Flummoxed by split ends? Start by understanding everything you need to know about how to stop split ends right in their tracks. Hair is a porous shaft of cuticles that are supposed to lay flat like roofing tiles. If you’ve ever seen the roof of a house after a storm, you’ll know why it is really important to learn how to stop split ends before they start. Check out the suggestions below for a few great ideas about how to stop split ends before your hair do turns into a hair don’t.
Head-Off Damage
Restrain from heat and other hair treatments. In reality very little heat is needed to dry and style hair. If you can, try to forgo the use of blow dryers, flat irons, curling irons and hot rollers. The immediate benefit of heat styling is gratifying but burning your hair into submission will have you looking like Dorothy after the tornado.
Color, perming, straightening and bleaching are dreadfully harmful to the cuticle layer of hair. These processes should be limited to one at a time and on an as needed basis. Only color or bleach the root of hair for touch ups. Never color and recolor the very ends of your hair. Not only is it not necessary it is brutal to your hair. Try to separate multiple hair treatments by at least six weeks – better yet – skip them, if you can.
Pour On the TLC
Stop split ends by styling your hair with care. Gentle handling is the secret to beautiful healthy hair. The less you fuss with your hair the less chance for split ends to develop.
Comb your hair gently with a wide toothed comb and never brush hair when it is wet. Avoid split ends by combing the ends of hair gently. Never pull or rip the comb through a snag. Tease the knot out with a rubber tipped hair pick or comb. Use soft scrunchies and gentle hair clips. Never use rubber elastics to style your hair, especially on the ends.
Coconut oil and olive oil treatments are wonderful for deep conditioning hair repair. Use these oils and deep conditioners as a part of regular preventative maintenance before any damage is evident.
Wear your hair in styles that protect the ends of hair. Try wearing hair up in loose bun. Experiment with your hair and come up with cute, soft up-dos. Tucking the hair in a bun or twist prevents the wear and tear associated with split ends.
Regular Maintenance Is Key
Ask your stylist about how to stop split ends with a good haircut. Most professionals agree that regular trims, no further than eight weeks apart, removes the split ends before they work their way up the hair shaft. Once the hair has been damaged this far, no matter what you’ve learned about how to stop split ends, it will be too late.
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