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I've noticed just in recent couple weeks that I seem to have shorter hair growing from my temple region... when pulled straight down it goes to about the bottom of my ears - With the length I now have I wear my hair pulled back in a ponytail most days - especially at work and during the summer weather -
I am wondering if my hair is fracturing due to the pulling of it back like this? Or did I just not notice it previously when I could not / did not pull it back every day?
Is there something I should be doing to protect or strengthen my hair? I already take biotin.
Thanks,
Fitz
You probably just didn't notice it before.
Getting a hair tie that you don't need to constantly adjust I believe is key to limiting damage from ponytails. I get the flat ties with a bead of silicone....they stay in place and require no re-adjusting. I think the constant re-adjusting causes the most damage.
Also, varying the position of the ponytail day to day also helps.
When I was growing mine, I used the really soft ties made of nylon. They cause no damage.
thanks, Sunsailing - I've been using scunci "no damage" ties. I'll look into other brands and styles, though -
Possibly, but the more likely explination is your hair's natural life cycle. Hair grows, stays dorment, falls out, repeat. You have hair all over in all of the stages of the cycle so that you will generally always have great length from most hair in any given segment of your scalp. Some of those in the shorter/growing phase just happen to be around your temples.
After 16 years since my last hair cut I can tell you that I have always had that same issue. I have no more of them during years when I tail my hair exclusively v years of loose or braided exclusively. I did go a number of years where I braided my hair like my avatar almost daily. When it wasn't like that it was loose or a single braid in the back so there was no chance that a hair tie could have possibly caused any broken hair. But those shorter hair were there just as much then as they are now that I just do a quick tail and go for the sake of time.
Daniel
Daniel, I really appreciate your feedback...thank you.
I know back in the 90s, my father had a shoulder length mullet, and wore his hair in a ponytail very often (because of his job and just in general), and his hairline appeared higher and more receded than it does today
I'm having the same issue. I put a hat on with a tail and the temple area hair flaps in the wind. Then I stop the car and take off the hat and the hair is sticking out goofy looking.
As long as you aren't making your pony bands super tight or doing other obvious damage, probably this is a combination of natural regrowth and the hair on that part of your head having a shorter terminal length than other areas. Those shorter hairs will always work themselves out of their longer neighbors and give you a "halo".
Heh. Another borrowing from the women's board.
Silvers, fairytale ends, sparklies...words matter, so you might as well use positive ones!
I have been to the women's LHC board; but it's been awhile -- and I never did quite figure out how to navigate around there (LOL).
I love the terms they use there (except for maybe "bra strap length" -- that's definitely one I'll never use - LOL)! I'm familiar, though, with "fairytale ends" (hey, I have those myself); but "silvers" and "sparklies" are new words for me... and I confess to being a bit baffled as to what they mean!
Yes, words do indeed matter. And I always love learning new ones; so thanks for introducing me to the hair "halo!"
- Ken
Silvers and sparklies refer to the appearance of depigmented strands in your mane...especially in darker hair. Definitely better sounding than salt and pepper or grey or white.
Hi Fitz,
I have to agree with Trolleypup here. I really don't like to put my hair in a ponytail very often. This is because of the "bump' it puts in the back of my hair. For this reason, I try to put the band on the looser side. Of course, you can also put your hair in a bun.
Ted