Q about S&D???

[Bellalalala]

So, I started my first S&D a couple days ago.
I work on it until my vision starts going and then take a break.

I didn't find many split ends or white spots, and after a few hours on one spot, my hair didn't feel much better. My ends still felt tangly, rough and knotted.

I did notice that I have a lot of weird kinked ends, like a little bend in the last few millimeters of hair. I cut a ton of these off and now my hair feels much better.

Does anyone else get these? Should I be cutting them off?

Thanks

[Captain Nikki]

Yes & yes.:)

[Krifantasy]

Yes, I get these too. I have always cut them off.

[Heidi_234]

It depends. It could be updo-caused kinks which might go away if you wet the hair. But it sounds like your hair is either damaged or suffering from build up. If it's damage then obviously any trimming, even selective S&D helps.

[Sissy]

It depends. It could be updo-caused kinks which might go away if you wet the hair. But it sounds like your hair is either damaged or suffering from build up. If it's damage then obviously any trimming, even selective S&D helps.

what Heidi said! If they are possibly caused by an updo then I would not cut them but if they are damage then I do cut them.

[Keildra]

I get these too but i don't cut them unless it's a full trim

[BunnyBee]

I cut them off (the ones bent at a right-angle) because they like to tangle with other hairs if I don't. Mine are definitely from damage. The bends from updos are curved and not sharply angled like these.

[baobhan sith]

On my hair it gets more of these when it's quite dry, and after they've bent past a certain angle i just regard it as damage, because it doesn't go back. I think maybe the inside of the hair almost snaps or something?

[Bellalalala]

So, over the holidays, I cut out a ton of these 90 degree kinked ends and my hair felt sooo much better.

However, after only a week, they're back.

Maybe the last few inches of my hair are easily damaged. Almost all of my hair is virgin except for the last few inches. I only have 6 months left to grow out my APL length hair for my wedding, so I want to cut as little as possible.

[melikai]

My ends are like this too. I can only try to prolong the time between trims as best I can with lots of DTs and oiling. Mine are from old dye as well.

[Ally<3]

Yes I always cut off the little bends. Some times I go a little crazy and end up with shorter hair. My bad, I have a lot of damage... :)