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Originally Posted by snopes
No, you left out the whole part that the effect doesn't really last for more than a few minutes, so it's completely negligible.
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Actually I didn't leave anything out of your quote. The part where Kierans says it only lasts a second but then contradicts himself to say it does reduce frizz slightly but may not be worth it was all in there. Of course Kierans, as the owner operator of a salon that makes oodles of money selling people hair product, has nothing to gain from discouraging people to do something that is absolutely free. [Gerard Kierans,
owner of Easel Hair Studio in Georgetown]
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Originally Posted by Esprise Me
Yes, I managed to deduce that myself, thanks. However, as you must surely be aware, ends are not the only places where hair can be damaged.
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Of course I'm aware of that but since we were talking about split ends and not other damage I didn't see a need to go into it.
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Originally Posted by Esprise Me
I tend to get a lot of breakage around the nape of my neck, where I put my hair into a clip. Sometimes I'll see a hair that looks perfectly fine at the end, but is bent at a sharp angle in the middle of the shaft. Trimming the ends of my hair isn't going to do much about the breakage that occurs almost a foot closer to the scalp.
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If I was getting that kind of damage from a clip I would throw that clip away and use a scrunchy.
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Originally Posted by Esprise Me
I keep hearing that, but I think if it were true, I'd be able to find a hair somewhere on my head that had a really long split end. I usually go 4-6 months between haircuts, and because my hair is long and takes a fair amount of abuse, I tend to get a lot of split ends.
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Have you checked all 100,000 hairs on your head? If not maybe that is why you haven't found one. Look, I am not saying it always happens to everyone with hair but it does happen. Normally what I find on clients is a split half way up a hair shaft where one side of the split off hair was only about a 1/4" long and the other half of the shaft was regular length but very weak.
If you got your hair trimmed more than every 4-6 months you may not find as many split ends... but then again you may. It is not a guarantee but it does help.
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Originally Posted by Esprise Me
Hair is dead. It does not contain water.
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I never said it does. I said it contains moisture. Natural oils contribute alot to how your hair looks. Using a good quality conditioner can help too by depositing oils throughout your hair.
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Originally Posted by Esprise Me
Also, split ends don't just occur at the ends of the very longest hairs. I've had split ends on the shorter hairs, too, which means that unless my stylist plans to trim each hair individually, a trim won't do much to stop these traveling split ends.
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Split ends can occur on any length hair you have. It can occur on your newest growth or your oldest. There are a lot of factors. What it boils down to is if you take good care of your hair. Never brush it when it is wet, just take time to comb it out patiently. Cut off the dry ends on a regular basis and you have a better chance of having healthier looking hair than if you abuse it and don't take care of it at all.