Why doesnt my hair grow long ANYMORE!!???

Question

Okay so I'm having trouble growing out my hair! I'm only 20 yrs old! My hair has always been really thin tho, ever since I was a kid, I had no hair until I was like 2 yrs old! I use to be able to grow it fairly long (chest length) it would get kind of ratty looking at the ends but that could be taken care of.

NOW, it just keeps breaking!! And getting shorter! And i hate short hair on me so I don't know what to do!? Or why this is happening. I recently started dying it like fully blonde ( I use to just do some highlights) and I use a blow dryer on it like once a week and straighten it probably once a day..so could this be why? But i have always used hot tools on my hair and have never had a major problem until now! It just breaks and breaks and breaks off!! WHAT CAN I DO!??????????? PLEASSEE HELP! THANKS! :)

Answer 1

Well die your reallly thin hair blonde is so damaing.

its probably to much for your hair

do you use heat protectant?

i would probably ease up on every thing

i mean not complety stop i would never do that ha.

and leave your condition in for 3 to 5 mintues

and once a week use a deep conditioner

in fora while.

oh and i would take theese vitimans called hair and nails or somthing like that it thickin your hair and makes it grow

Answer 2

Its ok!! Dont panic!! lol I have the same exact problem. Only because I'm a hair stylist and I HAVE to have my hair styled every day but on EVERY off day I use tons of conditioning packets on my hair. I've recently started using this shampoo and conditioner called Nioxin. I reshearched it some and found out that its actually REALLY good for your hair when its in this condition. The reason your hair will not grow is only two reasons.... 1) your hair follicle is being clogged by oils and has become dormant. The nioxin cleansing shampoo unclogs these pores and allow the hair to grow again and also grow faster because it cleanses the scalp way more than any other cleansing shampoo and conditioner. A clean and healthy scalp is the perfect enviornment for growing healthy hair fast, and keeping it strong. OR 2) your ends are so badly damaged that they are breaking off so much that its caused your hair to become thin and and brittle. The nioxin has vitamins and minerals, also tons of biotin and other ingredients other shampoos dont give you enough of. Its also way less harsh on your hair.

In my case this I have both problems. This is what I started doing after my hair felt this way. I started taking vitamans once a day and one biotin vitamin once a day. I started using the nioxin shampoo and conditioner every day or every other day. I left the flat iron at work and away from MY HAIR!! For atleast a couple of weeks. I used a protien packet at least once every two weeks. I did this for about 2 months. My hair grew almost 2 inches, its only suppose to grow half an inch per month. My ends quit breaking off, my new growth was THICK as anything and I was having to get my hair colored once every two weeks! I usually only had to maybe once a month, some times I could get away with 2 months.

Now if your highlighting your hair with bleach... you need to stop that comletely, start coloring your hair an all over color that is a deposit only color. Your hair stylist will know exactly what I'm talking about. Its a beautiful color that uses a low volume and it doesnt damage the hair, your highlights will show through so dont worry about having just a solid color. Start doing exactly what I did... here I'll just give you a list of things... by the way I use this method on my clients and they swear by this.

1.) Take a multi Vitamin and one biotin vitamin once every day... you can get these at your local grocery store, dont be fooled by these crazy "make your hair grow faster" ads. They will only try to sell you these super vitamin pills but your body can only handle so many vitamins a day that it discards the rest of what it can not take. So your just wasting your money. The once a day vitamins are all you need and they are cheap.

2.) Use the Nioxin Cleanser Shampoo and Conditioner. The treatment they use is fabulous as well. Once you get out of the shower and dry your hair with your towel, while its still damp, use a leave in conditioner, and then an anti frizz serum on the ends, this will keep them from breaking off while you are trying to let them heal and repair them.

3.) let your hair dry naturally, dont use a blow dryer, walk around the house, do your make up, what ever. Try to keep away from the blow dryer. As far as that flat iron goes, that thing is going to completely defeat the purpose of you trying to repair your hair. I would wait till your hair is almost dry, use your dryer on a LOW HEAT setting and take a paddle brush and style it with it, keep the nozzle atleast 3-4 inches away from your hair. Avoid pony tails or clippies.

4.) Stay away from chemicals on your hair, try not to use hair spray if you can, use the serum to hold down frizz. The hair spray has alcohol in it to dry out your hair.

If you keep all these routines up then your hair will go back to a healthier state i gaurantee it. It just takes commitment and time. Good luck to you!!  

Answer 3

maybe you are using to much heat to your hair that can cause breakage, make sure you ALWAYS wear surum heat protected stuff to help hair against heat damage,, dying hair blonde strips the colour out which causes breakage, use hair extensions

hope ive helped:)

best answer? trtyin 2 get to level 2!!!

Answer 4

applying heat wasn't a good idea, the dying, blow dryer, even ironing.... it makes the hair ... just like that....

usually hair salon knows what's best for hairs...hehehe

don't worry be happy...

turn on the positive side of everything...

:>

Answer 5

Your is getting old you need new hair.How about a wig!  

Answer 6

It isn't that it isn't growing, it just keeps breaking. Stop using heat products, switch to a natural shampoo, and trim a few inches off your hair. Also, taking pre-natal vitamins will make it grow faster.