December 23, 2021

MSM Helped Grow My Hair 4 to 5 Inches in A Year, the Results are Amazing

I’ve been using Wellbel vitamins for hair growth for the past year. I make sure to look for MSM (sulfur) as an ingredient.

Wellbel and MSM

December 23, 2021

MSM Helped Grow My Hair 4 to 5 Inches in A Year, the Results are Amazing

I’ve been using Wellbel vitamins for hair growth for the past year. I make sure to look for MSM (sulfur) as an ingredient.

Wellbel and MSM

December 23, 2021

MSM Helped Grow My Hair 4 to 5 Inches in A Year, the Results are Amazing

I’ve been using Wellbel vitamins for hair growth for the past year. I make sure to look for MSM (sulfur) as an ingredient.

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my hair journey

It was July 2018 when I realized I had done something seriously wrong to my hair. Within a six-month period, I had gone to full and luscious locks to dry, brittle, and seriously damaged locks.  I can look back on that year and get a good sense of what had changed to get me to that point. I had just started a new relationship in July 2017, one year prior. It was the honeymoon phase of course, and all I wanted to do was do everything together ALL of the time. For me, that meant adapting to his lifestyle. The biggest change was my workout routine. My choice in workouts was 90% low intensity, and on the rare occasion where I did high intensity, it was usually on wash day.

We went on dates and ate out practically every night. Before we would go out, I joined him on his workout. They were always right after work.  Much higher in intensity than I was used to. And afterward, I had an hour to get ready before we went out. How I cared for my hair within the time period between gym session to date night was where I went wrong.  

Being single and on my own schedule I would usually let my hair air dry and go about my business and I didn’t heat style it every day, I was naturally cautious. But then I’m seeing this guy, I want to look my best for him. So I realized air drying wasn’t an option with only an hour to get ready. So I started using dry shampoo to absorb the sweat. At least I thought that’s what I was doing. You can read more about my thoughts on dry shampoo here.  Over time, I had noticed how my hair felt super stiff, dry, and my scalp always felt agitated. I also notice a tremendous amount of shedding, on the bathroom floor and literally just sitting down – my hair was breaking off.

When I took the photo in July 2018, it was the shock I wasn’t ready for. People had kept saying to me, “Oh my gosh, did you cut your hair?” – and I would just say “Umm, no?”. I was blissfully in love and had not even noticed the magnitude of my hair loss. All the signs were there and ignored them. 

what made me choose to take hair vitamins

Like many black women, my hair is part of my identity. Growing up, it was a ritual, every two weeks I stood there as my mom washed my hair in the sink, blew it out section by section, sat me by the stove as she pressed it with a comb hot off the fire, and greased it before putting on a scarf before bed. I hated the process, so it wasn’t long before I started taking matters into my own hands and washed, blow-dried, and pressed my own hair. At 9 years old, I had my first experience with cutting my own bangs… while my hair was wet (I know!). I quickly realized what I had done and I was in tears.  That was the beginning of my hair journey. I have gone through many chapters of my hair, which we can go into another day, but how I’ve recovered from my many scary hair moments is the reason why I’m s dedicated to hair health and nutrition. I love discovering and trying out products that can offer me the best possible mane I can have. 
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HAIR VITAMINS HAVE BEEN PART OF MY JOURNEY FOR A WHILE

