How long does it take for hair to grow? – GOOD SHAPE

Whether by will, or after that cut that didn’t go as expected, letting your hair grow is an exercise that requires patience and — a lot — care. Sometimes, despite all the effort (and monovin a) it seems that the hair never reaches the desired length.

So how long does it take for hair to grow? The answer, as you might imagine, depends on genetics!

“The anagen phase (growth) takes from 2 to 7 years, the catagen phase (transition) takes from two to three weeks until it reaches the telogen phase (rest and fall) which takes about three months”, he says. Carolina Milanezdermatologist and member of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology.

That is, if you spend three years in the anagen phase, that is the time it takes for your hair to reach its maximum length.

Want to understand better? We explain below

THE PROCESS OF HAIR GROWTH

According to a Harvard study, each hair develops from a follicle – a narrow pocket in the skin – and goes through three stages of growth:

Anagen, the active growth phase, lasts from two to seven years (depending on one’s genetics); Catagen, the transition phase, lasts about two weeks; The telogen phase, the resting phase, lasts about three months and culminates in the fall of the hair shaft.

Therefore, the anagen phase is the active part of hair growth and it is what determines whether the hair will grow too long or not.

That is, our hair, between the period of two to seven years, usually grows 1 centimeter per month until reaching the catagen phase, where growth is stopped, keeping it that way for two weeks before entering the telogen phase, where the thread is released and the process starts all over again.

IS THERE A WAY TO ACCELERATE THE GROWTH PROCESS OF THE WIRES?

Carolina explains that, as it is something genetic, there is no way to accelerate hair growth, but to provide a condition for this hair to be born and grow in a healthy way. “A good diet with adequate proteins, nutrients and vitamins guarantees the health of the hair shaft, providing a good quality for this thread to be born and continue to grow”.

See how to have a diet that benefits your hair growth.