5 Ways to Tell If You Have Damaged Hair

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5 Ways to Tell If You Have Damaged Hair
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Damaged and unhealthy hair have their own looks
and ways of behaving. Some people get used to how
their hair feels and looks like and most likely
ignore the glaring signs of unhealthy hair
needing regular treatments. Visible signs like
bald spots, patches of hair falling out, or hair
thinning are easy to spot, but what about some
lesser-known signs that can even more threatening
for your hair health.
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Split Ends
Most commonly mistaken for frizzy hair, split
ends occur when hair shaft gets split in two or
three fragments. The ends are the oldest part of
our hair which gets highly porous with time. This
is why girls with naturally curly hair tend to
oil their hair heavily. If your hair is thick and
full at the roots, but quite thinner at the ends,
then its obvious the ends are damaged.
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Lack of Elasticity
Healthy hair possesses high level of elasticity
which results in the formation of its body,
texture, and bouncing ability. The biggest
concern with loss of elasticity is the difficulty
in its treatment. To test for elasticity, wet a
strand of hair and stretch it. If the strand
breaks with just a little or no pull, then it
needs more moisture. While if it stretches a bit
and returns to its original position at release,
then the elasticity level is normal. But if it
gets stretched beyond that and then breaks, or
feels soft or limp between the fingers, then
there is a lack of protein. The point to
understand is hair must have the perfect balance
between protein and moisture which can best be
attained by protein treatments.
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High Porosity
Porosity is the level of ease by which hair tends
to absorb moisture and chemicals. You may have
noticed that after oiling some parts of your hair
become dry quickly as compared to other areas
which may still be moist or wet. This means the
damaged hair are more porous or quick absorber
than healthy hair. Applying chemicals regularly
such as straighteners, hair gels, colors, etc.
makes hair more porous. Apart from undergoing
conditioning and protein treatments, you need to
reduce the usage or totally eliminate chemicals,
dyes and styling products for some time.
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Unruly and Hard Tangles
Textured or styled hair are more vulnerable to
tangling that straight hair. If you are doing
everything right in detangling but still finding
it hard to free unruly and dirty tangles, then
its a possibility your hair must be damaged. The
stubborn tangles can be a result of some of the
issues discussed above dry hair and split ends.
Also if your hair lacks elasticity then it can
easily break in the attempt to rescue from
tangles. The best solution goes with trimming
your hair short and frequenting more
deep-conditioning.
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Dry, Brittle, No Moisture
Grab a couple of strands and run your fingers
from the root to the tip. If the hair feels
rough, then its a potential sign of dryness and
damage. Do this test every time after a day of
washing as sometimes the dryness can also result
from the accumulation of chemical in hair.
Dryness is also caused by some external factors
such as weather or even within the body reactions
from certain medications and hormonal changes.
But most often it is due to applying too much
heat, chemicals, and improper conditioning and
moisturizing treatments.
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