How does cutting your hair make it grwo longer?
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It is a bunch of crap.
The roots do not know when the ends are cut.
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Well, it's simple, really. My neice is a cosmetologist, and this is what she said for me to do. I thought it was crazy at first, but believe me, it does work. Healthy hair does grow faster.
because if you have split ends it stops your hair growing so if you keep cutting it once 6 months it will grow really long
Think of it as cutting your nails.or shaving! The more you shave, the faster and thicker your hair grows. Kinda grotesque, but hey.
As I am sure you have heard, if you cut your hair frequently, your hair will grow in faster, longer, and healthier.
Gobbledygook! This myth came from the observation of men's facial hair. As they shaved, the facial hair would indeed grow in thicker. Its called, 'puberty.'
This is because certain male hormones affect facial hair in that manner. They do not affect the hair on your head in the same way.
To the contrary. Male hormonal activity is what leads to hair thinning and loss on certain parts of the head, but not all. Hence the familiar balding pattern known as 'male pattern baldness.' This same hormonal activity also affects women, but not until much later in life, and in a different pattern.
Cutting your hair only makes it shorter, does not affect the growth rate one iota, and cannot determine the length that your hair will grow to. Maximum hair length is determined by the shape and width of the hair shaft, and that is determined genetically and is not alterable with current technology.
Lastly, hair is neither healthy or unhealthy. It is in fact, dead. Else, it would really hurt to cut it. It is the health of the hair follicle below the outer skin that requires nutrients for good health, and no adverse hormonal activity.
So, unless you have split ends or chemically damaged hair, the only need to cut the hair is for the look that you want.
A few things that you can do to ensure that your hair follicles remain healthy and your hair is undamaged, are:
1. Take an inexpensive daily multi vitamin such as 'One-A-Day' or even 'Flintstones.' Your hair likes zinc and biotin and both of the above mentioned vitmins contain ample amounts of these. Don't waste your hard earned money on 'super vitamins.' Your body only requires so many vitamins per day and simply discharges the excess. You can't put twenty gallons in a ten gallon tank. In some instances, over dosing on supplements can actually be fatal.
2. Do not over brush your hair. With every stroke you damage your hair more. Brush only as much as you need to style the hair, then stop.
3. Buy a good quality brush or comb without sharp plastic or metal ridges. This is one of the common factors leading to split ends, as is over brushing.
4. Don't be penny foolish. Buy good quality salon products. The chemicals used in many if not most of the over the counter shampoos and conditioners, contain very harsh ingredients such as 'ammonium laurel sulfate' which can actually dry your hair out and cause breakage and split ends. Even worse, many contain a 'bad' form of silicon, and that can be very nasty on your hair. 'Pantene' is the worst of these in our opinion.
5. Don't constrict your hair with tight bands, hats, braids and the like. These also lead to split ends and hair breakage.
Because the root has an easier job of delivering all the nutrients to shorter hair - of course the root doesn't know when the strand is cut! (this to the answer posted before) and for the one who said that split ends prevent growth - the hair doesn't grow from the end, it grows from the root, so split ends don't matter, geez.
So cut it just alittle every couple of months and it will look and be healthier. But the growth itself is dictated by your genetic makeup, so it varies from person to person; you can just help it along a little with the right attitude (good healthy food, calcium supplements,.)
Here's the real answer:
Much like how jeans fray at the bottom, hair also frays at the bottom and will wear away and break off, making the hair get shorter from the bottom. While getting trims doesn't make your hair grow faster, it keeps it from splitting and breaking off at the bottom. Thus, getting trims keeps your hair from getting shorter due to breakage.
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Hairdresser for 12 years
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