Comments on: How Long Does Hair Take To Grow Like It Did Before?

By: stella

stella — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:27:05 +0000

i first started pulling when i was 10, i am now 30. I damaged my hair so bad by pulling that i had to start wearing a wig when i was 22. Finally 4 months ago i decided to shave my hair completely bald, i thought that it would prevent me from pulling since there was nothing to pull , so everytime my hair started growing long enough for me to pull i would shave it bald again, it was very hard at firs, but i actually got use to fact that there was no hair to pull, after 2 months of shaving off my hair i felt that i no longer had the urge to pull and felt confident that i could control myself, so i stoped shaving my head and my hair is growing back, not like i wanted but at least its growing , im so anxious to see what my hair will look like as time goes by, i use to have such beautiful hair and i hope i can get back with time.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:06:27 +0000

im 12 years old and im still pulling out my hair and i dont know why i do it, it just feels good and i want to stop so bad but its so hard, how did you guys stop? Does it get better when im older? please help, it embarrassing because every one has their hair down and looks all pretty and my hair is in a pony tail 24/7, even when i sleep.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:31:45 +0000

I had the same experience to. I have wavy straight blond hair and the hair that I have pulled is growing back dark and kinky/ coarse. I pulled my hair line back about an inch on one side, and basically all of it has grown back. For a while it was kinky, but i stopped pulling in that area about a year ago, so a lot of it is normal growth with a few here and there. It is the spots that i pulled aggressively that is really bad. Really rough and kinky. I stopped pulling like 6 months ago, and was wondering how long it will take for it all to blend back in. I have noticed it is not growing as curly now, quite a bit straighter. Do i just need to wait a few more months for my follicles to heal? or am i stuck with this awful growth?

Much thanks!

By: dany

dany — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 01:32:05 +0000

I had the same thing happen to me. when i first started pulling, i just noticed an overall thinning in my hair, then when it started to regrow, my hair just got thicker and more coarse feeling. When i looked closer, i had all these black kinky curly hairs growing in, and since i have fairly straight blond hair it looked baaaad. My scalp was really sore all the time, and i kept pulling out the dark ones. well i finally broke the habit about 5 months ago and have notice a huge change in my texture overall. It is getting much softer and straighter, even though there are still a lot of black ones, they are not curly anymore. About how long did it take your hair to grow back normal?

By: mspennylane

mspennylane — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:23:26 +0000

Marisol – I get very kinky hairs too, I find it so hard to resist the urge to pull them out so they don’t usually grow that long. From what I have heard though, hair can change texture and can also eventually change back after time. I really hope yours does! And congrats on controlling your urges!

By: Marisol

Marisol — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:08:59 +0000

I started pulling when I was in junior high, so around the age of 13/14, I’m now 18 so it’s been four or five years. For the past year or so I was able to control my urges, a few slip ups with only half a dozen hairs pulled each time but it was pretty smooth sailing.

My problem? The regrowth which is now shoulder long (my hair grows quickly) is so coarse and kinky and it doesn’t blend in with my normal smooth wavy hair. I guess only time will tell how much my follicles will recover, so long as I keep away from pulling.