Hair growth

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@CatEyes (2448)
United States
February 20, 2007 9:03am CST
How long does it take for hair to grow and how much? Is it true you should cut it at the full moon? I have heard of this, but I am not sure why. do you know why they say to do this?
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@Darkwing (21583)
20 Feb 07
Firstly, the Moon lore is that hair trimmed during the waxing Moon will grow thick and lovely. Waxing stops with the rise of the full Moon, so the lore applies to the period between new Moon and full, which, incidentally, is right now! :-) It was also said in ancient lore, that cutting your hair on a Friday, or shaving a beard on Sunday, was considered unlucky. Hence, the following couplet... "Friday cut and Sunday shorn, better never have been born." Normal hair growth is at a rate of around 2cm per month, and needs to be trimmed every 6-8 weeks. I hope this helps... brightest blessings.
@Darkwing (21583)
20 Feb 07
Sorry, I forgot to say why the Moon lore applies. When the Moon is in its waxing stage, it brings things to you in plenty. But, beware, because in its waning stage, (the period after full Moon, to dark or new Moon, is a time for banishment, etc. Farmers used to sow their seeds under a waxing moon, to give them a good start.
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@Darkwing (21583)
21 Feb 07
Thank you... I try! :-)
@CatEyes (2448)
• United States
20 Feb 07
Thanks sooo much. You explained that one very well.
• United Arab Emirates
20 Feb 07
It's depending on the person cause: * some people take care of their hair and hleps their hair to grow quickly by certain oils or something like this. * Some people are hairy and as I think this makes hair grow with adifferent rate. about cutting hair at the full moon, I don't know but may be there is arelation between the state of the body and the moon light like being nervious.
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@marciascott (25529)
• United States
20 Feb 07
could be heridary too. all of my sister hair is long I took after my father. he didn't have much hair so I never had much hair either.
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• United Arab Emirates
20 Feb 07
Agree with you, Sure, hereditary plays main role on that.
• United States
20 Feb 07
Everyone's hair grows at a different length. Average is about an inch a month or 6 weeks. As far as the full moon, I think that is an old wives tale.
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@kaplya (1578)
• India
20 Feb 07
my hair growth is so slow that it really irritates me. i think it grows only 1 cm or so in a month!:( i have never heard of any relationship between the full moon and the hair growth/cutting.i'm also wondering now why they say so!!!:)
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@kaplya (1578)
• India
20 Feb 07
i think for normal people hair growth rate is about 1 inch every month. some even claim it to be 2 inches or so but i m not sure about that.
• Pakistan
20 Feb 07
hi..i dont have any idea how long they grow in a month..But i dont think so that there is any relation of hair growth with moon..
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@mariojt (199)
• Brazil
20 Feb 07
i think hair grow at about 1 centimeter in a month. i've ever heard you can cut at the full moon to grow fast. try it!
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
27 Feb 07
I have heard that but don't know how true it is.
@weemam (13372)
27 Feb 07
well the full moon lol well maybe eh ! at the rate mine grows I think I might just Be a werewolf lol . I got mine cut really short for Christmas and I so badly Ned to have it done again xx whens the full moon lol ?
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
20 Feb 07
I have heard of cutting you hair on a full moon. I might try it. myself.
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@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
21 Feb 07
I don't know anything about the cutting it during the full moon. But I do know that hair grows at about 1/5 of an inch each month, and that cutting it more often doesn't really affect the speed at which it grows. Let me know if you find out about the full moon myth, ok? It would be interesting to know the reason.
@yanjiaren (9031)
20 Feb 07
i think it is around half an inch a month lol..i have also heard about the full moon thing but i am not sure..
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@mememama (3076)
• United States
20 Feb 07
My hair and nails grow really fast, never measured it in a month. But 2 years ago it was very short and now it's past the middle of my back. I think this is because I take prenatal vitamins, many women just take them for their hair and nails, I do to prevent birth defects if I become pregnant.
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