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So I'm growing my hair out right. It's about at my eyebrows now and I've been growing it for a few months. I want you ladies (and metro dudes) to tell me the best way to ensure my hair grows at a fast speed. I don't want to wait too long to get my shoulder length hair back ;_;
u help me nao kthnxbai.
Buy a decent shampoo and conditioner. I've heard that Mane-N-Tail products are good for that sort of thing.
Oh, and don't use a flat iron or blow dryer. If a flat iron is part of your hair style then try to get a hot oil treatment every month or so. Hell, hot oil treatment is nice even if you don't flatten or blow dry.
Also, scalp massages increase blood flow to your head area, so maybe like a scalp massage with a Vitamin-E oil of some sort. Vitamin-E is good for hair as it is, but I've heard that it also can increase how fast your hair grows.
You can help your hair remain undamaged but I dont think you can do much about the growth rate.
That's correct. Nearly everyone's hair grows at a fixed rate of 1/2 inch per month, or 6 inches per year. Nothing you can do will make it exceed this rate, and unless you become severely malnourished, it wont drop below this rate. Many people believe that their hair grows particularly fast or slow, but this is an illusion. I used to believe that my hair grew particularly quickly, but then I started growing my hair out during my freshman year of college. Suddenly I was believing that my hair actually grew particularly slowly. Basically most people tend to believe that their hair does exactly what they don't want it to do. (For the record, I grew out my hair for nearly two years; by the time that I chose to cut it back to a short style, the hair just above my forehead had reached my collar bone.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Scatterbrain
Here is a good collection of articles about long hair on men. It covers everything from hair growth and maintenance to social attitudes toward long-haired men.
"On Being a Longhair"
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Caring for Long Hair
Part 3: Keeping Long Hair Neat
Part 4: How People Feel About Long Hair
Um, have good genetics? I think hair growth is constant for a person.
But DuB, are you sure about it growing about the same for everyone? Mine's always grown really fast. I've been growing it about a year and a half and it's over a foot right now.
My hair's growth rate seems to change. Sometimes it'll take forever to grow an inch, othertimes I'll gain ridiculous amount of length in a month.
:whyme: I'm only as sure as the websites that I've read that from. Feel free to Google it.
Mine has only made it 4.5 inches in a year. I suffer bad depression though, which could have an effect. =(
you should see how long my hair is getting, my tips would be is to not use shampoo too much, sulfates dry out the hair (sodium laureth sulfate)
I use shampoo that doesn't have that ingredient. Just get once a month trims if you want the hair to grow the way you want it to..in my case im not sure how long im gonna have mine and its really curly so..im not sure how to style it..
Also, biotin is required for hair growth, omega 3 fatty acids make the hair and skin smooth so try to find a vitamin or food with biotin and get some omega 3-6-9 if you can
that is neccessary to make hair grow and be smooth and shiny
Wow, thanks DuB and everyone for such lengthy and helpful tips/responses. :)
Yeah that's a good tip. If you got long hair you can't wash it everyday or it will get really dried out.Quote:
Originally Posted by guerilla
don't color it or straiten it, those kinds of things will damage it and you're hair will work to repair it with existing hair cells instead of using those cells to grow it out.
You better make a mohawk out of it once you're done, Jeff.
lol mowhawk..mine is going to be a female haircut :), once it gets a bit longer
And dye it blue right? :chuckle: Hmm I was thinking more along the lines of a pony tail, or just having it hanging down, rockstar style :banana:Quote:
Originally Posted by CoLd BlooDed
DREADS. Unless you have blond or red hair, because then you would just look stupid most likely.
Well thanks but I've got the style I want in my head already :P. And I was thinking about dreads but the "irreversible" aspect of it sort of scared me away from it. So I don't think I'll be getting those.Quote:
Originally Posted by stonedape
It's reversible. You just have to cut your hair off.
Yeeaaahh, that's my definition of "irreversible" seeing as you have to cut your hair off to ditch the dreads.Quote:
Originally Posted by stonedape
Dreads are gross. :P
Crap DuB, now you've made me question everything I've assumed about hair!
Here's a great article - http://www.hairboutique.com/tips/tip214.htm
Nuh uh! :P They suit a select few people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant
That article confused me. It said you can't make your hair grow faster and then proceeded to list ways to make it grow faster. :P
As for dreads... I saw Jason Castro once and considered ripping out one of his as a souvenir. :?
You'd probably hate my hair then. It's kinda halfway between dreads and long hair. Sorta like Jimmy page when he had a beard, only more dread like. I always thought that girls would think dreads are gross, but a lot of them think my hair is awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant