Why do older women have short hair?

[Urban Sports]

Why when they get to a certain age, say 55+ why do they usually sport short hair?

Edited by Urban Sports on Sunday 23 November 22:45

[Mobile Chicane]

Because it thins after menopause. Either that, or wear a wig.

Joan Collins (no doubt among many others) wears a wig. She's as bald as a coot underneath.

[DUMBO100]

I just asked my my Mrs that question and she replied "why don't older men have any hair? And they get fat and grumpy too"

[MitchT]

Ah, the 'Pat Butcher' look. No, I don't get it either. Maybe they want us to start ogling 20-year-olds.

[Sheets Tabuer]

Because they start to look like witches when they have long grey hair.

[Leptons]

I've often wondered this too.

[Riknos]

Makes sense to me, but 55+ years of having to worry about, style, brush, wash, dry etc your hair - so much easier to say "fk it" and cut it all off? Plus, it's not like at their age they are out on the pull is it?

[L555BAT]

They're past it in terms of being attractive, so why bother with the maintenance overhead of having long hair?

[Luftgekuhlt]

The answer is here

[Gilhooligan]

Hair tends to get thinner with age. Thinner hair will go flatter if it's long due to the weight.*

• I have no way of proving if I'm even remotely correct.

[StuntmanMike]

My wife is a hairdresser, whilst hormones and thinning hair certainly cause problems, most women just get fed up with looking after long hair.