White dots at ends of hair, Help!!!!

[sakuramoon08]

So I have these white dots at the ends of my hair. However they are only visible in the sun light. They are most prominent when I cut my hair. I did buy special hair cutting scissors. I don't know what is wrong, are they split ends? Going to be split ends? I've never seen them become split ends. Please help explain these to me! Thanks!

[HintOfMint]

If they never become splits, I wouldn't fuss. For some people, white dots at the very ends means they will turn into splits but if that never happens to you, why worry?

Also, white dots are mainly a problem when they appear above the ends of the hair.

[perizade]

Mine always become split ends. You're quite lucky!

[Zefyra]

Ive noticed something similar when I cut my hair and Ive concluded that its just because the hair has been cut recently so its a fresh clean line as opposed to the softer, more tapered ends of uncut hair. I have no clue if that explanation made sense....

[jojo]

these are hair split embryos mine always develop into splits, normally I get them when my hair has been exposed to heat; artificial, washing hair in too hot water or sun. Blunt scissors can also make these white dots appear.

Also the longer hair gets, the older it is and more prone to damage. If all it is is white dots, rather than splits you could try a dusting and just taking - <--- this much off the ends.

My hairs fine and prone to damage, no matter how kind I am to it. In fact ive just broke my year without a trim because my ends where looking poor, ive just trimmed __ <--- this much off and it feels and looks much better.

You could try a teeny bit of oil on the very ends and keep it bunned, this will limit any damage.

[sakuramoon08]

[QUOTE]Ive noticed something similar when I cut my hair and Ive concluded that its just because the hair has been cut recently so its a fresh clean line as opposed to the softer, more tapered ends of uncut hair. I have no clue if that explanation made sense.... [QUOTE]

I thought that too, but i've had so many people they will become split ends. The ones that I can see when not in the sun I do cut off, but those are very few. I'm going to just leave my hair alone for awhile and see what happens. Thanks alot!

[HeatherJenae]

In my experience, almost all of my shed hairs have white dots at the end. Like, that is the signal that that particular hair is just done and was ready to fall out. It's usually not split, just has a white dot at the very end. Sorry that's not an explanation. I'm not really sure what's up with it but if it makes you self conscious you could get a big old magnifying glass and take a good look at those hairs and see if you can glean any info from them, like are they split, is the end just needing a trim. Plus it will help you see much better if you do want to snip them off. Hope this helped a little!

[McFearless]

If they are at the very tip of your hair they usually develop into splits. In they are in the middle or anywhere on the shaft your hair will break off at that spot.

[dropinthebucket]

I suddenly had a ton of white dots in the last 3 inches of my hair a couple of months back. Had a lot of good suggestions here on LHC about it. Turned out the problem was a change in how I was washing my hair:
-before, I was washing it in a basin with lukewarm water
-i moved and started just washing it in the bathtub when i took my bath
The hot water of the bath (I take mine hot!) did a real number on my hair. Went back to basin washing, all good now. Don't know if this is a help in your case, but thought I'd mention it anyway.

[CarpeDM]

I had a slew of them on newer growth hairs a few months ago. I'm not sure why or how they came about, but I went on a heavy S&D mission. Now I have healthy ends again and I haven't seen any more whities or splits in months