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First of all your hair is amazing and thanks for sharing it with the board.
One comment though on what you said before: It appears from scientific studies previously linked in posts here that hair does undergo a boost after a trim.
The important point however is that the boost is TINY and that overall if one wants to grow their hair long it is best not to trim or cut (although in cases of split ends prevention and removal I still maintain that there is benefit in the very occasional trim-e.g. 1cm max).
Now my question: I remember reading the scientific paper I am using here, quite a long time ago... Does anyone have a link to it, or information that could allow me to find it?
I just find it curious that hair would grow faster after a trim. True that the 'boost' is negligible, but I'm a very curious person and would like to read the study properly and see if they gave any reason/s why.
...I cannot imagine how cutting the END of what is a dead hair could have ANY effect on what is going on
in the scalp inside the root.
And a slight trim would hadly affect the total weight odf each individual hair shaft.
It might have been misinformation; you cannot believe everything you read on the net.
Any scientist would have a hard time convincing me--that's all I can say.
(Grass is different because the whole blade is alive but hair is dead.)
Exactly what I was thinking.
Someone most definatly said that trimming your hair will make it grow back in better condition. But it has been screwed around and changed to say something that sounds like a miracle.
What they were saying is that cutting split ends will help because the hair growing through will be healthier than the split ends.
And nothing can determine hair growth speed apart from lifestyle.
Hi Dean,
I have to agree with Luckskind, that cutting the end of hair that is actually growing from the roots would not stimulate growth, the growth is from the roots, after all. However, where there might be truth where getting a trim seems to make the hair grow faster might actually occur if the ends are damaged. I can see that damaged ends might tangle more easily, causing more breakage, which in itself could cause a slowdown in apparent length, it is only when the ends are in good shape that the tangles would be reduced. I know that when I straightened my hair, it actually seemed to stop growing, I think the ends were being damaged and breaking off. After I stopped straightening 5 months ago, my hair seems in better shape and is indeed growing. (I still haven't trimmed though, just starting treating it a lot better)
David
Hey Dean
I agree with all of the comments below. Most likely all of this talk stems from people who neglicted split-ends and or damage they inflicted upon their own hair without even knowing it. Then, when finally getting around to it, having their hair cut "appeared" to them that getting a hair cut was responsible for making their hair grow longer. But what really happened was that the haircut served the purpose of removing a problem, however the person didn't realize this. Hence this myth.
Justin~