So we talked about the hair root yesterday (check previous post) and said it widens ro a round hair bulb(where new hair cells are constantly being made). So these cells stick together and harden because these new hardened cells keep on attaching to the hair from below, it is gradually pushed up from the skin.

In this way, hair grows at a rate of about 1cm (½ an inch) a month. Facial hair, eyelash, brows and body hair grows at a slower pace.

As long as new hair cells continues to grow in the hair bulb, the hair continues to grow longer ️

Hope we're following

HAIR GROWTH CYCLE✍️

A.) ANAGEN PHASE(Growth): the phase where the hair is actively growing.
Depending on where on the body a hair grows,the growth phase will last longer or shorter. Example, the growth phase of hair on your head can last for several years (2-6years, if you don't cut it out or it doesn't break off), the growth phase is short for eyelashes, eyebrows, nasal hair etc (they lasts for 100-150 days) so they can't grow that long.

B). CATAGEN PHASE (Transitional): the hair prepares to shed as growth is being stopped.

Usually lasts about 2-4 weeks).

C). TELOGEN PHASE (Resting): the hair is gradually pushed out of the skin and eventually falls out. Usually lasts for several months.

New hair cells starts to multiply at the base of the "empty" hair follicle to form a new hair and the growth phase of the hair growth cycle starts all over again.

So from all this, we can see that our HAIR GROWS and is always growing. The reason we don't see the length is because it breaks and grows at the same time, so we need to learn to retain the growth and that it doesn't keep breaking and then we'll be able to see length

BONUS: WHAT CAUSES INCREASED HAIR LOSS

A healthy adult may lose 70-100 hairs on their head per day but because new hairs are always growing and replacing them, this natural hair loss isn't noticable.

Rate of hair loss may increase noticably if the hair roots are damaged during the growth phase or a lot of hairs go into the resting phase at the same time. If no new hair grows and replaces the hair, the part of the skin becomes bald (referred to as ALOPECIA)