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hlthe2b

(112,629 posts)
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:08 PM Mar 2025

My nonpolitical observation today. Is anyone else tired of seeing EVERY woman of every age wearing hair extensions?

I am uncharacteristically home at lunch time today and flipping through the noon channels--every single local news female anchor and weather person is wearing hair extensions down almost to their waist--even the older women.

Like tattoos, everyone is free to sport their own "look," whether flattering or not, but this just seems like celebrity culture/"influencers" gone crazy.

Okay. Tear into me if you like, but it is just a trend that I had not been hyperaware of--until now.

Certainly not the worst one, mind you, as at least it doesn't involve plastic surgery, but...

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My nonpolitical observation today. Is anyone else tired of seeing EVERY woman of every age wearing hair extensions? (Original Post) hlthe2b Mar 2025 OP
Not me. I don't even know how they're fixed to your head. sinkingfeeling Mar 2025 #1
Not quite sure how they are affixed makes a difference, but... hlthe2b Mar 2025 #2
. . .everyone is free to sport their own "look,". . . cloudbase Mar 2025 #3
I believe I said that. I likewise believe everyone is free to have a respectfully expressed opinion. Do you not? hlthe2b Mar 2025 #5
Homeland Security Secretary Christine Noem poli-junkie Mar 2025 #4
Not sure Duncanpup Mar 2025 #6
Hint. If they had chin-length or so hair a few weeks before and now waist-length, they are extensions. hlthe2b Mar 2025 #8
True. Duncanpup Mar 2025 #22
Yikes... Basso8vb Mar 2025 #7
Do you need a fainting couch? hlthe2b Mar 2025 #10
it can take several years to grow it out to that length naturally eShirl Mar 2025 #9
Sure. I guess I am of a more "individualist" generation where we really didn't want to look like clones hlthe2b Mar 2025 #12
people have been enhancing their hair look since way long before the Kardashians arrived on the scene eShirl Mar 2025 #15
I don't see the connection. How does cutting one's own hair or otherwise styling equate to hlthe2b Mar 2025 #17
What I am saying is, to each their own. eShirl Mar 2025 #24
The Rapunzel look. You're right yorkster Mar 2025 #11
Such a waste EarthAbides Mar 2025 #13
... hlthe2b Mar 2025 #14
When I see people with what I consider... 3catwoman3 Mar 2025 #20
I'll take women in clearly phony hair birdographer Mar 2025 #16
LOL hlthe2b Mar 2025 #19
My mother used to say MIButterfly Mar 2025 #18
I hate the trend particularly on TV actresses Ritabert Mar 2025 #21
Never noticed women wearing hair extensions. doc03 Mar 2025 #23
Ukrainian girls sell their hair for these Comrade Citizen Mar 2025 #25
Here's a better link ... marble falls Mar 2025 #39
What's a hair extension? aeromanKC Mar 2025 #26
I actually turned off the election coverage before it got bad for that very reason Iris Mar 2025 #27
To each his own, kind of like wearing sagging pants Beachnutt Mar 2025 #28
Lord. Yes!!! Peregrine Took Mar 2025 #29
I probably couldn't tell whether they have those or not... Wounded Bear Mar 2025 #30
I admit to wearing wigs. (Paula Young) but, going to the trouble.. chouchou Mar 2025 #31
I think if a woman has fake eyelashes, fake hair color, fake boobs, a rebuilt nose, tattooed eyebrows,..... RussellCattle Mar 2025 #32
That's definitely a predominant MAGA style... hlthe2b Mar 2025 #33
I 'm tired of the long straggly hair, extensions or not. Polly Hennessey Mar 2025 #34
Hyperbole much? Xoan Mar 2025 #35
You can ignore any post here. No one is making you read nor comment. hlthe2b Mar 2025 #36
Meh. It's a fashion fad & it will pass. It's not ducklips or chin implants. Hekate Mar 2025 #37
the gwyneth oscar stringy hair trend should have died 2 decades ago. pansypoo53219 Mar 2025 #38

hlthe2b

(112,629 posts)
2. Not quite sure how they are affixed makes a difference, but...
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:13 PM
Mar 2025

Typically glued to one's own hair for finer hair. Other techniques for coarse hair. These are not braids...

cloudbase

(6,144 posts)
3. . . .everyone is free to sport their own "look,". . .
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:18 PM
Mar 2025

That's where it begins and ends for me. It's nothing I'd concern myself with.

hlthe2b

(112,629 posts)
5. I believe I said that. I likewise believe everyone is free to have a respectfully expressed opinion. Do you not?
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:19 PM
Mar 2025

poli-junkie

(1,481 posts)
4. Homeland Security Secretary Christine Noem
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:19 PM
Mar 2025

looks ridiculous in her hair extensions, along with puffy duck bill lips and face lift à la Kimberly Guilfoyle

hlthe2b

(112,629 posts)
8. Hint. If they had chin-length or so hair a few weeks before and now waist-length, they are extensions.
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:23 PM
Mar 2025

