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How fast do your hair grow? Printed From: HairBoutique.com Category: African American Hair Forum Name: African American Hair Forum Description: Devoted to the special needs of African Americans. URL: https://talk.hairboutique.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26759 Printed Date: July 23 2025 at 3:04pm Topic: How fast do your hair grow? Posted By: Unregistered Guest Subject: How fast do your hair grow? Date Posted: August 28 2002 at 6:43pm My hair grows 7 inches per year, if I keep it braided up in cornroles in grows 13 inces per year, Is that average for black people hair to grow that much in a year, or do my hair just grows fast or what? what do every body think about there hair growth? and how fast you think it grows? Replies: Posted By: Carver Date Posted: August 29 2002 at 1:13am Princess123 wrote: My hair grows 7 inches per year, if I keep it braided up in cornroles in grows 13 inces per year, Is that average for black people hair to grow that much in a year, or do my hair just grows fast or what? what do every body think about there hair growth? and how fast you think it grows? First of all, you`re quite fortunate that your hair grows 13 inches per year. Second of all, I think you`re either completely fibbing or you`re measuring wrong. Which side of the ruler are YOU using? At 13 INCHES per year, you`d be Lady Godiva (albeit with a different hair texture) in less than a decade! The reason why I ask about which side of the ruler you`re using to measure your hair is not to be flippant but to clear up a possible error; if your hair grows beyond the length of the ruler, that`s 13 inches but if it grows a little less than half the length of the ruler, that`s about 5.125 or 5.25 inches or 13 CENTIMETERS. 5-7 inches is still quite good, especially since many people don`t get that much growth due to a lack of necessary vitamins among other factors. By the way, keeping your hair in cornrows all year is such a bad decision. Not only will that contribute to weakness and breakage, but very possible hair loss and clogged hair follicles in the scalp. When your scalp can`t "breathe," your hair`s growth is definitely impeded. THIRD of all, at the risk of criticizing you too heavily, you really need to improve your grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling. An example of your poor grammar: "`do` my hair just grows fast or what" should read: "does my hair grow fast" as you don`t need the words "or what"; they`re unnecessary and we (as your audience) understand you`re asking a question without those words. Your capitalization is not without error: "what do every body think about there hair growth" should be "What does everyone think about their hair growth?" Your punctuation was fine for the most part but instead of a comma in your first sentence, perhaps a semi-colon (;) would have been another appropriate choice. Finally, it seems some of your words are spelled incorrectly for the context, not overall. "There" in your second-to-last sentence is spelled correctly but it`s not the correct version of that word; you mean "T-H-E-I-R," but there are better words to fill that space as well. In conclusion, I`d appreciate it very much if you would use spell-check prior to posting. If you don`t, you may be further perpetrating the stereotypes that currently exist against we African-Americans. Later Days, Carver ------------- Curly, thick hair: a blessing and a curse? *Carver*