Hair Isn’t Growing!! Help!

i know a few things that can cause your hair not to grow:

1.not eating right ,drinking alot of pop,and eating junk food,also not drinking alot of water

2.combing/brushing hair too much(hair should only be combed once a day and should be combed from ends of hair to roots)

3.maybe your hair is dry so you may want to moisturize hair like once a day with some kind of light moisturizer(a hot oil treatment once a month may help)

if you eat right,and take care of hair,you will get some of the best results from hair.last but not least,growing your hair requires ALOT of PATIENCE.you will have to be patient

 

Your hair is definitely damaged because you're not seeing any growth so that means it's breaking off.  I'm sure your hair is growing, it's just damaged and breaking.  Hair grows approx. a half an inch a month.  You need to be getting your ends trimmed every 6 to 8 weeks or they will split and continue to split up the hair shaft until it breaks off.  It also sounds like your are using heat on your hair way too often.  The heat and the chemicals from your relaxer are way too strong.  Try to find a style that is low on heat.  If you have to have curls in your hair, try sponge rollers or maybe pin curls to cut down on heat.  Also don't blow dry.  Either air dry or sit under a hooded dryer.  Do protein conditioner treatments every two weeks.  They help a lot.

Hmm...well cornrows and twists wouldn't work with my hair texture, its pretty fine  (i'm half irish). I've tried just washing it and not blow drying it but then it curls up, is too short to wear in a clip or anything and i end up just looking a bit like a bushwoman. but i'll play around with it some more. i'll try to limit heat to once a week...once a month just isn't realistic for me at this point!

It sounds like you are on the right track emmerdale with the exception of the heat usage- i think you should limit it to once a month at a bare minimum. but definitely not 2 to 3 times a week. use cornrows, twists, individual braids, wraps , buns and ponytails or wigs as protective styles to keep u away from the heat. You may also want to increase your veggie/fruit intake and increase your physical activity.

Well if you aren't going to stretch the relaxers at least use less heat. Using the blow dryer and the curling iron on a regular basis can be really damaging.  Your hair is probably breaking off because of the heat, BUT IT IS GROWING, just breaking off faster than the growth. There are many ways to stretch relaxers and many of the ladies on here can assist you with that. Make sure to comb your new growth when wet, don't ever try to comb it when dry. That is a battle your comb won't win.

I've heard bad things about lye though. I've been using the perm since I was like 7 or 8, and my hair grew back then, so I think that over the past couple of years, I've been leaving the perm in too long and applying one sooner than I really needed one.

Also, should I get my ends trimmed? Do I ask the person trimming my hair to just take off the split ends? I don't want too much to get taken off again!

Welcome!

 

Well, what worked for me is finding a good regimen and sticking to it.  I started trying to grow my hair in June of last year- and it has grown and improved considerably as you can see in my hair album. 

What I changed was:

Stretching relaxers to at least 10-12 weeks.

Increased washing frequency from once every 2 weeks to twice a week. Weekly deep conditioning.

Avoidindg SLS and ALS in my shampoos and only using moisturizing shampoos.

Limiting direct heat to once a month.

Daily protective styling (buns). Less manipulation.

Using water based moisturizers and avoiding petrolatum and mineral oil in my products.

Sealing in water based moisturizers with good natural oils like olive, carrot, almond, and coconut oil.

 

HTH

I'm a newbie here, and really need some help!

About 2.5 years ago I got my hair cut relatively short...it was a short layered cut a little longer than ear length. I got it trimmed every few weeks, but once when I went, the hair stylist took off a little too much, so ever since then I've been hesitant to get my hair cut. So I havent been to a salon since winter of 2003.

Fastforward to today, my hair is a little bit past my ears, with the longest hairs reaching the nape of my neck. But its been this way forever it seems now! Its a cute style, but people are always asking "did you just get your hair cut?"

My hair is pretty straight and kinda fine, but I use a gentle perm (Just for Me) about once every 6-8 weeks because it tends to get very frizzy and hard to manage if I don't. I've tried going without it and I ended up needing to blow dry and bump it with the curling iron even more than I normally did when I was perming it.

I'm clueless as to how to tell if my hair is damaged!! I'm not much of a hair person, so I have no idea what products are out there. Currently, I use Neutrogena's Triple Moisure line and use a blow dryer and curling iron maybe every two days or so.

Does anyone know what I can do to help my hair grow? How can I tell if its damaged? What products can I use? Its been so upsetting, because I used to have such long hair and now it seems as if it just doesn't grow. Help!!


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