Yup. Growing it out.

I just found this forum a day or two ago and thought I might get some good advice from you guys. :)

I'm in the process of attempting to grow out my hair for the first time in my life. My hair has never been longer than chin-length and right now it's about an inch past my chin. I'm growing it out from a very short pixie cut (close-cropped on the sides and in the back) and haven't cut it in a year - I had a trim in March just to even out my bangs with the rest of my hair, and that's about it.

With the amount that I've grown it out since my last real cut, does that sound like an average amount of growth? I have no idea how to estimate it in inches, but hopefully you'll get the idea from my descriptions. I would ideally like to someday (I wish!) have it down to about bra-strap length, although I have no idea how long it'll take me to get there. Has anyone had any good experiences with HairTopia or any other hair-growing vitamins? Are they worth my time/money? Any other good tips for me? My hair is perfectly straight and rather fine.

Thanks for your help!

How exiting, to grow out your hair for the first time! Seems like you

Good morning Badly and Elizabeth.

Welcome to the Long Hair Support Board!

You're sure to find many friends and much advice along the way here. It would be wonderful to accompany you along your journey to long hair.

It's great that you've chosen bra-strap length as your goal. Many set such long term goals that it becomes almost unattainable in their mind. Slowly but surely, and you'll see, it will grow. It just takes a bit of time, patience and proper care to get you there.

 The most fun about growing one's hair from a short style is reaching new lengths, thus enabling the addition of hair accessories, which you'll soon find are plentiful around here. Updos, braids, twists, chignons - all the wonderful styles you'll soon be trying, I hope.

You might want to pop over to the Marketplace for a bit of shopping for hair 'toys' as we tend to call them. Here is a direct link for you:

http://mp.hairboutique.com/category.asp?CtgID=116

To the right of the page is a full menu to choose from. Once you select a category, there is a small menu to the top left of the screen which allows you to sort by price, popularity, title, and even customer ratings.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the boards!

There he goes again, driving my curiosity to look these things up. Dave, you are my morning food for thought. Keep 'em coming!

Benign neglect:

P-a-t-i-e-n-c-e cannot be stressed enough, especially if you are curly. It will be like effectively watching your braids grow. Curly hair doesn't grow straight down, so it won't look like it's growing fast. That's when updos come in real handy.

Anais

really, anais...now i think i know why i feel like my hair is growing sooooooooooooo slooooooooow... yah, because, i have to admit it IS curly (wavy, more likely...but just the same, it ain't straight)...

gee thanks...

i just need to practice on the PATIENCE thing...

(((((Glorya)))))) Hang in there!

Anais