Does transitioning slow down natural hair growth?

Hey ladies,
I was wondering if anyone knows if transitioning from relaxed to natural affect the rate in which your hair grows? I know your hair grows regardless but does keeping the relaxed damaged hair on your head slow down all the natural hair from growing as fast as it could without the relaxed ends? Im so curious because if i am slowing down the process of great new growth i would rather know sooner than later. Please share your experiences, thoughts and expertise .I posted this in the transitioning section also but i thought it would be appropriate here to being that alot of people that look at this section of the forum are all natural now. Thanks!! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Hi Blackdoll83.

Transitioning does not affect the rate in which your hair grows. The only limitation you will face is figuring out styles due to the 2 different textures. Your hair will grow, though, regardless. They say the AVERAGE amount of growth people have is about 6 inches per year (which is 1/2 inch per month). Some people's hair grows faster, some slower. But that's the average, so you can gauge it from there.

Thanks for your response Keetaray. By the way- your hair is gorgeous and I'm really glad you responded lol i just read your transition to natural story on here the other day and when i was surfing youtube for natural hair info i believe i saw a couple of your videos. u made some youtube videos too right?

Aww, thanks so much Yes, I have a YouTube channel under the name "tayah97". How long are you planning to transition?

um im not sure yet- ive neverrr had a really short cut so im really interested in how it would look on me i have an appt with my hair stylist mon- havent seen her since i got my last relaxer (she does relaxed and natural hair) i just might tell her to chop it off then....how long have u been natural?

Oh okay. I've been natural for a little over a year - since November 2008. I transitioned for 8 months.