De verzorging van lang haar

Thispageistakenfrom The International Long Hair Club

The most important tip for those who wish to grow their hair long:
Stop going to traditional hair salons!

The commercial hair industry makes its money on short hair. Short needs to be cut
more often, and the more haircuts, the more money. It does not stop there. Soon you
"need" to perm and/or color your hair to make it look "okay." Not only is this damaging
to your hair and scalp, but it is exspensive. You become a slave to your stylist and the
trends of fashion. This is why most salons and hair stylists do not care if you want to
grow your hair long. They will cut off what they want to cut and not follow what you
instruct, unless you know of a hairstylist that you can trust to do as you ask, and
there are some out there. So, stop going to traditional salons. This is the first and
most important step toward growing your hair long.

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Take it from the top, and give your crowing glory and healthy headstart with a regular scalp massage. Before you suds up, gentlymassage your scalp with small circular movements using the pads ofyour fingers - not your nails. This will relax muscles and rev up yourcirculation to make sure your hair gets all of the nutrients it needs.

The numbers of hairs on your head depend on hereditary factors.Blondes usually have the highest head count, with an average of120,000 hairs. Brunettes come next with about 100,000 hairs perhead, and redheads have the least with approximately 80,000.

Each hair has a life span of about 2 years: then it's pushed out tomake way for a new hair to takes it's place. The means it's perfectlynatural to count on losing 70 to 100 hairs a day.

Hair grows about half an inch a month (faster in the summer than thewinter). This means that your hair grows as average six inches ayear at the rate of about 1/60th of an inch a day. Unfortunately yourgenes govern the rate of growth, so there's nothing you can do tospeed it up.

If your growing your hair the average length it'll reach is 18 to 24inches. However if yours never seems to get past your shoulders itprobably means that your hair has a slower growth rate, and a fasterreplacement cycle than those girls with super long hair.

Hair ends have been around the longest and therefore have beenthrough more wear and tear than the rest of your hair. Treat yourlong locks to a mild shampoo. Also trimming won't make your hairgrow faster, it will make hair look fuller, and get rid of uneven edges.