Hair Breakage – “My hair just won’t
grow anymore!”
Sometimes, the above statement is true!
The life of a hair shaft has a
maximum of 7 years to grow.
The average persons hair grows
about 1/2” per month.
Applying
to the lucky few, you could in
effect grow your hair and sit on it.
These however, are averages.
Of course, this could
be you!
Every
few months or years every follicle (where the hair begins to grow its root)
takes a rest. Imagine the said
follicle sitting on a sun lounger sipping cocktails before it’s back to work
again.
So, a brand new hair cycle begins again. With a brand new, short, baby hair.
If
this happened to all the follicles at the same time, we would be in trouble. All walking around with bald/short/long hair all at the same
time and I’m not sure there would be
hairdressing industry!
Each
day, it is said we lose about 100
hairs!!!
Crikey!! “That sounds a lot!” I
hear you scream.
How many hairs are on your
head? I don’t know. But LOADS!
Fear
not, this is what happens on
average now and has happened all your life. Relax. Breathe.
So
in a nutshell, it depends on your hair follicle cycle
as to how long you could possibly grown your hair. Although my opinion (which I feel is right on this occasion)
is that you can affect things such as healthy hair growth by your diet. In other words, keep healthy and you will have awesome
shiny hair.
Then
of course there is breakage:
This is a totally different
subject.
Todays
world is one of hot hairdryers,
big bouncy blow dries and flat irons. Of course this takes its toll on the hair shaft just as the
sun does on your skin. You tend to
find breakage occurs in the ends of your hair due to the fact that this is the
oldest part of your hair. In other
words, like with skin, the younger it is, the more elastic it is and stronger
too.
The
hair at the bottom of your style potentially could be 7 years old.
It
has been subject to:
Sunshine
Chlorine
Hydrogen
Peroxide
Parabens
Heat,
Heat
More
heat
Not
to mention styling products and the like.
Protect your hair the best you can. Use heat protector.
Use
conditioning treatments, better
still get them done professionally. The ingredients and skill will really
make a difference.
Get
those ends trimmed off every 6-8 weeks.
I promise it will make such a difference. Be really clear to your hair stylist that you would
literally like a couple of millimeters taken off the damaged ends. Really drum home that you are still
growing your hair but want to keep the nice condition.
Before
they pick up the scissors make sure they have listened to you and you will keep
your trust in them and return next time.
Does it make my hair grow
quicker?
No…
Getting
your hair cut cannot make it grow quicker. What it will do is stop breakage. Therefore, your
hair will seem to grow quicker as the ends will last longer and not end up all
over your duvet cover while straightening!
Feel free to send me your
questions!
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