I’ve experienced waves of hair breakage and hair growth throughout the last 20 years. I never had a problem with my hair until I decided to get blonde highlights for my senior pictures in high school. Even though I had let the relaxer grow out of my hair over 6 months, my hair melted right off in the shampoo bowl. Time went on, I was young – my hair grew out no problem. But, I got older, and eventually, my hair lost the strength it used to have and it took longer to grow, it shed so much, my split ends were so bad, and no matter how much I oiled my scalp and ends and used shampoos that promised to reverse damage nothing helped. One day I was working on set for a shoot and a hairstylist was telling one of the models to try Vivascal to help her hair. Soon everyone was going on about how amazing it was and the next thing you know I was at the drugstore getting my 30 day supply. I used Vivascal for a few years, long enough to see amazing results. However – I think, and I have no scientific facts to back this up, your body and/or hair does get used to the supplements you take and you eventually hit a plateau. So I have tried various brands such as Hairfinity, Sugarbearhair, Ouai, and each one did work at some point, BUT — I always felt gross taking them for reasons like hair growing in places I didn’t want it to, sugar content, large amounts of ingredients that I didn’t necessarily need, etc. Until one day – which was about 2 years ago, I experienced sudden hair breakage and didn’t know what to do. I went through all the vitamins I had used in prior years and none of them were working. A friend of mine told me about this influencer, Curly Proverbz, who promotes the use of Ayurvedic herbs, here why Ayurvedic herbs are so good for hair health and how great it is for your hair regimen, but one thing she mentioned is the ingredient Sulfur (MSM), and how it changed her hair completely. And guess what, it totally changed mine. 

LOOK FOR MSM AS AN INGREDIENT

MSM is 100% natural and may be the solution to your hair troubles. If you are looking for natural hair growth, have hit a plateau, and/or are looking for a boost in your growth regimen, this may be the ticket. Our hair is made of keratin which is a protein also found in our skin and nails. It is rich in an amino acid called cysteine which is made of sulfur (disulfide) bonds. These bonds are crucial to the strength and health of your hair. As we age and experience changes in our nutrition, such as vitamin deficiencies, these bonds can weaken and this is what causes hair to break and get dry over time. Sulfur is naturally found in our bodies, but the problem is we don’t get enough MSM from our diets. Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) an organic sulfur (white powder) is easily absorbed in our bodies. MSM is still not very well known, especially when it comes to hair growth. I first started taking 1 to 3 grams of powder with juice every morning, without taking hair vitamins, for about a year. For me personally, I didn’t notice a change. Then I thought, let me start researching hair supplements that contain this ingredient. This is when things changed drastically, literally overnight.

BRANDS THAT DO THE TRICK

So there are two brands that both have worked wonders for me. Wellbel Glamlab and Nuvana Bloom. Both have MSM, in addition to biotin, vitamins A,B,C,D,E, horsetail powder, and other filler ingredients. Both have made my hair longer, stronger, and much shinier, but I discovered Wellbel as I was taking Nuvana from an influencer I follow. There were two things that stood out to me immediately, the amount of MSM and there were fewer filler ingredients. Honestly, when you are taking any type of supplement you have to be careful. It can cause all kinds of side effects. I’m lucky and have never experienced anything other than hair growth or nothing at all, but I am conscious of what I’m putting in my body – so Wellbel had my interest. Wellbel is physician formulated and contains an additional 125mg of MSM. It also contains 3 other main ingredients that it attributes to the success of this scientifically backed product, which are HCL, Saw Palmetto, and Biotin. I had been using Nuvana for about 7 months, and with regular trims, grew about 3 inches in that time. I changed over to Wellbell in August 2021, and while it’s only been 5 months, the growth is still just as fast if not faster. My hair has never felt softer, felt fuller, been stronger, and my ends have never looked healthier. Since taking hair supplements that contain MSM, in the past year, and with frequent trims, I’ve experienced probably around 4-5 inches of hair growth in the past year. They also taste better than any supplement I’ve ever taken before in my life, so it’s a win-win.

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Taking hair vitamins has certainly not been the only reason my hair is on fire these days. I have quite a few other products I swear by and now my hair is the best that has ever been. But having the inside matching the work I put on the outside has been a game changer. As with any kind of supplement you choose to ingest it is best to do your research and consult your doctor if you have concerns. I just wanted to share my experience with you because as someone who prefers to wear their hair in a heated style, it’s important to me that I protect my hair. Hair vitamins have been one of the single most important ways I’ve combatted heat damage and maintained growth.

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