dry brittle dyed iron water permed hair Help?!

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   Hi. I had such a positive experience with your site that When my Mom was frantic about her hair I told her I would ask questions for her problem.She is 53. She has dry brittle breaking hair. She has dyed it blonde for as long as I can remember. (it is probably a shade of dark blond or maybe even light brown, who knows?)She also gets it permed once or twice a year because she doesn't like it flat. She also has bad iron water from her well. She gets regular trims but it is getting to the point where she will have nothing left to trim. It is the shortest it has ever been due to the breakage and the trims to try to eliminate the breakage. It also looks very dry.I have suggested to her trying to regain her natural color and try highlighting to lighten it like she likes and just redoing the root regrowth. However we didn't know how to go from a all over color to highlights. Do you dye the hair darker like it is naturally and then highlight? As far as waiting till it grew in, I don't think she could take the roots. Or is there a different alternative altogether? Also what does she do to grow back some of the length she has lost and do you recomend any products for her problems with her hair. She is not happy with how short it has become.Also she is on estrogen. How does this affect hair? Hopefully in a positive way. She has no known health problems that would affect her hair.She really does need help!Thanks,Karen H.