2024 2025 Growth Aids Challenge

Just popped open a new bottle of geritol. This one only has 40 tablets. I take one pill a day. The last bottle had 100 tablets and the one before that 40.

So I’ve been taking it faithfully give or take, around 4 1/2 months.

I’m also taking a hair skin and nail vitamin for the last 30 days or so. You’re supposed to take 3 pills but I only take two. When it’s up I’m going to move on to Ollys skin vitamin and then rotate back to a HSN vitamin.

I wanna add some Bamboo back in now that I’m not taking the MSM. I may take it off and on but I wanna gauge how my cycles look off it for a few months before I see if I want to add it in.
 
So I stopped using sulfur April 2023 after having mixed up a whole 24 oz jar of sulfur powder, nettle leaves and horsetail powder infused in EVOO. It kept tarnishing my jewelry and I couldn't clear the discoloration off so it had to go. It was out of sight and out of mind. Until this week, when I went to clear things from beneath my sink and y'all, guess what who I found still chillin back there...

Of course she started talking to me and I had to give her a good shake to re-mix the ingredients together. And as they started to settle back into place, it's like the jar started glowing like in the movies. :giggle: And I knew then that there is no way I'm gonna let this goodness go to waste. :look:

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So now I'm trying to figure out how to use it and what is the smallest amount I can add to my daily scalp tonic that won't cause my jewelry to tarnish. My jewelry is sentimental to me. :blush2:

My plan is to re-start the sulfur mix in October, along with MT, after my relaxer. Sulfur seems to only be really effective for me when I use it mixed with MT. And I want to use it daily as I've found that yields the best results. So I'll use it for the last quarter of 2024. And then I'll take my EOTY photos in December. It'll be a good gauge bc I'll be starting with freshly relaxed hair and 3 months is a good amount of time to monitor the effects of something in my routine. I usually don't experience very much new growth in the first 3 months following my relaxers which is why I can stretch 6-10 months.
 
Getting in on the Growth aids / anti hair loss train. I generally have not like them due to how my hair felt and honestly smelled but I think I’ve found a good routine that helps with my hair

Topically
  • Camille Rose grow back drops with added rosemary (morning of wash day) - new addition
  • Kerastase extensioniste (after every wash day)- been using this since ~may this year
  • Kerastase genesis (non wash day) - new addition to my routine
  • Ketaconazole shampoo - non traditional “growth aid” but given every dermatologist says this helps and seeing major improvement in my scalp health, I do believe this helps remove things that cause slow growth
I hate the smell of rosemary and I like smelling nice so I only use the non Kerastase stuff before I wash my hair.

Internally
  • Hair growth Cocktail of ( msm, Collagen, Vitamin c) - I’ve been off and on with this over the past year but it does wonders for my skin
I’ve been lazy about growth aids but after seeing 2-3 “ of hair throughout my head means something that I’ve tried over the last 5-6 months is working. I’ve been using the Kerastase extensioniste most consistently but it’s so expensive and we just bought property that’s killing my discretionary budget :-(
 
Started back on Liquid Collagen for Hair, Skin and Joints.

Still using Topicals as well. Recently, I've been using Strong Roots Red Pimento Oil
 
long.hair.dont.care said:
I need to get more serious with this.

My #1 growth aid: Scalp message with peppermint oil I love the tingling sensation of the menthol. And I love when the tingling returns!!

I may dilute peppermint oil in avocado/argan oil. I have not figured out the right ratio yet.

I occasionally use virgo hair fertilizer (includes peppermint oil). I prefer to do this scalp massage in the shower.

I stopped using biotin cause the growth on my legs was too much for me to keep up with in the summer... But now that winter is upon us, I might get back on it since I'm not bothered by being harry as much.
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I've been bad... While I was gone from this thread I was not intentional at all. :oops:

But for the past 3 weeks, I've been taking biotin, msm and collagen almost daily... Sometimes I skip the collagen since it can be tricky to have on an empty stomach with my schedule. During a second meal, if I've already taken my biotin/msm for that day, I'll have the hair growth vitamin and zinc every other day. I am seeing a difference.

Winter is among us, so it's time to pull out the greasy topicals. I'm not sure where my Virgo is at, but I did buy Sulfur 8 Medicated Anti-Dandruff Hair & Scalp Conditioner - so far, I like it! Wish it had more menthol though.
 
Added in Spoiled child biotin serum. It won’t be a repurchase though due to price and amount.


Still taking my vitamins faithfully. I think geritol is the goat. I would like to take the liquid but my gag reflex bad tastes and smells can’t do it. So pills it is.

My fuzzy edges make me so happy.
 
Sipping on my msm with, vitamin c , collagen water.

Took my geritol, vitamin D3, HSN and omega 3 this morning. I think I forgot my b12.


Sprayed my edges and nape with the Spoiled Child Biotin serum.


I’m contemplated this Living Silica with Rosemary and Horsetail but it’s $49 so I will see.
 
Same here! It's slipping season or something bc I have fallen way off! lol

It's getting cold so I'm probably gonna install some cornrows. Then I'm gonna KISS.

GHE 3-5x a week and throw in a few ponytail baggies on my off days. Cornrows will make it easier to apply scalp tonics.
I have a TON of sulfur to use up so I'm gonna create my own Sulfur 8 scalp tonic. I think if I keep the concentration of sulfur low, it shouldn't tarnish my jewelry like it usually does.
Also, I'm gonna start washing and DCing my hair in the sink instead of the shower so the sulfur is less likely to run down onto my jewelry. I hope moving back to sink washing will help me be more consistent with washing and DCing my hair, which will help with growth.
 
I took my vitamins this morning. I have to finish my water bottle that has msm and collagen in it.

I took two Black Girls HSN vitamins this morning instead of the other HSN vitamin. I will rotate between those too


Spritz’d my scalp with Spoiled Childs Biotin serum.
 
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