How to Grow Your Hair Naturally and Easily

What Helps Women's Hair Grow Faster?

      When you're trying to grow thicker, stronger hair, it can take a long time. Hair grows an average of about 6 inches per year, according to The American Academy of Dermatology Association, but sometimes that growth feels minimal, especially when most people lose 50-100 hairs a day.

Those enviable long beautiful hair don't happen on their own, but due to certain factors of your daily hair care regimen. Whether it's using a special comb, controlling how often you use a hairdryer, adding certain foods to make your hair grow faster, a vitamin mix, or sleeping on a silk pillowcase, there's always a secret to making your hair grow fast. Read on for these simple tips to grow hair faster and get shiny naturally!

However, it is important to note that no two humans have the same hair type. Just like DNA, each of you has unique hair texture, type, and properties, not to mention how you care for your hair, and how the environment affects your hair. So it's possible that some of the methods below won't work for you, but they may work for someone else.

How Does Hair Grow A Month?

Here's a really cool fact: According to the American Academy of Dermatology, you're born with all of these unique hair follicles, about 5 million to be exact,

Of these, about 100,000 follicles perched on your scalp. When it comes to hair loss, it's perfectly normal for you to lose around 50 to 100 hairs every day.

Hair grows from a root at the bottom of a follicle beneath the skin. The blood in the scalp flows to the follicles and delivers oxygen and nutrients to your hair roots, which aids hair growth.

As the hair grows, it pushes against the skin and passes through the oil glands. According to the AAD, it is the oil from these glands that makes hair soft and shiny. (healthline.com)

How Long Does Hair Growth in a Month?

Don't expect miracles overnight just because you applied a hair mask overnight. Hair growth takes time, and you can only support it in a way where its natural process is not hindered by foreign elements.

Studies show that an average half inch of hair growth is expected in a month, under normal conditions. This means that the hair grows in a year is about 6 inches.

Consistent grooming and following a hair care routine can lead to quick results.

Hair Growth Methods That Actually Work

Do a Scalp Massage (Hair Growth Massage)

Sometimes we spend so much time and money stockpiling hair growth products that we forget where hair growth starts: namely: your scalp. As well as good quality soil, it is essential to growing healthy plants and flowers. A healthy scalp is also essential for healthy hair growth.

Studies support the idea that scalp massage has a beneficial effect on stress hormones, blood pressure, and heart rate.

A simple method to stimulate your hair growth at home is to massage your own scalp. This will increase blood flow to your scalp, increase root strength, and help nutrients get to the follicles faster.

Massage your scalp with dry hair, and add nutrient-rich oils to the mix to multiply the benefits. (Still do it once a week for people who have oily hair roots).

Eat a balanced diet

Hair growth and retention begins with a healthy diet. If your diet is deficient in essential nutrients, your hair will reflect that. When you don't get the proper amount of nutrients you need to grow healthy and long hair, or you are in a period of intense stress.

The body will kill hair growth first, and direct energy and nutrients to the organs that need them more. This is yet another reason why a balanced diet is so important.

What you should be looking for are foods that are rich in vitamin B12, protein, iron, omega 3 fatty acids, and vitamin E to encourage new, healthy hair growth.

Explore essential oils

Essential oils not only smell good, but can also help promote hair growth.

Studies have found that 400 milligrams of pumpkin seed oil in a daily dose of capsules, can increase hair growth in men. After 24 weeks, men who took pumpkin seed oil experienced a 40% increase in hair volume.

Another study looked at 4 groups of rats each given a different hair treatment. Hair growth treatments include jojoba oil, salt, minoxidil 3%, or peppermint oil 3%.

The study found that the peppermint oil group demonstrated the most hair growth. These include an increase in the thickness of the skin, the number and depth of the follicles.

Studies also show that rosemary oil is just as effective as minoxidil, the active ingredient in Rogaine, at restoring your hair growth.

DIY a Cinnamon-Based Mask

In fact, cinnamon isn't just sprinkled on top of morning oatmeal. Thanks to its antimicrobial properties, which are beneficial for hair, it stimulates blood circulation and nourishes the strands.

Mix cinnamon and coconut oil in equal proportions and apply to hair, focusing on the roots. Let it work for 45 minutes before rinsing.

Ask a doctor about hair growth treatments

If you're worried that your hair isn't growing fast enough, or you're experiencing hair loss and thinning, make an appointment with a trichologist or hair specialist, or a dermatologist, before trying anything.

They can help you figure out what's going on and determine your treatment plan, which may include the most common topical solution or medication (minoxidil), an ingredient commonly found in hair growth treatments like Rogaine,