mine long to keep it under control.	freshwest	Dec 2012	#100
60 with long hair - it's easier to manage for me	csziggy	Dec 2012	#30
You hair sounds just like mine.	freshwest	Dec 2012	#101
Your hair is just like mine.	MuseRider	Dec 2012	#123
Mine's a little wavy and used to be thick	csziggy	Dec 2012	#129
Ladies, I like long hair, always have	liberal N proud	Dec 2012	#6
As for Katherine Ross you might want to get your eyes check...	whistler162	Dec 2012	#8
Ross is 60 years old in that pic. 2004 (born 1944).	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#17
"didn't age well" = no plastic surgery	WolverineDG	Dec 2012	#9
Not necessarily. Some people age better than others.	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#10
This...	pipi_k	Dec 2012	#64
I'll just copy paste this	mythology	Dec 2012	#13
You don't get it.	OffWithTheirHeads	Dec 2012	#11
Here is the anthem for mature women	csziggy	Dec 2012	#35
I guess that's how the Red Hat Society got started.	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#40
Back in the day women were not allowed to be spontaneous	csziggy	Dec 2012	#65
Wore my slippers	pipi_k	Dec 2012	#68
Now that the spirit! Are they purple?	csziggy	Dec 2012	#113
I like that, thanks.	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#43
I knew that poem years and years ago	dixiegrrrrl	Dec 2012	#60
I was a teenager in the 1960s	csziggy	Dec 2012	#67
When I was barely out of my teens woman	dixiegrrrrl	Dec 2012	#72
Yep, I'm just a few years younger than you	csziggy	Dec 2012	#112
LOLLOLLOL!	love_katz	Dec 2012	#116
Curlers!!! OMG..I had forgotten about curlers and the "rules" about curlers	dixiegrrrrl	Dec 2012	#128
Hahahaha!!! My thoughts	pipi_k	Dec 2012	#66
^This!^	We are Devo	Dec 2012	#147
I'll be honest, I think Hillary Clinton should go back	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#12
+1	Little Star	Dec 2012	#18
In her job she doesn't always have time or access for a salon appointment	Beaverhausen	Dec 2012	#36
I'm unemployed, so I actually do have the time (though I	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#39
You sound just like me!	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#56
Yup--I have thick, coarse, but somewhat-wavy hair. I used to	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#73
Ah...skunk stripe. I've had that when changing color brands, or of course if I'm overdue touchups.	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#85
You just named one of the main reasons that I stay away from salons.	love_katz	Dec 2012	#108
Henna supposedly won't cover gray...the only reason I color my hair.	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#115
Yeah, I think it won't cover all gray hair.	love_katz	Dec 2012	#117
Me, too. But I think the hair has to do with her busy schedule and traveling.	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#42
I agree with you and Beaverhausen, for her it's probably	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#48
no bobs hate them	Lyn	Feb 2014	#182
Welcome to DU	gopiscrap	Feb 2014	#185
I'd never given any thought to this	Generic Brad	Dec 2012	#14
What a generic answer! :) nt	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#44
Didn't look good with long hair when I was 20 - still don't. Age has nothing to do with it. n/t	patricia92243	Dec 2012	#15
I'm 58	susanr516	Dec 2012	#16
I will never have gray hair, as long as there's a bottle of brown dye left in the world.	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#21
I feel the same way about the gray.	Arkansas Granny	Dec 2012	#28
I get my hair cut once a year.	LWolf	Dec 2012	#97
It's up to the owner of the hair	caraher	Dec 2012	#19
we're going to see it because long hair was in when they were young.	treestar	Dec 2012	#20
Oh, dear. That's what I was afraid of. Does it look dated? I'm remembering those old	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#22
It's fun to see those rock stars	treestar	Dec 2012	#83
I think Rod Stewart's hair still looks good. Yes, Jagger's hair is dyed, a little too dark	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#86
Peter Frampton just died??	Pool Hall Ace	Dec 2012	#162
I looked too, including his Wiki page. Nothing there.	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#163
He didn't? I swear I saw heard it/saw it in the news?	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#169
Perhaps you were getting him confused with Robin Gibb?	Pool Hall Ace	Dec 2012	#175
Oh, no...I'm very familiar with Robin Gibb. I love the Bee Gees. I'm guessing I got sucked	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#177
