Hair Is NOT Growing or Is It?

Hi,

I understand your anticipation on your hair growth.

The best thing to do is to get it trimed about every 2 months. I know this may not sound logical but it will help it from breaking off at the ends therefore it will grow healthier.

Let me give you a BIG hint!!! Look for a stylist who has very long hair herself. They will most likely cut only less than a half inch at your request. Long haired stylist understand your plight for long hair.

Eating healthy with lots of veggies helps, along with exersise and drinking lits of water.
Thats my own trick for faster growing hair!!

Yeah I get my hair trimmed ever 2 months and I've noticed it's barely grown. I need to though, it's as thick as a big black sheep and I need to get it thinned.
When my hair does get to a weighed down length what stuck should I use to stop bad ends?

I'm sorry that you disagree with my advice.

Facts are that hair grows on the average of 1/2 inch a month, in two months you have about an inch. If you are very active and eat healthy, it can be up to 1 inch to maybe 1 1/2 inch a month.

My advice about finding a stylist with long hair is the best idea. They understand your desire for growth and only trim 1/4 inch if they are asked.
If you do not get it trimed you will probably end up with these "thin strings of hair" at the end of your length. Which is not very healthy looking.

Also keep in mind that the average healthy person will lose 60-100 hairs a day. If it is long it can seem like more because 5 hairs wrapped around your fingers in your hand can seem like 50.

Remember, Long hair is only pretty if it is healthy and consistantly thick from top to bottom.

P.S. Just because I own a salon doesn't mean that I will profit anything from my advice. I have never posted my salon name or my city or even my state. I don't love money. I just LOVE hair and helping people keep it beautiful.

I am an artist and my artisic outlet happens to be hair. God Bless.

Just a professional view point.

i read on a magazine that "cutting your hair won't make it grow faster, it'll only make it short"

Here's some interesting facts about hair growth.


Hair Cycle: Growth periods are followed by follicular regression and consequential hair loss. No hair therefore grows continuously. This hair cycle, which dictates the ultimate hair length attainable by an individual, is explained under the following headings:-

Anagen: The period of follicle regeneration and active growth of scalp hairs is from 2-7 years. ***You could be a person with a 2 year active growth phase or a 7 year phase......If you only have a 2 year Anagen growth phase you hair will only get to a certian length and never grow beyond that.***
Hairs in the anagen phase grow faster during the early years. Average growth rate is 1-2 cm per month. (in my experience 2 cm is more the norm)

Catagen: the preliminary stage of the retrogressive catagen phase during which changes can occasionally be seen above the skin surface with the naked eye: e.g. loss of pigment and the narrowing of the hairshaft accompanied by a narrowing and eventual loss of the medulla. During this short period of change (approximately 2 weeks) the follicle rests the dermal papilla stops production of new cells, the dentrites and melanocytes contract and melanin production ceases. The follicle and epithelial sheath contract and the hairshaft is ejected.
Telogen: the resting phase of the follicle lasts approximately four months. The follicle remains quiescent in its shortened state and awakens to regenerate with the onset of the new Anagen phase.

Each individual hair goes through each of these phases....But a long Anagen Phase is what it takes to get to that hair beyond the mid back length.
Long Live the Anagen Phase!