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Enginerd

Was thinking the other day... I wonder if you tug on your hair multiple times per day if that causes it to grow a little faster, and come up out of the scalp quicker?

If you've got a while to get "clean", seems like it certainly couldn't hurt.

 

Trocisp

Seems like it could hurt a lot if you yanked some hair out.



Hah, it seems that it makes sense, but wouldn't you think that repeatedly pulling on your hair would be bad for your scalp? you'd probably end up yanking out a good portion of your hair unintentionally.

Enginerd

I think you are misunderstanding what I mean by "pull"... Not yank, just grab your hair and apply some pressure. You can feel when you're pulling too hard.

Trocisp

Yeah, but doing it over time... I don't think that it'll grow your hair any at all, however I haven't read any studies on pulling hair in order to make it grow faster.

I know that by pulling skin, you can stimulate growth (for instance, if you take a flap of skin, and apply 2 pound weight it will grow longer and longer - creating new cells, not just stretching. However since hair is grown from a follicle I would think that gently pulling on it little by little would eventually pull it out instead of stimulating more growth.

Enginerd

Could be... I guess my fundamental thinking here is that your follicle makes the hair, and kinda has to "push" it out of the scalp. Thus, there is some resistance on the follicle. So, if you pull on hair some, it helps get the newly manufactured hair out of the way so the follice can bust out on new hair.

 

Vicki

I don't know if it makes it grow faster, but I do know pulling gray hairs out cause more to come back.

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1tokeovertheline

Hair is dead cells. By continually pulling on your hair I think it would more likely weaken the roots or break off the hair.
Try it and let us know what your results are.

gp31089

You should read this
Growth of Human Hair

Our folicles shut down spontaneously, and pick back up again at random. By pulling on your hair, all your doing, is... well, nothing. Hair is made up of proteins, and pulling your hair doesn't speed up the manufacturing of these proteins.

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ashlinimartini

I would like to start by saying that I love this forum, I think it's awesome...You all have been an immense help on several different issues and I am excited about posting!

The hair thing, yes, it actually does help your hair grow. You shouldn't yank on your hair or tug it very hard, but if you place your hand flat on your scalp and get a handful and squeeze until you feel a little bit of pull at the roots then release, that will help release your hair little by little. I do it about once a day, sometimes only a few times a week. It helps hair growth and it helps to alleviate stress on your scalp.

SpiralArchitect

It wont work. I am growing my hair out long as we speak. It is past my mouth and is starting to look really good. Pulling on it will not work, I would recommend a good shampoo and conditioner plus extra gentle care. Treat it like a baby and it will treat you good.

I hope I don't have a hair drug test because they would find a plethora of illegal substances.

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