Long hair, Short hair which do you prefer

I had this very conversation with a new hairdresser only recently. I used the same person for years out of habit and had the same shoulder length cut time and again, and it was only the salon closing that made me go elsewhere.
She strongly believes that hair should reflect your personality AND your lifestyle but age should determine your colour. I’d agree that once hair fades and greys, your skin tone changes too, and as a result no-one older looks good with dark dyed hair.
Anyway, I’m thrilled with my new slightly shorter that collar length angled bob. And so many people have said how well it suits me.

Short but everyone else prefers longish, but it is just such a fash.
Shortish just now and friends ask me if I am ill, duh.

My hair, over the years has, to use a friend’s expression, “gone up and down like a tart’s drawers”. (Hope no-one found that offensive).
I was naturally blonde and, with the hairdresser’s assistance, kept it that way until very recently. It was always very straight too but, recently started to become curly. As it was for a longish time in a shoulder length bob, I had to blow dry or use straighteners to keep it smooth and straight. In a fit of ‘fedupness’, I asked my hairdresser to cut it short into a pixie cut but, am not finding that any easier to care for. I hate a curly fringe! Any advice would be welcome. My hair is very fine too.

I’m lucky I’m quite dark haired just tiny bit of grey mostly underneath.i sport a bob and it suits had it longer but it aged me shorter makes me look a bit more in style and younger! I do colour it though once a month it leaves it in good condition. My dad was 73 when he died and not one single grey hair!,

I used to have very dark hair. Now in my 70s it is silver grey. I have it cut in a bob. Shorter at the back. Very easy to keep looking good . Just wash and go.

I had long hair down my back when I got married, I then went to a shoulder length bob which I loved but got fed up of after years and years. I decided when I was in my early 40's to go short. I am at the moment very in-between and it's driving me mad at not having any particular style due to trying to grow it back into a short bob. Just last week I saw 2 women whom Ive known for years but only occasionally see them in the passing, they both had shortish bobs and when I looked at them being the same age as myself I thought 'no' not for me. Now Ive been growing my hair for about 6 months now only to find it's too thick, it's taking too long to get to where I would like it to be so now I'm phoning hairdresser tomorrow to make an appointment to have it cut and put back into the short style I think I prefer. Oh the dilemma, it's only hair after all

Short choppy cut . I have it cut and coloured regularly I hate grey hair. I wash it every day in the shower and it dries in minutes , a quick comb and I’m done . Sometimes I put hair putty on it and spike it a bit to go out in the evenings. My hair is not very thick so I had longer hair when younger but it never looked as good as when short.

Long, but always up in a clip, I don’t suit short hair.

I only have it down after a visit to the hairdresser when she can tame it flat.

Think ‘dragged through a hedge backwards’ and that sums up my hair after it’s washed and dried at home.

Hooray I've found this topic! At 64 my hair is long as it's nearly always been. Like Samson in the Bible it's a vital part of me. My husband would like me to have it cut but no way. So many older women seem to shorten their hair and to me, it just makes them look older. (Not all, of course!) My granny had beautiful long hair till she passed away in her 80s. If you have a routine, it's easy to look after, but don't use ANY electrical gadgets on it! Eat for health, comb instead of brush, and it will look great!

Definitely shoulder length hair as I can still clip it up & I find it less trouble
My hair As always been blonde but it’s now a Artic blonde White ( my hairdresser calls it this lol )
As someone already said brunette hair looks awful with grey roots ?

As a child, I began with a dark, short back and sides before moving to a Beatle mop. My hair is shorter now and silver. I have never considered changing my natural hair colour. Unaccountably, I look older than my wife.

Longish, 3 to 4 inches below shoulder, blonde with some silver bits these days, dead straight It's fine but there's plenty of it, so I tie it back, put it up or just leave it. I used to spend ages curling or styling it - but really can't be bothered now.

I'm blessed with very thick hair, but it can be overwhelming if left long. Most of my adult life i have kept it shorter; above shoulder length.
I just went from shoulder length to shorter (not pixie, though!)
Have had lots of compliments and it's so much easier to manage.

More hair would be good, never mind the length.

I think a lot depends on what hair type you have. If you have wonderful hair, I think it can look striking as you age but it's a different story if you have thin hair.

Your face shape and features can also determine the hairstyle which looks best.

Mine is shoulder lentgh but i never wear it loose. I just twist it up at the back with one of the pretty hairclips that i own. Its so easy to do and i can go two or three days with out having to wah it. When short i had to wash every day as it would be sticking up all over the place in the morning and drove me mad!!!! Now i can do my hair with out a mirror as i know when it feels right!! I have it trimmed every couple of months and my hairdresser does my fringe for fringe in between.

Always worn my hair long but as I got older I thought a shorter cut would suit me better. It's now shoulder length and like Esspee I don't intend to cut it any shorter for the same reasons.

I've never had short hair but have gone shorter over the years.
Mine is now shoulder length with layers and a fringe. I go to the hairdressers every six weeks to have it cut and coloured, blonde with streaks.
It has a natural wave so I find it really easy to deal with, I wash it two or three times a week, a quick blow dry and that's it.

I too am a fan of short hair - I don't think it is as ageing as long hair. Of course I am bald at the moment so do not have much choice!

Mine's been waist length for as long as I can remember. The great thing with long fine hair is I have the best of both worlds, as it's easily put up (and short looking) with a gripper.

Thank you BlueBelle If you don't laugh you'll cry (and believe me I have!)

I believe ( always exceptions) most people over 60 look better with short hair flexiblefriend I m the same as you, short and choppy and very easy with a bit of texture to get it in shape natural white/blonde though, not dark
katyk? not laughing at you laughing with you excellent post

As an alopecia sufferer, any hair would be nice. Appreciate your hair ladies.

I've had short hair since my 20's and now it's very short and spikey and dark, dark brown.

I'd like to have long hair, but it doesn't suit a short oveweight grandmother :-)
So I keep it short, and it is so easy to deal with.
Now if you were talking about a man, deffo long hair. And beard