How to Make Your Hair Grow Faster and Healthier

If you’re anything like us, you’ve lost count of how many times you’ve left the house and been hit by jealousy that someone else has much more volume to their hair, with amazing thickness and health at the tip of each hair. But each time you see these hair heroes yourself, just remember that this type of vibrant style doesn’t come overnight, and the fact is that their hair regime has probably been honed over years of choice and counter-choice between different products, brands, and habits.

Why Have Healthier Hair?

For starters, having healthier hair means you will have better-looking hair and can massively increase your self-confidence. Spending time concentrating on what you’re doing to your hair will get you into better habits, too. Shorter hair may be easier to manage, but when it gets past a certain length, the ends and roots both start to become unhealthy, greasy or split, meaning there may well be trouble in hair paradise. It’s really important to look after your hair because dirt and germs can cling to it, too. If you’re looking for reasons to keep on top of hair hygiene, look no further.

To Grow It, Cut It

I understand that this kind of sounds like taking one step forward, and two steps back, but believe us. The more regularly you cut your hair, the less chance of higher loose ends, therefore you’ll need to cut less hair next time you get a trim, and so on and so forth. Most people cut their hair when it needs to be cut, but why not trying cutting it before that, and giving your hair a great chance of growing healthier and making it easy to grow your hair long.

Supplement Your Current Routine

Whatever you’re doing currently, stop and take a moment to think: What shampoo are you using? Do you use conditioner? There are plenty of shampoos on the shelves that actually offer additional ingredients that can help with healthier hair and a healthier scalp. Just in the same way you start a diet to perfect your body, make sure you know what you’re putting into your hair, too. There are mounds of over-the-counter products you can buy that offer natural hair vitamins and nutrients that encourage your hair to grow and grow healthy. Take a look around the internet to find what you want.

Brush Your Hair!

This may not be quite the hot take I’m making it sound, but people with mid-range hair length might hardly ever brush their hair. If you have short hair, then it doesn’t matter too much, but brushing your hair for a minute twice a day. Brushing your hair will stimulate the follicles and help move the blood around your scalp which in turn helps your hair become healthier and grow faster. Keep in mind, brushing with a comb is better than using a brush because you get far less damage. Other than that, it just looks much better brushed every day. Soft, clean, healthy and straight. A hair dream.

Take Care of Your Scalp

This seems pretty obvious but it isn’t. Your scalp is the thing holding your hair to your head, keeping it fresh and healthy. But it’s also possibly the most under-thought about part of hair care around. Unless you get a flaky scalp, you can sometimes forget that you still need to care for it, like you would your skin. The scalp is a very sensitive, very easily-aggravated area of the head, and if it’s not healthy, it can affect your hair too. Having a flaky scalp will change your hair and the health of it. Use the correct shampoo and conditioner for your head.

Eat More Protein

Eating a balanced diet is a standard routine, or at least it should be. But it’s not just your weight and your physical health that it will help, but it will grow your hair, too. Protein, like many other food types, is one of the building blocks of life. Protein is used in your body to create amino acids, which are also used for the creation of new hair. If you have unhealthy hair growing, the best way to produce healthy hair is to take in plenty of protein, cut your hair regularly and take good care of your diet.

Be Careful Styling

So, we all love to style our hair but you need to be careful. Keeping your hair healthy means being careful around heat and chemicals. The more you use straighteners, curlers, dryers and more, the harsher your hair will react. This is the same for coloring your hair. Coloring your hair can make you feel and look pretty damn cool, but as for how it reacts, well, the results vary. Coloring your hair a few times isn’t bad. But the harsher color you go for (bleaching is a no-no for regular use), the worst your hair will react in the long run. Styling is helpful for looks and for confidence, but just remember the effects if can have on healthy hair.

Shampoo A Little Less

Bare with me on this one, but shampooing less is actually really helpful to your hairs condition. You need oils in your hair to help it against all sorts of harsh treatments. And if you wash your hair properly each and every day, your hair will get used to it, dry out and these natural greases (I know nobody likes greasy hair but bare with me) will protect you for longer. It makes sense. If you think that your hair needs to be washed every day, then consider investing in a good dry shampoo. 

Taking care of your hair really does require time and effort. It’s cool if you’re into styling and washing, but being aware of the harm it can do is much better than being blissfully ignorant. The idea of getting a balanced protein intake should improve other aspects of your life, but also the growth of hair. If you take a combination of these things into consideration, you’ll definitely see an improvement in how your hair looks, feels and wears.