i dont know abou 8 inchs in 8 months, cuz my hair has been growing since the start of last year, and its only reaches the bottum of my chin, but it will be alot longer cuz im growing it until i graduate or it reaches the floor(witch ever come first,(probobly when its dragin on the ground will come first.LOL)but u should be able to put it in dreads when u can take the hair friom the front of your head(bangs) and touch it to the top of your back or so.