The Woman Who Refused To Cut Her Hair Since She Was 5 Is Now 34 Y.O. And Looks Like A Real-Life Rapunzel
While many of us dream about having long, luscious locks, we all know that having perfect long hair comes down to two things. The first thing is that you need to be extremely patient when you are growing it out and put a lot of effort into taking care of your hair. The second is, of course, genetics, so no matter what products you use, your thin, prone to breakage hair won’t become thick and healthy-looking. If you’re one of the unlucky ones who wasn’t blessed with patience or good genes, you can only admire those who have both of these things.
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One of those lucky people is 34-year-old Alena Kravchenko from Odesa, Ukraine. She has been dubbed the real-life Rapunzel after going viral for her 6 foot (1.8 meters) long hair.
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Alena has been growing her hair since she was 5 years old, after being encouraged by her mother. “From an early age, my mother instilled a love for long hair,” she told Bored Panda.
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She hasn’t cut her hair in almost 30 years, and despite her hair outgrowing her height of 5′6″ (1.68 meters) she doesn’t even think about cutting it.
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“My love for my braid is so strong that for a second in my whole life I did not think about a haircut. I can not see and cannot imagine myself with short hair or dyed in a different color!” she added.
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While taking care of such long and beautiful locks takes some time, Alena says that it’s not that hard for her as she absolutely loves her hair.
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“It’s not hard for me with my hair, nor the constant care of them, it’s all a joy because this is part of me — my beauty and wealth!” she states.
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The woman says that to keep her hair healthy she allows it to dry naturally and uses products to nourish it.
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“The main thing that I never do: I don’t dry my hair with a hairdryer, I don’t use curling irons, I don’t comb my wet hair (they dry naturally), it’s all taboo. I wash my hair once a week, use natural masks, various types of oils to nourish my hair; the main care is professional cosmetics. I definitely use dried fruits, nuts, and homemade cottage cheese.”
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Her ultimate tip for those who want to have hair as beautiful as hers is to love it. “In order to have long and beautiful hair, you just need to really want and love what you do.”
Here’s how people reacted to Alena’s hair
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Share on FacebookI've had hair that was more than three feet long, and it was so much work! (I am only 5'2"!). I have incredibly thick hair too, it was forever getting caught in just about everything, if I wore it up I ended up with headaches because it was so heavy, and I'm not even getting into the work of washing and straightening (cause it has a natural curl to it too) and the cost or colouring it was crazy! One day I had had enough! I cut it off to just below my ears and donated 3 feet to make wigs for cancer patients, best decision ever!
Same thing here, the "no comment bug"... Anyway, the hair on this girl is ok, but the ends look a bit week. @Jennie-Lind: it doesn't make sense to colour or straighten very long hair, it's beauty is in being natural.
Load More Replies...You can see where the hair below mid back is broken, split, or otherwise damaged, and the bottom third is really kind of gross. I guess "pretty" is subjective, but this is definitely the opposite of pretty to me, sorry.
"Gross" is not a word that is applicable here, but her hair would look so much nicer if at least 30 cm/ a foot was cut off. That said, she does look like a fairytale princess.
Load More Replies...When I was about 7 on a class trip to a science and technology museum I got chosen to demonstrate the static ball because I had the longest hair in the audience, it was about 2-3 feet long then, and it was like a huge halo all around my head... just about every hair stood straight up
Load More Replies...My sister's hair is that long. It takes all day long to dry, its gotten thinner over the years. She has always had long long hair and I've always hated it. There is nothing worse than finding a hair on your clothes and you try to pull it off and it just doesn't end. We couldn't be more opposite if we tried, I have a pixie cut she has hair to her calves.
There used to be a country singer in the 1980's, I think her name was Crystal Gayle, that never cut her hair either. d2e49cee11...9cfc05.jpg
More like "excuse me sir, there's a soup in my hair"... ;)
Load More Replies...I've had fairly long hair most of my life, but this is kind of icky. Like when people let their nails get so long they start to curl
you should still probably trim at least a quarter of an inch every six months or so or it might grow unhealthy
My hair is waist length. I would love to grow it long, but my parents wouldn't allow it
I just wonder what she does with it when she has to use the bathroom...
Makes me wonder how long my hair would be today if I hadn't cut it all off. At 10 it was well below my behind but gave me horrible headaches because it was so thick and heavy.
