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Step 1
Trim hair every six to eight weeks. To maintain and grow long black hair, trim your hair every six to eight weeks to remove split ends. Take off less than half an inch.
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Step 2
Keep your hair moisturized. It's vital to maintain your hair's moisture. Apply a moisturizing conditioner after each shampoo and massage hair moisturizer into the scalp daily. To retain moisture, wrap your hair in a satin scarf every night.
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Step 3
Limit the amount of chemicals applied to your hair. If you receive chemical relaxers and hair color, limit these to once every six to eight weeks. Excessive chemicals can damage hair and cause breakage.
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Step 4
Take hair growth supplements. While there are ways to naturally maximize hair growth, you may need to experiment with supplements. Hair supplements contain vitamins and minerals essential for healthy hair. If your hair is badly damaged, cut it off and start over.
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Step 5
Visit a hair stylist on a regular basis. There's nothing wrong with doing your own hair. However, if you want to grow long black hair, you may need a professional's help. Regular shampoos, conditioners and hair treatments are proven to strengthen African-American hair and maximize growth.
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Step 6
Wear a swim cap. Before jumping into a swimming pool, put on a swimming cap. The chemicals used to filter the water can strip your relaxer and damage your hair. After swimming, wash and condition your hair.
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Step 7
Choose a hands-off hair style. Applying heat and chemicals can weaken African-American hair. If you want to grow long black hair, choose a hassle free hairstyle such as an updo, twist or braids. You can wear the same hairstyle for weeks, and give your hair a break. Stay away from rubber bands.
Comments
fineadell said
on 5/2/2009 GREAT ADVICE curlykinks thats exactly what I do and the results have been wonderful.
msnulengths said
on 4/12/2009 Great article. I have an article similiar to this one. You should read it. We could exchange advice!
cecetako said
on 3/12/2009 It all depends on genetics ! I am black and I have always had long hair. It is thick, long, brown/red, and is often dry. My mom's mom is a mulatto and my mom's dad is a mulatto, and my biological dad is just black. It all depends on how you take care of your hair-everyone can't grow their hair no matter what they try.
CurlyKinks said
on 11/4/2008 Remember they always charge you for those trims even if they have to bagder you into it. And don't forget to give yourself a deep protein treatment to help strengthen your hair, followed up with a deep moisturizing conditioner to keep it from drying and breaking off. If your ends are still tangling you may need porsity control.
Go to: www.longhaircareforum.com and look at all those beautiful Black women with LONG LONG hair. We are talking waist length, hip length, thigh length.
CurlyKinks said
on 11/4/2008 Good advice but #1 is WRONG, if you want long hair DON'T CUT IT! Only trim when ends are damaged or you are trying to maintain a style. If you have split ends only trim at a centimeter where the split is, this is called dusting. Even if you have split ends your hair will grow. Keep your ends moiturized and protected with natural oils like olive, jojoba and castor oil and keeping the ends tucked under or up. My hair has retained a lot of length due to trimming only every 6 months. On average the hair grows .5 inches per month regardless of race and if you are trimming ever month then you are trimming all of your growth. NO WONDER OUR HAIR IS SHORT. Stretch your relaxers, if you relax anytime you see new growth you risk overlapping. Stretch your relaxers to 10-12 weeks. Don't let the hairdressers steer you in the wrong direction because they are regurgitating the same ole nonesense. Rememb