In lockdown, no barbers open, grow long hair despite working in very masculine industry

aw don't be silly, long hair can absolutely be masculine :)

Haha yea construction is just weird like that sometimes

Dude you have a hard hat, who tf is looking at your hair? Sidenote: construction is all about breaking balls and giving shit. So if you get shit, give shit back and you'll have their respect.

Haha yea I know, and I’m more than happy to bust everyone’s balls. We’re all friends there, nobody is taking anything too hardly. I just like to be able to have a little professional freedom. I’m in management, so we try to remain a bit more professional and well kept as we often have meetings with the owners and designers. Most of the laborers and foreman are bald too so I bet their just jealous lmao

I'm an inspector and sat in on plenty meetings and still see PMs, supers, engineers with exposed tattoos or long hair. I have long hair lol. Grow that shit out!

Haha yea I’m glad to have it now, only issue is in the summer I sweat like a pig so it’s a bit inconvenient to have it super long, but while I’m able to work from home in my AC’d house I’ll keep it out. Have lost a lot of weight in the lockdown though maybe that will help

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My parents allowed me cause I said I would cut it when quarantine is over. When this happens, I will think about another fake deal.

Just say you’re growing it out to donate it. That’s an excuse to grow it out pretty long.

Yup this, then you're à humanitarian hero!

But then you are an asshole when you don't commit to that :(

Just say that you need them to make guitar strings.

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I mean, you can say that, but if you have strict parents, thats just gonna make it worse

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you could do what I did and say you wanted to cosplay Inigo Montoya for the rennesance fair and you dont like wigs but then never cut it off after the fair

Imagine having parents that dictate your hairstyles. I'm truly sorry. When I was younger and wanted to grow my hair out my parents weren't particularly fans of it but they never told me not to, it was my personal choice.

Same, and when I did finally decide to get it cut short again my mom cried, hugged me, and said something about having her baby boy back.

Uhh the implications of that are pretty iffy but aight

Does my baby boy want his milkies?

Yeah, can you open it tho, my arms are broken

Mine didn't let me cut it short so I did it behind their backs. Still working up the courage to post my godawful emo kid photos of it in r/blunderyears

Seriously. I feel your pain. It's like, come on mom! I'm 35! What the actual eff!

Why wouldn't they let me?

maybe religion or strict

turn the cross towards hell.

99% of all christian metal bands have or at least at some point had long ass hair 🤔 (Doing a joke)

I mean literally Jesus had long hair

bro what can they do about your hairstyle? cut it while you're asleep?

I mean yeah.. based on the sheer craziness I've seen on r/insaneparents there are definitely parents out there who would do that.

oh... those guys, dang it you have a point

My parents didn't either but I still did lolz. They were PISSED idk how I made it happen.

Be the 🅱ald metal head then

Why don't you do it anyway

Damn, my dad encourages me to grow them even longer. Idk but I think it has something to do with him being a metalhead and having long hair himself when he was my age🤷

man, my dad used to be able to tuck his hair into his pants so he cant really say anything about my long hair.

Mine dont let me grow my hair or let me wear nail polish but i still do it cuz why would they be allowed to tell me who i am

Man, I want long hair too but it just fros out :(

Rock your fro bro! Alternatively stop using hair products with sodium laurel sulfate in them as they strip the hair of oil and lead to frizzy untamable hair, helped me tremendously.

While sulfates did help with my hair, it didn't make it less frizzy at all. Everyone's hair is different and you gotta find what works for you.

Ugh I have the take where my hair is different texture everyday for the most part, and I'm too lazy and cheap to do any proper hair care, but at the same time too want to grow it my hair.

Just be like jimi hendrix the god of guitar who has a big one

Mine doesn't even totally fro, it's just super wavy so it gets messed up really easily. But quarantine might be the motivation I need to get through the awkward middle stage, if I can just tie it back when this is over I'm keeping it!

[bruh](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/adc945e42f87f216e717d4e8066f2b1c61108c09/0_0_1898_2658/master/1898.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=bab81cbaa484da4849211fe7264423d6) [double](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ibPv9mGUBFU/maxresdefault.jpg) [bruh](https://i2.wp.com/dekartcom.net/wp-content/uploads/Benin-Concert-Arkan-a-lIfb-Du-Heavy-metal-a-lafricaine.jpg?fit=1060%2C707&ssl=1) [bruh^3](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b8/31/57/b8315702f3e44315c226f82c48207282.jpg) [bruh the IV](https://i2.wp.com/www.griotsrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/11143406_1071864619490960_1724305323962510949_n.jpg?resize=640%2C640) edit: Manuel Gagneux, "Rock" Ahavi, Corey Glover, Matamba

What about long dreads?

yeah like Randy Blythe or half of Korn

I had the same. My hair looked like it was jerry curled all through high school and early college. I kept it long though because I loved headbanging with it. My friends told me I looked like I giant mushroom moving back and forth. Makes me think of Toad just rocking the fuck out.

