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I read that here.
Does that mean the lenght your hair wil reach then it stops growing?
what if you have short hair and are trying to let it grow like me?
does that mean i could have a terminal lenght that's i dont want. I want to grow my hair to below my shoulder blades. but i have thinning. Is it possible, and what's the sign you reached the terminal lenght, Does your hair fall out?
Every hair on your head has a life span, and each hair is at a different stage of its life; it will never fall out all at once due to reaching its terminal length.
Terminal lengths vary, but you can be sure that you'll easily get past your shoulders.
I've not cut my hair for about 11 years and six months now but it's not grown past my shoulder blades even when wet, most probably due to its terminal length and possibly because it gets easily knotted and breaks when I comb it.
That's life I suppose but then again thank God I'm not becoming bald.
Hmmm! Is there an inverse correlation between terminal length and age of baldness?
The average individual hair grows for six years at a rate of 6 inches a year for six years, stops for a bit and then falls out. The it regrows and start another cycle of a little over six years.
Because each hair on your head is at a different stage of that cycle, some hairs fall out each day (more than average if you are violent with your hair by brushing too hard or pulling it with ties that are too tight) and a variety of actions can break hairs as well.
If you have average hair, it will grow to 36 inches after 6 years if you never cut or trim it, and look after it well to prevent damage.
Some people's hair grows faster, and some for more than six years. Others' hair grows slowly, and for less than six years. The terminal length is the longest your hair will grow if you never cut it or trim it, and could be anything between about 10 inches (rare) and 70 inches (also rare). Most people, men and women, achieve between 24 and 40 inches with 36 (as I said above) as the average.
Good luck, happy growing!
The only way to find out
I never cut my hair, thus it is "dead long." So the hair splits on the ends and/or falls out and that is the maximum length.
So... does terminal length involve split end trimming?