I have grown my hair vs I grew my hair

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'I have grown my hair' is used when referring to the process of growing hair over a period of time, indicating a continuous action. On the other hand, 'I grew my hair' is used to talk about the action of letting your hair grow to a certain length in the past.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 875 views

I have grown my hair

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to the process of growing hair over a period of time.

This phrase is used to indicate that your hair has grown longer over a period of time. It implies a continuous action of hair growth.

Examples:

I have grown my hair out for the past year.
She has grown her hair long to donate it to charity.

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My hair has grown back to a decent length.
Against the grain causes in-grown hairs and razor burn.
Speltzer's grown his hair, but he seems no less hostile.
You've grown out your hair.
I was just thinking your hair's grown.
What grown man has blond hair?
James May is the slowest man in the entire world By the time he sets off anywhere normally his hair has grown another inch.
How long your hair has grown!
What grown man has blond hair?
Your hair's grown so long.
All I'm saying is if I'd have been you, I wouldn't have grown my head on that end.
This hair may have grown from a bad person.
You have grown my lad, look at the size of you.
I have grown weary of bearing this dishonor.
During my journeys through all the networks I have grown aware of my existence.
I have grown weary of this torture, Colonel Mitchell.
I have grown to love my own kind.
Whatever I was when this began, I have grown.
But I have grown especially fond of cookies.
I have grown past this kind of sophomoric thing.

Alternatives:

I have been growing my hair.
My hair has grown long.
I have let my hair grow.

I grew my hair

This phrase is correct and commonly used when talking about letting your hair grow to a certain length in the past.

This phrase is used to describe the action of allowing your hair to grow to a specific length in the past. It indicates a completed action of hair growth.

Examples:

I grew my hair out for the wedding.
She grew her hair long when she was younger.

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I grew my hair for her and...
If I grew my hair out, raised my voice an octave, I could...
I was often misunderstood that way before I grew my hair.
I grew my hair out, dyed it like
I too grew my hair to show it to you...
I moved in with my mom, grew my hair out, became a Canadian pop star.
But, baby, I grew facial hair for you.
My hair grew white... but I saw no difference... between men and women.
We're not going to talk about the hairstyles that they tried to force on me once my hair grew back.
But my hair only grew when I was older.
You didn't notice my hair grew.
I haven't tasted alcohol like this since my tails grew hair.
He grew some hair since we last seen him.
It'd be pretty sweet if you grew your hair out.
I wonder if she grew hair on her hands, too?
Yes, but something he saw on that mission traumatized him so severely, he grew hair, just so it could turn white.
Yes, but something he saw on that mission traumatized him so severely, he grew hair, just so it could turn white.
Meanwhile Ingeborg's hair grew and grew.
During pregnancy, her hair grew like a beatnik's.
And hair grew on his face.

Alternatives:

I let my hair grow.
I allowed my hair to grow.
I didn't cut my hair.

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I have grown my hair vs I grew my hair