Has anyone had experience with Henna helping their hair feel stronger and grow long?

[Kat]

I've not really noticed a difference for me between henna'd hair and before I started hennaing, but, that's the case with many things when it comes to my hair, so take it with a grain of salt.

[Peachyfox]

Henna made my hair strong and very thick!
I bleached my hair in the past and it break off very fast. But with Henna it got much better and it is already feeling like real hair again!

[Of the Fae]

Yes! Definitely henna has made my hair thicker and stronger. I had been growing it out for the past 9 months to see what was underneath :P I noticed that the hennaed hair is thicker and shinier than the untouched virgin hair. Henna fills up the gaps by binding to the keratin shaft of the hair, so there is scienfitic evidence to support the claim that it strengthens your hair!

[lapushka]

It did thicken up individual hairs, but it was like a protein treatment for me, same kind of brittleness, dryness (after rinsing out and a couple washes / weeks later). I felt the same as when bleach killed my hair. And when I bleached out my henna once (2 time full processing), that was a chemical melt-off waiting to happen.

If anything, if you are wanting to do henna, do your research. The saying that you don't date henna, you marry it, is for real. If you are the "experimenting" kind, stick to regular dyes and not natural dyes.