My hair growth journey
Hey there, So I thought alot about it that what should be my first blog and one of the first things that came to my mind was my hair growth journey .
It is one of the several things I worked on and I am extremely proud of it and I won't lie it took alot of patience,time and energy.
So I started growing my hair 3 years back after a terrible hair cut and a continuous loop of hairfall for several months. I lost almost half of hair volume and my hair turned almost dead this is when I started reading about science behind hair and here I am with things I have learned and things that have worked for me in this hair growth journey.
In a nutshell things I did -
-Oiling my hair hair twice a week
-Inversion method
-Switching to wooden combs
-Including healthy food such as green veggies,alomonds, walnuts,peanuts to my diet
-Avoiding heat
-Protective hairstyles
-Avoiding stress
-Practising Balayam
-Masking atleast twice a month .
Oiling
I cannot even stress enough how much oiling my hair has helped me grow my hair long and healthy. I would usually just mix 2-3 oil together (my favourite are olive ,coconut, castor and argan oil)put 2-3 drops of essential oil (I prefer peppermint, rosemary and tea tree)warm it up using double boiler method and apply it on my scalp gently massaging and moving towards the end. I prefer keeping it overnight and then washing the other day.
Inversion method
In this method I would just law back on my bed and invert my head and gently massage it for four minutes for 7 consecutive days for a month . The science behind it is inverting your head increases the blood flow to your head and inturn promotes hair growth.(do not practise it for more than 4 minutes and more than 7 days a Month)
Disclaimer- Do not participate in the inversion method if you are menstruating or have any of the following medical conditions-
Pregnancy
Hernia
High or low blood pressure
Recent stroke
Heart circulatory problem
Pink eye
Glaucoma
Detached retina
Spinal injury
Swollen joints
Unhealed fractures or injuries
Ear infections
Obesity or otherwise unhealthy.
Wooden combs
Replacing plastic combs with wooden combs has helped me effectively reducing frizziness of my hair as it reduces friction between the hair strands.
It also massages well increasing blood flow and inturn promoting hair growth.
Food
I included lot of healthy veggies,fruits,nuts such as almonds, walnuts to my diet.
I made sure to cook my food in iron utensils and also drank water stored in copper utensil.
Protective hairstyles
Protective hairstyles are basically hairstyles such as braids and buns that protect hair from getting wear and tear against each other and reducing chances of split ends and prone to tangles. I made sure to do them every before going to bed.
Stress
Practising yoga and meditating for 30 minutes everyday has helped me with my anxiety issues and reducing stress.
Balayam
I practice Balayam everyday for 30 minutes .
In this technique you are supposed to rub nails of both the hands against each other and it is traditionally believed to reduce hairfall and promote hair growth.
Masking
Hair masks have always been important part of my hair care regime. Providing enough moisture and protein are very important factor to keep them strong and healthy .My all time favouriteHair mask are banana mask , fenugreek mask ,aloe Vera mask and egg protein mask.
My hair right now (2020)
Ps this is not my goal length I am still following all this steps to get to my goal length .
Hope my hair growth journey inspires you to grow your hair long .
I really am definitely going to follow this method as I can actually see the difference and I know what it was before.... I hope it works for me tooo as I have thin hair issue.... It is really awesome of you that you mentioned your formula and detailed study so that others could benefit toooo❤
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