How do you wear your hair for work?

[ChasingRain]

I just read the post about hair color and now I'm wondering how most nurses prefer to have their hair for work. I know there are a lot of places that require you to either have your hair put up or to be cut above your shoulders, so which do you prefer??

Is it easier to just get a short hair cut, rather than putting it up everyday, in your opinion?

Or, do you prefer to keep it long and just put it up?

I start school in May and I'm leaning more towards keeping a short hair cut above my shoulders because I look aweful with my hair up. Plus, every time I wear a pony tail my hair constantly slips out and it seems like it would be aggravating to constantly fix it...

So what's your hair do??

[jnrsmommy]

My hair is just past my knees, thick and curly, I wear it in a bun while at work. Used to wear a ponytail, but bending over a very involved chest wound doing 45min wound care and pony tail falling in cured me of that...lol

[juliaann]

I like mine short (a little longer than chin length), flat ironed, with a thin elastic headband to keep my long bangs and the sides out of my face. It's also just long enough that sometimes I do two short, low pigtails. I hate my hair in my face at work, but I love my cut, so I've found ways to make it work!

[DuluthMike]

I wake up, wash it, and run my fingers through it in a messy spike.

Then again my hair is 2 inches.

[ChasingRain]

I wake up, wash it, and run my fingers through it in a messy spike.

Then again my hair is 2 inches.

That def sounds the easiest...Hmm wonder how I would look with a 2 inch spiked cut:confused: Just did a mirror check and it ain't happening for me:crying2: lol...But that would def save me time in the mornings...I'm sure it looks great on you though:)

[LoveMyBugs, BSN, CNA, RN]

I used to have long hair and would put it in a pony or twist it up and clip it and it worked great. Then I go the idea that I wanted short hair, so I went and cut it really, short an A-line bob, it looks cute I get a lot of compliments on it, but I hate it

I want my long hair back. When I get hot from running around the ED I hate the feeling of my hair around my neck, and now it is too short to even pin back

The short hair takes too long to style it and maintain it. I want hair that I can wash it and throw it back in a pony....alas I have a long wait untill I can do that again

[Forever Sunshine, ASN, RN]

I wake up, wash it, and run my fingers through it in a messy spike.

Then again my hair is 2 inches.

Another reason why in my next life.. I am coming back as a guy.

I put my hair in a pony tail and bobby pin my bangs back. sounds easier than it actually is because my hair is thick and has a mind of its own.

[SaraO'Hara]

I have thick, waist-length hair... I usually just put it in a low ponytail, or, if feeling fancy, braid it and pin it up in a bun.

[JDZ344]

When it was long- a bun, plait or a pony tail, but when it's in a pony, i found it sometimes falls over my shoulder and gets in the way. Now it's shorter, it's not an issue.

[DroogieRN]

Chin-length bob, no bangs. I wear it this way for clinical and I'll wear it like that to work. I like the "idea" of a ponytail, putting it up, etc., but the reality for me is that my hair is too heavy and having it back in an elastic or bun pulls too much and gives me a headache. Same with a headband, to keep the sides back -- I can't take all that pressure on my head.

[KaroSnowQueen, RN]

I have hair down past my butt. When I worked in a clinical setting, I wore it in one long braid down the back, and if I was doing something icky like a massive dressing change, before I got started, I just flipped underneath the neckline of my scrub top.

Back in the dinosaur days (1983) our dean of nursing told all of us with long hair we needed to cut it above the collar. My personal answer was "oh h*ll no!" And have worn that braid ever since.

[KateRN1]

Mine is down to my waist and thick. When I started nursing school, I tried wearing it in a ponytail, but I already look younger than my age and that didn't help my credibility. I cut it short and ended up looking like a pencil (red hair). I have a long neck, so short styles don't work well with me. Now I wear it in a French braid every day and get many compliments on it, whether braided or not. I've debated cutting it to around my shoulders, but I just don't want to spend the time styling it every day.

[Purple_Scrubs, BSN, RN]

I cut mine short for nursing school...big mistake. It looked cute as heck, but required tons of styling and trims every 4 weeks or else I would look like that shaggy dog. I have now grown it out to about 3 inches below my shoulders and plan to keep growing it to mid-back length.

Now all I do is wash it, comb through it and twist it up in a frech twist secured with a huge alligator clip that I jokingly refer to as the car door hinge because of it's size! The part that is visible is dry by the time I make it to work (45 minute commute) and the twisty part dries throughout the day. Best part is when I take it down after work it is dry, wavy, and frizz-free! Occasionally I will blow dry it and do some kind of braid, bun, or ponytail, but the twist and clip is my standby style.