Hair Growth?

Many questions:





The Hot Oil massage:


-When you do this, what kind of oil is it?


Olive Oil, that you use to bake?


Coconut Oil, which is normally used for your skin?


Or some kind of oil you get off of the internet that comes from another planet and costs a bazillion dollars?


- Also, how do you go about doing this?


Do you pour a cup of it into a pan until it is hot and then pur it all over your hair while rubbing it in?


Do you put a cup of it in the microwave for a minute or how long, and do the same as above?


Do you warm it up in some way or make it boiling hot?


Once its hot or warm or whatever do yu just put the Oil in your hair or do you mix it with something?


If you mix it with something, what would it be? Shampoo, conditioner, water?





There are other ways for hair growth out there too.


Such as vitamins:


I've heard of Hair, Skin %26amp; Nails:


-has anyone ever tried this before?


Did it work well with them/ you?

Hair Growth?
Unfortunately, hair grows at a steady rate.





I know it seems like there are times when hair grows faster or slower than normal or if someone uses some special potion or eats a certain type of food or massages their scalp, that it promotes growth.





Unfortunately, no.





First things first....the "oil" is only going to grease down your hair. But the massage does help to increase vascularity (blood flow) to your scalp, which is good for maintaining healthy skin tissues that surround the root.





The hair itself is composed of the root, the shaft, and the tip. Only the root of the hair is under the skin, its located in the dermal layer of our skin. This is where new hair growth occurs. The shaft is the hair that we see that pokes through the skin, it is dead. So by the time a hair (no matter how short it is) is visible on the skin, it has becomes keratinized and its dead.





What massage does, is by increasing circulation around each root, it promotes healthy scalp, to decrease dandruff and flakes, which add to excessive hair dryness or oiliness, which can make hair appear to be more thinner than it really is.





The thing with hair growth, is its regulated by a complex endocrine (hormonal) mechanisms. Hormones take weeks to months to communicate with each other, which is why hair growth is steady, it doesnt increase or decrease. There are times, especially when you are stressed out or if you are experiencing problems with your thyroid gland or if you are pregnant, menopausal, or taking birth control pills, that those things all affect your hair.





But none affect the length of it. Some stressors can cause hair to fall out. But unfortunately nothing causes hair to grow, and believe me if there was a mechanism, science would be all over it and we would have a cure for baldness.





So your hair is a product of what you have been doing to your body for the past 6 months, even up to a year. So if you smoke, drink alcohol, take recreational drugs, eat poor diet, do not exercise, and are stressed out, its going to show with your hair being brittle and dry and dull, and possibly falling out. Now on the other hand, if you take care of yourself, eat good proper diet, avoid stress, your hair is going to appear healthy because the shaft (the visible portion) is just a dead version of the root that has grown and grown and grown. So this is why drug tests can take a sample of your hair (no matter how small) and tell whether you have been taking drugs or not, because the hair tells all.





So unfortunately, there are things that cause hair to fall out, but nothing is out there as of right now that causes hair growth.
Reply:Honestly there isn't much that will help w/ hair growth aside from regular 6-8 week trims 1/4 - 1/2 inch of each time. Using good products and not over processing your hair. One thing you can add is folic acid vitamin supplements, keratin supplements and sea weed is also good for hair growth.


There are no big secrets to making your hair grow faster, everyones hair grows at approximately the same rate, 1/4 inch per month, a 1/2 in the summer months if you are lucky.





oils are more for "treating" your damaged hair, and its not that great, if you put the oil in your hair then wrap your head/hair in plastic wrap and work out a bit, or vacuum or something to bring up your body temp, it does help make your hair feel softer, just make sure to shampoo and condition real well after!