Daughters Hair Won't Grow

[Anonymous]

I suggest you join the beads braids and beyond blog. It's run by a Mexican girl who has a biracial half black dd.

http://beadsbraidsbeyond.blogspot.com/

She does an excellent job with her child's hair. I'm black and have learned so much from this blog myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suggest you join the beads braids and beyond blog. It's run by a Mexican girl who has a biracial half black dd.

http://beadsbraidsbeyond.blogspot.com/

She does an excellent job with her child's hair. I'm black and have learned so much from this blog myself.

I am 14:04 and agree this is an excellent site. I go there all the time. I have not tried her products, but she has excellent advice and her daughter's hair should be in commercials. It is so beautiful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suggest you join the beads braids and beyond blog. It's run by a Mexican girl who has a biracial half black dd.

http://beadsbraidsbeyond.blogspot.com/

She does an excellent job with her child's hair. I'm black and have learned so much from this blog myself.

I am 14:04 and agree this is an excellent site. I go there all the time. I have not tried her products, but she has excellent advice and her daughter's hair should be in commercials. It is so beautiful.

I meant to add this link from her site:

http://beadsbraidsbeyond.blogspot.com/2009/10/as-routine.html

This is the washing regime she follows.

[Anonymous]

Previous poster here...thanks so much for sharing that blog! I can't wait until my little one will sit still and cooperate on wash day! I love some of the styles on that site.

[Anonymous]

Hair is predetermined genetically as to how long it can grow, so trimming it would have some impact then. I would guess the mechanism behind this is that if you get it trimmed more often, there are less split ends. Less split ends would allow the hair shaft to remain healthier, thereby theoretically helping the follicle to be healthier. Vitamin Bs, Vitamin D, and Omega 3s are essential to good health and will help. I was celiac and did not get diagnosed until adulthood, my hair is fuller, thicker, and wavier than it has ever been. Celiac patients can not absorb certain nutrients, so if there are GI or Neuro issues, you could try being gluten free for 3 months and see if that makes a difference. Of course there are medical conditions as well like hypothyroidism, so you could have the doc run some tests if you are really concerned. Sometimes thought, it is just that the child will have really thick hair so it takes longer for it to come in. - Health Promotion specialist and mom

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hair is predetermined genetically as to how long it can grow, so trimming it would have some impact then. I would guess the mechanism behind this is that if you get it trimmed more often, there are less split ends. Less split ends would allow the hair shaft to remain healthier, thereby theoretically helping the follicle to be healthier. Vitamin Bs, Vitamin D, and Omega 3s are essential to good health and will help. I was celiac and did not get diagnosed until adulthood, my hair is fuller, thicker, and wavier than it has ever been. Celiac patients can not absorb certain nutrients, so if there are GI or Neuro issues, you could try being gluten free for 3 months and see if that makes a difference. Of course there are medical conditions as well like hypothyroidism, so you could have the doc run some tests if you are really concerned. Sometimes thought, it is just that the child will have really thick hair so it takes longer for it to come in. - Health Promotion specialist and mom

That's great. Perhaps we should call the OP and let her know your wisdom - SEVEN months after this thread was started.

[Anonymous]

Hi OP,

My DDs hair would not grow, and the little she had would also break.

I took her to a dermatologist (they are trained nails and hair as well as skin) and even got sent to a specialist.

In my DDs case, the gene to stop the newborn hair (or baby hair) and replace it with kid hair was slow to turn off (or the gene for the kid hair was slow to turn on)

It took until 5 years old until it looked presentable (I did have it cut because of all the breakage and kept her wearing pink and girly clothes) and by 10 it was in. She's 11 now and it's actually beautiful, silky hair. She's still careful as to when to put it in a ponytail, though, as it will cause breakage.

[Anonymous]

OP what race is your husband? We're biracial Asian white and DD's hair is down her waist but DS's hair won't grow =[