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Guest kirsty

I have a bit of a strange question here, but hopefully there is maybe an answer?

Is there anyway at all to speed up the growth of my hair? I have been growing now for some time, but I get so upset waiting as it seems to be taking so long. All my families hair grows very quickly but mine seems to take forever?

Any ideas? or do i just have to sit this out?

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Guest April63

Being in good health helps. So make sure you get enough exercise and sleep. Try to avoid having lots of stress or tension. That's not very good for you.

I'm not sure how well it can help, but vitamins and protein are said to help.

And then just take good care of your hair so that it doesn't break or fall out!

April

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Guest Lizzie McTrucker

..what the person above me said.

Have a well-balanced diet (so you're providing nutrients), take good care of your hair.

and I think go in for an occaisonal trim every month or so, just to trim the ends. Supposedly that works too.

oh, and above all..be patient. depending how short your hair is to start with, it may take awhile before you have long flowing locks.

people would ask me how long it took to grow my hair out and I told them it was about a year.

..and if you're cursed with curly or wavy hair like me (see attached) it will be longer than it looks.

(so if you get it straightened one day you think "wow, where'd all that length come from?!)

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Guest Pioneer

How long have you been growing out your hair? An average person's hair should grow at least 3-4 inches in length in about 6 months or so.

It usually takes a year for me to wear a ponytail from scratch (shaved head).

Of course, genetic/race, seasons (Summer grows the fastest/Winter the slowest), and health - they all matter too.

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Guest CharlieRose

I used to have way long hair, some tips: Do take very good care of it. Always condition and brush it, brushing gently from the bottom up so you don't get mega-tangles and end up pulling out half of it. The more you brush, in general, the less tangled it'll be, and the more you'll be able to spread the oils from your scalp over it, which sounds gross but it's good for your hair. So, like in the morning, at night, before you shower, after you shower, I don't think you can brush it too much so long as you're gentle with it.

Don't rinse it with water that's too hot, and don't blow dry or straighten it, that makes it weaker and easier to break. There are products, too, that are designed to make your hair stronger, like types of shampoo and conditioner. I used to use the Garnier kind, in the green bottle, and it supposedly was clinically tested to improve hair strength, which I guess is good, but I dunno, I never trust those things completely. But I was able to grow my hair out very long when I was using it, it was past my chest.

You don't need it that long, though. Shoulder length should be good, and shouldn't take you more than... eh, a year or so. I believe the average is half an inch a month. Mine took about three years to get past my chest.

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Guest Elizabeth K

I finally went to a quality hair design studio, told them what I wanted to do and set up a program to do it. The quick answer? To keep it under control. have it lightly trimmed (less than an 1/8 inch) every five or six weeks, to keep it from hqaving split ends that can ravel deep into existing hair, and to keep it conditioned at all times.

Hair typically grows at 1/2" per month - not much else you can do about that.

Lizzy

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Guest androgynous

I started to grow my hair since January 2009 (started fully shaved) now it's 3.2 inch all around without cutting. So that's the length I got in 6 months. That means in another half year time I get about 7 to 8 inch of hair, and over 1 year (1.5 year of hair grow then) I think I will have 11 to 13 inch based on the current rate.

And I do use vitamin B supplements and horsetail (natural supplement)

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Guest androgynous
I heard about this horse shampoo once that is supposed to really fasten the growth of your hair. Is that true?

Honestly, I don't think it works. I think any shampoo will do it's more about massaging the scalp for better blood flow. I mean hairs grow due to cell division, and you can't really speed that up. You can make sure it got all the nutrients by supplying them, but to my knowledge you can't make your hair grow faster than it's encoded in your genes. Also a hair has a cycle of about 6 years, after 3 years it can go to sleep and it may look that your hair doesn't grow that fast. So, if you start growing hair in that sleep cycle it may seem to take forever.

I've been using all possible supplements, but at the current rate it seems that they don't do a thing when compared to 'normal' growth-rate. Alas we all look for magic bullets, the only ones who seem to profit are the manufacturers.

My hair is now 4 inches long all around, after almost 7 months of non-stop grow.

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Guest Lizzie McTrucker
Jello or gelatin is supposed to help your hair and nails grow and be healthy...There's always room for jello :P

Joe

Last time I tried to put jello on my hair I got kicked out of the chinese buffet and was told to never come back again.

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Lizzy gave you the ball park figure for the speed of hair growth - this is the average for most people, like everything else in life YMMV (Your Milage May Vary).

The actual number for hair growth is considered to be 1/72" per day so 60/72" is pretty cloes to one inch.

Mine seems to grow just a bit faster and so do my naols, when my health is good both are strong but when I get run down I can break a nail by looking at it.

Your general health is key to healthy hair and nails.

