Friday 3 April 2009

Help my hair won't grow! Black hair CAN grow long.


Help grow my hair won't grow!


  • On average, hair grows four to six inches a year. That breaks down to about a third to a half inch of growth a month. Since this is an average, your hair may grow slower or faster depending on your overall health and genetics.
  • We shed approximately 50-100 hairs per day
  • Hair grows faster in warm weather.
  • Afro hair is very fragile because it curls and the natural oils do not travel all the way to the end of the hair, unlike other hair types.
  • Having dirty hair or a dirty scalp does not make your hair grow.
  • Cutting hair does not influence its growth.
  • The cuticle is the outer layer of the hair. It protects the interior Cortex layer and contributes to 20% of the overall strength of the hair.
  • The cortex is the middle layer and gives the hair strength and elasticity. A healthy cortex contributes about 80% of the overall strength of the hair.
  • The larger the diameter of a hair shaft, the fatter it is. As a result, hair can be either fine, medium or thick in diameter.
  • Density is the number of hairs per square inch and can range from thin to thick. So for instance someone can have really fine hair, but a lot of it in terms of density. Or someone can have hair a lot of hair (in terms of density) that’s very thick (in diameter).
  • Porosity is the ability of the hair to absorb moisture. (Most nappy hair is very porous) Mine sucks it up like a sponge.
  • Hair is not living tissue — it’s dead. It can’t regenerate or repair itself once it’s damaged. There are products on the market that can hold it together for a little while…but damaged hair will eventually break. Split ends just need to get cut off before they get worse.
  • Oil does not make hair grow, oil does not moisturize hair
  • Hair growth goes through three stages.

Growing — hair is actively growing from the scalp.
Resting— hair is no longer actively growing and is just sitting on your scalp.
Shedding — hair dies at the root, and a new one is waiting to take it’s place. If all of our hair grew, rested and shed at the same time, there would be periods throughout our lives when we’d be quite bald!

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