Short hair or long hair?

Overall it depends on the character the doll is portraying; I have one with (very) long hair and one with short hair. I like the look of dolls with long hair, but when it comes to actually handling the dolls, short hair is easier to deal with and I prefer it in those moments.

Personally, I have short hair (cut about to the middle of my ears usually or just above). I don't really care to do anything with my own hair, but I love the idea of having multiple wigs in different styles for my dolls, so I don't think my own hair habits really affects my doll wig choices.

 

Short hair, it's easier to tidy

 

I've been in the hobby for 14 years but somehow pretty much all my dolls until last year had short hair. First I had all boys, who all had short hair (longest was shoulder-length). Then the girls all also had short hair, minus one girl who had very curly hair and a natural fur wig so it was still pretty easy to style (it was supposed to look like a mess). I finally had a girl with long synthetic hair and was like holy moly managing this much hair is just such a PAIN. It was heavy too, so it was liable to whip her head around. I eventually chopped off enough hair to make it shoulder length, haha. Don't think I want one that's longer than that ever...

 

I only collect male dolls and the majority of them (about 98%) have long hair. I'm calling it long if it's past shoulder-length. I have 2 dolls with ankle length hair, 2 with hair to their mid-calf, a good number with hair past their waist, and a huge amount with hair between mid-shoulder blade to their waist. Their hair length, colour and style depends entirely on what their character demands.

My hair is to my waist and I've always had long hair although this is currently the longest I've managed to grow it (my hair grows very slowly). I like long hair on men so that possibly somewhat colours what my characters end up with. But if someone truly wants/demands short hair, then that's what he gets.

 

I tend to use synthetic wigs nowadays, and I have a variety of lengths on my dolls. I find I never go much shorter than shoulder length because even the finest synthetic hair turns out to be very fluffy and hard to really flatten down well. The fiber for mohair and fur wigs definitely scales well, but I like to change out the wigs on a whim so it's harder to me to personally justify a hardcap or custom wig.

Since I have had long hair myself for a while, and have also wrestled many a cosplay wig, I don't find it particularly difficult to manage long hair on my dolls--and I find it much easier to style them to hide the wig cap itself. Finger detangling and a good synthetic conditioner have been super helpful. Also, a metal toothed pet comb for styling. Plastic combs often have seams on the teeth that will just shred and stretch fibers the more you comb them, making the wig even more of a hassle to deal with.

Of course, I rarely work with tightly-curled wigs and those are very difficult to manage when long, so hats off to anyone who has the skills.

 

I have short hair and I prefer short hair on dolls, just because I like wigs not getting knocked off all the time. They're also a pain to maintain. One of my girls has hair that goes down to her ankles and it has two small braids in the wig, and it's such a nightmare taking her off the shelf because inevitably the hair gets messed up and I'm terrified of ruining the braids. Still, some of my characters have long, pretty hair, so I buy long wigs anyway.

 

I prefer short hair because long hair is hard to maintain. Also, i have this really cute backpack but the long hair just covered it all up. I also might be biased because I have short hair in real life haha

 

I love long hair but the wig has to fit perfectly or it starts to slide off... or accidentally yanked off. Unfortunately, its easier to handle a doll with short hair so I'm always trying to balance the two lengths to a happy medium.

 

short hair is easier to manage especially in 1/4th scale but i do love some long hair looks!

 

Most of my doll is in 75cm, I only choose short hair.

 

I love both long and short, regardless of the gender of the doll, but maintaining long hair is a royal pain. As much as super long Miku-level hair looks amazing, I don't think I could keep it looking presentable.

 

Originally I pictured my doll with long hair. Had no interest in long wigs. I surprised myself and ended up with a long wig! It really suits her. I personally have short hair and I do think that influenced my mindset.

 

Short hair 100%. I love to redress/ restyle my dolls and I hate having long hair get in the way. I also don't love brushing/ styling wigs, it's more of a chore than a fun activity for me. Funnily enough, I have long hair that gets in the way often... I have been thinking of chopping a bunch of it off!

 

This is an interesting topic. So for the first 8 ish years in the hobby I'd say I preferred short hair on all my dolls. I find it stylish and easy to wear for them, but then at a certain point I started to choose long hair and now I have lots of dolls with longer hair. I guess my answer is just that given enough time I will change my mind.
My hair as well was mostly short but sometimes longer

 

I like both, it depends on the character of the doll, and I sometimes switch between long and short for the same doll. My own hair is long. Flyaway strands drive me a little bit crazy, so I try to look for easily controlled wigs.

 

I love in long hair or custom short hair.
So I bought all…..

 

I perfere short hair.

 

ohgosh, all my females have insanely long hair >w< but my males have super short hair, i like both!

 

Short hair! Shoulder length or above!

Just as you said; I think it makes it muuuuuch easier. I’d be willing to have a doll with long hair if it really fit the theme, but they’re much more of a hassle to handle.
Out of my 13 dolls right now, only 1 of them has hair longer than her shoulders- and i’d love to keep it that way, lol

 

I love long hair but they are a pain. My dolls stand/sit in long hair and when I play with them they are in short hair.