Basically...Any hair that it taken care of properly will grow. It has nothing to do with race.
The growth will come 
HEY!! Another Geechie!!! My gma is geechie & native
Then she told me she had not washed it in a month. OMG! Then she told me she did not understand why she had so much breakage after she finally washed it yesterday. Some people can't be helped unless they see someone else with great results. HOLLAR!
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ITA, there is so much cheap garbage for our hair it's killing it. You know I beleive that's pretty much all we do need for our hair. Just wash moisturize and go.
But I see it as most of the people with 3b/c hair are natural, that's why their hair grows more quickly. As soon as you add a relaxer your growth will be somewhat stunted.
I have a friend with 4b natural hair, her hair is waist length (she's a teenie weenie woman though) underneath her braids. She pulled it down and voila! It was so long! Longer than my hair at the time
Any hair can grow if we treat it right, I refuse to believe otherwise.
And I might add that I don't have a single white friend with longer hair than me. Most of them have very fine hair that breaks easily...it really can't grow longer than at the most BSL and even then it looks bad because it's so thin.
Not all white people have Mediterranean hair that is thick and strong.
Chellero, many people of other races do not have the problems we have with hair because there is a haircare industry that caters specifically to there type of hair. Notice how the Indian community have their own products specifically made for their hair. Natural products at that. Neither do these other races have stigmas placed on their hair texture like we do. However, white women who use perms to make their hair curly will tell you that it damaged their hair. Also many have used relaxers. If you look around you, you will notice that many people of other races have short thin hair.
All hair is made the same. Protein. The only difference is the shape of the hair which creates the texture or curl patterns. If you google long hair a host of websites will pop up. And you will find that the regimen for white women with long hair including the frequency of washes is basically the same as black women with long hair. The coconut oil, the non-trimming or few trims a year, the moisturizing, etc. If you go to youtube you will find videos of Indian women caring for their hair. You will notice how special they treat their hair, like silk. But many black people put so many harsh chemicals in our hair without making sure that our hair has the upmost protection. I introduced my sister to constant moisturizing, washing and Cathy Howse products. Did you know that this woman informed me that she has NOT moisturized her hair in a week!
that was funny lol.. i have the same problem lol... but its alright well find another way lol..CurlyMoo;4491109[B said:]Chellero, many people of other races do not have the problems we have with hair because there is a haircare industry that caters specifically to there type of hair. [/B]Notice how the Indian community have their own products specifically made for their hair. Natural products at that. Neither do these other races have stigmas placed on their hair texture like we do. However, white women who use perms to make their hair curly will tell you that it damaged their hair. Also many have used relaxers.
If you look around you, you will notice that many people of other races have short thin hair. Yes, I know this. No where in my orginal post did I say that Black women were the only ones with hair growing issues. As a matter of fact I said that no one's hair type was problem free.
All hair is made the same. Protein. The only difference is the shape of the hair which creates the texture or curl patterns. If you google long hair a host of websites will pop up. And you will find that the regimen for white women with long hair including the frequency of washes is basically the same as black women with long hair.
true. But I'm confused as to why you blame short hair on black women to the products not being catered to them a paragraph above this. I bolded the section that I am referring to.
The coconut oil, the non-trimming or few trims a year, the moisturizing, etc. If you go to youtube you will find videos of Indian women caring for their hair. You will notice how special they treat their hair, like silk. But many black people put so many harsh chemicals in our hair without making sure that our hair has the upmost protection. I introduced my sister to constant moisturizing, washing and Cathy Howse products. Did you know that this woman informed me that she has NOT moisturized her hair in a week!
Well that depends on what you are trying to accomplish. If you want a certain style then yes you will have to do more. Even with a relaxer it is not going to make your hair lay straight down your back after a wash. You would need to flat iron for that. Which was always a source of confusion for me when I had a relaxer. If we have a permanent straightner then why do we still need to flat iron? LOL
But I see it as most of the people with 3b/c hair are natural, that's why their hair grows more quickly. As soon as you add a relaxer your growth will be somewhat stunted.
