Ultimate Hair Care Routine for Hair Growth You Need to Know

If hair loss or thinning is giving you sleepless nights, you’re not alone. Hair loss affects up to 55% of women and 86% of men — it’s a common concern. But hair loss may not be the only reason you want to grow your hair.

Whatever the reason, if you’re keen on arresting your hair fall air growth.

How Long Does It Take to Grow Your Hair?

While many factors affect hair growth in adults, typically your hair grows by half an inch every month. Understanding the phases of hair growth can help you practice a hair care routine that boosts growth.

Human hair grows in four stages:

1. Anagen Phase: Your hair is actively growing at this stage. At any given time, 90% of your hair is in the anagen phase.
2. Catagen Phase: In this phase, hair growth slows down as the strands start detaching from the follicles. Only 10% of your hair is in this phase.
3. Telogen Phase: This is your hair’s resting phase.
4. Exogen Phase: The last phase of hair growth, this is when your hair starts falling.

As you can tell, hair loss is also a part of the life cycle. Since hair grows in phases and lasts for roughly six years, it’s normal to experience some hair fall every day. You can lose up to 100 strands of hair in a day without worrying about it.

But by stimulating the anagen phase, you can make sure most of your tresses are in their growth phase. So now let’s look at a hair care routine for hair growth that can help you achieve longer, healthier locks.

The Ultimate 9-Step Hair Care Routine for Hair Growth

We have created a hair care routine that takes your hair’s natural growth phases into consideration and gives you promising results. Let’s get started:

1. Wash Your Hair When Necessary

Overwashing your hair is just as bad as not shampooing it at regular intervals. You can strip your scalp of its natural oils and cause a pH imbalance if you wash your hair too frequently.  But not washing it enough can lead to build-up, staggering the growth of new hair follicles.

That means you would need to wash your hair every alternate day or 2-3 times a week. Determine the frequency based on your needs and lifestyle.

You should also wash your hair with lukewarm water. Scalding hot showers may take your body ache away but water that hot is not good for your hair. Extremely hot water can make your hair dry and brittle by stripping your scalp of its natural oils. On the other hand, cool or room-temperature water may not be effective in cleansing the dirt and grease from your scalp.

So lukewarm water that is slightly hotter than your body temperature (roughly 100°F) is the best for washing your hair.

2. Choose the Right Shampoo for Your Hair Type

No two people have the same hair — so you need to first identify your hair type before you go about purchasing your shampoo. Usually, hair can be categorized into straight, wavy, curly, or coiled depending on the curl pattern of your strands. You need to find shampoos that contain ingredients suitable for your hair type, texture, and density to take care of your crowning glory.

At NuMe, we focus on creating shampoos and conditioners with high-quality nourishing ingredients that keep your hair healthy while giving you a salon-like finish. Our shampoos give you long-lasting benefits so you can keep bad hair days at bay. The formulations are made with versatile hair-loving ingredients and are suitable for all hair types.

3. Detangle Your Hair before Each Wash

Remove the knots and tangles before you shampoo your hair. This simple practice ensures you don’t end up with knots in your hair that are difficult to detangle after the wash. We highly recommend brushing your hair with our Detangling Comb that glides through your strands, removing tangles gently and easily.

Although we recommend using the comb on dry hair, it also works very well on wet hair. You can use it on all types of hair.

4. Use a Good Hair Conditioner

Conditioners provide much-needed nourishment to your hair after every wash but they offer other benefits that you cannot overlook. A good conditioner smoothes the cuticle or outer layer of every strand of hair so that you can easily comb and style it. It reduces breakage, tames frizz, and keeps flyaways under control.

You can take your pick from rinse-off or leave-in conditioners, depending on your preferences. Just choose a product that has quality ingredients with proven benefits for your hair.

