Natural Hair Post- Interesting read that says we don't need to cut hair to promote growth

This really applies to everyone, but I’m putting it in the context of natural hair care since that’s what I write about for a segment of this blog.

I have been following @HHBS on twitter (Healthy Hair Beauty Supply) and decided to check out some of her blog posts. This one struck me because I, as the article states, have always been told by my hairstylist that clipping your ends promotes hair growth.

It made sense to me, but then I started thinking about damage from split ends and such which leads to hair breakage. I suspect that we’ve always been encouraged to clip our end to keep the hair healthy and give it the best chance to grow both longer and healthy. Now, I do believe you probably don’t need it cut it every 6 weeks or whatever your stylist recommends, especially if you maintain your hair natural. Also, I do think she is correct in the blog post that we should focus on conditioning our hair and avoiding heat to prevent breakage thus promote growth.

Check it out.

Healthy Hair Beauty Supply blog

MISTAKE #4 THINKING THAT CLIPPING OR TRIMMING THE ENDS OF YOUR HAIR PROMOTES HAIR GROWTH

What are your thoughts?

Do you think the rule of thumb changes for natural hair? If so, how?

Stacey says:

March 11, 2009 at 9:04 am

She’s right. It’s an old myth that trimming your ends promotes hair growth. The hair growing out of your scalp is in no way affected by your ends. Now trimming might help with retention but it we keep our ends healthy then we have nothing to worry about. Since black women probably have the least knowledge (up until recently) of how to care for their hair then other women out there, we are used to having to trim our ends for our hair to look healthy because we aren’t caring for it. There are a lot of women on fotki and beyond, both natural and relaxed, that don’t really trim at all. They may do a dusting session here and there but if you are taking great care of your ends – conditioning and sealing – then you have no reason to trim your healthy ends.

aw says:

March 11, 2009 at 12:40 pm

i’m buying it. i’m totally down. i think i’m not going to get a trim for like a year. but i wonder how often do i need to deep condition and do a protein treatment? and can i really do those at home? most of them require heat from one of those sit-down dryers, which i don’t have. is that the right investment?

Betty Chambers says:

March 11, 2009 at 1:22 pm

Unless the ends feel really rough, I don’t trim / cut at all.

Natural Hair Post- Interesting read that says we don’t need to cut hair to promote growth

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