You know it's time to trim when..

[JessTheMess]

your split end has splits that have splits that have splits.....:o

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=2933&pictureid=67692

I think I saw 8 splits on one hair....amazing....

[melrose1985]

THAT IS SOOOO CREEPY!!!

I had the very tip of one hair that i noticed four splits.

[myrrhmaiden]

I've got them. Sometimes I save them because they have managed to split in ways that just amaze me. You're not alone!

[CindyLea1]

Mine are doing that too. I think it has been all the winter sweaters and jackets rubbing it all over the place. I'm going to attempt doing a trim on mine this weekend, too many to just S&D.

[curlylocks85]

That is crazy! :disbelief

[Cailie]

I've seen those too !! Most I found was 9 splits on one hair strand !!!

(good thing I don't seen them anymore... but still, it's quite impressive !)

[JenniferNoel]

Ouch. I don't recall ever getting one of those, but that's a little freaky. :run:

[Merewen]

I've never counted the splits, but it's crazy what you find sometime! Sometimes I don't know how that particular hair hasn't completely disintegrated.

[Arctic_Mama]

Wow! I think the most I've seen is four splits branching off the bottom of one hair! A little s&d might be in order at that point :lol:

[talecon]

lol the most I've seen was 3 splits in one hair

[Isilme]

a windblown tree or a one sided christmas tree? I get those too. And the single splits that's just very very long.

[Themyst]

I've found them like that, too. I've also found two faerie knots on the same strand - how's that for creepy? I was going to save it and snap a picture but I lost the hair.

[tralalalara]

I found one that looked like a feather at the end, so I leaned over to my sister to show her, but it broke off when i pointed at it.

I decided it was trim time. :lol:

[Sunny_side_up]

Today my workmate looked through her heavily layered bsl hair found several multi splits and proceeded to peel and pinch the endsshudder:'you could invest in a really sharp pair of scissors and do mini trims' fell on deaf ears

[MandyBeth]

Today my workmate looked through her heavily layered bsl hair found several multi splits and proceeded to peel and pinch the endsshudder:'you could invest in a really sharp pair of scissors and do mini trims' fell on deaf ears

Eeeepppp! I do admit to yanking the hair out sometimes, but I don't pick at the ends.....

[Copasetic]

I've had hairs with so many splits it was hard to count. Those hairs are so freaky. Sometimes I think about saving them.

[Forever_Sophie]

I remember finding the odd hair like that when I was in University, you're not alone!

[Bethie]

That looks like of freaky. Is it strange that I'm kind of looking forward to being able to see my split ends without having them cut off first?

[Juliannaissance]

That happens to me sometimes..I like to look at the various forms of splits that my hair seems to make. So interesting! :D

[Juliannaissance]

I found one that looked like a feather at the end, so I leaned over to my sister to show her, but it broke off when i pointed at it.

I decided it was trim time. :lol:
Hahaha! That happened to me a few times. :p

[GoddesJourney]

Mine does that too. They look like little antenae. :)

[satindesire]

I don't get a lot of split ends, thankfully, but I certainly know when it's time when they start feeling...kind of crispy and dry, you know?

[ravenreed]

I get terrible split ends. I keep up on the S & D's so they are not as feathery as they used to be and the ones I get are fairly rare. However, now I am getting weird crimped or bent ends in the last inch or so. I have been clipping them too because they don't seem to go away on their own, even after wetting. *sigh*

[sally_neuf]

I think it was spidermom who, in another thread, said something about it, like, when your hair splits so many times and it just doesn't break, is because you must have a hell of a strong hair!!

so congratulations :O !

[Heavenly Locks]

it looks like a spider leg! :tmi:

[Syaoransbear]

I once had a split like that with 21 or 24 splits. I can't remember which number it was. It was pretty sweet, and I actually saved it for a few weeks before I lost it.

[habioku]

I know those split ends too. But I can beat this :lol:, my hairs sometimes make split HOLES:

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8120/spli.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/i/spli.jpg/)

[-j-]

^
I have had split holes, too!

I know it´s time to get a trim when ends get stucked with each other and tangle. Well ok, maybe those 8 x splits are a sign, too... :)

[Annitta]

For me it's time to trim when the ends don't feel smooth anymore. I could never actually '"see" a split end. And i really try, even on others. :p

I've seen broken ends, i supose...shorter hairs along the lenght that aren't layers, nor seem to be new growth because of the dryness. But in my own hair i can only detect the "feel factor".

[Carolyn]

Oh yeah. I get those a lot. Those and a lot of other variations. I'm used to seeing them. I've had long hair for years and it's always been split prone. We used to have a chart with all the types of splits. I have it but I'm not using the computer I had it saved on, or I'd post it. It was pretty funny.

[Annitta]

I remember that chart, i learned a lot with it. But the only split i actually saw in real life was that one that looked like a letter z over and over.

[JessTheMess]

I totally forgot I made this thread:o whoopsy!!!!
I'm glad that I'm not the only one with funky splits :)
I think I may do a good SMT treatment and trim 1/2"
The extra cold and snowy winter we experienced has taken a toll on my strands

[atlantaz3]

:shrug:I don't tend to see the splits that are multi split. But sometimes I have ends that look like they have exploded. I haven't figured out what I'm doing to cause that either. I'm hoping bunning while out will help. (Although the dh has asked me several times why I think this is helpful...

[missmandy]

I've had a bunch of those before.... Ugggghhhhh they make me feel sick. :/

[Naturelover]

No split ends for me at the moment, but yes, I can relate to them.

[adiapalic]

I've found one like that before. Looks like a bug-leg! :D

[Johanna]

Wow! I havent seen a split like that on my own hair for a while. When I had virgin hair I found more splits like that. I guess it could be that it can withstand more punsihment than the chemical treated hair.

[freckles]

I get feather splits and split holes too! All the time. Hate my split-prone hair :(

[Kiraela]

JessTheMess: are you sure you're not starting to grow feathers? :p

[rachelily]

Ahhh I had this happen once too! It makes me worry, a lot. I was trimming my split ends yesterday and one was split into four.

[elina333]

Uuuhhh I've had those too... :shudder: I get so disgusted when I find splits that are "more than just ONE split". Somehow it really gets to me...