Hi everyone. I have been spending a little too much time scrutinizing my hair lately, and I've noticed that some of the shorter individual hairs thin out and taper, coming to pointy tips. I've searched through this forum, but most of the results discuss the shape of the hair ends as a whole, as in "fairy tale ends," not the individual hairs. In my case, these pointy hairs thin out over the last 1/2 inch or so. The ends are not split, just weirdly pointy. I've been pretty good to my hair lately: no 'poo since mid-October, hair sticks, wet my hair no more than once a week, no rubbing with towels.

Now the question: is this what new growth looks like, or is this some kind of damage? Should I be dusting/S&D-ing these or leave them be?