This article missed another thing you must have, Genetics that allow your hair to grow that long. Mine stops when it is almost to my behind and doesn't get any longer.
Probably gathers it all and whips it over the front of her shoulder (English is not my first language, so excuse my poor attempt at describing it :'D), like on the picture of her in the red dress sitting on the stairs
Load More Replies...Unique and especially beautiful. It suits her. So many with long hair hide behind it. She flaunts it. Good for her.
She has beautiful, thick hair and looks stunning in the cornflower blue dress.
I grew my hair out over a year and a half. It reached my lower backside. When I'd had enough of dealing with it, I went to a stylist to cut it short. He cuts of a sizable chunk and holds it up saying "are you sure." Well..now that you cut it, it's kind of at a point of no return..so yes.
I agree that it looks painful and time consuming. I think I'm just too practical for that kind of thing.
If she loves her hair as she does, well fair play to her. Personally I love my hair short, I mean short, short pixie. I grew it to shoulder length for our wedding and annoyed me so much I got a good four inches off it whilst still on.honeymoon. each to their own, it would be a boring world of we were all the same
My hair would've been that long if I'd been willing to let the ends look as raggedy as hers, but I kept mine trimmed so it was as thick at the bottom as at the top. It was down to my butt, yet despite the common assumption, it was NOT hard to take care of at all. Most days I'd spend 3 minutes putting it in braids or a bun or a scarf, & never worry about it all day. Meanwhile, I watched my short-haired friends touch up their hair style several times a day, fuss with blow dryers & curling irons, plus pay for frequent hair appointments. I didn't have to do anything, but would get tons of compliments. Honestly not bragging, because I did nothing to deserve it; it was just the luck of the gene pool draw, just like other people get lucky with being tall and leggy, which I would have loved. I'm just saying that people shouldn't be afraid to let their hair grow long just because they think it will be more work -- it might be easier. I finally cut it age 40 just because it was heavy.
The split ends make me cringe her hair doesn’t even look healthy
I'm 153cm and my hair length has already reached a little beyond my knees It's a lot of work but I keep it to remind myself that I need to be patient in everything I do.
She should do promotional work for a hair product company. She would probably make millions.
I think her hair would be way longer, if she let it grow for 30 years. I may be wrong, my hair grow very fast, maybe hers grow slower?
Washing her hair must be a nightmare, must cost a fortune in shampoo and conditioner.
dude why does this have downvotes? They're the lyrics to that one Rapunzel song in Tangled right?
Load More Replies...She doesn't realize how much better her neck would feel if she cut her hair.
it’s all a joy because this is part of me — my beauty and wealth! wow.
That is pretty cool, but I would have a hard time walking without tripping over it.
Give a thought to how much water you waste every time you wash that scraggly mass of dead cells. All that waste for attention.... shame on you.
According to CDC calculations, her hair should be over 14 feet long by now. It does not even look 6 feet long!
How does she use the bathroom? Public restrooms must be a big no no...
According to CDC calculations, her hair should be over 14 feet long. It does not look even 6 feet long.
Why is her decision what to do with her hair any better than any other woman's? Do we really need a post on what anyone does with their hair?
It’s just unusual and interesting to look at, hence the post. Aren’t you here to look at interesting things?
Load More Replies...I've had hair that was more than three feet long, and it was so much work! (I am only 5'2"!). I have incredibly thick hair too, it was forever getting caught in just about everything, if I wore it up I ended up with headaches because it was so heavy, and I'm not even getting into the work of washing and straightening (cause it has a natural curl to it too) and the cost or colouring it was crazy! One day I had had enough! I cut it off to just below my ears and donated 3 feet to make wigs for cancer patients, best decision ever!
Same thing here, the "no comment bug"... Anyway, the hair on this girl is ok, but the ends look a bit week. @Jennie-Lind: it doesn't make sense to colour or straighten very long hair, it's beauty is in being natural.
Load More Replies...You can see where the hair below mid back is broken, split, or otherwise damaged, and the bottom third is really kind of gross. I guess "pretty" is subjective, but this is definitely the opposite of pretty to me, sorry.
"Gross" is not a word that is applicable here, but her hair would look so much nicer if at least 30 cm/ a foot was cut off. That said, she does look like a fairytale princess.