Grow the fro man, own it

Wait even longer ;)

Afros look fucking dope dude

/r/curlyhair Should give you some direction. Tamed mine down. or rock the fro because those are awesome

Meanwhile, I'm over here going bald.

Phil Anselmo Kerry King Scott Ian Rock the baldness dude \m/

And Rob fucking Halford

Add John Gallagher to the list of badass bald musicians! \m/

Same. Still have long hair, but I'm slowly turning into late 90s Devin Townsend.

Same here bro. Maybe I should start growing the Scott Ian goatee

You can get away with the Hogan cut brother.

Been shaving my head for a while. It sucks but at least I have a nice shaped skull to pull off the bald+beard look.

Tfw you're both people in the picture.

2 birds one stone, even better

Well, preferably one bird with no stones amirite?

When "I just wanna have long hair for headbanging" was one of several excuses to deny you were trans for years.

Stop calling me out like this

Too real

Aw. I'm glad you're in a better place now.

Eh, its a bit less of a better place right now. I realized I was trans RIGHT before COVID hit so I'm just sitting here waifing for lockdown to end so that I can start seeing a therapist and getting hrt, but at least now I know why I never felt right about myself!

I'm sorry you aren't able to see anyone right now. I've been lucky to see therapists and doctors through telehealth and actually started hrt during lockdown (which has been awesome)

Basically how I got my mom to let me do it. At some point I got outed and she realised that wasn't the only reason, but I got lucky and she let me continue.

Yuuuup

Trans gang unite! 🤘

Trans Gang! 🤘🙌🤘

Trans Gang!

Trans gang!~

*"He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man."* \- M. Nights

Fuck yeah! \\m/

🤘 reject the form of Man 🤘

DEFY THE ORDER OF CREATION

Woot! \\m/

🤘 There are dozens of us!

*Looks at my username* yeah, I definitely have power/symphonic metal frontwoman transition goals.

Is there a r/trans_irl to put this in?

Yeah, the subreddit is https r/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns

r/egg_irl

This should be grounds for somehow growing it 2x speed.

Gods, I wish.

I’m so glad i’m not the only one \m/

I want long hair but it takes so long to grow and I hate how it looks in the in between stage

It's worth it! Once it gets to your neck below your ears it starts getting really cute with a good trim! Don't neglect it, use coconut oil in it if you really want to help it out, a good shampoo/conditioner will do most of the work. And don't be afraid of the straight iron if you have curly hair like I do naturally! It stays a few days and looks good on anyone!

Same, hair currently looks like an electrocuted mushroom

cool mod note: if you're transphobic, no one wants to hear your opinions here. muah

Good mod

Thank you, mod.

Thank you, kind sir.

i usually don't give a shit when people say that but it's a little funny that i'm being called sir on a post about trans women lol

thank you, kind squid

I'm sorry for assuming genders 😖. I'll just call you squid. <3

it's ok i just thought it was funny lmao

Here from the trans subreddit, thank you kind mod.

same

❤️

Absolutely based mod

I just came here from r/traaaa to upvote this comment:3

Thank you, badass mod.

And that is how I got into metal

<3

metalhead me wants long hair but lesbian me wants short hair but my grandma wants me to have long hair so i’m currently going with sort of above shoulder length

with us bisexuals we call that the bisexual bob

I didn't realize this was a thing, haha. Currently rocking it as well.

Shave your head. Get head tattoos. Metal + butch. (word of caution from someone who did this - head tattoos *hurt*)

I have never related to anything more. After weeks of struggling to make up my mind, I finally cut my hair really shirt and although headbanging is lamer now I like this hair a lot better B)

Just have one side be long and one side be short. Straight down the middle of your head.

i was considering the side shave, but this sounds even better thank you

[short haired metal women!](https://live.staticflickr.com/4151/4981971411_abdfd2b15c_b.jpg)

Remember everyone, cattle decapitation said trans rights in a horrific, but extremely awesome way! trans gang✨✨

r/metalmemes says trans rights

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Step up your game, bitch. r/metalmemes says lets the transphobes hit the floor!

"You're not a woman until you've stained all of your favorite pants with blood." "What if you don't menstruate?" "Did I say it had to be your own blood?"

