Clipping the Ends Does Not Make Hair Grow
Written by Samara on April 2, 2008
I haven’t been to a beauty salon in years and when I decided to start going again just to have my hair relaxed every 8 weeks or so every beautician I interviewed suggested clipping my ends! I said I want to grow my hair not make it shorter! I even had one girl suggest to clip my ends every week! I guess that’s why this specific girl was wearing a ton of false hair!
This is one of the reasons why our hair doesn’t get any longer because we are constantly cutting our hair. Hair on average grows 1/2 inch a month and if you let some scissor happy hair stylist cut your hair every six weeks your hair isn’t going to get any longer!
Hair is not rose bushes! It’s dead so clipping the ends is not going to make more hair grow or stop breakage and split ends for that matter. I have no idea where this stupid idea of clipping the ends to make the hair grow came from, but if we use common sense we’d understand that this will never make the hair grow faster.
If you have split ends my advice to you is to clip the split ends only, next deep condition your hair with a protein enriched conditioner such as the Aphogee 2-step Protein Treatment or Organic Root Stimulator Hair Mayonnaise Treatment. These are both really good protein treatments that can help repair damaged hair and stop breakage. You should condition your hair weekly anyways to maintain your hair, but do not use the Aphogee conditioner weekly. It is only to be used once every 6 weeks.
Don’t let anyone clip your ends again if you want to achieve length. Grow your hair for 12 months without getting it cut, by then you should have about 6 new inches of hair. At the end of the 12 months you may visit a trustworthy stylist that will respect your wishes and trim no more than 1/2 -1 inch of your hair just to even your hair out and make it look neat.
The myth of clipping your ends has finally been dispelled. If your hair is damaged don’t cut it off, condition it, and clip only whats damaged to repair it.
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10 Responses to “Clipping the Ends Does Not Make Hair Grow”
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Bria said:
1[ Reply to this comment ]So your saying it would help my hair grow?Iv been wearing a weave and micro braids for like 6 months and i finally went back to my hair and my ends looked horrible!They were soo split and nappy so the stylist cut my ends and my hair loooks healthy now.
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Samara said:
2[ Reply to this comment ]So your saying it would help my hair grow?Iv been wearing a weave and micro braids for like 6 months and i finally went back to my hair and my ends looked horrible!They were soo split and nappy so the stylist cut my ends and my hair loooks healthy now.
Clipping the ends does not make your hair grow what so ever! You ends looked ragged because you probably did not condition your hair while you were wearing weaves and braids on a regular basis. Also microbraids and weaves are not good for your hair. Wearing braids for longer than 2 months is not a good idea either.
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teka said:
3[ Reply to this comment ]Im sorry but,im mixed with black,indian&cherokee and,once I put a perm on ma hair&b4 I did ma ends were terrible but ma hair went down 2 the middle of ma back but the perm took soo much of ma hair out,it ended up to ma neck&I gave it like 3mnths 2 grow back&when it reached my shoulders,I clipped ma ends&ma hair is back down 2 the middle of ma back,
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lexi said:
4[ Reply to this comment ]I’m sorry. I have to disagree. my hair was the same length for 7 years (no joke). I started going to the hair salon to get trims and deep conditioning every 2 weeks and my hair grew tremendously!!! It’s now way past my shoulders. But that’s just my opinion
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Samara said:
5[ Reply to this comment ]I’m sorry. I have to disagree. my hair was the same length for 7 years (no joke). I started going to the hair salon to get trims and deep conditioning every 2 weeks and my hair grew tremendously!!! It’s now way past my shoulders. But that’s just my opinion
You must have some super fast growing hair that’s on steroids to be able to gain length by having your hair trimmed every 2 weeks. On average all hair grows 1/4-1/2 inch per month so I can’t really see how it’s feasibly possible to gain length by cutting your hair that frequently. The majority of women would actually end up having shorter hair if they had their ends trimmed every 2 weeks. That’s actually losing an inch or more depending on how much is being clipped off bi-weekly. In my opinion, I’d never advise anyone to clip their ends this often if their goal is to gain length.
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Tiyashia said:
6[ Reply to this comment ]You made a really good point…
my hair will start growing
my hair stylist told me i need to come in and get my ends clipped every eight weeks or esle my ends will split upp and break off my hair.So i listened to her.. my hair hasnt seemed to get anylonger
im going to give your trick a try lol
(im on a hope and prayer my hair dosent break off)
i use olive oil root stimulatior hair products as well.. (just started) i usally use pantene for women of color .. what do you think about that shampoo & Conditioner? -
Samara said:
7[ Reply to this comment ]I actually wrote a review on their shampoo:
http://growblackhair.net/blog/pantene-pro-v-relaxed-natural-shampoo
I don’t know too much about their conditioner, but Pantene really haven’t educated themselves on the needs of African American hair so I really don’t recommend their products at all as of now.
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Tiyashia said:
8[ Reply to this comment ]Intresting article
Although i must admit
Pantene dose make your hair stronger and shiny& softI havent noticed much growth in my hair
My hair is past my shoulders But i want it longeri decided to try root stimulator because i noticed it was organic
What do you think about the product?
Would you recomend it? if not what would you recomend i use? -
Samara said:
9[ Reply to this comment ]Organic Root Stimulator makes some good products. Their conditioners and the Carrot oil moisturizer are the best in their line. I wouldn’t use their shampoo because it contains sulfates. Try a sulfate free shampoo such as Kinky-Curly Come Clean Shampoo, or the Giovanni line (found in your local Whole Foods and Walmart.)
Here a some reviews on the ORS line:
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Mia said:
10[ Reply to this comment ]I am also black and Native American, I clip my own ends every 4 months, 3 months if needed and my hair is growing really really fast and long and looks amazingly healthy.
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