Trimming dilemma
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Topic: Trimming dilemma
Posted By: siras86
Subject: Trimming dilemma
Date Posted: September 08 2005 at 5:16am
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Hey! I’m new around here… I’ve been reading your forum and
well I would be glad if you can help me out a bit… I have straight black hair
reaching up to my hip bone my problem is that i have split ends not the classic
type of lateral split but uneven thickness towards the end of my hair resulting
in slight frizziness. If I wanted to get rid of all the damage from my hair I would
have to cut off a lot of length… i’ve heard that splits move up the hair shaft
and that they can result in hairfall… so could someone please tell me what I should
do?? thnx |
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Posted By: PurpleBubba
Date Posted: September 08 2005 at 5:26am
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You can get yourself some decent scissors, preferrably for hair. Then divide your hair into sections. Go through your hair one section at a time and snip off any splits that you see. You take the individual strand that has a split end and cut that hair just a tiny bit above where the split is. Continue doing that section of hair until you have what seems to be most of them done. Don't let this overwhelm you. You don't have to do your whole head at one time. By sectioning your hair you can go back later and resection and start where you left off. I have this also written out as an article here. http://www.angelfire.com/mi/bbubba/LHC/Trim.html and here's one about scissors http://www.angelfire.com/mi/bbubba/LHC/Scissors.html ------------- 
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Posted By: siras86
Date Posted: September 08 2005 at 5:45am
| thankyou for your help... but i was just wondering wouldn't cutting individual splits cause all the hair to be of different lengths... i don't mean to be rude i'm just curious |
Posted By: PurpleBubba
Date Posted: September 08 2005 at 6:22am
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If you get at those splits before they start to travel you'll only be
slightly different lengths. That's a lot easier to grow out than
letting them travel. Plus if you get rid of the splits your hair will
lay a bit flatter and not rub other hairs as much which causes other
hairs to split. This is completely up to you and I don't think you were being rude  The fact is the split is on those hairs. Those hairs are essentially already that short (the point where the split is). They just happen to have some hair below the split. There's no way to fix the hair below the split on that strand. You can either leave it alone or snip above the split. It only matters what you are comfortable with doing. |
Posted By: siras86
Date Posted: September 08 2005 at 6:38am
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thnx a lot 4 ur help... i will try it i guess
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: September 08 2005 at 5:48pm
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Hello Siras, and welcome No need to lurk or be shy, jump right in and feel free to talk (or ask questions) about your hair all you want. Doing so is most certainly not rude. I believe that it is better to trim split ends even if some strands may be shorter than others. No head of hair is perfect. As the ends of our hair strands get longer and thus older, they get more fragile and susceptible to splitting. Increasing numbers of splits on longer hair are not uncommon. ------------- |
Posted By: siras86
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 2:58am
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thankyou for your help... btw you have very beautiful hair |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 4:13pm
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Thank you Siras
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