White, frayed ends — time to cut, or can care still save them?
White, frayed ends — time to cut, or can care still save them?
When you grow your hair, the ends look the driest. Hold them up to the light and you may see tiny white dots. Here is how to tell whether to trim now or keep caring for a while.
Ends split when heat, rubbing and dryness slowly add up. Each hair has a thin outer layer, and hot irons, rough towel-drying and brushing wet hair wear it away. The ends are the oldest part, so they take the most of it.
Once an end has split, no product can glue it back. Oils and serums only coat the surface so ends look less dry for a while — the only way to remove a split is to cut it off.
Under bright light, lay a few ends on your finger and look one by one. If you see Y-shaped splits or little white dots, it is time to trim. Do not pull them off by hand, or the split runs even longer.
If the splits sit only at the very ends, a small trim keeps your length. Tell your stylist to keep the length and trim only the split parts, and look at the ends together to decide how much to cut.
A few habits help the trim last: press with a towel instead of rubbing, comb from the ends up, use heat only on dry hair, and tie or braid your hair loosely at night. A little oil below the ears makes ends look smoother — less dry, not new.
Stylist tip: when your ends start to look white, show them before cutting short.
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