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spacetygrss I've been gradually trimming my hair since late last year to get rid of my damaged ends. This year I've already cut 3 inches off. Have you tried using some protein? or sometimes it could be mechanical as well depending on how you detangle the hair or manipulate it. I've been trying something new lately; I M&S with shea butter and use Saran Wrap on the ends and roll them up in silk covered rollers.
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I'm high porosity so I use some amount protein every wash day. I had decreased my hard protein to about once a month, with light protein inbetween, but I've decided to up the hard protein for a little while.
I know where most of my damage came from. When my hair was in the NL-to-SL stage I wore my hair in two-strand twists constantly out of convenience. The problem is two-fold:
(1) I have different textures and thickness of strands throughout my head, so my coarser strands were literally shredding my finer strands.
(2) Short of drenching my hair, it's really hard to moisturize my hair while in twists and braids.
I stopped with the constant TSTs about a year ago and essentially all of the new growth is free of splits.
I mostly finger detangle. I switched all of my combs to seamless combs several months ago, so when I do use a comb there's less chance of mechanical damage. I don't manipulate my hair unless it's coated in oil and/or conditioner.
I'm going to trim my hair each month until the old damage is gone. Healthy hair is way more important than length, IMO.