It’s been about 11 months since my last haircut (usually have the generic white guy undercut fade with longish hair on top).

I have thick, wavy hair that grows heavy and outward, instead of long and downward. I also get these random kinks and curls throughout, and it just doesn’t look good in my opinion. Some days I think it looks cute, but most days I’m starting to feel like Ted Kacynzski.

I wash it 2-3 times a week and condition 1-2 times a week, then just towel dry it and throw a beanie on.

Do you have any advice?

  • MonteCristo [he/him,any]
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    4 years ago

    From the sounds of it we have very similar hair. When I had my hair long I just shaved the sides and back and tied the rest.

    I got sick of that so now I just have my wife shave my head near bald once a year or so. I get her to shave the sides and back fairly short a few months after that and it usually fills in nicely. When it gets too long I just shave it all again.

    Years ago I had long (shoulder length) hair but it wasn’t really manageable without having to do stuff to it every day or braid it or whatever. My hair is just too thick and wavy. So I guess my point is if you want to be lazy just try a medium length style, although that’s going to involve infrequent trims.

    • ThisMachinePostsHog [they/them, he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Thanks for the warning and suggestions, haha. My thought process is I've let it grow out for so long and kind of like it, so I want to give having shoulder-length hair a try again until I get sick of it. I do miss dating a girl who was a professional hair stylist, because now I have to figure all this shit out on my own lmao. It's cool you got your wife to take care of that stuff for you!