4 Natural Steps To Grow Your Hair Longer Faster

Many of us dream of having long, voluminous hair, and if you are one of us, you may wonder how to grow your hair longer faster. The truth is long, shiny, silky hair is not possible to accomplish overnight. But there are some tips and tricks you can have up your sleeve to make the most of your own hair.

Start With the Scalp: In order to grow your hair longer faster, you have to make sure to have a good foundation – your scalp. Since this is where the hair comes from, it only makes sense that a healthy scalp is essential for good hair. The first step towards that goal is to deep clean the scalp to get rid of any product residue. Do a scalp exfoliation at home to get rid of dead skin cells, and use shampoo and conditioner after. A good start for a homemade exfoliation is to mix salt, sugar or oatmeal in your conditioner or hair oil. Make sure to give your head a good massage while you apply the exfoliator, as it will increase blood circulation. This in its turn will transport all the nutrients in your blood to the scalp, giving it what it needs to produce more hair. Starting with these steps to keep your scalp clean and healthy is a great foundation for further hair growth.

Take Care of What You Got: To make the hair last longer in between cuts, making it grow longer before you have to trim it, apply a deep conditioning hair mask. Masks can also be made from what you have at home, for example, avocados, bananas, eggs, yogurt or coconut oil. Anything that moisturizes the hair will do. Lesser-known hair remedies are lemon and onion juice. Other ways to be nice to your hair is to avoid brushing it when it is wet, and to squeeze it dry with a towel instead of rubbing it. Also, try to not wear it up too often as it pulls on the hair.

Get the Right Nutrients: To keep our hair healthy and beautiful from the inside out, we need all the vital nutrients. The most important are the vitamins A, C and E. Vitamin A has antioxidant properties, which helps fight hair loss and symptoms of aging. Vitamin C is good for most aspects of our health. It also reduces an inflammation protein called CRP that is known to cause baldness. Vitamin E is well known to be good for our hair and skin; it is moisturizing and promotes oxygenation. Other nutrients that are beneficial for hair growth are biotin, niacin, zinc, selenium and iron.

Avoid Damaging Styling: Lastly, be careful when styling your hair, as heat is damaging to the hair cuticles. Use a heat protectant if you do need to use heat styling. Also use a modern styling tool that is kinder to the hair, and has different heat settings. Try to not use a hair dryer and styling tool on the same day. You can also try to go longer in between washing. Another thing to avoid is getting hair extensions, even though it can feel counter-intuitive. Yes, you will get longer hair right away, but they also damage our natural hair and can even cause hair falling out because of the pulling on the hair roots.

Hair does not grow faster just because we treat the top of our heads – the part of the hair that we see is already dead. Remember the normal speed of hair growth is only about half an inch per month. But if we take care of our health, we can make sure to not disrupt that hair growth. If we take care of our hair, we can make sure we do not have to cut it too frequently. One final thing to consider is taking a hair supplement that can support healthy hair growth. A good hair supplement is multi-targeting and contains several ingredients that work synergistically to aid natural healthy hair growth.

For more tips on how to grow your hair longer faster, check out what we have previously written about the subject on the Nutrafol blog. Here are our 8 best tips on how to grow your hair faster, and for 12 simple steps read more here.