The splits you identified aren't splits that 'worked their way up', they're mid strand splits. They pretty much started where you found them, and splits aren't contagious, one split doesn't cause another. Rather, what causes one split will cause the other but they don't effect one another so your splits will just break off. That's it. Trimming is just aesthetic. Once you trim your hair new splits will form from the point where you cut. You get splits from normal wear and tear, and splits form excessive manipulation (including chemical treatment, heat etc), without mitigation i.e. maintenance or protection. Trimming doesn't slow down or prevent splits, it just removes them which I like. I like to trim splits I've identified rather than waiting for them to split but I've spent a year observing my hair and splits don't travel from your hair end/tip to your root breaking your length, that is mid-strand breakage. People need to understand this, and identify the cause of their mid-strand splits and this may include using products that may prevent them. But mid-strand breaks occured within a 1cm range of where the break occurred.
@@CoilyCode Alot of people will think I'm trying to avoid trims and save 'unhealthy' hair to keep length by any means possible but trims don't stop splits or slow them down so we need to think about why we are trimming and the truth is it's aesthetic. At the most trims mean you'll be cutting off the breakage all in one go so you don't need to see the little hair flakes (splits) over a period of weeks, but that's it. There is someone here on YT who has a 'technique' to identify 'damaged' hair which involves looking for uneven hair length then cutting all the hair to the length of the shortest hair so all the new hair grows back even. But he does this under the misunderstanding that those short pieces of hair broke from the tip/end upwards, but those short pieces broke at that point, so what are you cutting for giving that hair can and does break at any point in the length of the hair, and the trims aren't stopping anything? Also, no one is considering that when you have uneven hair that shows breakage HAS occurred, is it not that 'healthy' hair is left over that you are calling damaged because it's uneven? Essentially our hair is dead that we style and maintain. Alot of our understanding of hair is pseudoscience pushed by corporations who've done the real research on hair but choose to monetise misinformation. Alot of the characteristics of 'healthy' hair are nonsense too. By all means trim your hair, but understand it's saving nothing but you do get a lovely finish.
Oh wow I didn’t know this. So in a case of heat damage would this still apply? And would it be best to just let ur hair grow out instead of cutting the heat damage off? (Especially if the heat damage is between the strand of hair-curly at the root, then straight in the middle, and then curly at the ends)
@@stephaniem2951 Consider what your issues are with this ‘damage’. Is the hair rapidly breaking and weak and there is nothing you can use to reinforce the hair strength? For example bond builder or protein (or both)? Are you having difficulties managing the two different hair textures i.e. your natural curl pattern versus the new relaxed texture? If the answer is yes to either I would consider cutting because it’s distressing to see hair breaking rapidly and not be able to curb it, or for ease in managing in the latter case. If it’s just the case that you’ve used heat on your hair and have now noticed the curl pattern is looser, so? Enjoy it. Manage it. I see naturals who’ve used heat on their hair obsess about the ‘loss of curl pattern’ but they’re rarely saying they’re experiencing breakage or issues. Consider this: the most popular ways to style hair by their very nature is based off of managed damage of the hair; Bleaching, permanent dyes, relaxers, perms, highlights.... All of these require chemicals penetrating the hair shaft and damaging molecules. People do and manage the damage but never see it as damage, they see it as having had their hair ‘done’. They treat the hair to manage ‘the damage’ and enjoy the effects of the chemical treatment. People go on to grow their hair to desired lengths... style day in day out...with the chemical ‘damage’ and will keep doing the chemical damage for years. When you consider this, do you have ‘heat damage’? Don't feel forced to cut your hair if you aren't experiencing any issues with it. I don't understand why natural hair must be root to tip perfect and should it deviate it must be cut. It's YOUR hair. Think about cutting as a solution for managability and aesthetics. As for 'health', sorry, it's nonsense.
FIRST! Been waiting on this one since seeing the countdown on your ig story! Happy new year girl! Wishing you all the best this year! Got my pen and notebook READY for all these tips! Girl your wash n go is GORGEOUS 😍😍😍😍 the length is LENGTHENING! Your hair is literally goals! S/o to you and all my favourite Ghana ✨🇬🇭 UK babes with beautiful hair! Got my trim 2 days before the new year and I’m READY to have my own 30 INCH NATURAL BUSS DOWN🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 Great video as always!
For #2 I probably think it was dermatitis. (which I think you mentioned) my hair is low porosity and my facial skin is also sensitive. So I just do the massage with red light therapy and a very natural ayurvedic oil once weekly. But I agree you really have to know your hair, scalp and skin. because some people are more sensitive than others with products. For #5 : I agree! But I have to still my natural hair community its props and the natural hair products. I feel like they have put alot of these natural ingredients on the map: shea butter, olive oil, mango butters, etc. Now that more mainstream companies have seen these ingredients have been in such high demand they have upgraded their products. So I have branched out but I still would give the community its flowers for once again being trend setters.
