How To Grow Hair Faster
- Nov. 5, 2021
- Hair
When it comes to the length of our hair it’s never really enough, is it? So you decide to grow it longer and thicker but the process seems to take forever. Did you know that hair grows about six inches each year on average? Well now you know. As beautiful as long thick hair looks, it also requires a lot of patience and effort to grow. There are a lot of factors that contribute to hair growth. But one of the most overlooked factor is physical stimulation, which is literally just massaging your scalp.
Yes, massaging your scalp frequently with some key natural oils boosts your hair growth. It can also be accompanied with a few other natural techniques to give you the healthy lengthy hair you deserve. So with all that said let me conclude by saying there is no magic or trick that will make your hair grow five inches overnight. Instead you could grow healthier stronger hair that will reduce breakage and promote the length and thickness of your hair.
Therefore here are a handful of ways to do so.
1. Clean and massage your scalp.
One of the main causes of hair loss is inflammation of the scalp cause by buildup or other scalp conditions. And hair loss is the last thing you want if you’re trying to grow long hair. Therefore make sure you regularly wash your scalp and gently massaging it to increase blood circulation, relieve stress and stimulate hair follicles which in turn promotes hair growth. Try massaging your scalp daily for about 4 minutes to help grow thicker and stronger hair.
2. Protect your hair from physical damage
Physical damage including daily wear and tear, harsh brushing, tightening among others lead to breakage. I know protecting it doesn’t promote hair growth but it prevents it from falling off hence preserving the length you already have. One way to prevent physical damage is by frequently changing hairstyles so that you don’t apply pressure on the same part of your hair daily. Another way is to always brush your hair from the roots moving towards the ends. Forcefully pulling the tangled hair strands from the ends will cause a lot of breakage and even pain.
3. Wear protectives hairstyles
Protective hairstyles are those that help prolong the time between wetting and re-styling so as to prevent regular damage. They include flat twists, cornrows, box braids. They help in growing out hair, minimizing daily hair routine, covering ends of hair and prevent hair damage due to certain environmental factors. While doing protective hairstyles, switch them after about two weeks while giving breaks in between so that you avoid tension that might cause breakage.
4. Regularly trim your ends
Breakage as we mentioned earlier is definitely the last thing you want when you are trying to grow long hair. Trimming your hair will not doesn’t make your hair grow any faster but it help gets rid of split ends that break your hair. When you have split ends, hair slowly splits up the shaft which leads to breakage and slower growth which in turn gets in the way of your hair length goals. Therefore regular trimming helps keep breakage at bay and ensures healthy strands.
5. Take a break from heat
Hot styling tools like curling irons, hair dryers and straighteners can damage your hair by causing breakage. Regular styling of your natural hair with these tools decreases moisture content and increases breakage. Therefore you could either limit use of such tools or rather decrease the temperature of the styling tools to help reduce hair damage. You could also use a heat protectant that will form a protective barrier and help prevent loss of moisture before styling so that your hair can stand the heat.
6. Keep your hair moisturized
Hair on our heads dries really fast and for fast hair growth you need moisture. This is because dry hair is brittle and brittle hair breaks. Therefore try as much as you can to condition your hair so as to boost moisture and nutrients. You could also do weekly masking or use oil treatments. Masking will not help your hair grow faster but it will make it thicker, stronger and shinier. An example is an egg yolk mask which will help strengthen, nourish and heal your hair strands. Eggs also have a high sulfur content that might help with dandruff.
7. Eat healthy
Eating healthier is actually a smart, nutritionist-approved way to growing your hair faster. Vitamins and minerals that occur naturally in foods deliver a healthy ratio of nutrients that help boost hair growth. Fats like omega-3 help nourish hair follicles which gives the strands a strong, shiny and lustrous glow and therefore should be incorporated in our daily meals. Sources of omega-3 include salmon, tuna, faxseed, walnuts and plant oils such as soybean.
8. Avoid over-shampooing
Shampooing is good but over-shampooing? No, I don’t think so. The purpose of a shampoo is to wash away dirt and product buildup. Over-shampooing can lead to broken, dry and brittle hair since the cleanser strips the hair off its natural oils leaving it dry and irritable. The number of times you shampoo your hair should depend on your hair type. Thicker hair can be shampooed once in a while whereas thinner hair feels greasy after a short period of time and should be washed regularly but not daily.
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