Waistlength -ers

[Lebiya]

Along your journey did you get stuck for long period at certain lengths?

(by stuck I mean YEARS at certain lengths…ex 2 yrs at APL, 3 yrs at BSL etc, almost as if your hair stopped growing)

Also did you always have long hair?

What was your longest length before waistlength?

What is your monthly growth rate?

 

[Prettymetty]

Great thread. I wonder about length stalls also...

 

[Dee Raven]

Hey Lebiya, that wasn't and hasn't been my experience. I've had a really bad setback where I ended up cutting a lot (~10 inches) of my hair off but my hair growth is constant, about 1/2 inch per month. What does change, that can affect perception of growth, is the distance between markers. For shorter hair, there are a ton of markers within inches of each other EL to CL to NL to SL. They are all within an 1.5 - 2 inches from each other, so every few months you get confirmation of your hair growth. Check, check, check, Ya it's growing!! But from SL to APL is closer to 4 inches (this varies per body shape). On me (and I'm 5' 1") WL - HL and HL to TBL are each 4 inches apart. For me, assuming I don't have to trim, that would be 3/4 of a year, and more realistically a year to see progress. And because your hair is literally behind you all the time because your hair falls behind your shoulders is doesn't seem like it's growing.

I've been feeling stalled recently with my hair and that is why I'm going back to literally measuring my hair monthly and being more meticulous with my photo documenting because the longer the hair gets the less it looks like it is growing.

The longest my hair was before LHCF was BSL, though usually it was between SL and APL.

 

[MileHighDiva]

@Dee Raven
Excellent explanation!

 

[SmilingElephant]

I always...ALWAYS stall at MBL. For some reason I stall for 2 yrs.

I've always had long hair...in real life perception of long hair...my hair has always been at least APL. The longest it was before LHCF was BSL.

This is my 2nd time growing to waist and I'm actually a little bit past it.

 

[overtherainbow]

I've been feeling stalled recently with my hair and that is why I'm going back to literally measuring my hair monthly and being more meticulous with my photo documenting because the longer the hair gets the less it looks like it is growing.

You just described my struggles right now. As soon as I hit MBL, I can't tell what's going on back there. I know it's growing because I can do more styles, but I can't see my progress. I keep forgetting to ask my fiance to take pics of my hair growth!

 

[Subscribe]

Your hair is still growing if your "stalling' at a certain length. Your retention is what has really stalled.

 

[SmilingElephant]

Your hair is still growing if your "stalling' at a certain length. Your retention is what has really stalled.

Yes I finally figured that out. At first it was bc I was only doing my hair weekly and then after going 6 months doing my hair every 3 days but detangling with a paddle brush gave me a setback.

Idk why I stalled when I was relaxed. But eventually I got past MBL, made it to WL and then transitioned to Natural and big chopped.

But it's always at MBL. I zoom past all the other lengths but that one.

 

[Joigirl]

Thus far my my hair hasn't stalled. I reached waist length at about the 3.5 year mark (I'm short). I am going to keep going because it hasn't reach my goal of APL in its curly state. For me it seemed to take forever to get to APL stretched, but MBL and WL occurred really fast. I think doing my hair myself has been the best course for my hair. Beauticians always want to cut your hair to an even length and I actually like my layers since I wear it curly 99% of the time.

My hair was MBL before my first relaxer and it never grew to that length again until I went back natural. My hair grows almost exact 1/2 inch per month.