We recommend:

NuMe Acai Conditioner

Enriched with vitamins B, C, and E as well as omegas 3, 6, and 9 from acai berries, this nourishing rinse-off conditioner protects the ends of your hair. It gives you soft and shiny hair that’s easy to manage and style. The conditioner also shields your hair against environmental damage and chemicals.

NuMe Vegan Tourmaline Conditioner

Tourmaline powder is the star ingredient of this vegan hair conditioner that’s formulated to tame frizz and give you a salon-like high gloss finish. Use this conditioner to soften dry, dull, or damaged hair.

It’s safe to use this product on colored or chemically treated hair.

5. Massage Your Scalp

Massaging your scalp promotes blood circulation which helps with hair growth. You can go for nourishing oil massages every week if you like, or you could use a serum.

Our Hairology Scalp Serum, fortified with not one but four botanicals, promotes a healthy scalp. It also strengthens your hair from the roots to the tips,  providing volume, body, and shine to it.

6. Use Hair Masks Regularly

Hair masks are good for all hair types and textures, provided you choose one that suits you. The primary function of a hair mask is to replenish and rejuvenate your hair to make it healthy, just like our Vegan Tourmaline Hair Mask does.

Made from tourmaline powder, parkii (shea) butter, citric acid, and argan oil, this hair mask repairs overly processed hair and safeguards it against heat and humidity. Use it on clean and towel-dried hair for best results. Remember to rinse it off with cool water.

7. Apply Heat Protectant

Next up, remember to use a heat protectant before using a blow dryer, straightener, or curling iron.

Our Watch Me Werk heat protectant spray works as a sunscreen for your hair, shielding it against the heat from styling tools and the UV rays of the sun. From caviar extract to vitamin A and sunflower seed oil, this product contains ingredients that have strengthening, anti-oxidant, and nourishing properties.

Use it before styling your hair or stepping out in the sun.

8. Use A Silk Pillowcase

Silk or satin pillowcases are soft and gentle on your hair because these materials reduce friction when you move during your sleep. Switching to satin or silk is very helpful if you have thinning or brittle hair that’s easily prone to breakage.

You can also use a satin head wrap before going to sleep, especially if you use a leave-in treatment for growth.

9. Trim Your Hair Regularly

Ideally, a trim every 12-16 weeks should take care of split ends and help you maintain healthy hair. Do remember that the frequency of getting your hair trimmed may vary, depending on the health of your hair. So, it’s best to consult a hairstylist to know what works for you, just don’t skip regular trims.

4 Tips to Grow Your Hair Faster Than Ever

The fact that more than 12 million people purchase hair growth products every year in the US only proves how invested we are in it. But no hair care product can work wonders by itself. You need to follow a hair care routine and make lifestyle changes to ensure you have healthy hair.

Try these four tried and tested tips to get started:

1. Eat Healthy: A diet rich in good quality protein that has essential amino acids, vitamins, and other nutrients is important to provide your hair the nourishment it needs to stay healthy. Supplement a well-balanced diet with plenty of water for healthy hair.
2. Control Stress: Stress can trigger hormonal changes in your body which can impact hair growth. Sometimes excessive stress can dupe your immune system into attacking your hair follicles. Try and reduce your stress levels if you’re suffering from too much hair loss.
3. Use Dry Shampoo Occasionally: You need to have a clean scalp to allow new hair to grow, even if you may not have the time to shampoo your hair. So sometimes try a dry shampoo to keep your scalp grease-free.
4. Go for Premium Styling Tools: Heat styling tools are great as long as they don’t damage your hair. You can go for any of our hot tools, including the NuMe Signature Curling Wand or the Megastar Flat Iron, as they all have customizable heat settings and are made from premium materials for damage-free styling.

Try Our Hair Care Routine for Hair Growth

At NuMe, we believe in creating hair care products and styling tools that are a cut above the rest. We only use carefully selected premium quality ingredients for our hair care range. Trusted by hundreds of users, our products give you immediate but long-lasting results.

We’re committed to the cause of good hair. So trust us to take care of your tresses in the best possible way.

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