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diamondlady said:
Ladies, HELP
I'm have 3 problems. One, my hair seems to be stuck at shoulder length. Getting below the shoulders seems to be taking forever. Two, I've always had very,very thick hair, but the longer parts are not as thick as before. I trimmed the ends but it still seems not as thick, Could it be I'm just getting older and my hair it changing. Three, I don't have much hair along the edges. Bad braid experience on the edges. I tried a few things in the last 4 months but the edges are taking their time coming back.
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diamondlady,
my hair was at one length for a long time also a while ago (before I joined this board). My hair was at the same length almost for all my life, until now.
Personally, I don't think it's your age because people have these same problems at all ages.
My advice would be:
1). For your edges: Order some essential oils from Cedarvale(look at essential oil and hairgrowth thread). Also order some Wheatgerm and Castor oil from them. I like Wheatgerm oil because it's very high in vitamin e, but if you've ever tried to buy pure vitamin e, it's very expensive. So, Wheatgerm oil is cheaper, but it's loaded with the good stuff, and castor oil is popular on this board for bringing back faded edges. I have a bottle with castor oil, wheatgerm oil and essential oils mixed together. I put this mixture on my hair every night after my scalp rinses.
2). I would also recommend you lay off shampoo (except for Creme of Nature moisturizing) try the condition washes, and for moisture, I rinse my hair out every night with conditioner. While my hair is wet, I spray it with s-curl, a leave-in conditioner and pure glycerin.
--Hair is supposed to grow about 1/2 inch per month, so if your hair is staying one length that means you must be losing the new growth--it must be breaking. Because if your hair wasn't growing you wouldn't need a touch up.
3). Most of the time, I wear my hair pinned up in a protective style. If you're having problems with your edges, maybe pin your hair up loosely, so your edges aren't strained. I think protective styles are good because your ends are protected from the elements.
4). Last of all vitamins are very important. I don't know if you're taking any, but at least take 5mg (5,000mcg) of biotin. I really believe this stuff works. I also think a good hair multi-vitamin is good such as Maxi Hair or GNC's Ultra Nourish Hair. I think some ladies said that B-5 is supposed to thicken the hair as well, but doing condition washes/rinses and staying away from the heat will do this as well.
5). As far as your touch-ups, 12 weeks is probably fine.
Good luck! Sorry this is so long!
