
Tricks for Growing Your Hair Really, Really Long Yes, you can get your hair to a mermaid-worthy length. Want to grow out a haircut you hate or try to achieve an ass-grazing length? Read on. 1. Remember that it can't grow overnight . Unless your scalp unleashes new strands like a Chia Pet, gaining new length is going to take time. "Hair typically only grows about a quarter of an inch — to a half an inch max — a month," says celebrity hair stylist Mark Townsend, who helped Ashley Olsen grow out her asymmetric bob to past her waist. "And that's only if it is super-healthy and doesn't have a ton of split ends." The bottom line: Practice patience.-- 2. Ironically, scissors are your friend . Although getting regular trims to snip splits won't make your hair actually grow faster, it will keep tips looking healthy and prevent splits from working their way up strands, requiring you to chop hair off more often. "If you wait so long that...