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Well that could be a little discouraging but it can also be encouraging if you look at some of the people in your family and how their hair grows. If hair growth is predetermined than hopefully I will have hair down to my waist like my half indian/black great grandmother and my grandmother .My mother had long hair but not to her waist,hers was to the middle of her back. Long hair does seem to run in my family thank goodness
My hair appears to have grown 1 inch in 4 weeks because I went from having about 4 inches to bra strap to about 3 inches ( I measured last night). I wont be able to tell until my touch up in 2 weeks how many inches I really have. Anyway both of my sisters have had hair to the middle of their backs but they now keep their hair cut at shoulder length,according to them long hair is too much work. I guess with all that being said if the statement is true about hair being predetermined than I should be able to get at the very least bra strap length hair which is alright with me
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Tee Tee was your mother's hair more wavy, than straight, compared to your grandmother because it is was wavy, or very curly, the length would obviously be shorter, but if her hair was straightened, it would be longer.
With Afro texturised hair, you have to remember to add at least an extra four inches. Hair which is chin length, straightened out it would touching the shoulders. So people can grow their hair faster than others, but a lot environmental and genetic factors come into play, the climate, the water, the health of the person, their stress levels, also the texture, if the hair is curly, kinky or straight. On this board, a lot of us take vitamin supplements, exercise, eat more greens etc. What would have been 'genetic pre-determined', we have overcome that problem, things now are mind over matter, if you really want waist length hair, okay you may not be able to get it on your own, but with help of your diet, your vitamins, and your determination, it may take longer, but because you are focussing on it, you will achieve it. Kinky hair is very funny, it will seem chin length for years, but once it is pressed, it is almost bra-strap length and even if afro hair is stretched to bra-strap length, it is near waist length or beyond. For many of us, people with long hair, particularly those were multi-ethnic, they have a looser curl pattern, hence their hair was already stretched out. My hair is extremely tightly coiled, one time, I had a tight coiled hair at the side of my face, when I stretched it, it was passed my earlobe and to look at it, it looked so short. I have very spongy hair, which has the ability to look like a short hair cut. I really think we have realised that there are some genes which are fixed, such as sex, skin colour, hair texture, colour of eyes, but weight, hair growth, hair length, even thickness, are all variables and we can overcome them, many of us who have fine hair, we were borm with fine hair, use Pantothenic acid and we find our hair is getting thicker. We can overcome any obstacles and we must just focus on growing our hair long and get as much help as possible to help us achieve our goals. Genes really don't come into play anymore now.
