How to Grow Long African American Hair

January 13th, 2011 - By Veronica Wells

Wear Protective Styles

Who can deny the fierceness of a full, round fro or the drape and sway of a freshly relaxed mane? Not many. Yet these free-flowing styles can be keeping you from the length you desire. Wearing your hair in a bun or in twists or braids will keep the ends of your hair from dragging against coats and car seats or getting tangled in the wind. The ends of your hair are the oldest and driest and need to perserved. Protecting your hair at night with a silk or satin scarf  and pillowcase is equally important.

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  • Daisy

    I’m an african american, 13 year old girl, my hair is just touching my shoulders which is short and i have never had a hair cut! the front of my hair line just above my forehead is breaking off a little bit because i wear it in a bun everyday. The reason for that is because i cant wear it out because its very dry and my mom dosent want to straighten my hair because of the heat damage! My mom has tried a lot of things to get my hair moisturized but they havent helped. My hair is thick. My mom and I want my hair to be moisturized and grow faster! PLEASE HELP!

    From: Desperate!

  • Luci

    This is very true! I read an ebook called 7 myths about black hair and I started following its directions. Many hair stylists do not know the science of black hair care. My hair is finally past my shoulders because I started going to someone who understands black hair. And I am 100% African…and I relax my hair.

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  • Steph

    I need HELP! My mother is Half Puerto Rican but her hair is rather kinky but very soft..my dad is mostly black but his hair is really curly soft.. I have curly hair too but it’s not kinky curly. I Use africa’s best maximum strength and I also have some blue magic coconut oil with has petroleum. I have my hair in Bantu knots right now and I keep them in for a week then wash my hair with suave low sufate and mane and tail..Idk what else to do there is so many forums what I should be doing.. I don’t have money to buy avacado oil and natural oils.. what should I do

  • ariela

    i use this cream from anaqah on ebay (type lavish beauty ) the seller is anaqah beauty products naturally beautiful
    its for hair growth and stimulates the growth of hair so it makes it grow really fast my mum and i both used it and my mums hair grew faster then mine , it grew over 1 inch in a month
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    it contains shea butter and other oils that soften the hair my friend is somalian and she cant use hardly any commercial products it just dries her hair and scalp and she loved this i must admit it made her hair very soft and pretty

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  • SJ

    Thanks for the information:)

  • Babydoll21188

    i have been trying to grow my hair out to be longer and healthier but nothing so far i have tried many prouducts thats has lead to me losing hair even more i am not happy how my hair is and will like to know what is the best way to grow healthy hair 

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    everyone’s hair is different of course so the regime in this video doesn’t work for me. I have long hair and it’s still growing. I shampoo 2-3x a week. I don’t use heat, and I wear protective styles alot. Rarely do I use the curling iron. I haven’t used any oil on my scalp in 10+ years and my scalp has never been dry….everyone has to be in touch with their own hair and work a regime that you know works for you….. Click my profile if you want to learn my regime.

  • Jasmine

    Thank you very much this really helped my African hair to grow long and now I am careful about what I use:-)

  • Timiya1

    hello iam timiya and i need help on growing my relaxed hir and its very hard how may i do that

  • guest

    Good article but appalling title. Can you not describe our hair in the right context of ‘tightly curled hair’? Judging by some of the posts with lots of them grappling to describe their hair it would be extremely helpful. And another thing – african american’s aren’t the only individuals with curly hair – there are people in africa and the caribbean, and people of other ethnic groups who have curly hair such as arabs, jewish, europeans, etc. Sorry MN but I find this soooo annoying. I hate that idea that anyone with straight or wavy hair can state it as it is but anyone with curly hair (or tight curly hair like mine which I don’t mind and actually like calling afro) has to struggle for a name. End of rant! lol

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  • Makenzie

    I wash my hair with Pantene and then while it is wet I put it up in a scrunchie.i sleep and when i wake up it’s a crazy mess. It’s always breaking! Any tips???!?!

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