Love ya,

Sally

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hi

as doctor said to me,if you are going to less food(dite) and so on

you will lose hair or less growing,

so they advise me to take vitamin with zinc formula.

it is help full to growing hair ,now I am taking that for near 8 monthes,

it is work will with me.

but they give another hair also chance to grow fast,if you not have lazer.

but still by anyway don't think sweet you will find 2 m long after one sleeping night :blink:

but believe it is help me by far.

good luck for you honey :lol:

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Guest NatashaJade
I heard about this horse shampoo once that is supposed to really fasten the growth of your hair. Is that true?

Hi there!

I've actually been using Megatek Rebuilder for about 6 weeks now and I think the main thing it has done is really thicken my hair quite a bit. There has probably been a little extra growth as well, but I'm not seeing any new growth from it. I also have a regimen of brushing my hair for 5 minutes every morning and evening with a boar's bristle brush and the night before I wash my hair, I massage in and leave in the Megatek. It smells like coconuts and it is really the best conditioner I have found regardless. My hair has never been this thick. I'm hoping when I start HRT it will aid any new growth - I've heard some wonderful testimonials to this effect.

Best!

Gin

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Guest Allyson Michelle

I had asked this same question on Yahoo answers and go this:

I am from southeast asia and the people there have the most BEAUTIFUL silky dark hair that anybody has ever seen (Indian hair for example). The thing that they do ( and I do) is that you have to oil your hair almost every week (preferably with Mustard oil) and then wash. NEVER wash your hair before oiling and massaging it first. Trust me on this one! you won't regret it. Another thing is that I just discovered this incredible shampoo and I read the reviews online ... Its called Bio Amla Shampoo which doesn't have alot of chemicals and is made from almost all natural ingredients. This is what it looks like:

http://image.ec21.com/image/bioamla/oimg…

You'll find it at any indian/pakistani store. Its dang cheap!!

Another suggestion that I would like to give you is avoid anything that is heat related (hair dryers, Straighteners) I never EVER use them and it shows!

Good luck my friend! :)

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Guest JustShelly

Last time I tried to put jello on my hair I got kicked out of the chinese buffet and was told to never come back again.

You too!! :D

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Guest sarah f

Why can't they come up with a magical pill like everything else. I am tired of waiting for it to grow. My stylist put me on a every 6 week hair regimen. She cuts the dead ends off and evens out my hair so that it doesn't look bad.

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Guest Donna Jean

Why can't they come up with a magical pill like everything else. I am tired of waiting for it to grow. My stylist put me on a every 6 week hair regimen. She cuts the dead ends off and evens out my hair so that it doesn't look bad.

Yeah....and cutting off the dead ends seems to pretty much be how much it grew in the last 6 weeks....right?...LOL

Donna Jean

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Guest Emily_MI

I am having the same issue, right now my hair length is almost touching my shoulders but my goal is to of course to have my hair past my shoulders and able to have a ponytail. I work out quite a lot and also take good care of my hair, at least I think I do? It is growing slowly for me now, or at least seems that way since I want to have longer hair so badly right now :(

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..and if you're cursed with curly or wavy hair like me (see attached) it will be longer than it looks.

(so if you get it straightened one day you think "wow, where'd all that length come from?!)

OMG so true. I grew my hair out for a year once and it ended up forming giants ringlets that I don't think even touched my shoulders. Unlike mt pre-puberty hair that was straight and I could grow to my shoulders every few months before getting it cut short again.

Ah well, at least I got my dad's nice thick only very slightly greying at 50 hair instead of my mom's thinning turned bright white years ago hair.

It's annoying though, I get no "length" growing it out for a year, but it grows out of its short cuts very quickly. I need a hair cut right now actually...

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Guest Patsy

I had asked this same question on Yahoo answers and go this:

I am from southeast asia and the people there have the most BEAUTIFUL silky dark hair that anybody has ever seen (Indian hair for example). The thing that they do ( and I do) is that you have to oil your hair almost every week (preferably with Mustard oil) and then wash. NEVER wash your hair before oiling and massaging it first. Trust me on this one! you won't regret it. Another thing is that I just discovered this incredible shampoo and I read the reviews online ... Its called Bio Amla Shampoo which doesn't have alot of chemicals and is made from almost all natural ingredients. This is what it looks like:

http://image.ec21.com/image/bioamla/oimg…

You'll find it at any indian/pakistani store. Its dang cheap!!

Another suggestion that I would like to give you is avoid anything that is heat related (hair dryers, Straighteners) I never EVER use them and it shows!

Good luck my friend! :)

That links seems to be dead...but I found this one:

SHAMPOO_Bio_Amla

Patsy

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Guest Hayley21

I'm from the south an down here we have alot of ol'e sayings, so here's one that might help, ya ever heard the one "that when you really really want something, it seems to never happen"? Well my advice is, don't worry so much about it, cuz like someone said, there's no magic pills, wish there was. But all in all Do keep doing the right things like taking care of it etc...but when it comes down to it, just ignore it ;)

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