1. Cut Your Hair, Make It Grow
Cutting your hair won't make it grow back in any faster, stronger or thicker. Pretty much anything you do isn't going to alter the rate that your hair grows in. The hair on your head grows at a rate of about one-half inch per month. If you want your hair to appear thicker, you probably have to get a perm or use some sort of volumizing product in your hair. Shorter hairstyles typically look thicker than longer hairstyles, but the actual biological hair growth rate doesn't change when you get a hair cut.
2. Split Ends Can Be Repaired
Some products claim to repair your split ends. This simply isn't true. These products might bond the split ends together, but the next time you wash your hair, the split ends will return. The only way to repair split ends is to remove them. You can even trim your own split ends at home with sharp, professional scissors. Dull scissors can actually make the split ends worse. If you don't remove your split ends, they end up traveling up the hair shaft, getting tangled easier and giving you an undesirable frizzy look.
3. Pluck One, Get Two Free
You notice your first few gray hairs and yank them out in disgust. Not only do those few pop back in, but you also start to notice a new crop. You might be told that the reason there's more gray now is because for each hair you pulled, two have grown back in it's place. The truth is, once you start to go gray, there's not a lot you can do aside from coloring it to make it go away. This means that there are going to be more gray hairs on your head over time, whether you pluck them out or not. In other words, the four hairs that grow in place of the two that you plucked last month were going to be there anyhow.
4. Shampoo Switch
It's a myth that your hair gets used to a certain shampoo or conditioner. Wash your hair every day if you have an oily scalp and less often if you have dry scalp. Use conditioner if you tend to have a dry scalp to protect yourself from weather and blow-drying. If you find a product that works well, stick with it. There's no need to switch out your hair products if they're working well for you.
5. Brushing Equals Thinner Hair
Brushing your hair isn't going to make you lose more hair or go bald. It simply helps accelerate the natural hair shedding process that's already in place. You should always use a good quality brush, and brush your hair gently. Avoid tugging hard on wet or tangled hair, because you're likely to break hairs, causing excess frizz and split ends.
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