What do you ladies concider more important

[medina78]

for hair growth, diet or external aids? 90% of the suggestions and talks seems to be towards some product to be applied on the outside. There is very little talk on long term diets or specific foods that help grow quality hair, i feel like if you grow quality hair from the inside, it will be better able to handle alot of things we have to do to it on the outside, i mean b4 i found this site, and you wise ladies, i treated my hair Very BAD, when it was tangled i just ripped it apart i hardly conditioned it, hell i didnt even know about 75% of the products on this board, but somehow it just keep growing. Now i realize it must have been my diet, because i also have a co-worker who has been braiding her natural hair longer than i, which is 5 years, her hair remains shoulder lenght. Anyways im just curious so let me know ladies




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[mw138]

I have tried the external growth aids and they've worked well, but I've found that the health and length of my hair increased when I changed my diet. Eliminating much of the high-fat foods and increasing my intake of whole grains, fruits, and vegetables has worked wonders not only for my hair, but for my body as a whole. Not only did I lose 50 pounds, but my overall health is so much better.

 

[gymfreak336]

Diet first, growth aids second.

 

[Wanderland]

I actually concentrate on neither (I guess that's pretty bad ) I feel growing hair is a natural process and it will grow no matter what (as long as I'm reasonably healthy) the trick, at least for me is maintaining the hair that I grow. So my focus is on retention rather than growth rate. I've tried topical growth aides that have helped in the past but I don't want to be committed to a topical aide long term, but I can learn better techniques for dealing with my hair and apply those forever. I also don't really take hair vitamins for the same reason...I barely take vitamins for my health (yeah that's probably not the best thing either)