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Today I have another very interesting topic I want to share with all of you...

Today's topic is trichoptilosis.

Trichoptilosis ( tricho is a Greek word which means hair and ptilon is also a Greek word which means feather) simply means the splitting of hair shaft due to various factors which I will be explaining shortly.

Trichoptilosis is commonly known as split ends.

Now that we know a little about trichoptilosis let me talk a little about our hair.

Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles in the skin. Hair is really important especially the hair on the head(that's where our focus is).

The outermost layer of the hair is the cuticle. It provides protection to the hair. The cuticle does a lot of work in keeping the hair, like, it gives the hair its shine, it is responsible for the mechanical strength of the hair fiber....etc.

You see, the cuticle is so important so you can imagine what happens when the cuticle is damaged...

There are various ways by which the cuticle gets damaged...:

1. This is especially to Africans or African Americans our hair is not usually straight, it's coiled and curled, it makes it difficult for the natural oil produced by the scalp (sebum) to get to the ends of the hair. So the ends get dry when it's not usually oiled and therefore it gets damaged and splits and forms two or three strands (split ends). These damaged strands can be about three centimeters long and it's gonna look as though have long hair, but it's all split ends...

2. Using too much heat in the hair. The hair gets a lot of heat from the sun, so when u use a lot of heat products in your hair it doesn't help it at all.

3. Using too much chemicals. Please stay away from the usage of excessive chemicals especially shampoo... U can use it but not always...

4. Dyeing your hair regularly isn't so healthy for your hair...

These are the major causes of split ends...  The only solution is to cut those split ends off!!

I know you my might think it's cool to have it there since you do not want to cut it, but split ends will rather damage the hair, you need to let it go.... Because if it doesn't go, your hair is gonna remain the same, it's not gonna grow with ease and it won't grow fast...the split ends is gonna suppress the growth of the hair...averagely it's good to trim your hair once every month, just to get rid of the split ends...it helps, trust me....I used to cut my hair and I can really tell u that I wasn't experiencing hair breakage...

I hope I have explained this topic well enough, if u have any questions or comments please leave them below...

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Enjoy your week...