Do You Know What Your Hair Growth Cycle Is?

When you understand the how hair grows you can break through the myth that certain types of hair grow more than others.

Everyone’s hair goes through three stages of the growth cycle. The growth phase, the rest phase and the shedding phase.

Let’s look at how each phase works and how you can maximize your hair growth cycle to reach your length goals faster.

Phases Of The Hair Growth Cycle

Growth Phase (Anagen)

• This is the phase to improve if long hair is your number one goal.
• The growth phase lasts two to six years in most people and is controlled by your genes.
• If your hair grows an average of half an inch a month and you have a growth phase of three years, expect your hair to be eighteen inches long if you don’t cut it.

Rest Phase (Catagen)

• The rest phase starts when your hair has reached the end of the growth phase. During this period of a week or two your hair doesn't grow, but it doesn't fall out either.

Shedding Phase (Telogen)

• In this phase, the root starts growing new hair that forces the old one to fall out.
• In a normal shedding phase you’ll lose approximately a hundred hairs a day.
• At any point in time about 90% of your hair is in the growth phase and 10% is in the rest and shedding phase.
• If your hair is thinning, your growth phase has slowed down and your shedding phase has sped up.

How To Maximize Your Hair Growth Cycle

To maximize your hair's length potential make sure your growth phase is as active as possible and keep as much of your growth as you can.

Here are some tips on how to do this.

Maintain Your Health

• A healthy body produces faster hair growth. Make every effort to stay fit and your reward will be a long and fast growth phase.

Eat Right and Take Supplements

• Hair needs the vitamins, minerals and proteins that a well balanced diet provides. A healthy diet is the source of a healthy blood stream that brings nutrients to your scalp.
• If you can’t improve your diet take vitamins to help your hair growth.

Do Cardio Exercise

• Blood brings nutrients to your scalp through circulation. Do cardio for forty minutes three to five times a week to make sure your circulation is at its best level. That way the maximum nutrients can be delivered to your roots for faster hair growth.

Wear Protective Styles

• Boosting your growth phase won't mean a thing if you don’t keep the hair that’s grown. Wearing protective styles helps you retain as much of your new length as possible.

Stop Hair Breakage

• Reduce or eliminate hair breakage to maximize your hair’s growth potential. That makes your hair growth cycle go from a "grow, break, grow, break" pattern to a "grow, grow, grow" pattern.

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