Hair growth rate: the norm, what it depends on and how to accelerate?

Many girls dream of having beautiful, healthy, long ringlets, creeping down a waterfall on their backs, but far from everyone, this dream becomes a reality. Why do some people grow hair quickly, while others do it slowly, is there any kind of norm?

The cutaneous part of the hair, called the shaft, consists of a medula, cortex and cuticle. Medula is the brain substance through which nutrients pass. Cortex is the main element of the hair, occupying 85% of its volume. It includes the natural protein keratin and the natural pigment melanin, which is responsible for color. The cuticle responsible for strength is 10 layers of scales. The part of the hair inside the skin is called the root. It has many components, including a hair follicle (follicle).

During the day, when combing, twitching, 50-100 hairs fall from the head of a person. The older the person, the higher this figure. On average, about 90% of anagen hair is on the head of a healthy person. For our lives, the hairline is updated about 25 times. But the longer the life cycle of the hair, the longer the strands will grow.

Growth rate is a very individual indicator, therefore, to show how much hair grows in different people, present some comparisons.

• Hair growth rate per day: for women - 0.5-0.6 mm, for men - 0.04-0.5 mm.
• In women, the strands grow by 15-20 mm per month, in men - by 2-15 mm.
• For a year, women's hair grows 10-20 centimeters. This is the maximum length laid down by physiological processes. Not a single advertisement of miraculous means can overcome this norm.
• The passage of the entire cycle in men is two times faster than in women.
• Hair grows most actively between the ages of 15 and 30 years.
• In a Negroid race, hair grows 0.27 mm per month due to the fact that they curl in curls; the Mongoloids - by 1.5-2 cm; in Europeans - by 1.2-1.5 cm.
• During the day, follicles in the active phase, at night - at rest.

And a few more facts about the speed of hair growth.

• In winter, curls grow back more slowly than in summer, since blood circulation slows down during the winter months.
• In a warm climate, their growth rate is higher than in a cold one. In humid climates, hair grows much faster.
• With proper nutrition, the general condition and hair growth improves.
• If in a family of older generations hair grows quickly, then it is likely that heredity will play a positive role in this matter.
• The myth that the more you cut your hair, the faster your hair grows, remains a myth. After the haircut, the growth rate does not change, since the tips are cut, and growth comes from the root.
• Good cosmetics, including their own preparation, improve the structure of the hairline and accelerate its growth.

Women are most susceptible to hormonal changes, which negatively affects many life processes. That is why during pregnancy, taking hormonal drugs, endocrine and menopausal changes, hair growth can slow down. Any disease is also negatively affected: the body fights the disease, slowing down all other functions.

Specific skin diseases of the head (seborrhea, ringworm, psoriasis, microsporia, eczema, folliculitis) not only inhibit hair growth, but generally can lead to baldness. In such cases, you need to think not about the growth rate, but about how to save the hair, and run to the dermatologist and trichologist.

It is very important for a woman to receive B vitamins in a timely manner. This also applies to other vitamins and trace elements. A decrease in the level of iron in the body makes the curls dry, thins them, they lose color and fall out profusely. Due to impaired blood circulation in the vessels of the head, the bulbs weaken and move much faster into the second and third phases of life.

Bad habits and poor ecology (gas contamination, heavy metals, radiation) weaken the body's immune system. Quite often, you need to start treating not the scalp and hairline, but the body as a whole.

Stress sucks all the forces from the body, forcing it to work in an unusual way. At such a moment, the work of many organs worsens, the condition of the skin and hair also becomes much worse. A night or a rolling work schedule, an atypical lifestyle and lifestyle makes the body in a state of constant combat readiness. All these reasons significantly change the anatomy of the hair, slow its growth.

• Use a comb as often as possible. Everything is good in moderation: combing massages the head and distributes lipids from the roots to the tips; but frequent combing tears the hairs.
• Using shampoo "every day", you can wash your hair often. This is not so: with daily use of shampoo, the PH balance of the scalp and hair is disturbed.
• Chlorinated pool water gives the hair a greenish tint. Yes, but it’s noticeable on the hair of blondes. To avoid this, it is recommended that before bathing, apply conditioner to the entire length of the hair or choose a swimming place with ionized water.
• Thanks to folk remedies, you can grow hair faster. To state this, you need to identify the cause of slow growth: if there is a disease of the scalp, then folk remedies can achieve its progress instead of treatment.
• Cold water is good for your hair. To clarify: cool water. After washing the hair, they should be rinsed with cool water, this makes them look and grow better.
• Standing on the head promotes hair growth. Yes, this is so, because at this moment, blood flow to the skin and hair follicles increases. But for this it is not necessary to stand on your head. It is enough to tilt it and make a massage.
• If you shave baldly, hair growth will increase and they will be better. This is not true. It's just that every hair is clearly visible on a shaved head, which is why it seems that there are a lot of them.
• If you cut your hair in the phase of the growing moon, then they will grow faster. The growth rate is independent of the phase of the moon. Tides, low tides, and other natural processes also do not affect growth.

Trying to accelerate hair growth, you can and should act in several directions at once.

• Change diet. In the diet must be present:
  1. animal protein found in chicken, turkey, beef, veal, rabbit;
  2. sources of iron, phosphorus, calcium: fish, seafood, dairy products (cottage cheese, kefir, cheese, bio-yogurt);
  3. trace elements supplied by bran and cereals;
  4. acid supplied with sour vegetables and fruits - it breaks down the protein and helps to create keratin at the base of the hair.

• You need to consume a lot of water. Best of all - ordinary drinking. Worst of all - sweet soda. The liquid prolongs the youthfulness of the skin, fills the bulbs with the necessary moisture.

