How are things going? I read your update, but I must have gotten distracted because I didn't respond.... I realllllly think that those 'weak' hairs might be a result of stress from your brush - which would explain why they frayed so easily, if they were alreay sliced & diced by the brush.
Checking out this thread for real has me almost ready to drop almost 100 bucks on new styling tools. *sigh*
And I think - are the short hairs REALLLLY fine? I've seen shed hairs (though my hair is no where NEAR as long as yours) that are about 1/2 to 1/4 inch - SUPER fine - but with the bulb on the end. On my optimistic days, I figure that my folli is about to produce a much stronger, better, hair, and that's why the shed of a short one. On my miserable days, I think that I've just broken it off that short before it shed/or it's shedding from my hairline because I have early balding (which I SO don't!
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