What's the fastest way to get African American hair to grow?

Well my friends daughter is 11, She has medium hair her hair is so nice and thick it's a good length. But her hair is breaking off like little pieces of hair coming off. What should her mother do? I don't want her hair to fall out. Plus how can i get her hair to grow longer?What's the fastest way to get African American hair to grow?
Im going to repost an answer I used on another question which asked the same thing:


every black girl has gone through the phase were the hair will not grow past her shoulders. When I relaxed my hair I used http://www.growafrohairlong.com/ and followed her regimen for washing and maintaining hair and my hair grew to bra-strap length. I say grew (past tense) because I stopped getting relaxers and am now going natural so I've been trimming my hair to get rid of the relaxed ends.


The basic regimen was once a week:





pre-poo (optional)


wash


deep condition


leave in/moisturize


air dry


oil scalp


style (low manipulation)





Products I would recommend are:


Creme of nature shampoo


Pantene Relaxed and Natural Hair Mask (conditioner)


Neutroena Triple Moisture (conditioner)


Aphogee 2min reconstructor (protein conditioner, to be done every 8-12wks.)





other:


-stretch your relaxer longer than the recommended 6wks to avoid over processing and breakage.


-keep your hair properly moisturized and up off your shoulders to avoid split ends and breakage.


-try not to manipulate the hair to much, try low manipulation hair styles like buns, twists, and/or braids.


-baggy the ends to keep them moisturized


-trim every 4-5 months, healthy hair can go this long w/o trim. Trimming every 6 weeks will just make your hair shorter. Hair only grows .5 inches per month.


-stay away from heat appliances


-air dry as much as possible


-moisture, moisture, and more moisture


-sleep on satin pillow case or cover w/ satin/silk bonnet


-wide tooth comb


-no brushing


-stop wrapping the hair, that is just excessive combing and will cause more unessecary breakage.





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that is probably why her hair is breaking, you might want to lay off the pressing. If your applying heat to already damaged hair than it is now wonder it is breaking off. Just to be sure it is not shed hair look at the hair that is coming off. If you see a white/clearish bulb attatched to either end of the strand of hair than it is nothing to worry about, it is shed hair. A healthy head of hair will shed around a hundred hairs a day, even more in certain seasons of the year. If there is not bulb on the end than yes, it is just breakage.











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I can help you but I need more information. Is this little girls hair in it's natural state, or is it chemcially straightened (or relaxed).





Excessive use of relaxers


Excessive use of heat styling


Not enough moisture (in the form of leave ins or deep conditioners)





...can all cause breakage. Unfortunately, many african americans (myself included) have all three of these issues.





When I was young I kept my braided in singles. It was expensive, but low maintenence and help my hair grow.
keep it washed, greased, and braided. Use only natural shampoos, other wise it won't repair itself. Keeping it washed and braided will allow the hair to repair itself and grow.
Don't put any heat or perms in her hair





trem her ends every 4-6 months





do a deep conditioner





use the Pantene relaxed and natureal shampoo





Use a leave in conditioner
pantene beautiful lengths..


you can get it anywhere





and try not to apply alot of heat to the hair that could be the problem!





good luck!