Can non-alcohol gel still damage your hair? Im trying to grow it out! I need some advice... HELP?

About a month ago I came across my old 8th grade picture and my hair looked so hot! It was long, blonde and wavy/ curly (totally all naturaal) I was so sad because over the years I totally fried my hair with dying and straightening. So i decided that I was just going to cut it short and never touch a straightner and blow dryer again until it is my natural color and a long length. One inch of natural hair later, here i am with short ugly half blonde faded brown hair... but anyways i understand that gels with alcohol in them damage the hair, along with any product with alcohol because it drys it out. But what about gels with no alcohol in them? I just started drinking protein shakes everyday also, and I eat spinach and drink water religiously (there my favorite) Why is my hair still growing so slow?

Thanks for listenting to my rant and questions =)

Can non-alcohol gel still damage your hair? Im trying to grow it out! I need some advice... HELP?

You cant grow hair! Alcohol or no alcohol!

Can non-alcohol gel still damage your hair? Im trying to grow it out! I need some advice... HELP?

im trying to grow it out and it nots like mad i cant stop the nots and i have to cut them out

Can non-alcohol gel still damage your hair? Im trying to grow it out! I need some advice... HELP?

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Can non-alcohol gel still damage your hair? Im trying to grow it out! I need some advice... HELP?

alcohol is not what you should worry about its ammonia and aluminumzarconium

if you avoid that and don't over wash your hair

and you will be fine!

Can non-alcohol gel still damage your hair? Im trying to grow it out! I need some advice... HELP?

It's probably not growing slow. It just seems that way because you want it to grow. Mine is short and I hate how fast it grows. It just takes time when you grow it out. You'll be fine using products without alcohol

Can non-alcohol gel still damage your hair? Im trying to grow it out! I need some advice... HELP?

Alcohol-free gels are actually recommended in the all-time best book on curly hair care: Curly Girl.

Here, look at it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Curly-Girl-Lorrain...

She recommends non-alcohol gel, as well as NOT using shampoo (only conditioner, which has cleaning agents of its own but not harsh detergents), and has plenty of treatments and tricks for curly/wavy hair.

For real, it'll, uh, turn your head around about curly hair care!

But as far as how fast your hair grows...that's just heredity at work. Personally, my hair grows really fast, which means my roots show up in about 2-3 weeks rather than the 4-6 weeks many people can wait between dye jobs.

So it's not all good...though I won't say it's all bad. But you wouldn't want to deal with the cowlicks I have :)!

Can non-alcohol gel still damage your hair? Im trying to grow it out! I need some advice... HELP?

i had a stint of like 3 years where my hair didn't seem to grow at all, i freaked and thought it might fall out so i went to the doc and he said hair grows in cycles and 1/3 of the time its growing and 2/3 its a "sleep" he said there is no treatment to make hair grow faster. you can take prenatel vitiams and they will help. but if finally got mine to grow when i started conditioning it every night before i went to bed and then i would rinse it out in the morning. i only shampoo the roots every other day so it doesn't dry it out. and my hair is gorgous. it took it awhile though and to get your color to fade together instead of dying it, try color rinses, it will make the blond slowly turn to light brown. good luck