How to get rid of split ends?

Why do I have so many split ends??? How to fix them?

We have no doubt you hate this frizz in your locks caused by frayed tips. Not only do they look pitiful but also lead to tangles, encourage further breakage, and reduce your heroic attempts to grow out your hair to nothing. So, let’s find out how to prevent or get rid of split ends. Hair care experts and scientific facts will help us along the way.

What Are Split Ends?

Does the word trichoptilosis mean anything to you? Well, this is how our poor frayed tips are called scientifically. Moreover, hair experts distinguish no less than a dozen types of split ends, starting from the basic two-way split and up to sophisticated “trees” and “knots”. Nice, huh?

By completehaircaresolutions So, what do split ends look like under a microscope? You will see something like fractured wood with multiple fibers sticking out and even forming curlicues. Yet, you don’t need any special equipment to observe your hair strands losing their even structure towards the tips. This happens because the outer protective layer (cuticle) is damaged, making the hair shaft expose its inner cortex, which gets cracked.

By edageartmuseum What Causes Split Ends?

Let’s start from the fact that our tips are the oldest and, thus, the most vulnerable parts of the hair. They get dry and break easily, and we do our best to help with that. How? Through the following:

– Practicing harsh combing and towel-drying

– Picking at hair ends

– Using tight elastics

– Exposing the hair to sunlight

– Using heat tools

– Bleaching and dyeing

– Doing perms and chemical relaxing

The first three factors create friction, which leads to ruining the cuticle. Heat styling affects the ends in several ways – deforms the hair and high temperatures deprive our strands of moisture. The sunlight does its dirty deeds with UVA and UVB rays damaging the cuticle. And all kinds of chemicals destroy the hair structure. Ta-da!