Woman grows her hair our for 41 years

Wanda New had not cut her hair since 1964. So when she finally gave in to the scissors last week, it was a network television event.

Although she had occasionally trimmed her bangs and evened up the ends of her 60-inch, naturally blonde locks, New, a 55-year-old rural mail carrier from Owen County, had let her hair grow since her freshman year in high school.

Late last year, a bank employee in Frankfort who admired New's long hair mentioned the Locks of Love project, which uses donated hair for making hair prosthetics for children who have suffered permanent hair loss from illness and reaction to medications.
New's husband, Danny, died 2½ years ago in a bulldozer accident, and because he was so fond of her long hair she was especially reluctant to have it cut. But she liked the Locks of Love program, and she finally followed her friend's advice to sign up as a donor on the organization's Web site.

“Everybody's telling me that I look 10 years younger, and a lot of people say 20. It used to take about two hours to wash it and let it get dry. Now I can wash it in two minutes -- and there's no tangles."

Two hours to wash your hair? I’m usually in the shower for less than five minutes. Of course my hair is about a centimeter long- but regardless, I would hate to be ‘doing my hair’ for over 10 minutes. Article here.