As my hair gets longer, my roots get shorter?!

[Bunnysaur]

I dyed my hair about a month ago, and as of a week ago I had 3/4" of roots showing. Now, I have about 1/2" showing, although my hair is 1" longer than it was when I dyed it.
This happened the last time I dyed my hair too.
Has anyone else experienced something like this?

[henné]

Are you sure you are measuring correctly and always the same hair in the same spot? It just sounds absolutely illogical to me ...

[woolyleprechaun]

That sounds nuts!! I have no idea how thats happening.....mabe an odd tape measure anomaly? ;)

[MaryMarx]

Could it be that the colour near the roots blends in to your roots after a while so that it's hard to find the demarcation line, and it appears shorter when measuring?
(if anyone understands that :p)

[XcaliburGirl]

Could it be that the colour near the roots blends in to your roots after a while so that it's hard to find the demarcation line, and it appears shorter when measuring?
(if anyone understands that :p)
Actually,I think that makes perfect sense and seems likely. Individual hairs are not all growing at the same time and same rate.

Also, you could have just make a mistake when measuring. Your hair could be lying differently, or the lighting could affect where the line seems to be.

[Bunnysaur]

Are you sure you are measuring correctly and always the same hair in the same spot? It just sounds absolutely illogical to me ...


That sounds nuts!! I have no idea how thats happening.....mabe an odd tape measure anomaly? ;)


Could it be that the colour near the roots blends in to your roots after a while so that it's hard to find the demarcation line, and it appears shorter when measuring?
(if anyone understands that :p)


Actually,I think that makes perfect sense and seems likely. Individual hairs are not all growing at the same time and same rate.

Also, you could have just make a mistake when measuring. Your hair could be lying differently, or the lighting could affect where the line seems to be.

I don't really measure with a tape measure, I just sort of eyeball it. And my roots are noticeably shorter, even DF has noticed. It's like they're receding!

I was thinking that it might just be the colour fading, but that's an awful lot for a colour to fade...

[Amber_Maiden]

I think measuring your roots probably gives you the best amount grown calculation.

[PrairieRose]

Make sure your measuring tape is good. I once had one that got stretched out so it kept giving me crazy inconsistent measurements.

[Bunnysaur]

I was trying to use my roots to figure out how fast my hair was growing, but now it seems to be receding :p
My measuring tape is fine, I just checked it against another and they're both the same...

[Rocket22]

I totally know what you mean. I took pictures every month for almost a year and even though I was gaining in length (and lots too) my roots never seemed to be as far along as the length would measure? go figure, I just gave up trying to figure it out :)

[Anje]

Sounds like you don't need to do as much coloring upkeep as most folks!

[Bunnysaur]

Sounds like you don't need to do as much coloring upkeep as most folks!

That would be perfect, if I weren't trying to grow out my natural color... :p