Old Wife's tale

TrueBlueBruin78
TrueBlueBruin78 Posts: 311 Member
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So I shaved my hair off about 8 months ago and decided to donate my hair to Lock of Love. When it reaches 10 inches then i will be long it enough to be made into a wig for someone who is need of it. I use to get my hair cut every two weeks, clean shaven and hair nicely groomed, is how i kept up my appearance.

So my question is, from what i heard is that if i get a little trim it would grow faster. Is this true?

Thanks

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  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    Not true. What happens at one end has on effect on the other end.
  • Farfourah
    Farfourah Posts: 896 Member
    I'm pretty sure you're going to be bald forever now.
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    It doesn't make it grow faster, per se but it does improve the appearance and eliminate split ends. Split ends are what makes long hair look all scraggly and generally not as healthy, so stylist recommend a trim every 6-8 weeks (I get a trim every 8 weeks). Scalp massage and high protein diet, along with keratin treatments generally improve the hair growth rate, but not by a ton.
  • Meaganandcheese
    Meaganandcheese Posts: 525 Member
    It won't grow faster, but it might look healthier.

    Mine grows faster when I am taking a multi-vitamin and omega-3 regularly. I'd tell you to take a prenatal for the folic acid, but I'm not sure you'd want to.
  • paigemarie93
    paigemarie93 Posts: 778 Member
    Not true, I have a friend who has never cut her hair & her hair is extremely long. If not cutting it caused it to slow or stop growing, I doubt her hair would be that long.
    I haven't cut my hair in almost 2 years & it's grown almost 2ft longer than it was.

    -- It's against my friends religion to cut her hair, as with the rest of her family. Her hair is in beautiful condition, very healthy.
  • AwesomelyAmber
    AwesomelyAmber Posts: 1,617 Member
    It doesn't make it grow faster, per se but it does improve the appearance and eliminate split ends. Split ends are what makes long hair look all scraggly and generally not as healthy, so stylist recommend a trim every 6-8 weeks (I get a trim every 8 weeks). Scalp massage and high protein diet, along with keratin treatments generally improve the hair growth rate, but not by a ton.

    Your hair looks amazingly healthy and awesome! :flowerforyou:
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Sort of true... it doesn't actually come out of your head faster, but it will get longer faster. Trimming will reduce the breakage from split ends.
  • monroe61
    monroe61 Posts: 620 Member
    It won't grow faster, but it might look healthier.

    Mine grows faster when I am taking a multi-vitamin and omega-3 regularly. I'd tell you to take a prenatal for the folic acid, but I'm not sure you'd want to.

    LOL...I was going to recommend a prenatal too!! My hair was so long when I was pregnant :)
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    No, it will not grow faster.
  • frugalmomsrock
    frugalmomsrock Posts: 1,123
    Simply trimming won't... unless you trim it on the day of the night of the full moon. LOL
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member

    So my question is, from what i heard is that if i get a little trim
    Thanks

    a little trim is always a goodf thing
  • BreezyLuv
    BreezyLuv Posts: 49
    It does NOT make is grow faster. Unfortunately... However split ends cause breakage and can make it seem like it is growing slower because it breaks which is basically a bad way of cutting it so a trim is good every now and then.

    I donated my hair to locks of love, I'm native american so i always had long dark hair. In February of 10' I basically hacked it ALL off. I donated 31 inches of hair and had a cut of about 1 inch on my head. =) If i was gonna cut my hair i was gonna give ALL of it to children who need it more than I do. =)
  • jenlarz
    jenlarz Posts: 813 Member
    Just want to say, Great job for donating to Locks of Love!
  • Angelabec
    Angelabec Posts: 505 Member
    I think the others have answered your question, but I also wanted to say that it's a lovely thing that you are doing, good for you! :flowerforyou:
  • MyTime1985
    MyTime1985 Posts: 456 Member
    I donated my 11 inch pony tail to Locks of Love and I highly recommend it to anyway that is planning on cutting their hair off! My hair grows very fast and I will do this every year. What a simple way to help people! :flowerforyou:
  • jayayach
    jayayach Posts: 178 Member
    I think that if you are planning on donating it again, regular trimmings will make more of it useful to the charity in the end. If you trim it regularly, then the whole length will be useable. Whereas if you donate it without trimmings, they will just have to trim a lot of broken ends before using it.
  • Ephena
    Ephena Posts: 610 Member
    If you were female I would say take prenatal vitamins as they help hair and nails grow faster and stronger but maybe just a good multivitamin if you don't already take one.
  • nursestewart
    nursestewart Posts: 229 Member
    Males can actually take prenatal vitamins with Folic Acid too. They help with their sperm count, protect against certain cancers, helps alleviate depression, contributing to lowering cholesterol and the incidence of plaque in the arteries. I say go get a prenatal vitamin with folic acid. Walmart makes a good over-the-counter prenatal vitamin.
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member
    Sort of true... it doesn't actually come out of your head faster, but it will get longer faster. Trimming will reduce the breakage from split ends.


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  • Tiff587
    Tiff587 Posts: 264 Member
    Good for you!
    I did the same thing! Strange to think someone has a wig of my hair!

    Mine was down to my bum, I cut it shoulder length! Still growing it back now, but glad I could do something for someone.
    :flowerforyou:

    But yes it is a old wives tale. Sadly as hair grows from the root cutting the ends has no effect on how fast it grows, but it will help stop split ends so I would give it the odd trim. I only do mine every 4 months or so, seems to keep it under control.

    xx
  • TrueBlueBruin78
    TrueBlueBruin78 Posts: 311 Member
    Thanks for the feedback guys.

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