10000% like a lot of things we are the trendsetters especially when it comes to the beauty industry! The products I’m referring to are the ones that are specifically targeted towards Afro hair and focus on buzzwords and ingredients that do more harm than good but yessss I defo agree with you in taking everything into consideration and doing the things you like in moderation xx
The splits you identified aren't splits that 'worked their way up', they're mid strand splits. They pretty much started where you found them, and splits aren't contagious, one split doesn't cause another. Rather, what causes one split will cause the other but they don't effect one another so your splits will just break off. That's it. Trimming is just aesthetic. Once you trim your hair new splits will form from the point where you cut. You get splits from normal wear and tear, and splits form excessive manipulation (including chemical treatment, heat etc), without mitigation i.e. maintenance or protection. Trimming doesn't slow down or prevent splits, it just removes them which I like. I like to trim splits I've identified rather than waiting for them to split but I've spent a year observing my hair and splits don't travel from your hair end/tip to your root breaking your length, that is mid-strand breakage. People need to understand this, and identify the cause of their mid-strand splits and this may include using products that may prevent them. But mid-strand breaks occured within a 1cm range of where the break occurred.
Yes!!!!! I’m so glad this comment is here. We’ve all been duped about trimming 😂
@@CoilyCode Alot of people will think I'm trying to avoid trims and save 'unhealthy' hair to keep length by any means possible but trims don't stop splits or slow them down so we need to think about why we are trimming and the truth is it's aesthetic. At the most trims mean you'll be cutting off the breakage all in one go so you don't need to see the little hair flakes (splits) over a period of weeks, but that's it. There is someone here on YT who has a 'technique' to identify 'damaged' hair which involves looking for uneven hair length then cutting all the hair to the length of the shortest hair so all the new hair grows back even. But he does this under the misunderstanding that those short pieces of hair broke from the tip/end upwards, but those short pieces broke at that point, so what are you cutting for giving that hair can and does break at any point in the length of the hair, and the trims aren't stopping anything? Also, no one is considering that when you have uneven hair that shows breakage HAS occurred, is it not that 'healthy' hair is left over that you are calling damaged because it's uneven? Essentially our hair is dead that we style and maintain. Alot of our understanding of hair is pseudoscience pushed by corporations who've done the real research on hair but choose to monetise misinformation. Alot of the characteristics of 'healthy' hair are nonsense too. By all means trim your hair, but understand it's saving nothing but you do get a lovely finish.
Oh wow I didn’t know this. So in a case of heat damage would this still apply? And would it be best to just let ur hair grow out instead of cutting the heat damage off? (Especially if the heat damage is between the strand of hair-curly at the root, then straight in the middle, and then curly at the ends)
@@stephaniem2951 Consider what your issues are with this ‘damage’. Is the hair rapidly breaking and weak and there is nothing you can use to reinforce the hair strength? For example bond builder or protein (or both)? Are you having difficulties managing the two different hair textures i.e. your natural curl pattern versus the new relaxed texture? If the answer is yes to either I would consider cutting because it’s distressing to see hair breaking rapidly and not be able to curb it, or for ease in managing in the latter case. If it’s just the case that you’ve used heat on your hair and have now noticed the curl pattern is looser, so? Enjoy it. Manage it. I see naturals who’ve used heat on their hair obsess about the ‘loss of curl pattern’ but they’re rarely saying they’re experiencing breakage or issues. Consider this: the most popular ways to style hair by their very nature is based off of managed damage of the hair; Bleaching, permanent dyes, relaxers, perms, highlights.... All of these require chemicals penetrating the hair shaft and damaging molecules. People do and manage the damage but never see it as damage, they see it as having had their hair ‘done’. They treat the hair to manage ‘the damage’ and enjoy the effects of the chemical treatment. People go on to grow their hair to desired lengths... style day in day out...with the chemical ‘damage’ and will keep doing the chemical damage for years. When you consider this, do you have ‘heat damage’? Don't feel forced to cut your hair if you aren't experiencing any issues with it. I don't understand why natural hair must be root to tip perfect and should it deviate it must be cut. It's YOUR hair. Think about cutting as a solution for managability and aesthetics. As for 'health', sorry, it's nonsense.
Great information. Thank you
But did you say new splits form from the point where you trim? Why then do you trim to remove splits (which you like)?
I love washing my hair; as you said its therapeutic and my hair definitely loves the TLC it gets. I wash my hair x1 a week.
FIRST! Been waiting on this one since seeing the countdown on your ig story! Happy new year girl! Wishing you all the best this year! Got my pen and notebook READY for all these tips! Girl your wash n go is GORGEOUS 😍😍😍😍 the length is LENGTHENING! Your hair is literally goals! S/o to you and all my favourite Ghana ✨🇬🇭 UK babes with beautiful hair! Got my trim 2 days before the new year and I’m READY to have my own 30 INCH NATURAL BUSS DOWN🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 Great video as always!
Aww thanks so much ❤️ Literally starting the year right with that trim! I need to get mine asap too
For #2 I probably think it was dermatitis. (which I think you mentioned) my hair is low porosity and my facial skin is also sensitive. So I just do the massage with red light therapy and a very natural ayurvedic oil once weekly. But I agree you really have to know your hair, scalp and skin. because some people are more sensitive than others with products.
For #5 : I agree! But I have to still my natural hair community its props and the natural hair products. I feel like they have put alot of these natural ingredients on the map: shea butter, olive oil, mango butters, etc. Now that more mainstream companies have seen these ingredients have been in such high demand they have upgraded their products. So I have branched out but I still would give the community its flowers for once again being trend setters.
10000% like a lot of things we are the trendsetters especially when it comes to the beauty industry!
The products I’m referring to are the ones that are specifically targeted towards Afro hair and focus on buzzwords and ingredients that do more harm than good but yessss I defo agree with you in taking everything into consideration and doing the things you like in moderation xx
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Hey there your hair and you are absolutely beautiful first time on here so I guess I’ll stop in often 😁❤️ 7:57
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