How to Make Your Hair Grow Thicker

There are several key factors involved in hair growth. Firstly your hair needs a good supply of nutrients. Secondly it needs those nutrients to be delivered where they are needed -- the papilla (where the root of the hair starts growing). Once you have those two factors correct you need to also make sure there is nothing that is preventing hair growth -- such as blocked pores in the scalp and too much of a hormone by-product called 'DHT', which is the most significant cause of hair loss. 

Maximizing hair growth by maximizing food for hair growth

Like anything that grows, hair needs food to grow. This isn't really a massive issue for the majority of people in the developed world. In fact, unless you have a very poor diet you should be getting all the nutrients your hair needs to grow. However, if you have a lot of stress in your life or you exercise a lot more than most people or you drink a lot of alcohol or lea

d a very hectic lifestyle, you might be losing a lot of the nutrients needed for hair growth.

Stress and exercise drains B vitamins from the body. B vitamins are essential for hair growth. If you're very stressed you should try to find ways of reducing your stress levels by relaxing when possible, making sure you get enough sleep and exercising regularly. If stress is a major factor in your life it is likely that this is what is inhibiting your hair growth. There are other more effective ways of reducing stress, such as audio programs that help you change the way you deal with stress -- take a look at the link in the author signature for more info.

Exercise in an extremely important part of a healthy lifestyle. However if you're exercising a lot more than the average person, plus working and looking after kids for example, you might want to look into a B vitamin supplement to replenish the vitamins you're losing due to your hectic lifestyle.

You might also consider a supplement containing a range of nutrients for hair growth. Again follow the link in the author signature to see what I personally recommend. 

Maximizing delivery of nutrients to the hair

It's all well and fine consuming all the right nutrients for hair growth, but you also need to make sure those nutrients are getting to where they are needed -- your hair.

Nutrients are taken to the hair via the blood. Tiny blood vessels in the scalp connect to the papilla's, in which nutrients are passed from the blood to the hair, where they are used to build new hair. So, in order to maximise the delivery of nutrients to the hair you need to increase blood flow to the scalp. The are several simple exercises you can perform to help achieve this.

Follow these quick tips every day to help make your hair grow faster:

• Head taps - tap your head with a hard bristled hair brush fifty times, three times a day. This will increase blood flow to the scalp
• Drink Ginkgo Biloba tea - this will improve blood flow to the extremities - particularly the scalp
• Exercise fairly hard three times per week - this will cause blood to flush to the skin, again increasing the supply of nutrients to the scalp
• Drink nettle tea - nettle contains ingredients that inhibit DHT production and it also contains nutrients that are good for the hair
• Eat salmon with green leafy vegetables - this is a great dish for your hair and skin. It contains an abundance of nutrients for hair growth

There are many more things you can do to help make your hair grow faster. So me of the key factors are eating right, staying healthy, getting enough sleep (7 - 9 hours every night), exercising regularly, increasing blood flow to the scalp and making sure you keep your stress levels down.

If you want to make your hair grow faster, keep these tips in mind and try to incorporate them into your daily routine, where applicable.