Hair grew faster with sulfates...?

[bunnylake]

I was thinking... back when I knew nothing about taking care if my hair, it seemed to grow like a weed. The main thing I did differently then was use sulfate shampoo. Every single day. Sometimes twice. Since I stopped using sulfates my hair seems to grow slower. I wonder if there is something to that or if its my imagination.
Anyone else experience anything like this?

[furnival]

Maybe since you started paying more attention to your hair it has just seemed to grow slower- a watched pot never boils and all that!
Using sulphates twice a day sounds pretty harsh, in my opinion.

[Idjit]

I feel this way too but in my case I think it may be that I washed my hair everyday and now since I stretch to about 4 or 5 days and don't do anything to my scalp at all in between, the blood just may not be flowing to my scalp or it's not stimulated enough? Or something? I have no idea.

It could also be that I wasn't paying as much attention before but I know it used to take me a year to get from chin to around APL and it took waaaaay longer than that last time I cut, which was after I grew smart.

[bunnylake]

I wondered if maybe keeping the follicles super clean allowed the hairs to grow faster.
It kinda makes sense...?
Anyway, I probably only feel this way because like you said, I'm watching a pot waiting for it to boil.

[DancingQueen]

I second the one about keeping your follicles clean. It would make a lot of sense, I have thought about it before.

[DinaAG]

mmmm if thats the reason we can still make it clean without sulfates, may be daily hair massage can help? you changed something in your diet?

[Dark Rapunzel]

That makes sense - I've thought about it before too...I just don't want to go back to washing my hair daily! You'd need a really gentle suplphate shampoo...

[Fantak]

There are, an albeit small, group on LHC who wash with sulfates and can't CO because they found doing so was better for their scalp, maybe yours is similar.

I know Kirin is the founder of the group/thread if you can contact her or maybe try to find it.

If I remember right te key was to dilute the sulfte shampoo and condition only from the ears down. It's worth a try

On a different note stress and nutrition play a large role in hair growth maybe you've changed something in your diet?

HTH

[Vampyria]

I wouldn't know about growth, but my hair was so thick before and now it keeps getting thinner and sheds like crazy since I started using SLS and SLES free shampoo. I'm not sure if changing the shampoo is the problem though.

[bunnylake]

Well, when I was using sulfates I was also stressed a lot more than I am now, and was eating crappy food all the time! So it wasn't either of those things.