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my hairs are different sizes? how come??
anyways the shortest hair on my head is like 4 inches? and the longest i just found today is 8 inches!!!!! its been like 7 1/2 months.. yea so the 8 inch hair was in the back. will all my hairs even out by the end of the year because i dont want to trim
Unless you sport a very short haircut, you'll never have a head of hair where every strand is exactly the same length because hair grows in cycles. Those regularly shed strands you see everyday in your comb are always being replaced by new ones which means that you'll always have some hairs just starting to grow, hairs nearing the end of their life cycle, and plenty of strands inbetween. It's perfectly normal, and a very good thing for growing long hair. If the growth cycles of your hairs were all syncronized (in other words, if they all started and ended at the same time), you'd periodically go bald and have to start from scratch! The staggard cycles ensure a constant replacement of older strands with new hair without loss of hard-earned growth. Your overall length will keep increasing (until you hit terminal of course), but you'll always have a variety of lengths on your scalp. Those shorter strands are your future "longhairs."
Mouse
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Completely agree, but why does a hair fall out before it reached terminal. Mine fall out all the time all the way through the growing process, but why don'yt they reach terminal then drop?
I dunno, questions eh?
Regards Dave
I guess I would assume that those hairs were just farther along in their growth cycle when you started on your longhair journey (they may be calling it quits at, say, five years, yet only be six inches long at that time because most of their length was trimmed years ago).
But hair may have different growth cycles, who knows? And with your wild mane anything goes. :-P
Any hair experts our there with an answer?
Mouse
I don't consider myself to be an expert, but hair can fall out at any given time based on the cycle as Mouse suggested, but also the type of care it's given. And of course there are environmental factors: stress, weather, amount of moisture in the air, etc.
And then there is the hair type and thickness. If your hair is very fine I would encourage you to consume more protein in your diet. If it is medium, you still should consume more protein...but not as much as a person whose hair is fine. If it's really thick you might have a problem keeping it moist, so you could use a leave-in conditioner with natural ingredients (not applying any to the roots).
Anyway, the point is, hair is going to fall out due to SOMETHING :p it's inevitable lol So don't worry about it as long as it's not falling out in clumps (although sometimes that is a sign of the hair-grade changing some)
just let your hair grow out by itself for a couple of years untouched and by itself. No sissors. Amazing as it seems, all appears to even-out perfectly.
Best of luck to you.