fractured hairs[hair fractures]
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Topic: fractured hairs[hair fractures]
Posted By: jean32
Subject: fractured hairs[hair fractures]
Date Posted: July 12 2005 at 5:04am
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split ends aren't fractured hairs,fractured hair occurs above the
ends,part of the hair is split from the hair strand [the hair that's split from the strand may fall out and the hair is thinner] and it's of an unequal length.Fractured hairs are caused by the same things that cause split ends.Fractured hairs have no white dots.[Acquired] proximal trichorrhexis nodosa causes hair fractures near the scalp.Please press search and read my post perms cause proximal trichorrhexis nodosa. |
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Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: July 12 2005 at 8:09am
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"Fractured hairs" are broken hairs. A white dot forms, the hair breaks, and then a split forms on the remaining broken end. I have observed this process many times while removing my own split ends. A split forming higher up the shaft of the hair is not a result of any sort of breakage, but of a scale beginning to peel up and continuing until it is visible. I get some of these, too. Yesterday I removed several ends that had half a dozen such splits along the shaft over a three inch length, but with no breakage site. ------------- 
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