Hair growth cycle and what to expect



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Hair growth cycle and what to expect


Disclaimer 1 : Everyone's hair is beautiful no matter what texture it is and no matter what length it is. It just has to be healthy.

Disclaimer 2 : This section is about estimation of growth. Of course, you can go past that estimation or never reach that estimation for whatever reason (health, consistency, bad habits, ...).

For most (healthy) people, hair grows on average about half an inch (1,27cm) every month. However, some people grow their hair slower or faster than average according to their genetics.

On the other hand, each hair strand has a lifetime and between starting to grow and falling out years later, it passes through different stages : anagen, catagen, telogen and exogen. The anagen stage is the growing phase and lasts between 2 to 7 years (also a genetic factor). Moreover, in our head there are always strands that are in different stages at the same time.

Hence, for most people, after 2 to 5 years of good hair care routine (including transitioning time), you should have a hair length that allows you to do various hair styles. A good hair care routine then allows our hair to be at the best of its potential.

To estimate your monthly hair growth, you can use any of these two methods :

1. If you big chopped after a few months of transitioning, you simply divide your length by the number of transitioning months.

2. Otherwise, you measure your actual length and then you let your hair grow for a few months with a good hair care routine and then you measure your hair again. In any cases, the results are more accurate when the hair is short or medium length because your are more likely not to have reached your optimum hair length.

To estimate your anagen phase duration, divided the longest your hair has ever been by your annual hair growth estimation. The longest your hair can be is when you can't go past a growth plateau while keeping up with a good hair care routine. When experiencing a hair growth plateau for several months (save the date when you reached that plateau) and after experiencing different tips at that plateau to make your hair grow longer, if you don't see noticeable results then you probably are closed to your optimum length. In any cases, a hair growth plateau with a good hair care routine is telling you something about your overall potential.

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