re: Growing hair out for first time. any tips from experience??

Ugly stage, just takes awhile.

I haven't had a haircut in about 10 years now.
The thing I remember hating about growing it out was the stage where the hair in front were you develop faux bangs and they just rest on your face.
It would wake me up at night having a weirdly itchy forehead because of that shite.

It's the main reason I won't cut my hair off. I know I'll just grow it out again and I don't want to have to go through that shite.