A CLEVER hair drying method helped one woman grow enviably long tresses without visiting a salon. She shared her tips and the products that worked wonders on her locks. 2 A Redditor shared her advice for growing long, healthy hair (stock images) Credit: Getty She took to Reddit’s Long Hair forum to share her advice in response to a post asking for “best-kept secrets” for healthy hair.

Posting under the name Bonsaithot , she recommended the “capillary method” for stimulating growth. LUSCIOUS LOCKS The Redditor surprised many when she said hair should be blow-dried with warm or hot heat whenever it gets wet. She said locks become more prone to breakage as they get longer and heavier, with strands “stretching” when wet.

“I think blow drying gets a bad rap because people don’t use a heat protectant or they shove the nozzle wayyyyy too close to the hair because they don’t invest in good quality tools,” she said. “A lot of people struggle with fungal infections on their scalp due to the ‘no heat tools on ur hair’ (and they think it’s dandruff or build-up that just never goes away) and keeping the area dry and clean is the healthiest for most scalps. “Leaving it wet, at body temp, and letting the yeast multiply underneath layers of hair is such a recipe for disaster.

” The Redditor said she has “thin Asian hair” that requires a lot of product as it’s platinum blonde. Most read in Hair & Beauty TOUGH CROWD Scotland hero BOOED at Open Goal Hydro .