Hair stopped growing
Posted by Mark on February 08, 2001 at 15:05:19: Previous Next
I've been growing my hair for just over a year now. It seemed to grow a lot for the first 6 to 8 months, but now I'm not noticing it get any longer. I've heard that the hair needs to be trimmed up about an inch every six months or so to freshen the ends. Anybody have any insight on this? I won't cut it short again, but willing to bring it up an inch if I can get more growth.
Re: Hair stopped growing
Posted by the other mark on February 09, 2001 at 07:44:43: Previous Next
In Reply to: Hair stopped growing posted by Mark on February 08, 2001 at 15:05:19:
If I remember correctly, your hair is wavy or curly, right? Well, at about that same point (6-8 months) my wavy hair also looked like it had stopped growing. The truth was, it was hitting my collar and curling up...still growing, but the curling up meant that the length didn't show as readily. When it got long enough to get past the collar, the new growth was more noticeable. Trims are fine if you hate the shape or style of your hair, or if there is noticeable damage of split ends (you can see the splits if you look closely at the ends of individual hairs-and if you take good care of your hair, splits should be unlikely at this point), but other than that, a trim won't promote more growth, it just removes length.
additional remark
Posted by wolfgang on February 10, 2001 at 13:48:44: Previous Next
In Reply to: Re: Hair stopped growing posted by the other mark on February 09, 2001 at 07:44:43:
Hello,
I agree completely with you. In addition I want to say I have heard (from a hairdresser in another message board) that hair can have a rest period, after that it will continue growing.
wolfgang