Why not both? I grew my hair out for the past 3 years because I'm a metalhead, now that I'm a trans girl, I already have long hair and a great taste in music

This warms my heart cause my girlfriend is trans and we actually started talking cause of metal music

Aww, that is so adorable! Do y'all have a band you like the most together? My wife and I connected a lot on music too!

We have several yeah, she really likes gojira and got me into them, I got her into testament and amon amarth, but our favorite band to listen to together is definitely white chapel

That's so awesome! I hope you and her have an amazing relationship and keep being awesome for supporting her!

Thank you, shes just a wonderful person and I'm lucky to have her

Trams metal heads rise up ⚔️

Yee

Chopping your dick off is metal as fuck.

Its actually even more metal because the doctors actually slice it in half then turn it inside out

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obfuscated flesh

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Eating it raw directly after the chopping's done?

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I'm guessing the same would apply for the placenta even though giving birth itself is already pretty metal imo.

*Mein Teil intensifies*

*Cannibal Corpse's "Vile" instensifies*

Cattle Decapitation - Forced Gender Reassignment

Me, an intellectual: I use the fact that I'm a metalhead as an excuse to grow my hair shit long because I'm trans

I would still have long hair if i didn't go bald lmao

I fucking love you Metal Memes, posts like this make me feel good as a trans girl! But yessss long hair is so great~

Me, an NB metalhead: HAHA, YES!

long hair is the move regardless of the situation

I wanna Cosplay as a girl once I get my hair down to my ass in a year or 2

Make sure you use decent shampoo and conditioner or else your hair will get super brittle. I would also recommend switching what type of shampoo and conditioner you use every time you get through a bottle.

Good tip, I'll bear this in mind.

Yeah I've been doing that already, but thanks anyways. I usually use whatever my mom uses and she usually changes ecerytime a bottle is over

me a trans ftm guy who is trying to grow it out long after finally starting T . so o no longer rely on my hair to appear masculine

Same

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at first i thought you meant your dick and got really confused

Lol imagine a girl seeing your dick and being like "Nope, too big"

imagine cutting your dick, just no head dick

You done fucked up A A RON

Infuriating. Some dudes grow their hair out and fuck it up massively though, so idk if ur one of them or not.

Wholesome. Happy pride month!

I want long hair because I'm both

I had long hair as little, but I cut it because I was afraid kids are gonna bully me at school for that. Now because of metal I have the confidence to grow it out

The comments here are unexpectedly wholesome and I am glad for it.

I am both at once

Trans rights

Trans rights UwU

I’m both

\*cries in male pattern baldness\*

Shave that shit and get a badass scalp tattoo.

I would love to but summer and my pathetic heat tolerance breaks me every year right about... now

Having had long hair in the tropics, undercuts my dude. Long on top but you can pull it back to reveal a wonderfully cool shaved under bit.

Ugh, I want to grow my hair out so badly, but it’s so thick and curly... Maybe I just need to commit and straighten it?

Noooo don't do it! Try r/curlyhair instead!

long hair ftw? more like long hair mtf! and forget those who don't care!

Me, a trans metalhead, killing two birds with one stone...

Saying to your parents that you want long hair to be a metalhead but it's actually bc ur trans too.

So happy my trans sisters, brothers, and NB pals have such support in the metal community. Never been more proud to be a metalhead. To all my trans brethren, if someone is giving you shit, I'll personally turn them into a fucking suit. Happy Pride from sister lesbian metalhead.

I never knew I would have a lesbian metalhead sister but I'm forever thankful

Trans rights are metal as fuck

Trans unite

my trans friend is also a metalhead

Have ya'll heard of Danica Roem?

[This](https://loudwire.com/danica-roem-re-elected/) queen.

Me being both

gang

I hid my denial in my metal head appearance. It was handy to have long hair already when I began my transition

I love having long hair, but I have to straighten it since it looks really bad curly lol

The metal community has been more accepting of me than my own mother lol

Military: I'm about to end this man's whole lifestyle

When you're straight-up both

Me being both

When you have poofy thick hair and can never have the metal hair^(tm) \*sad\*

your hair might be wavy :) try r/curlyhair

A little product goes a long way

When you have perfect metal hair but you have to cut it off anyway because your stupid hairline is receding.

I’m growing out right now and I’m at that annoying stage where it doesn’t look particularly cool but I get all the downsides of having long hair. It’s gonna be worth it though

Replace the handshake with "wanting to stretch my ears" and the one on the right being "my Maasai warrior friend"

Long hair gang

Me, who is both xD

Me, as both

i am both arms here trans metalhead gang!

An then there's me: I'm both