imaroo
April 26th, 2013, 08:00 AM
Help! How can I tell if frizz is from breakage or new growth? Is there some tell-tale sign that it's breakage that I should be aware of?
I have to admit I'm completely stumped. My hair has been a mass of frizz for about three years now. I'm not sure if it's new growth, and my hair type (which I'm clueless about) is causing the new growth to be unruly; or if it's breakage. How can I tell? Is there some tell-tale sign that it's breakage that I should be aware of?
If it's breakage I don't know what more I can do to prevent it. My hair is very fine. Even if I carefully try to pluck one hair, more often than not it just breaks instead of coming out. This is not from a lack of protein or anything like that. My hair is as strong and healthy as it can be. Moisture and protein balance is good. I've done several half hour S&D sessions and have only found three split ends.
I rarely wear pony tails. I sleep with a satin pillowcase. I don't use brushes. I use a wooden comb. I blowdry on low heat half the time, and let it air dry the other half of the time. I wear my hair up in braids more often than I wear it down. I'm very gentle with it. Antique lace and all that.
I've tried sulfate free, cone free, cones, honey, coconut oil, olive oil, co washes, I've clarified, I don't have hard water so probably not much benefit to chelating. The ONLY way I've found to tame my frizzies is to blow dry on high using a large round brush or a paddle brush. Well, I haven't done that for at least three years and I'm not about to start now.
I'm starting to think that this isn't the breakage I have assumed it was, but just new growth. But why is it such a huge halo around my head? I always thought my hair was maybe a 1b, but the better care I take and the longer it gets, the more wave I see. Could I just have typed my hair wrong and it's some waviness that's causing the frizz?
I have to admit I'm completely stumped. My hair has been a mass of frizz for about three years now. I'm not sure if it's new growth, and my hair type (which I'm clueless about) is causing the new growth to be unruly; or if it's breakage. How can I tell? Is there some tell-tale sign that it's breakage that I should be aware of?
If it's breakage I don't know what more I can do to prevent it. My hair is very fine. Even if I carefully try to pluck one hair, more often than not it just breaks instead of coming out. This is not from a lack of protein or anything like that. My hair is as strong and healthy as it can be. Moisture and protein balance is good. I've done several half hour S&D sessions and have only found three split ends.
I rarely wear pony tails. I sleep with a satin pillowcase. I don't use brushes. I use a wooden comb. I blowdry on low heat half the time, and let it air dry the other half of the time. I wear my hair up in braids more often than I wear it down. I'm very gentle with it. Antique lace and all that.
I've tried sulfate free, cone free, cones, honey, coconut oil, olive oil, co washes, I've clarified, I don't have hard water so probably not much benefit to chelating. The ONLY way I've found to tame my frizzies is to blow dry on high using a large round brush or a paddle brush. Well, I haven't done that for at least three years and I'm not about to start now.
I'm starting to think that this isn't the breakage I have assumed it was, but just new growth. But why is it such a huge halo around my head? I always thought my hair was maybe a 1b, but the better care I take and the longer it gets, the more wave I see. Could I just have typed my hair wrong and it's some waviness that's causing the frizz?