Growing Long Hair
My experience with short hair came very suddenly when I was about 9 living in Cheltenham. Previous to then I had long, thick, and wavy hair that my mum insisted on doing every day. I would sit facing the cistern of the loo so I had something grab hold of. I know this sounds a bit mad but without holding on I would have ended up being draged across the floor. I think that my mum quietly lifted weights in some backstreet of Cheltenham just so she could get my ponytails in nice and taunt. And, as you can imagine from an 9 year old, the cries came loud as fast. On one particularly painful morning I was warned that if I cried once more, we would be going to the hairdressers to get my hair all cut off. Just as soon as my mum finished with that sentance, out came a cry. So off we went to the hairdressing salon and I came home without the long locks. From then on it just got shorter and shorter i thing the hairdressers just couldn't face any of my crying.
Since then all those years ago, I have been supposedly "growing my hair out". The longest it has gotten is about to my shoulders and the shortest 2 inches all over with razor lines cut into designs across the back (hey, it was the eighties!). However for a long time i ended up back at the hairdressers for one reason or another. So I can honestly say that I have a lot of practice in growing my hair out. It is not that easy.
Just plane growing hair in general is a piece of cake. Hair grows on average about half inch every 4 weeks. What you eat and lifestyle play a great part in how quick or slow your hair grows. If you are fortunate enough to be taking prenatal vitamins, watch out, your hair and nails will grow quicker than you have ever known. When I was pregnant I had my hair cut in Cheltenham at least every month so to maintain some type of style. If you have very poor eating habits your hair will still grow but it might be much weaker than normal, maybe snaping off very easily. Think of images you have seen of children from poorer African countrys, not many have had long hair? Most have just enough to cover their tiny heads in tight tiny curls due to their lack of healthy food.
We've already determined that proper nutrition is important to growing your hair out, the next step is time. Loads and loads of time. This is the step that has returned me to the salon in Cheltenham many a time. Just as soon as my hair gets to that "unmanagable" stage I run to the hairdressers in Cheltenham and get it cut. So how do you overcome that part and make it through without just staying in? First of all, have a aim and not just a finished aim but shot term ones as well. If your mind is set only on having those long, wavy, flowing styles you may lose interest when things begin getting hard and end up back at the hairdressers.
Your hair will also have to reach several stage along the way. Go to the newsagent and grab some hair magazines. Find some looks that might be good with your hair type and image. Choose one that is about 5cm longer than what you have now, take the picture with you the next time you go to your hairdressers. If your hair is not yet that length your hairdresser can give you a trim that you can successfully grow into your desired look. Progressively each time you go untill you reach your disired length.
Now, just because you are trying to make your hair longer it does not mean that you should no longer go to the hairdressers and get it cut until it is down to your waist. Routine cuts are the answer. Without them, styles can get overgrown fast and out of your control. Keep your hair in good condition and you will at least look good inbetween.
Don't expect those long locks to be flowing straight away after you dicide your intent to grow, unless you have the £s to pay for extensions! It takes time, loads and loads of time and patience. Good nuitrition, cut regularly and grow in peak condition. Short hair can be fab but it is not for everybody, so if you thinkon your way home from the hairdressers that you are NOT Sinead Oconnor, have a grow!
