My Hair’s Not Growing.
Women tell me this all the time. And the truth is that that can not be any futher from the truth.
The truth about natural hair growth is:
hair grows about half a millimeter each day, about one-half inch every month or approximately six inches (15 cm) in one year.
Photo Credits
If you are not noticing growth its usually for 3 reasons.
Lack of Patience
Like previously stated your hair IS growing. You just can’t tell because you’re looking at it every day. To prove it to yourself keep a hair journal. Check out my natural hair journey.
Shrinkage
Shrinkage is simply one of the quirks of curly hair. Your curls naturally draw up as they dry. Shrinkage is also a sign of good healthy. Hair that shrinks or curls when dry has good elasticity.
Damage/Breakage
Your hair is damaged and is not retaining length due to split ends. The best way to prevent damage ends is by protective styling and getting a proper trim regularly. Or your hair is breaking at the same rate that its growing. Breakage vs Hair Growth affects most African American women.
Read More on Breakage Vs Hair Growth
Read More on 11 Uncommon Causes of Breakage
We Have Moved To Naturalhairrules.com 
Most definitely true. I am having a Protective style challenge for this very reason. It starts Nov 1st to Dec 30th or 31st. Hoping for an inch. Check it out! http://forusnaturals.com/protective-style-challenge-growth-until-2013/155
Very true, I put my hair in braids for 5 weeks and I noticed the growth when I took the braids down. Keeping a check on those ends is really important
That is some crazy shrinkage in the pic.
I’m transitioning and my hair is rapidly breaking and I’m planning on just cutting it all of unless anyone has anything to help me with
So your hair is damaged from the perm? How much of your hair has grown out?
I have issues with my hair being dry and breaking too. I’ve grown to love Olive Oil. I put it in mostly everything I use that does’nt contain it. I need extra moisture for my combo hair type. I comb my hair from ends to roots while wet or oiled. I have noticed a difference.
Definitely looking at my hair everyday is an issue for me! I know it’s growing but I just want it to grow faster! 🙂
What ever happen to brushing, 100 strokes
It works. Regular brushing stimulates growth and take care of split ends too
Brushing 100 stokes causes split ends too especially in natural hair.
Last year, I was so frustrated with my hair. So I started putting it in protective styles using extensions (ex: crochet braids done myself to avoid breakage on my edges). When I switch styles, I’ve noticed growth. Honestly, I like the long hair and the shrinkage is messing with my state of mind…lol
No, my hair truly is not growing. I color my hair and it has been two months now. Normally by now I would see a line from where my natural color was growing out and my roots were darker. But there is no discernible grow-out.
Please help me with my hairline doesn’t wanna grow
I been doing my own version of the Bantu knots but instead of, pulling the hair tight at the root, I leave a inch of loose hair so it’s not tight and I just wrap the ends of my hair around each other. It protects the ends of my curls from tangling with each other and it makes a cute style as well. I can leave the hair in Bantu knots, of just loosen the ends of the hair to create cute curls. I ended up taking out the Bantu knots each week so I can properly moisturize and detangle the ends of my hair with my homemade conditioning mist, than I ended up wrapping my hair ends again. I been doing this protective styling for a couple of weeks and I love it, some my hair was always so thick, it was hard to find a style that wouldn’t tangle on me, but this style works and it makes it easier for me to detangle since, I can detangle tiny parts of my hair at a time. I been moisturizing my hair once or twice daily depending on the dryness of my hair and I found that daily moisture has allowed my hair to be easily managed.
My hair has split ends and it doesnt seem to be growing.
Pls my front hair it going in and it seems it not growing anymore despite all I have used. Please help.