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Its been more than a year since my last pic, this pic reveals my length is a little longer but I seem to have lost some volume. Guess maybe Im at or past my critical length.
Itchy trigger finger, sorry!
Did you use the same shirt for your picture last year? It can really help when making comparisons to use the same clothing, that is a contrasting color to your hair, so it shows your full length.
Don't be discouraged! The length is great and straight hair of that type seldom looks bulky. Keep u[ ythe good work.
Hi James,
I can safely say my fine,straight hair resembles quite closely to what you currently have in volume.Just goes with the territory when you hair is fine but since its not thinning on top that's a lot to cheers for my friend.Just give it more time but even if you are at terminal do enjoy what you have like I do :)
Mࣛrk
I'll second that as well. I too have very fine, straight hair and it has always looked thin near the bottom. As long as it's not thinning on the top, there's nothing to worry about and not much we can do bulk it up.
--Dale
Hi James,
Your hair looks wonderful even though it's somewhat thin at the ends. I think most people experience thinning at the ends. It's just more noticeable with the type of hair you have. What I would do is probably cut it straight across where it looks fairly even. Then I would grow it out again and see what happens. Sometimes when you keep trimming the bottom it will help it to thicken the ends up. Hope this helps.
Hope you have a wonderful week my friend! Stay well and keep it growing!
Ted
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Dietary supplements may help your hair to grow thicker and longer, James. Biotin, lecithin, and MSM may help. I also take a specific hair supplement as well.
Scott
Hi guys! I read this thread and I have the following question:
Does losing hair volume mean that you are getting to terminal length?
I mean, how important is volume in hair? What does having volume mean in terms of hair growth? I am not sure if you understand what I'm asking.
Like, the more volume you have the more chances to grow even longer hair you have? Is it that way?
I have to say that your hair is looking great. I wish I could have such a fine and staight hair , but I don't (unless I use some styling products such as leave-in conditioner or oils).
Like the others said, as long as the top part looks strong, there is nothing to worry about, not even about split ends.
I dont understand why people say that by cutting split ends hair will grow longer and healthier. Hair grows from the roots, from the top of your head not from the ends. So I never understood why people say that cutting split ends is healthy .
They say that because they make money from cutting hair, not from
letting it grow.
Yes, for me that is a nonsense because hair does not grow from the ends. Do people really believe that crap?
You'd be amazed at how many people believe that crap. Alot of them do. And I would bet it was started and encouraged by
hair stylists who live for the day they can chop off my long hair. (Here is a clue for them: it won't happen.)
My Hair A Lil Over A Year Ago
Hair damage? Are you using conditioner? Finger combing to
avoid snarls/knots/etc.?
Hi James,
You might just be at or very near to your hair's natural terminal length -- which is exactly what I've been experiencing myself recently. It's just genetics. Some folks can grow their manes to mega-long super-lengths, while others of us have to settle for whatever Mother Nature has gifted us in more modest lengths... Speaking of which: I actually think of your hair as AMAZING-looking, both in fullness and in length!
But I do understand what you mean by feeling discouraged when you wish it would grow more substantially longer -- I'd say that those of us that are hardcore longhairs at heart probably all wish we could grow our hair down to our knees or longer, if we could. But I am trying to just be grateful for what i DO have still attached to my head, which at age 59 is more than many of my friends my same or similar age have!
- Ken in San Francisco
Eeh, not so fun :-( As personal testimony, as well as anecdotal story, cutting wheat/gluten from one's diet seems to increase thickness/length/quality. A personal friend of mine was diagnosed with alopecia universalis, and was hairless over her whole body for years. 1.5 years after cutting out wheat/gluten, she has her curly mess of hair back (as well as eyebrows and the rest of body hair).
My thoughts are with you as this is a rough time.
-That "Ball" Guy