I think a lot of older women have short hair because their hairdresser tells them to do so. Frances hardy was forced to have short hair while she was growing up. Now that i'm older, i do whatever i want and worry less about what others think.
It Can Accentuate Your Best Features While Downplaying Any You’d Rather Hide.
Older women (seniors) used to pretty much all wear their hair short and curly, mostly for convenience and because it was considered fashionable at one time. I spent too much of my life trying to fit the mold and please others. No rule says you have to go short at a certain age, but we get why it’s such a common thing.
As Far As I'm Aware White Hair Can't Really Hold Hair Dye And It's Also Quite Thin And Brittle So Would Break/Snap If It Was Longer And Also Tight Curls Help Hide Any Hairloss.
Short hair is just easier to take care of. What are the benefits of cut short hair at the age of 40 to 50. Most perm styles are fairly low maintenance, particularly perms that are done with short hair.
I Suspect We'll See Something Similar As The Younger Generations Age.
Short curly hair was in style when she was a young lady and so having short curly hair as an older lady was less of a matter of changing her hairstyle when she got older and more of a matter of keeping her hair as it had always been. It basically needs more looking after which is why, presumably, older women tend to. There’s also the fact that many older women find shorter hair “freeing” especially if they have worn their hair long for a significant length of time or portion of their lives.
“Also, Women’s Faces Thin Out And Lose Collagen, And Long Hair Can Continue That Sense Of Thinness, Whereas Cutting Hair Short Highlights The Bone Structure And Softens Harsh Angles.” Yet Despite The Fact That A Short Cut Can Make A Woman Appear Younger, Some Women Still Choose To Keep Their Manes.
Men were supposed to have short hair because they had to fight, or to work in the fields. Women, especially the noble ones, had long hair because they often stayed all day long in the castle. But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her.”.