Difference between SHEDDING and BREAKAGE

[candie19]

How can you tell the difference?

 

[mscounselor]

How can you tell the difference?

Shedding, which is natural, is when the hair has a root at the end. It means it came out because it was time to. Breakage is when there is no root or bulb and is mostly hair. It usually means that the hair broke unnaturally and fell out.

HTH

 

[beloved1]

ditto. Also, if you do a search for breaking or shedding in the title you will find some really good threads as well.

 

[ThickHair]

Shedding hair is usually longer strands where as breakage are the little bits of hair that are impossible to get off your clothes.

 

[ghanaian dime]

Broken hair can be long or short. For example, for relaxed women with longer hair, hair can break at the point of demarcation (where permed hair meets new growth). So the key to telling the difference is the root which can be described as a white tip at one end of the strand. If there is a root, it's a shed strand. If there is no root, it has broken off.

 

[Diane71]

I use to sweat when I saw a few long strands of hair while combing out my hair after washing. But now, I see it as healthy hair loss that I would have shed if I combed every single day. I comb my hair every 5-6 days so its perfectly normal to see 10-12 long strands of hair in the comb. Now, if I start seeing bald spots or very excessive amounts of hair then I know something is very wrong..either internally or with my regimine. But thank goodness I'm not going through that.

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[sky_blu]

Well my hair is breaking what can I do?? My hair usually stops when I get a relaxer but it seems like it only made it worst and Ill be 6 weeks post on Thursday.

 

[Belle Du Jour]

Would you say that even a certain amount of breakage is normal and to be expected? I lose about 5-10 strands daily from simply handling my hair. That's not a lot. I don't think it's shedding, but it's most likely breakage because of how fragile my natural hair is.

 

[candie19]

Would you say that even a certain amount of breakage is normal and to be expected? I lose about 5-10 strands daily from simply handling my hair. That's not a lot. I don't think it's shedding, but it's most likely breakage because of how fragile my natural hair is.

Good point. How much breakage is normal?

 

[deedabug]

on average the 50-100 strands of hair are lost daily through normal handling...if you are not handling your hair daily then when you do u will see what seems to be alot of hair...but its actually not....juss an accumulation of what you are naturally shedding or breaking daily...

 

[VelvetRain]

A good search is in order here. This subject has been discussed a gazillion times.