Load More Replies...When I was about 7 on a class trip to a science and technology museum I got chosen to demonstrate the static ball because I had the longest hair in the audience, it was about 2-3 feet long then, and it was like a huge halo all around my head... just about every hair stood straight up
Load More Replies...My sister's hair is that long. It takes all day long to dry, its gotten thinner over the years. She has always had long long hair and I've always hated it. There is nothing worse than finding a hair on your clothes and you try to pull it off and it just doesn't end. We couldn't be more opposite if we tried, I have a pixie cut she has hair to her calves.
There used to be a country singer in the 1980's, I think her name was Crystal Gayle, that never cut her hair either. d2e49cee11...9cfc05.jpg
More like "excuse me sir, there's a soup in my hair"... ;)
Load More Replies...I've had fairly long hair most of my life, but this is kind of icky. Like when people let their nails get so long they start to curl
you should still probably trim at least a quarter of an inch every six months or so or it might grow unhealthy
My hair is waist length. I would love to grow it long, but my parents wouldn't allow it
I just wonder what she does with it when she has to use the bathroom...
Makes me wonder how long my hair would be today if I hadn't cut it all off. At 10 it was well below my behind but gave me horrible headaches because it was so thick and heavy.
This article missed another thing you must have, Genetics that allow your hair to grow that long. Mine stops when it is almost to my behind and doesn't get any longer.
Probably gathers it all and whips it over the front of her shoulder (English is not my first language, so excuse my poor attempt at describing it :'D), like on the picture of her in the red dress sitting on the stairs
Load More Replies...Unique and especially beautiful. It suits her. So many with long hair hide behind it. She flaunts it. Good for her.
She has beautiful, thick hair and looks stunning in the cornflower blue dress.
I grew my hair out over a year and a half. It reached my lower backside. When I'd had enough of dealing with it, I went to a stylist to cut it short. He cuts of a sizable chunk and holds it up saying "are you sure." Well..now that you cut it, it's kind of at a point of no return..so yes.
I agree that it looks painful and time consuming. I think I'm just too practical for that kind of thing.
If she loves her hair as she does, well fair play to her. Personally I love my hair short, I mean short, short pixie. I grew it to shoulder length for our wedding and annoyed me so much I got a good four inches off it whilst still on.honeymoon. each to their own, it would be a boring world of we were all the same
My hair would've been that long if I'd been willing to let the ends look as raggedy as hers, but I kept mine trimmed so it was as thick at the bottom as at the top. It was down to my butt, yet despite the common assumption, it was NOT hard to take care of at all. Most days I'd spend 3 minutes putting it in braids or a bun or a scarf, & never worry about it all day. Meanwhile, I watched my short-haired friends touch up their hair style several times a day, fuss with blow dryers & curling irons, plus pay for frequent hair appointments. I didn't have to do anything, but would get tons of compliments. Honestly not bragging, because I did nothing to deserve it; it was just the luck of the gene pool draw, just like other people get lucky with being tall and leggy, which I would have loved. I'm just saying that people shouldn't be afraid to let their hair grow long just because they think it will be more work -- it might be easier. I finally cut it age 40 just because it was heavy.
The split ends make me cringe her hair doesn’t even look healthy
I'm 153cm and my hair length has already reached a little beyond my knees It's a lot of work but I keep it to remind myself that I need to be patient in everything I do.
She should do promotional work for a hair product company. She would probably make millions.
I think her hair would be way longer, if she let it grow for 30 years. I may be wrong, my hair grow very fast, maybe hers grow slower?
Washing her hair must be a nightmare, must cost a fortune in shampoo and conditioner.
dude why does this have downvotes? They're the lyrics to that one Rapunzel song in Tangled right?
Load More Replies...She doesn't realize how much better her neck would feel if she cut her hair.
it’s all a joy because this is part of me — my beauty and wealth! wow.
That is pretty cool, but I would have a hard time walking without tripping over it.
Give a thought to how much water you waste every time you wash that scraggly mass of dead cells. All that waste for attention.... shame on you.
According to CDC calculations, her hair should be over 14 feet long by now. It does not even look 6 feet long!
How does she use the bathroom? Public restrooms must be a big no no...
According to CDC calculations, her hair should be over 14 feet long. It does not look even 6 feet long.
Why is her decision what to do with her hair any better than any other woman's? Do we really need a post on what anyone does with their hair?
It’s just unusual and interesting to look at, hence the post. Aren’t you here to look at interesting things?
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