She Hasn't Cut Her Hair Since 2015. It Now Measures Almost 9 Feet Long.
Renu Dhariyal of Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India has been growing her hair continuously since 2015, has never once cut it, and her hair now measures 271.50 centimetres, or 8 feet and 10 inches, making her the holder of the Guinness World Record for longest hair on a living person (female), certified in April 2026. The measurement surpasses the previous record of 257.33 centimetres held by Ukrainian content creator Aliia Nasyrova, who set the record in 2024. To give a sense of scale, Robert Wadlow, the tallest man ever recorded, stood at 272 centimetres. Renu's hair is within a single centimetre of that height, and when she walks, it trails behind her along the ground. In photographs shared with Guinness, her hair is seen draped over the edge of a bed, spreading out around her as she sits on the floor, and braided into an elaborate plait she uses to keep it manageable when she is on the move. The hair is thick, deeply black, and visibly healthy across its entire extraordinary length.
Renu is a content creator and YouTuber based in Uttarakhand who says she was inspired to grow her hair by Indian cultural traditions in which long hair is considered a symbol of beauty and heritage, and she has documented the journey publicly since the beginning. Her care routine is entirely chemical-free: she makes her own hair oils and shampoos at home from natural ingredients and shares her recipes and techniques with other women on her YouTube channel, which she describes as her way of giving the knowledge back. Managing hair this length takes hours of washing and detangling, requires patience she says she has developed over a decade of practice, and draws immediate attention whenever she is in public. She said people are surprised every time she steps out and that she receives a great deal of appreciation, adding that she hoped her record sent a message about what determination, consistency, and a connection to natural beauty and cultural tradition can achieve. The record now belongs to Uttarakhand, and to a woman who decided in 2015 that she simply was not going to cut her hair again.