I have a friend with 4b natural hair, her hair is waist length (she's a teenie weenie woman though) underneath her braids. She pulled it down and voila! It was so long! Longer than my hair at the time
Any hair can grow if we treat it right, I refuse to believe otherwise.
And I might add that I don't have a single white friend with longer hair than me. Most of them have very fine hair that breaks easily...it really can't grow longer than at the most BSL and even then it looks bad because it's so thin.
Not all white people have Mediterranean hair that is thick and strong.
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ITA, there is so much cheap garbage for our hair it's killing it. You know I beleive that's pretty much all we do need for our hair. Just wash moisturize and go.
You posted a comment that stated that we should just except the fact we cannot grow our hair as fast or long as people of other races. Which I do not agree with. If we cannot grow our hair longer or faster I believe that it's not due to race but on indiviual circumstances.
Interesting.......Actually, I think super straight is the purpose that's why all the heat is applied later to get it straight. Unless it's a texlax which I never heard that term til I joined this board. I guess it means the same as texurizer. If not then why not just relax blowdry and go?
erplexed). sometimes less, sometimes more. My main problem is retention. As I have colour in my hair, im maintaining my length and cutting my clolour off as it grows 'cos my hair didn't like it. I grow more when im co-washing most days. 
Chellero, many people of other races do not have the problems we have with hair because there is a haircare industry that caters specifically to there type of hair. Notice how the Indian community have their own products specifically made for their hair. Natural products at that. Neither do these other races have stigmas placed on their hair texture like we do. However, white women who use perms to make their hair curly will tell you that it damaged their hair. Also many have used relaxers. If you look around you, you will notice that many people of other races have short thin hair.
All hair is made the same. Protein. The only difference is the shape of the hair which creates the texture or curl patterns. If you google long hair a host of websites will pop up. And you will find that the regimen for white women with long hair including the frequency of washes is basically the same as black women with long hair. The coconut oil, the non-trimming or few trims a year, the moisturizing, etc. If you go to youtube you will find videos of Indian women caring for their hair. You will notice how special they treat their hair, like silk. But many black people put so many harsh chemicals in our hair without making sure that our hair has the upmost protection. I introduced my sister to constant moisturizing, washing and Cathy Howse products. Did you know that this woman informed me that she has NOT moisturized her hair in a week!
The average hair growth rate is half an inch/ month. Some people grow more, some less. I grow about half an inch a month/ rather by the 6 weeks when I measure ( yes, im that sad ..
Mixed race or people of other races can afford to wash their hair everyday/everyother day without thinking too much about it and this definitely aids growth. They also don't have much of a problem with retention hence they seem to 'grow' hair easier. We all grow at a similar pace, however, we (black women) have issues with maintenance and retention unfortunately
As the other ladies have said, not enough information about best way to go about it .... yet.
She had hair down to her behind in her 70's. ), but I did get her height (short) and her top-heavy characteristics - but I'll have to take care of my hair well for the next 40 years before I can be SURE whether I inherited her hair genes, as well. 
Thank you for that interesting information. I have read a little bit about the people of Gullah...
You prolly my cousin then! I am sure I have some GeeCee people somewhere down the line.
HEY!! Another Geechie!!! My gma is geechie & native
That still doesn't make Latinos Spanish. Jamaica was an English colony for three centuries - that doesn't make Jamaicans English. Most Latinos are mestizo, of mixed blood. I didn't say they were mainly of African blood. I said *SOME* have more AMERINDIAN *OR* African blood than Spanish, which is undoubtedly true. People in Guatemala, Bolivia, Peru that you mentioned definitely tend to be more indigenous Amerindian (e.g. Inca / Quechua) than Spanish. (And believe me when I say that a good number of Africans were also absorbed into those populations.) I know about the different distributions of African blood around Latin America. But even in countries like Argentina where the population have quite a bit of Spanish blood, people would balk at the idea of being called Spanish.
Although I'm Geechee through my granny... She had long moved to FL by the time my mom was born... but it's a trip that her Geechee ways still stand today and she's certainly passed them along to us! Folks are tripped out when they meet my geechee family 
