Hi Nova! To answer your question, in my younger years I always had long hair and then from 14- 19 I couldn't get enough of chopping off my hair. Well in March of 98 I put the scissors down, at that time it was in a shaved hair style with a bob on top. ( Imagine that) Well that was 5 years ago and my hair should be much longer but last year I just starting really taking better care of my hair (frequent washes, deep conditioning, etc) and then this year I found this site and stopped trimming (cutting) my hair every month. That is very important too because I am retaining so much more length from just doing spot trims and not CUTS. I think Supergirl mentioned this too if I am not mistaken.
Well happy growing!!!!!