STUPID QUESTION Ask a

WILL MY HAIR GROW FASTER IF I TRIM IT REGULARLY? Zoe Passam, consultant trichologist at Philip Kingsley Clinic in London, says: ‘No – once the hair emerges from the scalp, it is dead, so cutting can have no effect on the cell division in the follicle.

‘Average rate of growth is 1 to 1.5cm per month. Certain deficiencies, such as Vitamin B12, may cause the hair to grow more slowly, and there is little we can do to boost it except for maintaining a good diet, including plenty of protein.’