grow out my hair

I cut my hair into a longish pixie cut in October of 2008. I was happy with it for a couple months, but then I started missing my long hair! I stopped cutting it and now, 1 year later, it is long enough to put in a little ponytail (although the bottom strands still hang out). I’m not ready to say “I’m done” yet, but I’m getting there! I’ve heard hair grows about 1/2 inch per month, so I’d say that in 12 more months (6 more inches), I’ll be at a decent length. =)

can’t believe i have resisted using heated appilances for 9 months so far!
i’ve treated my hair like antique lace for the past 9 months(after years of abuse- hair dye, straightening, extensions etc.) and its finally started to look healthy.
i’m proud of my willpower

My hair was about 1” long for years (I’m female) and I liked it, but now someone I love very much has asked me to let it grow. So I’m doing that out of love, and at the moment I hate how my hair looks! I feel like a middle-aged secretary (instead of a middle-aged Pagan nun) and I think it makes me look older. At least my hair is healthy and not yet turning gray.

it’s been a harsh summer with alot of swimming, but i got a softer showerhead and just stopped getting my hair cut at salons. seems like every time i go to a salon, they examine my hair and say it’s all damaged and continue to cut it all off, despite my pleas of saving as much as possible. i stopped dying my hair and use a 2-in-1 conditioner, which is supposedly perfectly ph balanced. my hair is growing! the top layer is damaged, but everything underneath seems pretty healthy. i’ll let it grow some more before i trim it all to one length. luckily, my hair curls at the end.

About a couple of years ago i decided to cut my hair and go natural. Since then I’ve had two kids and am ready for a change. At first My husband didn’t want me to do it but I did it anyway. Now he likes it short and doesn’t want me to grow it out. Says he’s afraid i wont do it, that i will just where it in a ponytail everyday. I really don’t care any longer whaT he thinks right now. I’m doing it for me. I’m kind of excited about it!

So, end of senior year, I chopped my hair. It didn’t even cover my ears it was so short. Everyone told me it made me look mature, but I miss the feminity of longer hair. I would at least like to have my hair a bit shorter than shoulder length.

P.S. I’m the girl on the right, obviously. Haha.

I have always cut my hair myself, and I’ve gone through a lot of dying it throughout the years. I last cut my hair in mid-July, 2009, and my hair still does not touch my shoulders. Well, the lower back layer of it does, but that is all. The cut I had was short, but it was long enough to cover my eyebrows and the top half of my ears. It’s been nearly a year. What can I do to help it grow even faster? I never use a hairdryer, I have shampoo with healthy vitamins, and I drink more water that I probably have in my entire life. What else is there I can do? Am I doing something wrong? Oh, and here’s the other thing…I bleached my hair, so now I have these brown roots, and they’re only about 3-4 inches long, some areas are even shorter. So, when it gets long enough, I want to cut off the blonde bits. This is why I want to grow my hair out as quickly as I can. ^_

Time to start the growth process I guess…for the ZILLIONTH time. GRRRR. I wish I had more patience, but my hair grows about as fast as my bank account (BARELY AT ALL!).... O glory days.

I’ve been growing my hair out since October. It was a short pixie-cut then, and it’s almost down to my shoulders now. I do still have the layers though, but my stylist and I are working on growing those out a little before we start working on the actual length. The problem with my hair is that it’s really fragile and is easily damaged. So even though I only cut it about 4 weeks ago, it’s already time to cut it again. :\

my hair used to crazy damaged.
i used to dye, straighten and wear extensions.
i have been going natural since january 2009.. and nearly all my hair has reverted back to beautiful curliness!
only my top layers are still damaged.
however i used a permanet dye in 2008 so my hair is jet black and my roots are coming in my natural shade of brown.
by this time next year i should have enough of my natural curly brown hair to get cut off the black hair.

its frustating sometimes because i am dealing with two textures of my hair… but i have to be patient