Is my hair growing?

[ItalianFlower]

I've been feeling like my hair has been the same length for a long time...is it really not growing? Is it because it's curly?

This is from April.



June.



And these are a few from August.





The last picture is the one most true to my hair color.

[Dientje]

ItalianFlower, I must say your hair doesn't really look much longer, but it definately looks much healthier, shinier and also curlier. I love the color!

[lora410]

I think you may be in the dreaded stall. I go through them and once one lasted for 7 months. I started taking vitamins (multi, msm, fish oil, and biotin) and all the sudden my hair started growing again. Hopefully I was just lacking something and don't through a stall again.

[Kittee]

Curly hair...what can I say. It feels like it is NEVER growing because of the curls! Don't worry, I assure you, unless you are trimming it too often, it is growing!

[ItalianFlower]

Just making sure I'm not going crazy. ^_^. I love it now--it's all soft and shiny. I guess I can live through a stall. How many stalls do people usually go through during the hair growing process? Do I wait it out, or do I have to do something?

[yogachic]

Your color is very pretty.
It doesn't look much longer, but the curls can be deceptive.

[Samikha]

Doesn't look any longer at all to me, sadly. I looked three times and still none. Don't know what you'd do about it either. I'm just being unhelpful here Have you measured by pulling straight? It looks in very good shape, growth or no.

[ItalianFlower]

How often of trims is too much? I go once every three months and get a half-inch or less trimmed (my ends get trashed, no matter how gentle I am, how much I S and D...) I used to have my hair dresser straighten it each time (haven't done this in a year or so). It's only once, and my hair is a lot healthier; I don't even remember what it looks like straight! Maybe if I did that though I could take pictures right after my trims and see the difference a little better?

[Nes]

Sorry to disagree but I think it is a little longer.

Granted it appears to be the same length in the first and last photo, but the curls really are much more ringlety in the last photo and they're probably eating up the length a bit.

Try pulling it straight and you might see some progress?

Nes x

BTW the condition looks fab and I love your natural colour!

[ItalianFlower]

I guess I'll need to start pulling it straight starting next trim! ^_^ My hair has never been curly like this before (also never grown my hair out) so simple things kind of don't occur to me.

Thanks for the compliments though! /blush.