| Are you having difficulty growing your mane? Well in | | | | allows your hair to retain its moisture as well as |
| this short article I will discuss simple ways you can | | | | protects it from friction and damage. |
| use to promote black hair growth. | | | | 4. Limit styling your mane by heat to once a week |
| Let us first begin with the structure of hair. Hair | | | | and make sure you use heat protection products. If |
| usually goes through three phases of growth. These | | | | you use heat too often to style your tresses it will |
| are the telogen, the anagen and the catagen phase. | | | | cause damage to it. This is also true of straightening |
| The anagen or growth phase is actually genetically | | | | hair using heat since you are temporarily altering the |
| determined and this can limit the maximum length | | | | protein bonds in your mane and weakening it. |
| your mane can grow to. As I mentioned above your | | | | 5. In order to minimize breakage and to keep |
| mane hair growth cycle is actually separated into | | | | moisture in your locks wear protective styles at least |
| three parts: growth, resting and shedding. This cycle | | | | 3 days a week. Protective styles are those that do |
| will vary with each person and some will take longer | | | | not expose the ends of the tresses such as French |
| than others - for instance a person with a 2 year hair | | | | twists and buns. |
| growth phase (anagen) may grow their hair to | | | | 6. Make sure when you do use relaxers on your hair |
| shoulder length before it enters the resting phase | | | | to properly neutralize them after wards. This is done |
| (telogen). While someone with a 4 year anagen | | | | as follows: First, wash all the relaxers out of your |
| phase might grow their hair down their back before | | | | mane and then apply a product called Mira hair oil. It |
| the resting phase. But it is still possible to grow your | | | | will detoxify the scalp and help grow hair healthy and |
| hair at a faster rate using the right tips which I share | | | | fast. Apply the oil onto the scalp and allow it to sit |
| with you below. | | | | for an hour and then wash with a neutralizing |
| 1. Step one is to take the right vitamins. Certain | | | | shampoo at least three times. Before you are done |
| vitamins can help your mane become healthy and | | | | apply the shampoo once more and leave on for 10 |
| grow faster and also lengthen the growth phase of | | | | minutes. Then wash and condition and proceed with |
| the hair. Hair grows about half an inch a month usually | | | | your natural styling. |
| and you can help this process by taking vitamins | | | | 7. Use the Mira hair oil also as a deep conditioner |
| which contain nutrients like biotin and folic acid. Good | | | | once a week. This oil has a combination of herbs and |
| hair vitamins should also contain MSN which helps to | | | | oils that are perfect for black hair growth. Just put it |
| lengthen your natural hair growth phase | | | | on at night and wash it off in the morning; |
| 2. Some other steps you can take for inducing black | | | | 8. Give yourself a scalp massage to help blood flow |
| hair growth is using a wide tooth comb to comb your | | | | to the scalp. This will provide all the nourishment your |
| hair when your it is wet. Using a brush to brush your | | | | mane needs to grow healthy and faster. |
| mane when wet will only damage the hair and | | | | These are the eight steps you need to follow to |
| possibly break it. | | | | encourage black hair growth. The key is to be |
| 3. When you are sleeping use a silk or satin scarf as | | | | consistent and patient. If you follow them you will |
| well as a pillow case. Cotton pillow cases and scarfs | | | | not only protect your locks from the damaging |
| can absorb the much needed moisture your hair | | | | effects of relaxers you will be nurturing your tresses |
| needs and satin does not have this problem. Satin | | | | for a healthy shinny look. |
