White dot help!

**Shibe** · September 28th, 2015, 12:15 PM

I got a much needed trim the other day and i loved seeing my formally white dot covered ends be dot free!

I wear a silk cover over my hair at night and I noticed that even wearing a silk cover my hair gets white dots..from sleeping :-/

Is there anything I can do to help my hair from breaking? I am thinking of coating them in coconut oil to give them more of a protective barrier but I'm pretty frustrated at this point. I keep my hair up during the day so sleep is the only possible time my hair can get bent in such a way. Ugh.

**gthlvrmx** · September 28th, 2015, 12:24 PM

It might not be completely silk. It could also be a weaving style that feels rougher. Did the tag on it say anything else like polyester? Or sis the bag it came in say something else?

**Shibe** · September 28th, 2015, 12:28 PM

There is no tag, it was gifted so I took their word for it. Maybe I should buy a new one at this point.

**lapushka** · September 28th, 2015, 02:30 PM

Are these dots up the strand, or at the end; at the end is not a "real" aka "damage" white dot and usually comes from dull shears.

**luxurioushair** · September 28th, 2015, 03:03 PM

Do you braid it before bed? Might help, and you can ditch the silk cover too and just use a silk pillowcase.

**cathair** · September 28th, 2015, 03:18 PM

Are you growing out any kind of damage? Mine tend to turn into white dots on the longest ends. I suspect it's because I a growing out straightener damage from many years ago though, not because my scissors are blunt. It doesn't happen higher up on shorter hairs.

**gthlvrmx** · September 28th, 2015, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by Shibe

There is no tag, it was gifted so I took their word for it. Maybe I should buy a new one at this point.

There are also silk pillowcases you can buy. I got mine here: http://www.dharmatrading.com/clothin...illowcase.html
They might have other silk things to look at on that website too.
You also might have previous damage that never got cut out, more than what you trimmed off. Have you heat styled or used some sort of chemical dye on your hair before?

**Shibe** · September 29th, 2015, 09:04 PM

My hair is virgin, I have only heat styled it once and that was 3 weeks ago. As I stated, I recently trimmed off 2 inches with a brand new pair of goody scissors- I don't use dye or any chemicals. I do have white dots that are at the end and some that are about a cm above that.

**lapushka** · September 30th, 2015, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by Shibe

My hair is virgin, I have only heat styled it once and that was 3 weeks ago. As I stated, I recently trimmed off 2 inches with a brand new pair of goody scissors- I don't use dye or any chemicals. I do have white dots that are at the end and some that are about a cm above that.

I'm really sorry to have to say it, but if that heat styling was with straighteners or a curling iron, it is enough, yes once is enough to get you lots of white dots (and I mean the dots *along* a strand). The white dots at the end are no damage (sometimes a hair just looks like that, but if it's on there in masses it's usually dull scissors).

**xoAshley** · September 30th, 2015, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by lapushka

I'm really sorry to have to say it, but if that heat styling was with straighteners or a curling iron, it is enough, yes once is enough to get you lots of white dots (and I mean the dots *along* a strand). The white dots at the end are no damage (sometimes a hair just looks like that, but if it's on there in masses it's usually dull scissors).

Ohhh wait, really?? I always thought the white dots at the end of hair were the very *beginning* stages of a split end. So there is no need to trim the ones on the ends?