Long hair is one of the best female jewelry granted by nature itself. It’s hard to care for them, but the result is worth it, because a luxurious braid or other beautiful female hairstyle with long hair immediately attracts delighted attention to its owner.
However, some girls in their love of hair go beyond the reasonable. They grow their hair year after year to become famous, to hide any defects on the scalp or for some other reason.
We present you a photo of people with the longest hair in the world.
10. Baby Canko
Hair Length - Unknown.
This touching Japanese girl, who has over 390,000 followers on Instagram, is unique in that she was born with a luxurious “lion” mane. Usually this length and density of hair happens at a later age, but Canko was lucky.
Thanks to a mop of shiny black hair, not only ordinary people, but also Pantene bosses drew attention to her. And she appeared in an advertisement along with Japanese celebrity Sato Kondo, who is aging beautifully and is not ashamed to show off her graying hair.
9. Stefania Smirnaya
Hair length - 1.1 meters.
In 2017, a small resident of Stavropol got into the Russian Book of Records as a girl with the longest hair at the age of 10. At that time, the length of her curls was 117 centimeters.
8. The Seven Sutherland Sisters
The total hair length is 14 meters (according to other sources - 11 meters).
Sometimes hair can bring wealth and glory, as seven girls born in the family of a poor priest have shown throughout America. They were given the names:
- Victoria;
- Sarah;
- Isabel;
- Naomi;
- Dora;
- Grace;
- Mary.
Their mother adored long hair, and regularly washed their daughters' heads with a means of their own manufacture, which was supposed to enhance the growth and density of their curls. The product smelled foul, which made peers laugh at the sisters. But it worked, and each of the girls could boast of wavy, silky and very long hair.
Already in their teens, the seven Sutherland sisters, with the blessing of their father, began performing in various freak shows, touring the United States. At the same time, they did not just show everyone their hair, but acted as singers and couplets. They became fabulously wealthy by the standards of the 19th century, and their enterprising father patented his wife’s hair tonic and started selling for a lot of money.
Unfortunately, the end of the Sutherland Sisters Corporation was sad. In the 20s of the last century, short haircuts entered the American fashion, and the tonic began to bring less and less income. The head of the family passed away and the sisters, who relied on his commercial ideas, did not know what to do next. The final blow was dealt by the fire that destroyed the posh house of Sutherland. And all that remains of the once famous Rapunzel family is a photo of the longest hair in the Wild West.
7. Nilani Patel
Hair length - 1, 8 meters.
Seventeen-year-old Nilanshi Patel, nicknamed "Indian Rapunzel," has not cut her hair for 10 years. And this decision led her to the Guinness World Record: the teenager has the longest hair.
Patel, who lives in the Indian state of Gujarat, began to continuously grow her hair after an unsuccessful haircut at six.
She recalls how she cried because she was not cut well, and immediately decided that she would no longer cut her hair. Today, her thick, wavy hair reaches her ankles, and looks like a dark river flowing down her back.
Patel says that she washes her hair once a week, and, surprisingly, she only needs half an hour to dry her hair. And combing takes at least an hour.
“Mom helps me braid and comb my hair,” says Nilanshi, explaining that parents always supported her decision to grow her hair. The girl braids her hair in a long braid or puts her hair in a “bun” and claims that they do not prevent her from leading an active lifestyle and even playing sports.
6. None Linmei
Hair length - 2.5 meters.
Either the climate in China favors hair growth, or the local cuisine, but in our selection there are just three people from the Middle Kingdom. And Nie Linmei is the shortest of them.
She has grown her hair for 14 years and is very proud of this fact. She was often offered to cut them off and make a wig for big money, but the Chinese woman always refused.
5. Asha Mandela
Hair length - 2.6 meters.
A native of Trinidad and Tobago earned the nickname "Black Rapunzel", because since 2008 she has been the holder of the Guinness World Record for "The Longest Dreadlocks in the World."
Mandela first began to grow curls at the age of about 20 years after she moved from Trinidad and Tobago to New York and thought of a more natural hairstyle.
“When I first started, it was rather a spiritual journey that had nothing to do with fashion or fame,” the International Business Times quoted Mandela as saying.
However, over the years, wearing so much hair on your head has turned into a real feat. To maintain their beautiful appearance, Asha has to wash them once a week, using up to six bottles of shampoo for one wash. And dreadlocks dry within two days.
Doctors worry about Asha’s health because she has already suffered two heart attacks, and the weight of her hair puts pressure on her head and spine, bending him. However, Mandela has no desire to cut her hair, as this would "be tantamount to suicide."
4. Tatyana Pismennaya
Hair length - 2.75 meters.
We indicated the maximum length of the braid of the longest-haired woman in Russia. However, Tatyana could not go long with hair of this length. They dragged themselves along the ground, could catch on something, and in public transport passengers repeatedly stepped on them.
Therefore, Tatyana cut her hair to two meters in length. And while they are still longer than 99% of the world's population.
3. Ake Yizheng
Hair length - 5.5 meters.
This Chinese gentleman is the visible embodiment of what will happen if you do not cut your hair for 50 years or more. According to Ake, he stopped cutting his hair at the age of 23, and that was in the late 70s of the last century. He was even offered more than three thousand yuan if he parted with excessively long vegetation on his head, but Ake refused.
However, long hair is not at all synonymous with "groomed". Twice a month, Yizheng visits a hairdresser, where his hair is washed and his hair is put in order. This takes at least three hours, and 2-3 hairdressers participate in the procedure.
It is curious that Ake Yizheng’s record is not officially registered, like his predecessor - a Vietnamese named Tran Van Hei. In the photo of the longest hair in the world, this elderly man is more like a victim of a giant snake wrapped around him. The length of his hairstyle was 6 meters and weighed more than 10 kilograms.
In 2010, Tran Wang Hei died of natural causes at the age of 79.
2. Xie Qiuping
Hair length - 5.6 meters.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the longest hair in women belongs to a Chinese woman, who began to grow it from 1973, from 13 years of age.
Her record was set back in 2004 and since then no owner of a long head of hair could even get closer to the length of her hair Xie Qiuping.
“This is not a problem at all. I’m used to it, ”Xie Tsyuping said and added that she always has to stand straight to keep her head under the weight of her hair.
1. Savjibhai Ratva
Hair length - 15 meters.
We are used to the fact that long hair is the prerogative of women. However, as you can see, in the list of the longest-haired people in the world, men successfully compete with the ladies for the palm. So the resident of India has grown the longest hair among the living men, even if this is not yet recognized by the Guinness Book of Records.
Ratva takes great care of his diet so that his hair receives the necessary nutrition and grows well. He only eats vegetarian, homemade food and tries to avoid spicy foods.
“I intend to apply for this (getting into the Guinness Book of Records) if someone calls me to help with the process,” he said. Fortunately, the local non-profit organization agreed to help him with all the documentation. If Savjibhai Ratva successfully submits an application, he has a good chance of winning the title of the man with the longest hair on Earth.
