I often get many questions about how I've managed to grow my hair to it's current length all natural. I have listed a few tips below. 

1. Your hair is in it's best state when it is natural. It will grow the longest it ever will. It will be the healthiest it will ever be.
2. Your natural hair can grow. Or else you wouldn't have to relax your hair regularly. Those kinky roots you so hate because it means another trip to the salon for another scalp-burning session is actually your hair growing.
3. Afro-textured hair can grow to incredible length. I currently have bra-strap length hair when stretched.
4. Hair like body types is different. There's no good hair or bad hair. However there's hair with a loose curl pattern and there's hair with a tighter kinkier pattern. There's fine and coarse. Thick and thin. Hair that grows slower than the average half an inch a month and that that grows faster. You save yourself a lot of time and disappointment when you learn your hair type and what works for it.
5. It's not about the product used but the state of your hair and the technique. The most popular or most expensive natural hair product is like a jewel to a pig in the hands of one who does not know how to use it. I have so many unused and partially-used hair products I picked up on my quest to get my hair to do what I saw other people's hair do on YouTube. Sometimes just water, a leave-in conditioner and Shea butter is all you need.
6. Arm yourself with knowledge on natural hair care to avoid frustration. Good resources are this page, YouTube, natural hair blogs and friends with natural hair among others.

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What are your thoughts on growing natural hair?