SmilingElephant's Hip-Tailbone Challenge 2026

[snoop]

Anybody have any length check pics to share?

I haven't gotten to my hair yet for the year, but I'm telling myself that I will prepoo and detangle tonight. If I can get to it, I'll take pictures tomorrow.

 

[SmilingElephant]

Literally, if I'm not Tailbone Length by the end of the year, I'm shaving my hair off again.

I'm getting frustrated and impatient right now.

 

[faithVA]

Literally, if I'm not Tailbone Length by the end of the year, I'm shaving my hair off again.

I'm getting frustrated and impatient right now.

I don't even understand what you are talking about (lol). How can the solution to not being tailbone length be to cut off all of your hair. I'm over here struggling to get to APL and feeling some kind of way about you talking about cutting your hair off. I know its your hair but I'm just saying. I'm all in my feelings.

 

[SmilingElephant]

I don't even understand what you are talking about (lol). How can the solution to not being tailbone length be to cut off all of your hair. I'm over here struggling to get to APL and feeling some kind of way about you talking about cutting your hair off. I know its your hair but I'm just saying. I'm all in my feelings.

I know, right? It doesn't make sense! I figured if it didn't get as long as I want it, then I just won't have any hair at all!

 

[yamilee21]

I know, right? It doesn't make sense! I figured if it didn't get as long as I want it, then I just won't have any hair at all!

@SmilingElephant I’m so frustrated with my hair too, between the lopsided lengths that nothing will fix, the thinning due to plaque psoriasis and being post-menopausal… and don’t even get me started on the weird-textured white hairs. I’ve been keeping my hair in braids/twists under a satin-lined slap cap almost all the time, and I’ve been thinking it might be easier to be bald and get a nice collection of turbans. But if you *don’t* cut off all your hair, I will also try to keep taking care of mine.

 

[snoop]

I'm not sure that I've made much progress last year, but I think I'm grazing HL.