QuoteReplyTopic: Avoiding the thin ends Posted: October 08 2005 at 11:56am
I recently had several inches cut from my hair, and it looks great now. However, the reason for the haircut is that the ends were really thin and just didn't look good. I want to avoid the thin ends in the future, so can anyone tell me what I can do besides using a good conditioner and being careful with curling irons and blowdryers?
Ummm. nope. I don't really know what you could do except I know my ends
used to be really thin but they thickened up once I started using a
seperate conditioner instead of 2 in 1 and combed my hair more
carefully. Maybe if you do S&D that would help. Sorry I couldn't be
of any help.
Well... as hair gets longer, the strands are naturally designed to taper off towards the end. How long was your hair before you cut it? If the ends were really that thin and really didn't look good, consider what LadyFrog said about conditioners. I use three (and sometimes four or five... though not all at once of course) conditioners to help thicken my ends because they're getting thinner and more fragile by the day. I say let your hair grow back to where it was (if that's what you want, that is ) and see if it looks any better than it did before you cut it.
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I use Aveda shampoo and conditioner, and I do try to comb carefully through it. Katja, my hair was right at my waist, and now when it's wet, it's about bra level, but when dry it's a good 3 inches shorter. Anais, what is sock curling? It probably is how it sounds, but how do you keep the sock in?
Dear LisaSue, Maybe you're just one of those peoplewho's hair won't
grow much longer than a particular length without getting wispy. I
remember Dave said that his ends were about as thick as a pencil or
something and he probably takes AWESOME care of his hair-maybe your hair won't grow very thickly past a certain point.
I hope I'm wrong and you will be able to carry on growing like a WEED
(who's sig is that???Oh yeah it's Katjas. Nice one.)
My hair probably won't grow any more-it's been about waist length for a few years. Maybe your hair is similar.
I think the importance of trimming should be considered. If you trim off very little every couple of months (like even if you only trim an eighth of an inch) it helps a lot. I want mine to stay blunt cut as long as I can have it that way, so I keep mine trimmed. I usually cut an eighth of an inch every 2 months until it starts to tangle a lot in the last fourth of an inch, then I cut off that fourth of an inch (this is still only half a month of growth). The result is it takes me a little longer to reach my goals, but my hair doesn't thin out on the ends like it did when I tried to grow it without cutting it at all. (You also probably have to trim it yourself if you want to go that route, because its too much of a bother to try to find someone who won't hack off a few inches).
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) and see if it looks any better than it did before you cut it.
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