As a woman should you cut your hair short when you are past 40?

I am 39 and I am not planning in cutting my hair in less than a year so I am not sure if it is the fashionable thing to do but like you say I also believe it is my choice

my mom is over 50 and has long hair. she looks pretty with long hair..

It is not necessary to cut hairs short after 40. Short hairs looks bad. But if the person is some how invalid,for instance,paralyzed or an able to move,then its better to cut the hairs short.as she cannot maintain long hairs on her own.

Hi Sketcher,

I don't think so, whatever a woman wants long or short, it's okay! But, my Mother loves to have a short hair when she was 40 and until now, she used to have a very long hair before but she loves this time to just wash and wear! LOL!
She doesn't like to spend a lot of time fixing it and now she is maintaining her short hair which looks fantastic with her also! LOL!

I don't think it has to be cut real short. I'm 48 and my hair is about shoulder length maybe a bit shorter. I don't, however think that women over 40 should have hair down to their bottoms like I did when I was much younger. I just don't think that is a good look for older women, unless they keep it tied back or put up someway.

It's a woman's choice, just like anything else to do as they please with THEIR HAIR. I'm 34 and recently cut ALL of my hair off! It's time to go back for a trim and make it 'pretty again' but I like the short hair.

I think women over 40 with long hair - look older as the hair pulls their face down (hey I read that in a magazine and I totally agree). I will NOT be growing my hair long again. It's short and it's staying that way.

I am well over 40 and have had both short hair and long. I really like it both ways but I tend to not go to the beauty shop very often. When I do go I usually have it cut short, saying "it will grow back". So I don't think it really matters, it's everyone's choice and not anyone else's business.

I have been told that you look younger with short hair, but saying that, I am over 40 and just for the first time got my hair cut short and I HATE it!!

I have always had at least shoulder length hair and always have had very stylish cuts. Last haircut was with someone new and I will never go back to her again. I asked for long layers and she chopped it!

I say it is up to the person how they like their hair, age doesn't matter.

Most women cut there hair short when they reach 40 since it makes them look younger. But cutting your hair is a choice.My inlaw is on her late 40s and she has a long hair. But still she looks young and long hair looks good on her. Sometimes she do a lot of style that i dont even knew how to do it lol. So personally i think you should choose a style that will make you happy.

I'm 36 and have no intention of cutting my hair short ever. My hair is also about 60 percent white now, and I refuse to dye it. Having short gray hair won't make me look any younger. LOL I like my hair, my grandma had her hair down past her butt well into her 90s and she was beautiful!
It's really a too each their own thing. I have a kind of young looking face, but it doesn't matter, my hubby loves me just the way I am and THAT's what really matters. My little girl likes my hair too, and even says she thinks the white is pretty. If the people I love like how I look and I don't hate how I look, it really doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.