Everyone has heard that if you cut your hair it will grow faster. Seems counter-intuitive, so is it true?
Well, yes and no.
Hair doesn't grow from the ends outward like a plant does. Hair growth occurs at the scalp. That"s why you get "roots" when your hair color has grown out (why are there so many plant analogies related to hair anyway?). But, if you keep the ends trimmed regularly your hair does seem to grow faster. Here's why:
Over time even healthy hair will develop small splits at the ends. If these splits aren't trimmed off regularly, they will continue to split and re-split and extend further up the hair shaft. When your hair gets to this point, the abrasion that occurs with your hair moving across the fabric of your blouse, sweaters and coats is enough to break off small amounts of the ends. So, even though your hair is growing normally at the scalp (which is about a half inch per month), it's breaking off gradually at the ends.
Simply making sure that you get the ends trimmed every 6-8 weeks will keep the ends of your hair healthy and allow it to grow longer.
By the way, no vitamin or supplement or anything that you apply to your scalp will have even the slightest impact on your hair growth. So save your money and spend it on a good haircut, because that really will help it grow..
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