One of the most frustrating parts of any person’s beauty goals is waiting for hair to grow. Whether shorter-than-desired hair is due to vitamin or mineral deficiency, genetics, a bad haircut, postpartum recovery, an autoimmune disease, chemotherapy recovery, or often, an unknown cause, it’s exhausting to hurry up and wait. You might be wondering what you can do if you desire longer locks but your hair doesn’t seem to be budging an inch (pun intended).
Phases of Hair Growth
The National Library of Medicine reports that there are four phases of hair growth. Hair growth, they share, is a “continuous process” of the four phases: anagen, catagen, telogen, and exogen. Thankfully, they elaborate what these mean: growth, regression, rest, and shedding. They add, “Individual hair follicles cycle independently, with each hair follicle undergoing ten to thirty cycles in a lifetime.” Sounds simple enough, right?
What Factors Affect Hair Growth?
Gaze over any group of people, and you’ll notice the diversity of hair. Just like hair color, texture, and thinness v. thickness exists, so does the rate in which someone’s hair grows. Factors that can affect hair growth include “heavy metals,” “toxins,” “drugs, medications, genetics, stress, smoking, menopause, lifestyle, and diet.” There are other factors, as well, but these mentioned are considered the most major. This means you simply can’t compare your hair growth rate to any other person, even a biological relative, because there’s so much at play when it comes to hair growth.
Common Causes That Lead to Slow Hair Growth
There are many factors, as we shared, that can affect hair growth. Slower hair growth can be seen in those who are stressed, those who have been ill, a range of medical diagnoses, and getting older. Some of these, of course, you can’t do anything about. But please, don’t give up! Read on for ways you can boost healthy hair growth.
Treatments and Products to Boost Hair Growth
Treating the underlying issues that are resulting in slow hair growth is key. Sadly, many companies push consumers to use topical products only. But what we know is that growing healthy hair is an inside to outside job, not the other way around. One factor that can lead to slow hair growth is vitamin and mineral deficiencies. The good news is that this is easily (and fairly quickly) helped.
Our UnTangled Hair Supplement is formulated by a dermatologist to help stimulate hair growth. Just two capsules a day, containing a blend of vitamins A, C, E (plus much more), can revitalize a stagnant hair growth cycle. We recommend taking daily for 30 days to kick-start results, continuing for 90 days to notice visibly thicker, fuller hair. Get ready, you might need to schedule your next trim sooner rather than later, because UnTangled stimulates your hair follicles to do their job--and do it well!
In addition, we offer a Hair Serum whose duty is to nourish your hair follicles which helps minimize hair loss and encourages hair to grow from the root. Just like with UnTangled, using the Hair Serum as directed will get you some results in 30 days, with some seriously lush results in 90. Bonus: you will gently massage the Hair Serum into your scalp twice a day. Who doesn’t like a good scalp massage, especially one that smell herbal-fresh?
UnTangled Hair Supplement
• Reduces shedding & thinning
• Strengthens hair follicles
Tips for Maintaining Long Healthy Hair
If you want to maintain your longer, growing, healthier hair, you have to put in some work. First, keep up with taking your hair supplement. Second, once your hair has reached your desired length, use the Hair Serum once a day (instead of twice). Third, treat your hair with kindness! Over-washing, using heat (blow dryer or styling tools), and using harsh hair products can damage your hair. Monitor your stress level, and get help for stress management as needed. Also, don’t pull longer hair into a tight ponytail or other style. A satin pillowcase can be beneficial to hair health.
Myths and Misconceptions
One hair-growth myth is that there’s a “magic pill” or elixir that can fix your hair issues. That’s simply not true. Hair health is holistic. A hair growth supplement and topical can be incredibly beneficial—but you’ve got to tackle the “whole package” by living a healthy lifestyle.
Another hair-growth myth is the brushing your hair a certain number of times per day (usually 100) will make it grow faster. One source reports that over-brushing hair is damaging, it can lead to split ends, and weaken hair—causing both loss and breakage. They add, don’t wear hair in tight styles that can cause traction alopecia (hair loss).
Lastly, a common myth is that genetics are to blame for poor hair growth—along with lots of health issues. Dr. Mehmet Oz said, “Your genetics loads the gun; your lifestyle pulls the trigger.” Often genetics are not only an excuse, but makes you believe that you have no control over your health. This prevents you from digging deeper to find the root cause of health struggles.
When to See a Specialist
If your hair simply won’t grow, even with supplemental and topical support, it’s wise to find out the underlying issue. Perhaps it’s stress, an autoimmune disease, genetics, a hormonal imbalance, or something else. Another possible cause is not maintaining a protective hair routine. Seeking the help of a medical professional can help you address the reason behind the lack of hair growth. Don’t forget that even if you’re medically in-the-clear, damaging (heat) hair tools, over-coloring your hair or using a harsh coloring system, poor-quality (or not the right) hair products can be the culprit.
As you can see, there is hope for establishing that healthy hair routine that will help you get the lengthy locks you’re hoping for.
