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Many cultures around the world, from Native Americans to Sikhs, believe that hair has a special significance. We explore long hair in many cultures on this blog, but here in this post we look closer to home at long hair in Native American culture.

It’s no secret long hair on men is considered “unprofessional.” As we’ve often documented, having long hair in business is to have limited vocational options.

There’s something about a guy with long hair. I can’t speak for every woman on earth, but when I hear the question, do women like men with long 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.

The Longhairs’ YouTube channel has been helping guys grow, learn about, maintain and live with their long hair since we published our first video way back on December 11, 2014.

We talk about our core values often, because values, by definition, are things that are important. It goes back to our fraternity days, where we first learned the concept that “we talk about things that are important to us.”

It wasn’t always "cool" (i.e. socially acceptable) to have long hair, but Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were pioneers of counterculture in a generation that was told to cut their hair. Fifty years later, we are still moved by the message in their all-time track, “Almost Cut My Hair,” which strikes an emotional chord

I am blind with long hair. Born at 26 weeks, weighing one pound, 14 ounces, I was different before I was conscious, spending my first days and weeks developing within the confines of a tiny oxygenated incubator. I found out later that box simultaneously took away my vision and gave me life, a balancing act that formed

How do you know when you’ve become a serious hair guy?

It seems obvious, but people often ask, “why have long hair,” while others insist you should cut your hair. A quick internet search for the “best thing about long hair” will reveal plenty of good reasons, but the truth is…it’s different for everyone.

It was a foregone conclusion we’d get the bound shears tattooed someday, El Moreno and me. For us it’s been The Longhairs for life since the beginning. When, where, what exactly it would look like—no one knew, nor was there a particular urgency.

“Hair Daddy” is my clever way of saying, the person who made you want to grow long hair. A lot of us longhairs have someone who inspired or influenced us to grow our locks. It might have been a close friend, family, or even a coach, or a person you grew it out with. Each one has a story.