How I Finally Got My Hair To Grow Insanely Long While Maintaining Its Health

Everything I did to transform my hair: from brittle and short to healthy and long

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I was 100% convinced my hair would never grow past my shoulders.

If it ever did, the tips would open, and I’d need to trim it all the way back to my shoulders. Back to square one.

This cycle repeated itself throughout my teens and early adulthood, to the point I truly believed my very fine hair just wasn’t fit to be long and healthy (even if that made no sense considering my mom has always had long, luscious very fine hair).

Left (My hair was usually this long after I trimmed the split ends — this pic is from 2017). Right (This is how long my hair could get before I had to trim it— this pic is from 2018). [Images by author]

Everything changed one random day.

For the silliest reason — I wanted to wear a long braid on my wedding day — I finally decided to do some research.

The wedding was supposed to be in 2020, but it had to be delayed until 2022 due to the pandemic. This gave me 2 years to grow my hair — and I didn’t waste them. I identified and eliminated my damaging habits, tried and discarded some that didn’t work, and finally found the recipe for a long, healthy mane.