Does hair grow to a certain length and then stop until it is trimmed?

Question

Like for example, leg or arm hair, if removed and it grows back, it always seems to reach a few millimetres and doesnt grow any longer
is that the same with head hair and any other hair?

Answer 1

yes, and no. it grows to a certain weight. thats why some can have really really long hair and others stops halfway down the back.

Answer 2

Speaking from personal experience, my hair is about 1-2 inches about my behind. For some reason, my hair grows in a V in the length in back, and when that V is evident, then my hair is at a point where it stops growing, Then I go and get the majority of the V cut off (approx. 4 inches,) and then my hair starts growing again quickly. Hope this helps you.

Answer 3

Hair keeps growing and growing -- until it falls out. Some types of hairs fall out faster than other types. For example, an eyelash lives for an average or 150 days before it falls out.

So it's not that leg or arm hairs "reach a certain length and stop". It's that they reach a certain length and have reached the end of their lives and they die and fall out, to be replaced by shorter ("younger") hairs.

Head hair lives quite a long time --- years.

Answer 4

Trimming it does not make it grow faster as it grows from the roots in your scalp not the ends. Trimming just neatens it and gets rid of split ends

But everyone's hair grows at a different speed and then falls out. Thats why some people have waist length hair and others say they can't grow it past their shoulders.

Answer 5

I believes that it carries on growing but falls out after a certain time. Which is why it never grows to more than a certain length. The length of the growth phase depends on the part of the body.

Answer 6

hair grows according to your genetic makeup. Some people can't grow their hair past their ears, while others can grow their hair past their knees.
The trimming has to do with the bottom of the hair not the root. Trimming helps where the "ends" of their hair does not split. It is a "done deal".

Answer 7

Once you shave your body hair or trim it/ its going to return faster and longer,it becomes an every day thing,its just a fact of nature,
Head hair will grow until you trim it,it doesn't just stop if your lucky,some louse it some don't

Answer 8

for head hair its matters what kind of hair you have. if u have split ends all the time they will grow but its gonna take a long time to grow them long. but i dont think itsv the same way you r saying that happens to head hair that happens to your arm and leg hair. hope that helps!

Answer 9

head hair never stops it just gets too old and falls out, as to other bodily hair it only seems to reach a certain length, imagine what you'd look like if your pubic hair kept growing!

Answer 10

Hair growth varies with people.
Some people have hair that grows fast and will continue to grow till it goes to their feet...
Others have hair that stops growing at a certain length...