The effects of the full moon would stimulate hair growth, making it even more beautiful and resistant if you cut it during this lunar phase! So, myth or reality?
Many beliefs exist around the effects of the full moon, including the belief that our hair grows faster. Some would not hesitate to cut a few centimeters of their hair on full moon evenings to make it more vigorous and dense! In reality, the moon has no direct impact on hair growth, although it does have an influence on the tides and, to a lesser extent, on the growth and development of plants.
Where does this popular belief come from?
For millennia, humans have been gardening with the moon, whether to sow, plant, prune or harvest, taking into account the ascending and descending movements of the star, its crossing of the ecliptic plane and the constellations of the zodiac. In waxing moon, “flowers cut at this time will last longer, while they will fade faster in waning moon”, underlines in The ExpressClément Gros, son of Michel Gros, author of the famous Moon calendar published in 1978.
His father would have developed this same thesis for the hair: “more than the full moon, it is the position of the moon in relation to the signs of the zodiac and the planets which plays a predominant role in the health of the hair”, specifies t he to the magazine.
No, our hair cannot be compared to plants!
While some hairdressers offer to crack for a “moon cut” when others go so far as to offer nocturnal outdoors on full moon evenings, this belief actually has no scientific basis: “Hair is not branches. They contain no sap or fluids. So we can’t transpose these gardening tips to the hair,” says dermatologist Nina Roos, author ofHealthy skin.
So yes, the effect of the moon on the Earth, with the phenomenon of the tides, is very real, but not on our hair! Their growth is mainly influenced by factors such as our state of health, our diet and our lifestyle.