Tips for getting hair to grow faster??

take biotin

She's right.

You need to keep it in good condition. Have a good professional standard shampoo and conditioner (I know they cost alot but you don't need to use as much so they last longer.) make sure it suits your hair type.

Get your hair trimmed by your stylist every six to eight weeks, just the dead ends so your hair can concentrate on growing new hair instead of maintaining old ends.

Also eat protein as this is what your hair is made of so lots of protein in your diet will benefit the condition and growth of your hair and nails. aswell But a good balanced diet all round will keep them in the best condition.

Unfortunately I don't know any miracle growth tips and I work as a hairdresser! That's all I can give you. Hope it helps.

I know it sounds weird but this product called 'manentail' is supposed to help.
http://manentail.com/
Just so I don't look like an idiot, here are some reviews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLaNuspMmF0
http://tinyurl.com/7jv8hgu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLaNuspMmF0

Nioxin products - I hear - are helpful. Shampoo and conditioner and the Nioxin recharging complex vitamins (which contain biotin also, but from what I can tell they have the same vitamins as so many on the market have plus some "proprietary ingredients").

Okay as a hair dresser I'm going to come in here and just annoy you all by going there is NO WAY to make your hair grow faster. It's set genetically.

The only way your hair can grow faster is if you are currently malnourished (and therefore you hair slows down it's growth) and you then start eating the right nutrients. So if your macro nutrients aren't right taking hair and nail vitamins will help. These will also help make it feel like it's growing faster because your hair will be healthier as it grows and therefore less susceptible to damage and will break less.

The only other thing you can do is make it feel like it is growing faster by just looking after it.

1) Do less damage.
This is the biggest rule ever for hair growth. If your hair gets damaged less, it breaks less. This makes it feel like it's growing quicker. This can be achieved by exposing it to less chemicals, protecting it from heated instruments and weather and brushing less.

2) Condition/treat your hair.
This means your hair is being looked after and will break less. Therefore feeling like it is growing faster.

I got a few tips. I'm trying to grow mine out too.

-dont shampoo too much.
-condition daily (silicone free conditioners are best)
-use a wide tooth or boar hair brush (less damaging to your hair)
- make sure your hair is tangle free before you go to sleep/take a shower (tangles can cause breakage)
-take your vitamins!
-dont over heat treat your hair (it will cause breakage)

ummm..thats all i got off the top of my heat atm.

Okay as a hair dresser I'm going to come in here and just annoy you all by going there is NO WAY to make your hair grow faster. It's set genetically.

The only way your hair can grow faster is if you are currently malnourished (and therefore you hair slows down it's growth) and you then start eating the right nutrients. So if your macro nutrients aren't right taking hair and nail vitamins will help. These will also help make it feel like it's growing faster because your hair will be healthier as it grows and therefore less susceptible to damage and will break less.

The only other thing you can do is make it feel like it is growing faster by just looking after it.

1) Do less damage.
This is the biggest rule ever for hair growth. If your hair gets damaged less, it breaks less. This makes it feel like it's growing quicker. This can be achieved by exposing it to less chemicals, protecting it from heated instruments and weather and brushing less.

2) Condition/treat your hair.
This means your hair is being looked after and will break less. Therefore feeling like it is growing faster.

What kind of treatments/conditioner do you suggest?
My already baby fine hair is breaking quite abit. Despite a ton of protein and biotin.

thankyou4theve is basically right. You can fix hair growth that is too slow, but making it grow faster if it is already healthy is different.

Cutting the ends has no effect on growth at the root. Your hair is not alive. It is a triple-strand of protein pushed out of the hair follicles by the live cells at the root. Once it leaves the hair follicle, it cannot be repaired and nothing that happens to it will be communicated to the cells at the roots.

Hair growth has several stages:
1. It grows
2. It becomes dormant and stays the same length a while
3. It falls out
4. The empty follicle starts to form a new hair
5. Repeat from #1

Your hair appears to stop growing at a certain length because that is when it is becoming dormant and falling out at the same rate it is growing back. If you cut the ends, it will appear to grow, because now it is shorter than its determined maximum length. But it will appear to stop growing again once it hits "steady state" between growing and falling out again.

There are things that can alter the rate of hair growth. Estrogen helps hair grow faster and fall out less. When you are pregnant, your hair may be longer, and when you go through menopause it will go back to the thinness and shortness you had before puberty. Overactive thyroid can make it grow faster, and underactive makes it grow slower.

Hair breakage is a big factor in whether your hair reaches "steady state" length or not. That's why hair care can make a difference. Look at the hairs in your brush or the drain in your shower. See if they have roots attached or not. If they mostly have roots, they are falling out at their natural pace. If they mostly don't, they are being weakened and breaking.

In addition to damage from harsh shampoos, perms/straighteners, hot dryers and curling irons, you can put a weak spot in a hair by being nutritionally deficient. You won't see the hair breakage immediately, but a few weeks out from a period of eating too little protein, calcium and other nutrients, you may notice a lot of lost hair without roots, and a lot of little broken hairs sticking up from the top of your head.

When you guys get this figured out, let me know !!!!!

:sad:

Bump for later b/c I cut my hair last June 10th, been growing out since (it's pined back every day to be polished) and it's maximum 2 inches longer, what a bummer.

Hair typically grows about half an inch a month. Be sure you are getting enough protein. Your body does not view your hair and nails as being as essential as your muscles. So they will be one of the first places to notice if you aren't getting enough.

Other than that, just take good care of your hair and do as little damage as possible so that it doesn't break and split. Handle your hair gently when it is wet. It's very easy to stretch and damage your hair when it's wet. If possible, wait till it's dry to comb it. (This will depend on your hair type. My hair is very straight. So I usually just leave it alone till it's dry. For curly hair, you may need to do some detangling while it's still wet/damp.)

The rest is all up to genetics.