What fun reading all this.....I'm 56 and my blond hair is a little past the middle of my back. It's not getting thin or dry as I get older. It's actually growing faster and has more wave now that I'm past menopause. I pull it up or in a ponytail when cooking, cleaning, at work or when I feel I want to. I braid it fairly often too. I like long hair on me. I want to be one of those old ladies with the long gray braid!! To each his (or her) own.