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There is an interesting recent Discussion about split Ends on the Board.. funny, sometimes Things tend to cumulate..
Well, it happened last Sunday that we had a visit by some Relatives wich i havent senn for more than a Year.
There was going to happen an very interesting Conversation, when she said:
"you have got really liong Hair now, whats the matter with you?"
and i replied:
>i like it that way an will let it grow further on!
Then she asked me when i have had my last Trim, and my Wife replied:
"it has been over a Year, and HE HAS SPLIT ENDS!"
>how could you see THAT over a Distance of nearly 2 meters??
BOTH replied: "You HAVE TO HAVE split Ends over that time!!"
looking closer..2 Minutes..Triumph: "one split End...and another one..but very few for that Time"
The Solution of my Aunt:
"That`s mens Hair, its tougher than female Hair (!!)"
I did not gave a Comment, just thinking about all that dying, curlig, drying..
And their Opininons about split Ends:
- they will crawl up to your Scalp (is that REALLY possible??)
- you will have to cut more than 10 cm (see below)
- your Hair will grow faster after the Trim (!!)
(that would be an anatomic Revolution; haow do the Follicels know whats giong on at the Ends!)
Anyway, next Day i took a little Time and my Microscope:
- Split Ends can be up to 1 cm long. Probably that is the Lenght
where one Half gets off as "Hair Breakage".
- Hair can split not only at the Ends but ant any of its cm`s.
The Ends are only the oldest and therefore the weakest Segments.
The in-between-lenght can break by "forced out" Tangles, tight
Hair Bands ect.
- i was able to "produce" split by pressing on a Hair with a
Screwdiver. Without much Force.
My Conclusions:
- it is the best to take Care of the Hair in order to PREVENT Damage.
(there are some Specialists on this Board who relly know how to do)
- A TRIM will even up the Ends and cut SOME of the split ones, but
not THAT much, because the individual Hairs have different Length.
- getting rid of(as much as possible)of those split Ends would be a
good Thing, for they produce more tangling and more Splits and the
resulting Breakage will slow down the growing Progress.
- visit an Expert.
Next Day i went to the Barber, Specialist for long Women`s Hair...
The Procedure was:
parting the Hair in many, many little Strands and twisting them until
the split Ends (and perhaps the in-between-Split)stuck out rectangular and could be cut.
It took about one Hour.
There was very little "cut-off" on the Floor and it looked just as if i had emptyed my Razor.
Not any of the Length was gone..
Thanks for the idea I didn't know there was such an expert that would trim just split ends. How much did that cost, if you don't mind?
I have paid 11 EUR -> ca.11$ for that.
And i am very happy with the result.
I have treid to cut the split ends myself, but you only get those you can see and that excludes the shorter hairs..
sometimes continue all the way up to your scalp. I had some in my hair a few years ago. I believe it was from the rough handling of my hair by me, bleaching, hot air blow drying, curling irons, and finally a perm. At the time of the perm there were splits all the way to the scalp.
Withought a trim here. and I reasently had my "X" scower my head for split ends. I figured the same as those women you spoke about.. almost 2 years withought a trim, I have to have a few. But I'm happy to report, 0 splits.
So iunno,,
And yeah, after that long withought a trim, my hair Looks like a mad scientists at the ends ;)