Duncanpup

(15,526 posts)
22. True.
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:37 PM
Mar 2025

What I ment was on woman I’ve never seen before i could never known difference my friend

eShirl

(20,053 posts)
9. it can take several years to grow it out to that length naturally
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:23 PM
Mar 2025

people don't like waiting if they don't have to/ can afford it

hlthe2b

(112,629 posts)
12. Sure. I guess I am of a more "individualist" generation where we really didn't want to look like clones
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:26 PM
Mar 2025

of each other, so it is just unusual to me, much like those who follow the Kardashians and other "influencers" routinely.

eShirl

(20,053 posts)
15. people have been enhancing their hair look since way long before the Kardashians arrived on the scene
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:29 PM
Mar 2025

personally, I cut my own hair couple times a year

hlthe2b

(112,629 posts)
17. I don't see the connection. How does cutting one's own hair or otherwise styling equate to
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:32 PM
Mar 2025

adopting an identical look--in this case, hair extensions down to your waist--as everyone else one works with or is 'influenced" by on tv or internet?

Certainly nothing wrong with cutting/styling one's own hair in my book. That would seem the very definition of individualism.

yorkster

(3,648 posts)
11. The Rapunzel look. You're right
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:26 PM
Mar 2025

It's everywhere. Didn't actually know it was extensions.

EarthAbides

(414 posts)
13. Such a waste
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:27 PM
Mar 2025

Spending money on hair extensions and fingernails is something I really really don't understand.

hlthe2b

(112,629 posts)
14. ...
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:28 PM
Mar 2025

Yeah. I'd better keep mum on the fingernail extensions as I've apparently already irritated a few with the hair extension comment and lack of love. LOL

3catwoman3

(28,484 posts)
20. When I see people with what I consider...
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:34 PM
Mar 2025

…to be ridiculously long fingernails, the nurse in me can’t help but wonder how they can adequately perform certain aspects of personal hygiene.

birdographer

(2,937 posts)
16. I'll take women in clearly phony hair
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:31 PM
Mar 2025

over 60-year-old men with deep chestnut locks any time. An aged, lined face with the hair of a high school kid.

MIButterfly

(1,889 posts)
18. My mother used to say
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:32 PM
Mar 2025

Last edited Tue Mar 25, 2025, 10:21 PM - Edit history (1)

"People are free to wear whatever they want as long as they don't make other people puke."

She was quite the philosopher.

You are entitled to your feelings and opinions. Nobody should "tear into" you for it. Everybody has something that they're tired of seeing or hearing. You just keep on keeping on.

Ritabert

(1,931 posts)
21. I hate the trend particularly on TV actresses
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:36 PM
Mar 2025

You've got police and FBI agents running around with loose long hair. Totally unbelievable in a job where you have to run and chase criminals. Get a short do or tie it back.

Iris

(16,830 posts)
27. I actually turned off the election coverage before it got bad for that very reason
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 02:36 PM
Mar 2025

The female anchor looked ridiculous. Had the extensions and a skirt with bangles on it.

Beachnutt

(8,873 posts)
28. To each his own, kind of like wearing sagging pants
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 02:39 PM
Mar 2025

I suppose.
I thought about wearing my pants inside out.
Wth....

Peregrine Took

(7,583 posts)
29. Lord. Yes!!!
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 02:41 PM
Mar 2025

What is going on? They’re everywhere republicans and Dem!!!
Are we sheeple?
I always heard in conservative times and men are super dominant women go with the long hair and vice versa: with women with short hair.. women are stronger.

It’s a complete joke!! What a bunch of conforming idiots.

chouchou

(2,740 posts)
31. I admit to wearing wigs. (Paula Young) but, going to the trouble..
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 02:48 PM
Mar 2025

..of dressing-for-unbelievable-success is not for me.

 

RussellCattle

(1,928 posts)
32. I think if a woman has fake eyelashes, fake hair color, fake boobs, a rebuilt nose, tattooed eyebrows,.....
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 02:52 PM
Mar 2025

………eye shadow and mascara, Botox injections, numerous piercings and tattoos, and spends more than an hour every day “doing her makeup”, that a few hair extensions should be no problem. 😉

hlthe2b

(112,629 posts)
36. You can ignore any post here. No one is making you read nor comment.
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 04:15 PM
Mar 2025

But, I can assure you that everyone will take note of your rude retort, so congratulations. Well done...



I remember you when you were a pretty jovial GeorgeGist.. I miss him... sigh...

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