1. Brush your hair according to the brushing section on our web page. Brushing Page
2. Massage your scalp everyday. To massage, simply use the pads of the tips of your fingers to get the correct results. You can massage from 5 - 10 minutes each time. It's best when you have someone else massage your scalp, but doing it yourself is still very helpful.
Both of
these will increase the blood flow or circulation to your scalp. When
blood circulates it delivers nutrients. The more nutrients that reach
your scalp, the healthier your scalp will be. The healthier your scalp,
the healthier your hair will be, and the faster it will grow.
After all,
what good is long hair if it is not healthy?
3. Eat a well balanced and healthful diet.
Nutrient List
This site will give you a complete list of which foods are the best to
eat for your hair's as well as your body's health. Eating right,
combined with good blood circulation to your scalp will make your hair
not only grow faster and fuller, but also healthier.
4. Stay away from traditional salons and their scissors-happy stylists. Get trims only when your hair needs it. The purpose of a trim is to remove damaged hair tips, not to give you something to do every 6 or 8 weeks. Your hair only needs to be trimmed when you get split ends, and/or breakage. If you do not have any damage 6 weeks or 6 months after your last trim, then you do not need another trim.
For those
who are looking to get as much growth as possible in a limited amount
of time, add this to your trimming routine: you do not have to cut a
straight line across the bottom of your ends every time you get a trim.
You can simply
trim only the part of the hair that is damaged. Not all of your strands
of
hair will have damage. This will make trimming take longer, but will
insure
that you get the maximum healthy growth that’s possible.
5.
Last, be gentle to your hair. This will help reduce split ends and
breakage, which will lessen the number of hairs that need to be trimmed
and the length of trim on those which are trimmed. Treat your locks
like fine lace. Try
not to expose your hair to unnecessary stresses like blow drying, hot
curling irons, coloring, perming, blowing in blustery winds and
excessive twisting.
Take
it from the top, and give your crowing glory and healthy head start
with a regular scalp massage. Before you suds up, gently massage your
scalp with small circular movements using the pads of your fingers -
not your nails. This will relax muscles and rev up your circulation to
make sure your hair gets all of the nutrients it needs.
The numbers of hairs on your head depend on hereditary factors.
Blondes usually have the highest head count, with an average of 120,000
hairs. Brunettes come next with about 100,000 hairs per head, and
redheads have the least with
approximately 80,000.
Each hair has a life span of about 2 years: then it's pushed out
to make way for a new hair to takes it's place. The means it's
perfectly natural to count on losing 70 to 100 hairs a day.
Hair grows about half an inch a month (faster in the summer than
the winter). This means that your hair grows as average six inches a
year at the
rate of about 1/60th of an inch a day. Unfortunately your genes govern
the
rate of growth, so there's nothing you can do to speed it up.
If your growing your hair the average length it'll reach is 18 to 24 inches. However if yours never seems to get past your shoulders it probably means that your hair has a slower growth rate, and a faster replacement cycle than those girls with super long hair.
Hair ends have been around the longest and therefore have been
through more wear and tear than the rest of your hair. Treat your long
locks to
a mild shampoo. Also trimming won't make your hair grow faster, it will
make hair look fuller, and get rid of uneven edges.