How Can you tell the differance between hair shedding and breakage?

[keepithealthy]

I am a newbie and just wondering how can you tell the differance between hair shedding and hair breakage?

 

[LynnieB]

Take the strand of hair and run it down the shaft in between your thumb and index finger.

If you feel a little teeny knot (bulb) on the end or see a teeny light colored area at the end, it's shed hair.

No bulb, no teeny knot, it's broken.

 

[topsyturvy86]

Yeah, I agree. If it's abut the same length 0f ur hair and has a white bulb at the end, it's shed and if it d0esnt' have the bulb 0r is sh0rter , it's pr0bably br0ken.

 

[beans4reezy]

Broken hair tends to be a lot shorter than shed hair. But the true indication of a shed hair is the tiny bublb at the end of the hair ...HTH

 

[keepithealthy]

Thanks! I never knew the difference. I have seen some long hair with bulbs on the ends and I was thinking that oh my gosh my hair is falling out and long pieces too lol