Grow Long Hair | Your Scientific Hair Growth Guide

How to Grow Long Hair: a science-based guide to growing long hair & achieving your hair goals

Ready to get natural long hair? Your friendly neighborhood real life Rapunzel is here to help you on your journey to long hair with some long hair care and hair growth tips. Here's what I do to keep my hair growing and prevent it from breaking. So many of you kept asking me for hair tips -- probably because of my long blonde hair -- so I hope this is helpful for you!

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-- TABLE OF CONTENTS --
1:00 Phases of Hair Growth
2:47 How to Make Your Hair Stay in the Anagen Phase (growth phase) Longer
3:15 Do Hair Vitamins Work?
5:41 Hair Structure
9:00 How Keep Hair from Breaking Off
12:13 20 Quick Tips for Preventing Hair Damage
15:18 Shampoo
16:59 Thoughts to Keep in Mind

This past year we've been busting hair myths with science not just to help me on my natural hair journey, but more importantly, to help you guys on your hair journeys. Whether you want waist-length natural hair, hip-length hair, hair to the floor, or just want to learn about hair and maybe keep yours a little healthier, hope this helps you see how to retain length and reach all your hair goals!

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[maryk]

One of my best friends: she bleaches her hair every month, does the keratin relaxer every other month, blowdries plus flatirons her hair after every wash. She’s done that for at least 5 years now. And she has the thickest and longest hair I’ve ever seen. Her hair is so thick, many people think she wears extensions. I do literally nothing to my hair and I don’t even have a quarter of her thickness. At some point you just start questioning life...

[chchcherrybmb]

Me getting a pixie cut
first week: I LOVE IT OMG GONNA USE THIS LOOK FOREVER
2nd week: *searching for this video*
~ Edit 3 years later ~
Healthy long hair again ♡. NEVER EVER cutting it so short again.

[barsha]

My personal hair growth journey of success, I myself stuck to this daily regimen:
Take early morning sunshine every day for vitamin D. Eat vegetables of different colours. Using paraben-free and fragrance free hair shampoo and gently massaging two times per week with hair oil from litttleextra cocooonion oil. Important to keep in mind that hair growth is influenced by overall health as well as circulation and diet.

[cutedinosaur]

I'm here because my hair dresser doesn't know what what trim means

[oliviabytner]

1. Avoid bleaching
2. Avoid heat
3. Use UV protection
4. Protective hairstyles, especially in bed
5. Silk/satin bonet for sleeping
6. Silk/satin pillowcase
7. Switch up protective hairstyles
8. Avoid products with high pH
9. Don't wash hair every day
10. Always use conditioner with shampoo
11. Use a shower filter
12. Secure your hair before exercising or going in wind
13. Silk/satin hair elastin
14. Avoid pool water
15. Avoid blow dry
16. Do not tease your hair
17. Avoid twisting hair
18. Avoid chemical straigners and relaxers
19. Sleep without moving your head too much
20. Avoid DIY hair treatments

[theavidpatient]

Hey esthetician here, when I went to my internship at an esthetic surgeon and dermatology practice I learned so much of my education was wrong and incorrect. I was mortified. After this re-education and I started my career with spas and or big names in the beauty industry I was seen as an outlier. Needless to say thank you for diving deep into science when it comes to our bodies and marketing beauty.

[lineavictoria]

During the summer of 2018 i had hair that barely reached my shoulders. Now, in january 2021 my hair has reached my lower back!!
My hair used to be so thin and barely grew before i tried these tips❤️:

- Braid your hair into pigtails before sleeping (to avoid breakage)
- Take biotin and silica daily (this really kickstarted my hairgrowth, and i dont use it anymore - it truly worked for me!)
- Be gentle and PATIENT and your fingers to work through knots and tangles.
- Use a good hair oil and leave in conditioners after washing your hair (hair oil also helps to soften tight knots)
- Rinse with cold water (i do it in the sink) after shampoo to close cuticles
- Use hairties without those metal pieces on them
- Spend time finding split ends and cut them off so the split doesn’t split any further and weaken the hair strand
- Always try to avoid heat styling and blowdrying
- Avoid too much stress and anxiety, as it fucks up your hormones (as mentioned in the video)

Hope your hair grows all the way down to your ass. Amen 😘

[lilyy]

“avoid diy hair treatments”

are my hair potions I made when I was 7 years old a joke to you?

[areyoucereals]

Okay but can we just appreciate that Sarah spent THREE WHOLE WEEKS JUST READING AND TRYING TO CONDENSE THIS INFORMATION JUST FOR US?!?!?!?! That is more effort than I can put into anything <3

[lolatiffhur]

Asian hair having the most protection makes so much sense have you seen Indian women’s hair they are so luscious

[vdawg]

I cut my hair short a few months ago and the regret is real. I’m now on my journey back to long hair and this is very helpful, thank you for the videos!

[ravenmccoy]

I love how you consider multiple races/ethnic backgrounds when talking about hair! It’s so nice to have my coily hair type included in this scientific perspective 🥰 I can’t stop watching your videos now!

[samkelisiwengubo]

Girl I'm black but I'm a new subbie because you tell nothing but the truth and you didn't disrespect our African hair on your content. Much love and respect 🙏

[FermionPhysics]

I’ve struggled with my own hair and have often felt that many hair care people online simply don’t know what they’re talking about and spread potentially dangerous advice. I greatly appreciate how you have actually taken the time to go through scientific studies to actually determine what we *do* know about hair. Such a fantastic video!

[missanne]

My doctor recommended swimming for my back problems, and I would wet hair before going into the pool, cover hair with conditioner, place a lycra cap over my hair, and then a rubber cap over that. When I got out of the pool my hair was better conditioned than when I went in. You then immediately rinse your hair, wash it once and reapply conditioner.

[Itsamytarie]

Okay I'm glad I took a chance watching this video because it really surprised me to see her include African/ curly-coily hair types and textures and made me really happy to see some form of girls supporting girls by being very informative and as inclusive as she could be with this vid. Thank you so much! It is really appreciated ! 🥰 💕

[financialmarathon]

Me who has been growing my hair for an year, realizing I've been doing everything correctly. 🍾🍾

[Kryswonderland]

''6 inches per year''

*has been growing hair out for 10 years and it hasn't even grown 4 inches or 3 inches*

[xqhqyjf]

I’m so glad u included the hair of multiple ethnics I was a bit scared that we were going to be excluded

[emmylemons]

Nobody:
Sarah’s straps on her blouse: ⬆️⬇️➡️↗️↘️↙️↖️⬅️