QuoteReplyTopic: its so unfair..split ends all round Posted: January 10 2003 at 2:53pm
okay im ashamed to say that i straightend my hair for about a yr! and blow dried it and died it,i never used any heat protecters...so as u can imagen,my hair is v.v.split.its got a layer at the top of my head where the straightners split it off...now i use lots of things on my hair, and dnt use a straighter.my hair is fab where its grown out!horay!..and is growing fast! i dunno wat to do about the split bits, as there to short to cut any way! o derrr!! hellpp.. thnxz *****klóé.b
This is probably not the answer you want to hear, but there is no cure for split ends except a pair of scissors. You have to cut splits off because hair is dead and absolutely cannot repair itself without new cellular generation. Some products such sa pomades and waxes can temporarily mask the damage, but there is no permanent solution other than cutting off the ends. Good luck and don`t despair--it really is only hair and not your health :-)
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Chloe - as promised, albeit a bit later. Below is directly copied from http://www.tlhs.org The link in hair care, and the whole page is a great resource manual for haircare. Visit soon - a good bunch of folks who love long hair - and keep coming here!
***Karen S. - I couldn`t find an article on dusting split ends - and Chloe needed help! :)
Doing the splits All growing hair splits because the inside of each hair, called the cortex, loses moisture and the hair begins to unravel rather like a rope. The only cure for split ends is to have them cut off, because otherwise they can travel up the hair and make the damage worse. They look unsightly too, because where the hair splits the colour looks lighter and dead looking. But a lot of people are terrified of going to the hairdressers to have the split ends trimmed off because they believe (and often rightly) that they`ll actually lose a lot more hair than they bargained for. In his book, George Michael describes his special method of solving the split ends problem. You could get a friend to help you try this at home.
1. Take a small strand of hair, about half an inch in diameter. The hair should be dry.
2. Twist the strand gently until the damaged ends appear. These may be apparent along the whole length of the strand.
3. Holding a pair of sharp scissors perpendicular to the strand, snip off the split ends and damaged parts, using only the tips of the scissors.
4. Continue to move down the strand in small sections, following this method. You are not trimming length, merely split ends.
5. Go all round the head in this way. It will take between 10 and 45 minutes. Cut off only the damaged ends, nothing else.
Hope this helps, and I hope no-one`s mad at me for getting this info - I did credit everyone as much as I knew. :) Gren
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