You are not a hair commercial, so stop believing in the fairy tale they tell.
Your hair is not somehow less luscious, shiny, and perfect than it should be.
EvenBlake Lively, with her Pantene-perfect locks, does (viaAllure).
Anyone can get them.
And anyone can deal with them with the right information.
If you’ve got round hair strands, you’re in luck.
Your hair might not split as easily.
If they’re flatter, you’re not as lucky.
Whatever you do, when you get split ends, don’t pick them off.
All you’ll succeed in doing is weakening the strand of hair, and encouraging it to split again.
Here are some myths we’ve debunked about this beauty bugaboo.
Your split ends just might be more noticeable because your hair is straight.
They are almost definitely more noticeable if your hair is straight and dark (viaBustle).
That doesn’t mean they’re not present.
Curls, as Rez toldHello Giggles, are naturally dryer and thus more prone to splitting than straight locks.
This, of course, makes sense.
It’s worth, of course, differentiating between curly and frizzy hair.
Curly hair is not necessarily frizzy hair, and frizzy hair and split ends are not the same things.
Frizzy hair is all about texture.
To de-frizz, you’ll need to invest in a different set of products.
But split ends are a bit like the Humpty Dumpties of the beauty world.
Nothing is going to put them together again (viaAllure).
When your end is split, you’ve done permanent damage to your hair’s outermost layer.
Because that’s the kind of commitment you might need, depending on the amount of damage.
If you catch them early, a trim might be all you need.
But some hair doesn’t just split at the ends.
In these, more severe cases, your hairstylist will probably recommend cutting more.
see to it you’re in possession of professional hair cutting scissors (viaWomen’s Health).
The scissors you have stashed away in your kitchen drawer may do more harm than good.
The blunter the scissor, the more frayed the cut.
The more frayed the cut, the more split ends you’re likely to develop.
