How to Grow Out Your Hair and Keep it Healthy

5. Use Soft Lackey Bands – With No Metal Pieces

Even though my hair is past my shoulders now, I wear it up all the time. Because of this, I spend a bit more money on my lackey bands, and highly recommend you do as well. Bands with no metal joints are the best for your hair as they stop pulling and tearing. Also remember that when you take your bands out, you should do it the same way they go in: very gently, one loop at a time.

6. Massage Your Scalp

If you’ve never tried self-massage on your scalp, you are absolutely missing out. There’s not much as relaxing as a nice scalp massage, and it can do wonders for your hair when it comes to growth. Scalp massage helps to stimulate the follicles and encourage your hair to grow faster. It also helps to loosen up some of the day-to-day grit that gets onto your scalp, so do it before your shower and get all of that off.

7. Eat A Balanced Diet

You might not think that what you eat is going to impact on your hair, but you’d be wrong. A really unhealthy diet will result in poor hair quality. Remember that hair is made of protein, so you definitely need enough of that to power your body and get your hair looking stunning. Other vitamins and minerals linked to healthy hair include vitamin C, iron, vitamin A, omega-3, zinc and selenium, vitamin E and biotin.

8. Get It Trimmed Regularly

It might seem illogical to trim your hair regularly when you’re trying to grow it out, but regular trims are actually really important. Hair splits at the ends, and the longer you leave it, the more likely it is that those splits are going to travel up from just around the base to affect your entire head. Regular trims mean you cut off the damaged and dead hair, leaving your hair looking better, and you feeling better.

What tips do you have for others trying to grow out their hair?

Clare Whitfield Chief Editor

Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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