I think there's some truth to that--women born in the 30's and 40's	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#24
I know! I think of my grandmothers and older aunts	treestar	Dec 2012	#84
in other cultures long hair is the norm for women at any age	La Lioness Priyanka	Dec 2012	#23
You make a very good point. And I think they look terrific!	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#46
At what age can women finally do whatever we feel like?	undeterred	Dec 2012	#25
Who said women can't do whatever they want? Of course	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#26
A "no-no"?	undeterred	Dec 2012	#31
In terms of what looks good, not in terms of society shunning you.	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#32
Its all subjective.	undeterred	Dec 2012	#34
Well, sure. There are no hard and fast rules. But there are	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#38
I don't think combovers were ever okay. They were more common, maybe.	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#58
The other term for a combover is "wompage"...	undeterred	Dec 2012	#61
66 years old here and I prefer hair shoulder length.	Arkansas Granny	Dec 2012	#27
That's a good length. I have much longer hair, but will probably go to shoulder length in	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#49
I wore my hair fairly short for many years.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Dec 2012	#29
I'm 60 and wear it long-	LiberalEsto	Dec 2012	#33
Are you channeling me?	csziggy	Dec 2012	#37
We must've all had the same mother! nt	raccoon	Dec 2012	#159
Pixie here, too, when a kid. But then...	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#52
Oh, lord...	pipi_k	Dec 2012	#70
Pin curls and home perms were inflicted on me too.	LiberalEsto	Dec 2012	#96
Summer Blonde...yes	pipi_k	Dec 2012	#104
I considered Spoolies to be instruments of torture	Lydia Leftcoast	Dec 2012	#133
I don't remember Spoolies, but we slept on hair rollers	LiberalEsto	Dec 2012	#143
What a trip down memory lane. I used Dippity Doo, too!	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#172
Ugh. I remember those.	love_katz	Dec 2012	#109
There's no reason why an older woman can't wear her hair long.	Baitball Blogger	Dec 2012	#41
If that's a rule, it's a stupid rule.	MineralMan	Dec 2012	#45
I am 73 years old and have long hair,	RebelOne	Dec 2012	#47
I love that look. Like Kim Novak in Vertigo. Blondes don't have to worry about gray so much.nt	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#54
I wear my long hair up as well..	annabanana	Dec 2012	#75
I'm envious. I'm all thumbs w/my hair and can't seem to wear it up...	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#82
I am fortunate as I was a wig stylist many years ago,	RebelOne	Dec 2012	#166
Ohhhhhhh. That's how you get that full look in teh back. Don't understand the front thing...	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#168
No, try to combine the front long hair into the twist.	RebelOne	Dec 2012	#171
Oh, I get it. I get it. Maybe I'll try that this weekend. nt	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#174
!!!	MiddleFingerMom	Dec 2012	#50
I went with short hair for a while.	LiberalAndProud	Dec 2012	#51
Why not?	ismnotwasm	Dec 2012	#53
"Much less work" than short hair.	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#55
It's weird, isn't it?	kiva	Dec 2012	#57
Exactly	ismnotwasm	Dec 2012	#71
Seriously! Wash. Condition. Dry the roots. Put in my headband. Sooooo much easier than	GreenPartyVoter	Dec 2012	#74
me too. when i had shoulder length hair the sheer amount of time	La Lioness Priyanka	Dec 2012	#80
Exactly!	Lydia Leftcoast	Dec 2012	#134
Oh pooh!!!!	pipi_k	Dec 2012	#59
my mom broke 60 last year and wears her hair to her waist	fizzgig	Dec 2012	#62
Wear your hair in whatever style/color makes you happy.	Lone_Star_Dem	Dec 2012	#63
On all ages, I think long hair looks better if it's thicker -- you'll notice Streisand and	Flaxbee	Dec 2012	#69
I plan to have very long gray braids if I live to be old...	Phentex	Dec 2012	#79
Just what is this "product" that people keep referring to?	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#81
I think it's a generic term	kiva	Dec 2012	#88
That's it!	Phentex	Dec 2012	#106
Middle 50's here	Tallulah	Dec 2012	#76
Back in the olden days, women always had long hair. My granma always wore a braid wrapped around her	sammytko	Dec 2012	#77
fuck that shit, do what you want	Kali	Dec 2012	#78
Yep.	GoCubsGo	Dec 2012	#89
