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I tried to tell my girlfriend that getting a haircut does NOT make it grow any faster, but she swears that it does, at least for her.
Is it possible that this holds true for her, or girls in general?
As far as I know, every guy has seen that there is no speed increase. (just a lousy setback -.-)
Be nice to get a lady's opinion on this.
-Ender
Like you said, you know the answer to this question.
well, i'm no lady but i can tell you it is ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE!!!!!!
It's definately just a setback. I've had 2 trims for split ends since starting growing over 3 and a half years ago, and all it's done was...well, made my hair shorter than it should be now.
I have had stylist(s) try to tell me that trims would make my hair grow faster. One would think that professionals would have a better grasp of the basics of hair growth- but, apparently, styling schools do not necessarily include info on how the hair emerges to be available to be styled!
And... trying to change the gal's mindset was totally fruitless, soon abandoned in favor of the weather.
One thing that is the same between girls and guys is hair, i can assure you it's not true.
Hair does not grow faster at the scalp by cutting off a bit at the ends... Where's the logic in that? How can the roots know that the ends have been touched?
However, it might SEEM that way to some. If the hair is in a very bad state, the hairs break off at the ends. This makes it seem as if it doesn't grow, since the added length is taken off again. So when you take away the unhealthy ends, the added growth will be noticeable.
So as long as you take care of your hair and keep it healthy, trims are unnecessary and will not have a positive effect on your hair growth. Doesn't that sound more logical? :-)
Oh, and I seriously doubt there is any difference between men's and women's hair.
I hope this lady's opinion is helpfull :-)
ive looked at microscopic pics of hair a couple times at school....nothing interesting but there doesent seem to be any difference between male and female
I can assure you it does not change a thing. I've been fighting my mother on this issue for many years, she SWEARS by it, no matter how many times I assure her it's not true. Proof:
http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/hairgrow.asp
Let me add on to that link: there are 2 other explanations for it.
One is that when you get a haircut, your hair will grow a greater percentage of its length each month. If you start with no hair, after one month you'll have half an inch - an infinite-% change. If you start with that 1/2 inch of hair, by the next month it'll be an inch, thus being 100% of the length grown. Then the next month, that half inch becomes 50%. Thus, your hair seems to grow in slower, when it's because your hair's longer.
Another is more related to beards. When a guy starts shaving, it typically starts to grow in thinly, and thickens over the years. Most men shave the thin early growth, so it "correlates" with the thickening. However, "correlation equaling cause" is a logical fallacy, and that's not the cause. If a guy had never shaved, his beard would be just as thick as if he'd shaved his whole life.
I've been meaning to type that out for a while.