Summer Hair

In the summer, hair grows quicker than in the other seasons, why is that?
I attribute it to the moisture and humidity that we receive during the summer months. I thoroughly enjoy it, because my scalp is not dry unless of course I'm sitting next to the AC, which you shouldn't do! It will make your scalp dry and your hair will feel dull.
Every summer without fail, my hair grows longer and suddenly when it reaches October, I feel that my high hopes for natural hair down my neck is gone!! why!! lol

According to ehealthMD under "Facts about Hair and Hair Loss," hair does grow faster in warmer weather than in cold weather. They don't offer an explanation but this must be sought out. To Google!! lol
Even today New York Times has a Personal Health article on body hair, but not on one's head, it's the excessive unwanted hair that's the topic since it's bikini season.
I guess the only reason hair grows faster in the summer is because of direct sunlight, the moisture and humidity we experience in this wonderful, and sometimes unbearable weather.

I've been using MSM tablets, it's working wonderfully for me, more on this later.
Adios.

Why can't my hair grow?

On many groups and fotki albums we hear about women who after one year of being napptural (natural) have had great hair growth, but some of us wait and wait for that to happen to us but it hasn't happened yet. What do we do?
I have been natural for, I really don't know. I never counted, it wasn't really a big decision until after I started trying to style my natural hair. It's probably been about 3 years. I still don't even have shoulder length hair and I'm ok with that now because I realize where my problem lies.

1. I pull on my knots and rip them sometimes and I tug on my hair when I'm nervous (usually during class or a test).
2. I don't eat vegetables that much. I don't even eat the recommended servings for a day in a week.
3. I used to wash my hair with harsh products and/or use many different products week to week.
4. Washed my hair too infrequently.
5. Daily life was very stressful.
6. Don't ever get enough sleep.
7. Ate high in fat foods
8. Didn't moisturize hair as much in the week.
9. Trimmed it a lot in the beginning.

Wow, that's a lot. I take responsibility for my hair not growing enough and so should all of you out there who look up to those women who have beautiful, growing, natural hair because they take responsibility and do something about it.

A Lesson Learned

I realized that I have to have patience with my hair. Reading Curly Girl by Lorraine Massey made me think about my detangling routine. Usually I get so aggravated/frustrated when I untwist my hair and start combing my hair. Everything hurts because I start tugging and pulling and eventually knots are gone but I'm left with split ends. This probably happens to those of us with lack of patience but that can deeply hinder our ability for hair growth.

Hair Growth?

I went to a website posted on a yahoo natural hair group and found something interesting.

The woman selling this pomade swears by it, and says that it really grew her hair a lot. I actually have this at home and all I could remember about it was that, yes it smelled good, but it made my hair smell after using it for a few days. And that might be my fault, because I might be one of those "lucky" ones who get product build up quickly and need to wash my hair more than just weekly. But I don't want to do that, lol.
Anyways, the woman sells it for around $4.99 or more plus shipping I guess and that costs a lot. Mine only cost $2.99!!! Yay! So I bought another one just in case it becomes the miracle that everyone is looking for to grow their hair.
I hope this helps, i will try to get the website as soon as possible.
the ingredients are:
Nettle, rosemary, sage, peppermint, alfalfa, pure virgin olive oil, pure coconut oil, sage oil, rosemary oil, bergamot oil, chlorophyll (from nettle and spinach), pure mineral jelly, natural fragrance and Good Intention