someone told me that too.	astral	Dec 2012	#87
I'm almost 70 years old (gasp) and my hair is long......Here's two pictures:	CaliforniaPeggy	Dec 2012	#90
Long Hair Hippy Freak!!!111!!11	NYC_SKP	Dec 2012	#91
Aw, thank you, my dear NYC_SKP!	CaliforniaPeggy	Dec 2012	#93
CalPeg you are adorable.	love_katz	Dec 2012	#119
Yep. Couldn't have said it better myself.	hifiguy	Dec 2012	#153
Just beautiful CalPeggy!	livetohike	Dec 2012	#151
Aw, thank you, my dear livetohike!	CaliforniaPeggy	Dec 2012	#156
Peggy!!	janx	Dec 2012	#180
Aw, thank you, my dear janx!	CaliforniaPeggy	Dec 2012	#181
Everyone knows where I stand re: long gray hair.	graywarrior	Dec 2012	#92
And you look GREAT with it!	CaliforniaPeggy	Dec 2012	#94
Sure! If long hair suits	frogmarch	Dec 2012	#95
Depends on your face and style -	GoneOffShore	Dec 2012	#98
Fashion police: no-no.	LWolf	Dec 2012	#99
Brava, LWolf.	love_katz	Dec 2012	#114
Here's someone at 60 that proves it's not necessary to try to be what you're not	DFW	Dec 2012	#102
What a handsome couple you are!	frogmarch	Dec 2012	#103
She radiates	DFW	Dec 2012	#140
I turned 58 last week. My hair is long, thick and white. I really, really like it.	nolabear	Dec 2012	#110
You look great, my dear nolabear...	CaliforniaPeggy	Dec 2012	#118
You're sweet. I think it's a poor photoshopping but I got stuck with it.	nolabear	Dec 2012	#125
I love your hair!!! But I don't call that long. I call that medium, shoulder length.	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#121
As I said it'a about 4 in. longer now. But I agree on the bangs. I'd look awful.	nolabear	Dec 2012	#124
I have a full face. I was going to post a pic of my hair,.....	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#126
Maybe. In a lousy world. I don't want to be ashamed of my hair color though.	nolabear	Dec 2012	#130
Mine wouldn't be as much white as yours, though. I have I'm guessing maybe half and half?	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#141
LOL! And I hit the salt-and-pepper stage by 35, as did my father. Do what feels right.	nolabear	Dec 2012	#145
Ever since Emmylou Harris, I've known that white is beautiful n/t	DFW	Dec 2012	#157
LET IT GROW!!!!	Taverner	Dec 2012	#111
Oh, say can you see...	pipi_k	Dec 2012	#127
One of the advantages of being self-employed and rarely seeing my clients	Lydia Leftcoast	Dec 2012	#120
I get my hair cut shoulder-length every two years or so	Blue_In_AK	Dec 2012	#122
Long hair on anyone...	Iggo	Dec 2012	#131
I don't know what I'll do when I get to that age. Longer hair is much	applegrove	Dec 2012	#132
I'm almost 60 and I have the long hair...	WCGreen	Dec 2012	#135
Depression? I don't think so.	CaliforniaPeggy	Dec 2012	#136
Bullshit on that. I've never really liked getting my hair cut.	gkhouston	Dec 2012	#137
This will be my third donation to the Cancer kids for hair....	WCGreen	Dec 2012	#138
What the?????	pipi_k	Dec 2012	#142
It blew me away when the Social Worker brought this all up...	WCGreen	Dec 2012	#144
I HOPE the SW brought it up as a possibility and not a diagnosible certainty.	nolabear	Dec 2012	#146
Yep, same thing	pipi_k	Dec 2012	#154
Long hair is a sure sign of.......	DFW	Dec 2012	#160
My SO is just shy of 60	av8rdave	Dec 2012	#148
How do you get from that picture to "didn't age well"? Katherine Ross looks good there.	Bucky	Dec 2012	#149
Hair can behave very differently depending on the length	MissMillie	Dec 2012	#150
I turned 60 years old this year and my hair is to my waist. I wore my hair in a shag (for those who	livetohike	Dec 2012	#152
My mom's the opposite.	geardaddy	Dec 2012	#155
It can be a tremendous pain in the ass	REP	Dec 2012	#164
I think long hair is almost always more attractive on a woman	aint_no_life_nowhere	Dec 2012	#158
I've thought of wearing my hair long, to save money--not having to pay for perms and cuts.	raccoon	Dec 2012	#161
Old woman here. My hair's long, thick, wavy and due to be cut again for Locks for Love	riderinthestorm	Dec 2012	#165
I love to see original and authentic people	felix_numinous	Dec 2012	#167
Over 60 with long hair also	Digit	Dec 2012	#170
Well, so many of you have responded saying you have long hair...	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#173
Depends on your face shape. Some women get thinner faces with age	mainer	Dec 2012	#176
I like short hair on women of all ages	NewJeffCT	Dec 2012	#178
Great answer, NewJeff!	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#179
Who the fuck cares?	cui bono	Feb 2014	#183
I'm in my 40s and have tried	TBF	Feb 2014	#184

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