Grow Your Hair Out Quickly
It's always a struggle to grow hair out long and healthy, while still using heat on your hair. Sometimes it seems impossible to be able to put down the straightener and curling iron. If you are struggling to grow your hair out, listed below are a few ways to keep hair healthy while still using hot tools!
Steps
- Drink at least 2 liters (approximately 10 glasses) of water a day. Water keeps skin and hair hydrated. And keeps bodies healthy! Drinking too much water will over-hydrate you.
- Use a good conditioner. "Moisturizing" shampoo really matters! Use a shampoo that works for your hair type, and rinse it out well!
- When using conditioner, keep it {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} away from your roots. If you don't, your hair may come out looking a little greasy. No matter how long your conditioner bottle says to leave it on, always leave it on for three minutes for added moisture and shine.
- Wash your hair regularly: but washing your hair too often can leave it without necessary oils; so wash your hair every 3rd day, and, also, when you do some unusually dirty/dusty activity. The scalp accumulates dirt, oil and dust which can cause the hair follicles to clog up. Regular washing is also beneficial to keeping that scalp clean and keeping the hair shaft clear.
- Using specifically formulated products may also assist in increasing the rate of hair growth by feeding hair with essential proteins, amino acids, and nutrients to encourage long healthy and nice hair.
- Always rinse hair products out of your hair with very cool water. It seals the cuticle and locks in moisture/oils, leaving your hair silky and smooth. If you rinse it with hot water that needed moisture and oil wash out, and you will notice that your hair is a lot frizzier, than if you rinse it with cool water.
- Remember to use a heat protectant spray or lotion when using hot tools on your hair (curling irons, straighteners, dryers, crimpers, etc). It protects your hair from drying out, adds moisture, and helps prevent split ends.
- Don't brush your hair when it's wet! Your hair isn't as strong when it's wet as it is when it's dry. A brush will snag at your hair when wet, causing breakage and split ends. Finger comb your hair or spray in a detangler and comb it with a wide-tooth comb.
- Take a daily multivitamin! Vitamins keep our skin, hair, and nails healthy. Also, if you don't already take vitamins and you start taking them daily you may notice that your hair is growing a little faster.
- Eat a lot of protein. It makes hair strong and healthy! Although the picture is showing bacon and eggs, plants and especially legumes have plenty of proteins, too. In the long run, this is probably the healthier choice anyway - for you, your hair and the planet.
- Only get split ends trimmed off monthly. Remember that hair grows from the top of your head, not the ends. So if you want your hair to be healthy only cut split ends when you have to. Keep up with cutting only split ends - because if you don't your splits will go higher and higher up your hair and then break. So your hair will be shorter.
- Follow each of these steps carefully, and you will begin to notice, stronger, smoother, longer and healthier hair in no time! Let your hair grow out as far as you want it to!
- Try the inversion method. Tip your head forward and between 4-5 minutes a day. Massage the scalp to create more blood flow through your head. Be careful not to put too much pressure on the scalp as it may make you feel dizzy, faint and may give you a headache. This method if used will grow your hair between 2-4 inches per week.[citation needed]
Tips
- Put your hair in a bun when you are sleeping. don't leave it down unless you have to.
- Avoid keeping your hair in small, tight braids, such as micro braids. They leave your hair greasy and frizzy, and when you take them out you loose a lot of hair.
- Massage your scalp for five minutes every day. It stimulates the blood flow in your hair, helping it to grow better.
- Use cold water while showering. It helps smooth the cuticle down, making hair stronger.
- When shampooing, make sure to fully lather and give your scalp a massage to stimulate hair growth.
- Keep loose hairstyles and don't use rubber bands or metal hair slides. They rip your hair out with them.
- Don't dye your hair while you are trying to grow it out. Dyeing your hair during the above process can cause it to become dry and fragile, the opposite of the objective.
- Don't put your hair up too tight, as this may cause your hair to break.
- Sleeping with your hair up in a high bun, secured with a plastic clip really helps your hair, you avoid lots of tangles and friction from the pillow! Remember that friction on your coat, sweater, pillow, etc. may damage your hair.
- Put olive oil on your roots, and leave it there for about two hours. Then rinse. It will give you very healthy hair, and an olive oil cream hairdressing is a good choice, also always brush your hair out before you oil it or even just doing a quick wash. You can use olive oil to make your hair grow out super fast. Make sure you rinse it out good after leaving it in for 10 minutes or so.
- Buy silk pillow cases. Cotton pillow cases not only make your hair frizzy but also absorb the moisture in your hair, leaving it dry. Silk pillow cases do the opposite.
- Don't braid or do anything with your hair while it's wet. Keep it down.
- Use an anti-static comb or hairbrush. Wooden combs and boar bristle brushes are good because they do not strip your hair of natural oils. The boar bristles help distribute the natural oils on the hair strands when you brush your hair.
- Drop the towel! Wrapping a towel around your head while doing your makeup may seem like a great idea, but all it does is make your hair frizzy.
- For less hair damage, use heat protection spray. Or better, don't blow dry your hair.
- Hair ties make it take longer and pull out hair. Be sure to use a non-elastic cloth.
- Be realistic about the process and don't get frustrated. Your hair only grows 1/2 an inch a month at most; so don't expect it to grow noticeably in a matter of a few days.
- To brush long hair, first divide your hair into sections. Brush each section with a thick bristle brush. If you want you can wet the tip of your brush.
- Have daily vitamins food such as fish oil or krill oil. It really works.
- Biotin is an inexpensive vitamin that helps renew the hair follicle and grow healthier roots which when taken long term, makes your hair grow longer and healthier faster.
- A loose braid before sleeping can help reduce the frizzing and tangling of your hair while sleeping.
- Don't wash your hair every day. It dries it out and makes it brittle. Always moisturize your hair;try moisturizing your hair at night and putting on a shower cap to lock in moisture.
- Eat loads of carrots and fruit and drink water!
- Buy a wooden brush because it helps the natural oils from your hair spread all around.
- Use the inversion method. Tip your head until it is upside-down. Then, all the blood will go down to your head and massage your scalp with circular motions for five minutes. This helps with the blood flow and makes hair grow faster. You can do this with just natural oils from your head or heated up olive oil, coconut oil, etc.
- Carrots, lettuce and cucumber all contain a vitamin called silica, which is essential for hair, skin and nail growth. Drink a juice blend of these three vegetables as a daily hair tonic. It tastes horrible, but you will love the results.
- Avoid chemical or color your hair it will damage your hair and if you need to change your hair color change it with natural lemon juice or any other.
- Use the right kind of comb. Don't use a brush when hair is wet; wet hair tends to be weaker than dry hair. The brush will only stretch out the hair and cause breakage.
- Always drink lots of water - at least 1 to 2 1/2 liters a day or 7 cups of water a day.
- Don't rake through your hair when brushing it. Be gentle, it keeps your hair from breaking and being damaged.
- Give your hair a castor oil massage every week. It really does help!
- Don't brush your hair too often and use a comb when it's wet.
- Don't use so many products it stresses hair and definitely don't blow dry your hair as it will dry it out.
Warnings
- Don't use other people's hair tools, (brushes, combs, hair ties, etc). Lice isn't a fun thing to catch! Straighteners and hair dryers are okay to use after a friend!
- Don't over-hydrate yourself! You could start to feel very sick if you do.
- Never leave hot tools plugged in and turned on when you're not around.
- Always use a heat protectant when you are straightening your hair.
- Always take your vitamins on a full stomach. Many vitamins need to be taken with a little fat or else they won't be absorbed by your body.
