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Why do i get so much thin ends the whole time, will this get better with more length or what?
If i make a trim, then the ends will be bad again after about 1 month, it's like my hair isn't made to be long, and if this doesn't get better in a few months time, i think i'm pulling out the big ugly scissors:(
I'll post 2 pics for you too see.
And here's the second pic:
Although I'm not the resident authority here, I do have a recommendation. You might try getting a trim of about 1/2" every other month for about 6-8 months. This would have several benefits.
One, you would not be losing a lot of length with the trim, and would actually still be gaining in the long term (cut 1/2", gain 1", cut 1/2", gain 1", etc). Second, it would allow the bad ends to be trimmed and allow you to observe how the newly trimmed ends adjust. Three, it would allow your hair slowly to grow out to the same length, which would make it look quite a bit thicker at the ends.
From looking at your pictures, I would allow about 1 year to see how things work out. Cutting your hair off because you are unhappy at this point in time is pretty drastic. Continue to use good conditioners on a regular basis, and give it some time with the minor trims to even out and improve.
I believe you will be pleased in the long run if you do keep your hair.
Big George
I don't want to get you preocupied, but yes, your ends are really thin. I think that first off all you have to check up on everything you do to your hair, and see if you have a lot of breakage, 'cause maybe that's one of the reasons for your thin ends. I think you shouldn't tie your hair as you do, it seems to pulled out, and that may be causing breakage. Thin hair doesn't mean you can't grow it out. I have a friend with waist lenght hair (and her hair was already longer) with really really thin hair (it can't even secure a pony tie well) and it is really healthy. If your hair is really thin typed, than you may have a case where your lower layers (I supose your hair is layered from growing with no cuts) are much longer than the uper layers, and so you have less hair in the ends (hope I explained this well).
You have now two options: if you think your hair is damaged and that is the reason for your thin ends, you can trim a little of it to make it look and feel better.
If you figure out that you haven't got eny splits and that your hair is overally healthy, you can just wait for it to get better for itself.
Now I think that the most importan is that you want to have long hair, and yours is already long. You don't have to cut it because of the thin ends, just wait and you'll see thing will get better... Don't stress it out =)
I wish you the best luck, and I'm looking forward to know what you want to do about it...
See ya =)
Simpa, if your hair is colored or if you blow dry it, or if you comb it dry or brush it, or if you do anything that you find to be damagind, just stop!
Thin hair is ery fragile and you should never do anything with it except for washing, detangling and letting it be... I think that the first thing people have to do when they start growing out long hair is to accept their natural hair type =) I myself wanted blond hair a few years back and I had some treatments that turned my hair blond... but I know that i can't do it now because I want my hair to grow healthy and as long as it can... So just be patient and let your hair to its thing...
Once again, good luck =)
Hair grows at different speeds so everybody is going to have an uneven line a month after a trim but if the line is varigated as in your photo within a month something else is going on. One way to tell if you are at your maximum growth is to measure your hair length after a trim and a month later. If the longest hairs are about half an inch longer after 30 days you are growing normally but breaking many hairs along the way. When you get near terminal, hair gains length slowly since only the hairs nearing the end of their lifespan reach that far and growth slows then halts before an individual hair is lost in a natural cycle.
The thing I notice is that your hairline is thin but still even. Terminal length hair has a distinct V shape to it as the longest lifespan hairs in the center grow past hair from the side that has a shorter lifespan. In addition to the reasons João David mentioned for breakage another can be sillicones in shampoo and conditioner for some hair types. In other hair forums I have read of people who have fine hair strands that get coated with silicones making the hair fragile and prone to breaking.
Look at your tips of strands up close or have someone do it for you. Are some of the individual hairs coming to a point? Then you have hairs that are have not broken and grown from your scalp uncut or damaged. If there are a lot of hairs that end (not from the scalp but on the bottom) with a white dot that's breakage, as are hairs that are mostly straight but then get squiggly only toward the end which happens as hair is streched and snaps. Multiple split ends appearing soon after trims are another indication that something is damaging your hair.
Let us know, simpa88. If it turns out you have been causing the breakage then that is good because it can be worked around and your hair will grow further.
Elizabeth
I would trim off that entire thin looking part. It looks like you've had a lot of breakage and split ends at the very end. Also, I would suggest to wash your hair with conditioner and shampoo more. In that picture, your hair looks pretty greasy (no offense) which would cause split ends and breakage to stand out (at least, it does for me).
I think your hair only looks thin, because it flips out at the ends. If it all hang down straight, I bet it would look fine. Perhaps you should try some leave-in conditioner or oil. Personally, I don't think you should cut. You'll never get any longer that way.
Yeah, i think that probably makes sense, because i had washed my hair with shampoo & conditioner just before i took the pic.
What kind of trim have you done before? (I mean did you get rid of split ends as much as possible or just trim a tiny bit at the bottom, leaving the hair still with split ends?)
If if you get split ends (and we all do) then the hair can split all the way up the hair shaft IF it isn't caught in time.
If your hair is growing out in layers the then the longest bit is the most vulnerable, it can break easily so dont be rough with it when your brushing it or washing it.
My boyfriend had short layered hair when I met him, which he gradually grew longer. Because it was in layers it literally grew out all over the place and he had this problem, the longest bits at the back ended up looking really tatty. I'd trim it for him every so often (as i still do) but there came a point where the shortest hair he had was about 3 inches below his shoulders and the rest was longer, in layers, ratty and a bit of a mess. In order for it to grow out properly I cut it to the length (3 inches below his shoulders) and evened it. It was pretty drastic (i think he lost about 5/6 inches in length from the longer bits) but it grew out beautifully after that point, and all one length.
Looking at your pic I think you have to think of how you treat your hair and remember how delicate the bottom of it is. You look like you've got thicker hair at the top which needs to grow and catch up. A proper trim to get rid of split ends may be what you need, even if it feels drastic (2 inches?, only you know for sure) then look after it and stop worrying.
Most importantly, stop worrying!
Your ends *look* thin, but that might just be because they are also spreading out. If you trim, you may be disappointed to find that the new "ends" curl up and do the same thing. It looks like you might have a slight wave to your hair, and it's just not long enough to show two waves yet. My hair did that during the awkward stage.
1. If you're just growing it out now, you can't expect the strands higher up to be down as low as the ones at your collar, because it will take them longer to grow to there.
2. If you've been growing it out like forever, and this is as long as it has gotten, you need someone to look at the ends of the hair strands with a magnifying glass to see if your strands are split or broken. If so, hair care is the issue. Be more gentle - wash less often with less harsh stuff, and don't trim because trimming is the harshest hair care routine there is. [grin]
3. If the ends are healthy and your hair has stopped getting longer, then you're at terminal length, and that is all you'll get. Your only length option is to leave it there or cut it back. Everyone's hair at terminal length is sparse at the ends, so you can have denser-looking ends by trimming it back, but of course then you'll have less length.
Bill
My friend, the answer is simply that your thin hair is not meant to be so dark! If you dye your hair back to blonde and leave it that way, I'm sure it will look much better. Blonde hairs are the thinnest of all colors - look it up!
Good advice
i almost forgot blonde hair is so thin
it might also help for you to add a bit more protein to your diet =)
Thanks everyone for the support. I've noticed that my hair never gets much tangles, i can go atleast 2-3 days after i've washed my hair and still have pretty smooth hair, so i guess my hair isn't too damaged.
I'll post a pic of me when i had straight hair about a week ago, and as you can see, the ends didn't look as ratty then.