Aeris
April 12th, 2013, 04:15 PM
Hello,
I thought for a while that I had some hairs that were simply coarser than the rest of my head, but I'm starting to believe that might not be the case.
These hairs are extremely inconsistent in thickness when looking at them individually - some spots are so thin and weak they are barely visible. :( On these strands, the thick parts tend to split and break off - often the kind of split where a hole develops in the thicker part of the strand (a hole you can only see by bending the strand). Sorry, this is a bit hard to explain. I S&D pretty regularly, and I honestly feel like cutting the entire hair off when I get to one of these :( They just feel damaged all the way to the root.
Anyways, hairs like these make up a good 1/7 or 1/8 of my hair, I'd guess, and they are exclusively on my canopy. They've also been there for several years. As a result, my hair always looks extremely frizzy, and so for the longest time, that is what I thought it was, so I was treating it like a moisture problem. The last time I used a chemical dye was about 3 years ago (had a horrible incident that no doubt severely damaged my hair), and I blow-dry with cool air 3-4 times a year.
I started noticing signs of low protein though - for instance, my hairs that are normal texture are quite stretchy (the funky-texture ones tend to just break off).
I want to try a good protein treatment on it (I bought a protein-rich reconstructive conditioner, and was going to add some yogurt and leave it on for a few hours), but can anyone shed some light on this for me? Is there another way I should be treating this problem?
Thanks everyone :)
I thought for a while that I had some hairs that were simply coarser than the rest of my head, but I'm starting to believe that might not be the case.
These hairs are extremely inconsistent in thickness when looking at them individually - some spots are so thin and weak they are barely visible. :( On these strands, the thick parts tend to split and break off - often the kind of split where a hole develops in the thicker part of the strand (a hole you can only see by bending the strand). Sorry, this is a bit hard to explain. I S&D pretty regularly, and I honestly feel like cutting the entire hair off when I get to one of these :( They just feel damaged all the way to the root.
Anyways, hairs like these make up a good 1/7 or 1/8 of my hair, I'd guess, and they are exclusively on my canopy. They've also been there for several years. As a result, my hair always looks extremely frizzy, and so for the longest time, that is what I thought it was, so I was treating it like a moisture problem. The last time I used a chemical dye was about 3 years ago (had a horrible incident that no doubt severely damaged my hair), and I blow-dry with cool air 3-4 times a year.
I started noticing signs of low protein though - for instance, my hairs that are normal texture are quite stretchy (the funky-texture ones tend to just break off).
I want to try a good protein treatment on it (I bought a protein-rich reconstructive conditioner, and was going to add some yogurt and leave it on for a few hours), but can anyone shed some light on this for me? Is there another way I should be treating this problem?
Thanks everyone :)