The Longhairs Library

You may be familiar with our famous series, “Grow With Moreno.” Many of the folks who attended The Great Cut started their long hair journey by following El Moreno, and literally growing alongside him.

Most people growing long hair have asked themselves, how fast does hair grow? Or if you just donated your hair like we did at The Great Cut…how long does hair take to grow back?

You’ve been growing it out for a while now and you’re somewhere between six and 12 months of hair growth. You’ve conquered early phase awkward stage, and maybe you’ve been experimenting with awkward stage hairstyles. Now, as our boy Andy coined it, you’re in “the thick of it.”

We all know growing out your hair is a struggle. It’s a long, tedious process that requires attention and thought. But growing curly hair takes the awkward stage to DEFCON 7.

Awkward stage hair. You’ve had enough. You’re cutting it off.

Every guy dreaming of a long, flowing mane has to get through awkward stage hair. The struggles are well-documented, and you’ll want to get through it quickly. We cover whether you can grow your hair faster in greater depth, but your best chance at doing so relies heavily on the right nutrition for awkward stage hair.

Whether you're braving the awkward phase or flaunting a full flowing mane, you NEED to know about The Center For Awkward Stage Hair.

It’s been one full year since the big hair donation at The Great Cut, where my head was shaved down to the skin. Time has flown by and when I think back to a year ago, I can recall how much fear I was feeling about awkward stage hair.

Here I’m going to show you the best ways to use a headband for awkward stage hair, but first...what makes the awkward stage so awkward?

If you're growing a long mane, awkward stage hair is inevitable. As I’m inching towards three months of hair growth, my toes have officially entered the proverbial pool of awkward...so here I'm going to share my best tips for success growing long hair.

Here is just one example of what lies in wait when you're in late phase awkward stage hair...

Around eight months into my hair growth journey—just as I was moving into mid phase awkward stage hair—I started thinking about leaving my full-time job to go part-time, freeing up time to focus on my own projects.