My hair was dry & broken after years of heat damage, it’s now the healthiest & longest it’s ever been thanks to a £7 buy
IF years of straightening and blow drying your locks has caused visible damage, don’t fret.
One woman revealed the simple haircare steps she took to boost her growth and create a healthy finish.
In a Reddit post, user Sunny_days123 showed off the progress she has made in just five months.
The poster said she was “very proud” of her hair growth, especially after years of heat damage.
She also added that she is getting married in four months and was excited to see what her locks looked like by her wedding day.
“[I] want my hair to be as healthy as possible,” she explained.
She broke down the simple routine she swears by for helping her mane.
For her first tip, the Redditor recommended limiting your use of heat to once or twice a week.
She revealed that she also applies weekly pre-shampoo oil masks to her hair.
To create her pre-shampoo hair mask, the poster said she uses argan oil.
Nature Spell Natural Argan Oil is available for £7.99 from Amazon.
As well as oiling her scalp, the post adds oil to her ends every single day.
The Redditor recommended the Olaplex No.7 Bonding Oil, available for £27.95 from Sephora.
She limits herself to two to three hair washes per week and credits a deep condition twice a week with making the most difference.
Deep conditioning cleanses your hair by stripping your strands and scalp of everything bad, such as dirt and product build-up, as well as everything good, including oils and moisture.
This allows you to properly clean your hair.
The John Frieda Frizz Ease Deep Conditioner is available for £7 from Tesco.
The 4 stages of the hair growth cycle
Hair experts at Philip Kingsley shared the four stages of the hair growtn cycle are: Anagen, Catagen, Telogen and Exogen
Anagen Phase: Also known as the ‘Growth Phase’ or ‘Active Phase’, is when the cells in the root of your hair are most rapidly dividing so more new hair is formed.
During the Anagen Phase, hair grows around half an inch a month [about six inches a year], and faster in the summer than in winter.
This phase of the hair growth cycle lasts an average of three to five years.
Catagen Phase: Following the Anagen Phase, your hair cycle enters a short transitional phase known as the Catagen Phase, which signals the end of active hair growth and cuts individual hairs off from the blood supply and from the cells that produce new hair.
Approximately three percent of all hairs are in this stage at any time and it lasts for around 10 days.
Telogen Phase: The third stage of your natural hair growth cycle is the Telogen Phase, a resting period when strands remain in their follicles but are not actively growing.
An estimate of 10-15 percent of your hairs are in the Telogen Phase at any given moment.
The Telogen Phase lasts around three months or 100 days.
Exogen Phase: The final stage of the Hair Growth Cycle, when individual hair strands are released from their follicles and fall out.
Now the whole process begins again.
Her progress pictures showed how her hair had grown several inches since she began her regime.
And it wasn’t just the appearance of her hair that had significantly improved.
The poster reported on how “manageable” her locks have been in recent months.
“I am able to run my fingers through it without it getting tangled,” she said.
She described her current state of her hair as “the healthiest it has been in a long time.”
