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Growing out my hair
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I wash my hair every 4-5 days, you are not alone! I put it up when I shower/bathe so I can get my body clean but not get my hair wet. It works great for me. 🙂
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Try not to wear the extensions too often… they can damage/break/weaken your hair. Prenatal vitamins also worked for me.
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Hey ladies! Little late to the party, but I wanted to join in because I'm growing my hair out, too!
It's so hard, because my hair curls so much, it looks like it's not moving. Soo frustrating!
I trim it when I can, every 3-6 months or so, and I do notice a difference when I do that. So, that's nice.I've heard of some vitamins that you can take to make your hair grow faster. Biotin being one of them (I can't remember the other).
There's a lot on the internet about scalp massage, so I might try that.
I don't wash my hair more than once a month. Like, ever. I'll get it wet and run my fingers through it, but it hasn't seen a brush in more than a year, and the same goes for shampoo. Because my hair is curly, it dries out very easily, and is much happier when I can let it do it's thing for a while.
Leave-in conditioner is my friend, though. I love the stuff! I get some from Lush when I can, because it's natural, and it works wonders!
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took 4 years but my hair almost touches my butt. I had extentions for a few months and they ruined my hair from the ears down . I had the clamp in ones though not the swen in or the clip ins. I wouldnt suggest extensions unless they are the clip in ones you can make. Give it time, get it trimmed every 4 weeks, and dont use products with alcohol. good luck!
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🙂 Well I can certainly say that I definitely know some tips.
General tips-
-Drink lots of water + Get lots of sleep.
-A healthy lifestyle will mean healthier hair for you. Excessive stress, smoking, not exercising and not eating nutritiously are not healthy for your hair.
-Eat at least 1 Avocado a week. (this will also help with mood swings)
-Take Biotin (best is 5,000mcg), Take Vitamin B , Take Kelp pills, Take Folic Acid pills
-Drink a glass of milk before bed every night.
-Hang your head upside-down/over the edge of your bed for 5-10min every night to help with circulation.
-Head rubs (no nails!) regularly (daily) for at least 5 minutes each.
-Avoid sleeping with tightly braided hair or hair in a tight ponytail. The stress can cause breakage and/or hair loss
-wrap hair in a silk kerchief or use a silk pillow case
-DO NOT brush hair when wet. (if you have to use a wide toothed comb and a spray in conditioner.)
-Do a little heat/styling as possible
-Do not dye your hair (or if you do- don't put it anywhere but roots.)
-Don't rub your hair dry with a towel, instead blot the water out of your hair, when you rub, it'll cause your hair to tangle.
-A healthy lifestyle will mean healthier hair for you. Excessive stress, smoking, not exercising and not eating nutritiously are not healthy for your hair.-Trim regularly! Although it feels like a step backwords there is more harm done if split ends are not taken care of before they go further up the hair strand. Split ends do not make for healthy hair!
Eat lots of-
-Protein (lean meat, fish, eggs, nuts, beans, soy)
-Zinc (peanut butter, lean meat, oysters, crab, poultry, pumpkin seeds, chickpeas)
-B vitamin rich foods (seafood, spinach, oatmeal, wholegrains, soybean, lean dairy, lean meats, bananas, lentils, potatoes, peas, beets, broccoli, artichoke)
-Vitamin C (citrus fruits, pineapples, strawberries, quava, broccoli, kale, peppers)
-Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth (I'm neutral on this one even though I've tried it myself. I noticed more of a skin improvement than a hair improvement but since I'm trying to give as many tips as I've heard I'll include it.)
-Using Coconut oil to cook with is good to- or you can mix it into a protein shake (I didn't like that though. XP)
-Other good things to include in your diet (and can be made into hair treatments.) are Banana, coconut, lemon, curry leaves, hibiscus, goose berries, fresh ginger, aloe, honey, red wine, and dark cocoa
– L-Glutamine is another suppliment that helps.When you wash your hair + Hair Treatments-
-Rotate your shampoos and conditioners
-Only use cold or "warm" water on your hair. (not hot)
-Regularly condition it with a mixture of mayonnaise, Vitamin E, and Olive Oil
-Regularly condition with Coconut oil.
-Mane and Tail shampoo + conditioner is said to help strengthen hair during the growing process.
-Equate Dandruff shampoo is said to help.
How to wash your Hair-You should wash your hair as often as you feel necessary to keep it clean but a general rule for oily hair is that you should wash it every day or every other day and for dry hair only wash it 2-3 times a week.
Shampoo from the neck up; however, never use your fingertips- always the palms. Massage little circle, but gently, not too much pressure. Try to get only roots, but if you get more hair it doesn't matter. massage the little circles from the lowest part into the top of your head, but try not to stall in an area. When you think you've gotten everywhere rinse, then condition only the tips.
Ok well…. I think that's most of what I know. Oh also- Patience. It will take time- it's not an overnight change but it WILL help.
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I second Krysten, prenatal vitamins help a lot–you will also notice your nails are stronger, too. Don't shell out for the uber expensive brands, a generic will work well.
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My hair is real, and it just naturally grows long, so I may not seem like the best candidate to give advice, BUT:
My nails are a horrible disaster, and when Duane Reade used to carry a vitamin called Perfectil I took it and it worked wonders. It was a hair-skin-nails combo that i was taking for my nails, but I DID notice it made my hair grow faster. You can order it online, I'm just too lazy. Someday I will again and I will have rockin' nails. Meanwhile, you can take it and it will probs help your hair. If not, you will also have rockin' nails.
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