Loveless
February 27th, 2012, 02:24 PM
I've come to the conclusion that I do not actually know how split hair looks like. After doing some research on that matter, what I've gathered is that split hair is "a single strand that has split in two/three/whatever". The emphasis is on the "single strand" part.
(This post is going to be a bit image heavy. I apologize.)
I was quite sure my hair was full of splits, because it generally looks like this:
http://s16.postimage.org/vw8fbbt1h/Picture_001this.jpg
(A close-up; notice the little "hook" near the center -- I took that as an obvious split) :
http://s16.postimage.org/4nkxwa8qt/Picture_001this2.jpg
http://s17.postimage.org/8b9fagerz/Picture_012this.jpg
http://s18.postimage.org/ggggbmsih/Picture_018this.jpg
But then I'd pick one of those and try to trace it to the point of the split -- and I'd get to my scalp without finding one. I did this quite a number of times; starting from the scalp, from the middle and so on. They were all just single strands without any splits, but with ends that turn upward or look like hooks. And they basically give my hair the overall appearance of being tragically laden with split ends.
I plucked one such strand out and this is how it looks like:
http://s18.postimage.org/4l3cybhsp/Picture_026this.jpg
I don't have wavy hair. It's not stick-straight, but it's quite close to it -- in my opinion, anyway. The end looked like a split, but it's not.
I would really appreciate some insight. Is this how dry hair looks like, or is it actually damaged? As you can see, I'm quite new to all this hair business... Just to give you more info -- I haven't had my hair cut for, well, a year now (I think). A year full of hair abuse, unfortunately. No trimming; I was thinking of having fairytail ends, but now I guess I should be chopping those faux-splits/real splits off.
Should I?
(This post is going to be a bit image heavy. I apologize.)
I was quite sure my hair was full of splits, because it generally looks like this:
http://s16.postimage.org/vw8fbbt1h/Picture_001this.jpg
(A close-up; notice the little "hook" near the center -- I took that as an obvious split) :
http://s16.postimage.org/4nkxwa8qt/Picture_001this2.jpg
http://s17.postimage.org/8b9fagerz/Picture_012this.jpg
http://s18.postimage.org/ggggbmsih/Picture_018this.jpg
But then I'd pick one of those and try to trace it to the point of the split -- and I'd get to my scalp without finding one. I did this quite a number of times; starting from the scalp, from the middle and so on. They were all just single strands without any splits, but with ends that turn upward or look like hooks. And they basically give my hair the overall appearance of being tragically laden with split ends.
I plucked one such strand out and this is how it looks like:
http://s18.postimage.org/4l3cybhsp/Picture_026this.jpg
I don't have wavy hair. It's not stick-straight, but it's quite close to it -- in my opinion, anyway. The end looked like a split, but it's not.
I would really appreciate some insight. Is this how dry hair looks like, or is it actually damaged? As you can see, I'm quite new to all this hair business... Just to give you more info -- I haven't had my hair cut for, well, a year now (I think). A year full of hair abuse, unfortunately. No trimming; I was thinking of having fairytail ends, but now I guess I should be chopping those faux-splits/real splits off.
Should I?