• In order to quickly make up for the missing vitamins and minerals, You can drink a pharmacy course of multivitamin complexes once every six months.
  1. "Minoxidil", "Revalid", "Pantovigar", "Perfect" - All of them are designed to improve the structure of hair, stimulate their growth. But these drugs have side effects and are not suitable for everyone. Before use, consult a specialist.
  2. Vitamins of group B, A (retinol), C (ascorbic acid), E (tocopherol) stimulate hair growth. But taking vitamin complexes, you need to be careful for women with cancer. Many doctors warn that pure vitamins provoke the growth of cells, including patients. Although vitamins fight dry and brittle hair, split ends are treated.
  3. Supplements you can search for comprehensive or change courses every 3-4 months: hair needs selenium, zinc, calcium, chromium, magnesium, beta-carotene and other elements.

• Use physiotherapy (darsonvalization) and mesotherapy. If the Darsonval apparatus is probably in every physiotherapy room, and this procedure is painless and cheap, then mesotherapy is a completely different matter. At the moment, it is considered the most effective procedure for hair growth and treatment.

• Do a regular head massage. It contributes to:
  • the penetration of nutrients deep under the skin;
  • toning the skin;
  • increased blood flow;
  • hair bulb stimulation;
  • improving the sebaceous glands and protecting them from the appearance of fungi and infections;
  • improvement of the psychoemotional state.

• Choose cosmetics for the head with less silicone. Products with silicone can really lengthen hair significantly in 1 year.But you can’t use them forever, they clog pores on the scalp. As a result, nutrients cease to flow into the bulb and it dies much faster.
• Minimize the use of pads, irons, hair dryers, corrugations. If it is impossible to completely abandon these devices, then before working with them it is imperative to apply thermal protection to the hair.
• Refrain from dyeing hair. If, for example, you do not dye your hair within 5 months, then they will grow an additional 2.5 cm.
• Use hair fixation products to a minimum. Hairpins, elastic bands, rims injure them.
• Take care of your own mental health. Calmness, abstraction in conflict situations will benefit not only the hairstyle.
• Protection of hair from external influences: ultraviolet rays, poor ecology.
• Even during accelerated hair growth at least every six months it is necessary to cut the ends of the hairto cut off split, damaged hair.

Since there are a great many of them, you can alternate them in order to avoid getting used to and weakening the effect. Here are some more recommendations.

• Do not overexpose the mask or disrupt the dosage - this can lead to overdrying and cause irritation.
• The goal of many masks (especially with pepper) is to activate the blood supply and, thereby, make the bulb work more actively. Therefore, warming components that are often allergens are used. Therefore, it is important to make an allergic test and apply the mixture to the bend of the elbow. If after 30 minutes no discomfort appears, then you can use the composition.
• The main rule is regularity: a mask is made for 1-2 months a couple of times a week, and then a month break.

• Salt. Not suitable for those with very dry skin. After washing the head with small table salt, massage the scalp. As a result of such peeling, dead skin peels off and allows new hairs to grow. The procedure can be performed no more than 1 time per week.

• Cognac. After washing and drying with a towel, 2 tsp. cognac rubbed at room temperature for 2 minutes. Using a larger amount of ingredient, it’s nice to apply it over its entire length, especially on dry tips. After 30 minutes, the hair is rinsed. The mask is suitable for regular care.

• With pepper. Pour half a glass of vodka into a jar, add 1 pod of chopped red pepper there. When closed, leave the mixture for 2 weeks in a cool place. 1 tbsp. l mix tinctures with the same amount of olive oil and apply to the hair roots for 15 minutes. Wash the mixture with shampoo. Pepper masks are very strong, and therefore are considered the best.

• With pepper tincture. Mix tincture of pepper, honey, burdock or olive oil (1 tbsp. L.) And 1 yolk until the mixture is homogeneous. Distribute it along the entire length from the roots. Cover with polyethylene and a towel. Wash off after an hour.

• Cinnamon. 3 tbsp. tablespoons of olive oil and kefir, 1 tsp. cinnamon powder and honey, 1 egg is thoroughly mixed. The mass is distributed over the entire length of the hair. They hold it under polyethylene for a quarter of an hour, after which they are washed off with shampoo.

• Onion. Two onions, crushed on a grater, squeeze out excess juice and mix with 1 tbsp. l honey. Gruel for 40 minutes is applied over the entire length of the hair, wrapped under a cap. Wash off with water.

• With aloe juice. 50 g of cognac is heated in a water bath until warm. Add there 1 tsp. honey and aloe juice are mixed. Massaging, rub the mixture into the scalp and incubated for 20 minutes. Soon, the growth rate reaches 2 cm per month when applying the mask 2 times a week.

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• Mustard. 1 tbsp. l mustard powder is soaked in 100 ml of kefir for 15 minutes, after which the mixture is applied only to the roots, without distributing it through the hair. Head wrapped. Light burning is the norm for a mustard mask.After 15 minutes, the mixture is washed off without shampoo. The mask is done every 6 days.

• With burdock oil. From burdock oil, onion juice, honey and liquid soap, a mask is mixed in equal proportions and applied over the entire length of the hair. Wrapping his head, stand for 2 hours. Wash off with water in which lemon juice is added to get rid of onion smell.

• Kefir. 4 tbsp. l dry yeast is stirred in 0.5 cups of kefir and put in a warm place for fermentation for an hour. Add 1 tbsp. l honey and apply a mask on the head for 30 minutes. Wash the mixture with shampoo. The first 10 days the mask is done every day, then - once every 7 days.

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