Breakage - is there a normal amount?

Nix08

Nix08

Relaxed, 4B
Newbie question here...I understand that some shedding is natural but what about breakage? Is there bound to be some breakage no matter what you do? I don't have a lot of breakage but I seems to be upset by ANY breakage...Let me qualify the question - I use heat, I blow dry and flat iron and honestly in terms of breakage there is probably less than 20 broken strands on wash day (not including shedded strands). I don't use a comb in between wash days so the daily breakage would be less than 5 say during my night time prep.
I apologize if this was asked already - this new search engine takes some getting use to I guess.
 
I think I read we have on average about 100K strands of hair on our heads. So if 20 break in a week that's negligible in my opinion.

I've never counted hairs so I can't compare with mine or my children's hair. I know something's wrong if hair is coming out in large clumps. But small amounts I don't worry about. Maybe others will chime in.
 
breakage is inevitable....i only see mine on wash day when i detangle.....i would think 20 strands would be nothing if you wash 1-2 times a week, unless you're seeing 20 strands of breakage everyday.
 
Oh goody:) I would have probably caused a protein overload trying to stop it all together - MAN I LOVE THIS SITE:)
 
I would like to know too, your regimen is almost similar to mine... and this occurs to me too, but its normal for me....
 
Thanks for asking this questions OP. I was thinking about this the other day when I was detangling. I get about 30 broken strands per week when I detangle. I wanted to ask the ladies here but didn't want to fight my son for the computer.
Thanks for the answers ladies!
 
I panic at the site of any breakage, but I'm feeling less anxious now that the ladies have chimed in! I usually get about 10-15 broken hairs when I detangle 2x a week so I suppose that's normal. Thanks for this topic OP!
 
BUMP!!
I was wondering the same thing about breakage. Even with my 3 inches of hair I notice a little piece of hair here or there.
 
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