How Do You Measure Your Hair

[KhandiB]

Inches wise..

From the Crown,
From the Front (forehead)
or
From your Shoulders?

 

[Aalize]

From roots to ends.

 

[jaded_faerie]

from my forehead, i feel as though thats the most accurate way to measure.

 

[Curlee_lurker]

This is the one thing, as a lurker, that confuses me the most.

I used to measure from root to tip before I got layers cut in. I'd see people with measurements the same as mine with APL and my hair is midback when stretched.

I thought I was some freak of nature or something.

 

[Phoenix]

I have been measuring using one of those hair measurement t-shirts. But, I've lost weight recently which changed the fit of my t-shirt and messed up my measurements. Actually, I don't think that was the best way to measure anyway, 'cause the shirt would always be positioned differently and I could never get a consistent measurement.

I think from now on I'll measure from my forehead (starting at my hairline). That seems like the most reliable way to measure.

 

[simplycee]

I measure from hairline to ends. I do it this way cause I know my hair line is the exact same starting point every time.

 

[RabiaElaine]

I measure from hairline to ends. I do it this way cause I know my hair line is the exact same starting point every time.

This is the same way I measure too. I measure from the middle of my hair line (where my widow's peak is) to the ends of my hair in the back. I do this with my hair combed back.

 

[sweetcashew]

I measure from hair line to ends also.

 

[EMJazzy]

I measure from root to tip which is why I have different measurements depending on what section of my head I'm measuring....

 

[beyondcute]

Hair measurements suck... Ive seen armpit on some people and think to myslef ist that collar bone? Or bra strap on some people and say isnt that midback?! I like the inches measurments better... I measure from forehead back.

 

[LovelyZ]

This is the one thing, as a lurker, that confuses me the most.

I used to measure from root to tip before I got layers cut in. I'd see people with measurements the same as mine with APL and my hair is midback when stretched.

I thought I was some freak of nature or something.

Couldn't this also be due to the difference in people's heights? Example, I am about 5' 2" so for me to reach bra strap does not take as much hair length in inches as it would for someone with a longer torso.

 

[Sweet_Ambrosia]

I measure from hairline to ends, its the most accurate way to measure IMO.

 

[comike]

I think the best way to measure is from forehead (hairline) back. Unless of course you have a big head, you may actually need to have more length than someone with a smaller head to reach APL or BSL. I wouldn't think that the length of your torso would have anything to do with it.