End of strands fading out to blond...
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Topic: End of strands fading out to blond...
Posted By: Kintaro
Subject: End of strands fading out to blond...
Date Posted: January 12 2004 at 11:31pm
Here's my dilemma. I have nice long 20-inch hair, natural color brown poop. My problem is that some of the ends have turned blonde, like whatever hair-life (since it is in theory dead) has disappeared, tends to break, tangle, etc... Some of it is a question of millimetres, in some cases 2 to 3 inches.
The probable cause of it is the weather. Montreal is ass freezing. I doubt it could be anything else. What is the best thing to do ? cut bit by bit the dead/splitting parts ? cut out everything that is blonde ? (I was young with blonde hair, but I know none of those strands have grown blonde, besides, by 5 my hair was brown, and the rest of my hair is too.)
Tips on what to do with that, and what to do to prevent it from re-occuring, i.e. countering the cold... would be appreciated.
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Posted By: hairalways
Date Posted: January 13 2004 at 6:56pm
Hey Kintaro _ welcome back....It would seem you have the elements against you....My kids hair gets really blonde on the ends when he spends a lot of time in the sun, or in chlorinated water. His hair is the same color as you described yours to be. I guess if it were me, I would try a deep conditioner and then keeping it under a cap whenever out in the sun or cold. Would you consider coloring it with a semi-permanent coloring, just to get it to blend? If not, then maybe trim it off in tiny bits till it grows out, keeping it conditioned and covered so it doesn't keep happening.
Some jojoba on the ends on a daily basis might be good too.
jacqui
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: January 14 2004 at 8:18pm
Hey Kintaro,
So the pigment has leached out of some strands, from the ends up, and this is a relatively recent phenomenon. I wonder (just guessing here)... do you go outside with hair that isn't completely dry? If your hair is still wet or damp when you go outside and it is subjected to bitter cold, the hair is freezing and that may compromise the integrity of the hair strand. How? When water freezes, it expands. Imagine the water inside your hair shaft, expanding outward as it freezes and causing the shaft to explode. This could be permitting everything inside of the cortex (including the pigment) to escape.
If this is indeed the explanation.... you may want to be sure your hair is completely dry when you go outdoors in the bitter cold of winter.
Hope this helps.
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