In all seriousness. . .

[thebelleofelle]

I think I'm becoming a PJ....someone save me. I can't be spending all my money on products. I'm seriously worried about myself.

Anyway that's DEFINITELY not the reason why I started this thread. I have sort of a serious question that I might be considered an idiot for asking but who cares, some inquiring minds wanna know. Okaye, for all the people who do buns and such on wet hair, I've heard and seen that butting hair in a ponytail when wet cases serious breakage on the edges. Has anyone experienced that??

Also I would love some guidance on the search and destroy method. I don't know whats a good or bad end. Like I've look at the split end diagram but I don't see any resemblance on my hair but when I go to a salon or somewhere I'm told I have split ends. My mind is going nuttz. I need some HELP.
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[Nonie]

Pulling hair back tightly whether wet or not will cause your hairline to suffer. Sometimes it's breakage along your hairline; sometimes it's actually hair falling out: traction alopecia.

You confirm the point I've been trying to make forever. S&D is a waste of time. There's no way you can see all the splits on 100,000+ strands so my theory is you're better off dusting ALL your strands every now and then. Prevention is better than cure. I explain more in this thread.

 

[arosieworld]

@Nonie I just read the thread you posted and I totally get your 1/4 point but how do you do this yourself if you are tex-laxed or straight? What is would your method be? ......And type slowly.. remember who asked you this question I need a for dummies version. I want to try to trim my hair and you are right search and destroy sounds like an intervention waiting to happen....There is no way I can find every split end among 100,000,000,000 strands........I really want a way to do this myself because I like IDK doing things myself.....lol I can't really do a great twist or really even a recognizable one....

 

[thebelleofelle]

ahh Nonie I hear you are the master when it comes to knowledge. lol but please do explain. we both would love to know.

 

[Nonie]

@Nonie I just read the thread you posted and I totally get your 1/4 point but how do you do this yourself if you are tex-laxed or straight? What is would your method be? ......And type slowly.. remember who asked you this question I need a for dummies version. I want to try to trim my hair and you are right search and destroy sounds like an intervention waiting to happen....There is no way I can find every split end among 100,000,000,000 strands........I really want a way to do this myself because I like IDK doing things myself.....lol I can't really do a great twist or really even a recognizable one....

TBH, I would use the same method I use now. Put the hair in very small twists (or braids if you prefer), put them in a ponytail using friendly elastic, and then pull one braid out, undo it and looking in the mirror, snip off a very tiny amount holding the hair between fingers like stylists do. If you take off the same amount from every section, then your hair's appearance shouldn't change because you've done the same thing to all strands.

Now people hear 1/4 inch and think OMG, but this is how much a 1/4 inch is: __
I am sure I take off a bit more but if you consider that you're only taking that much off, then really you won't be creating a scary thing even if you are a bit off, yanno? As long as you keep the snip the same all round, you should be OK. With straight or texlaxed hair, you will be able to see that 1/4 inch more clearly than I do with my kinky hair.

The reason you braid your hair in many small section is so that you don't miss a section. Braids keep the hairs separate so that you know every section still braided hasn't been snipped, since you pull a braid out of elastic, undo, and snip...and leave it undone/loose while you work on the next braided section: undoing the braiding, smoothing hair like stylists do and then looking in the mirror and snipping a tiny amount similar to that in previous section. Also it gives you equal size sections to work on, so you're able to gauge the same amount. I think dusting becomes most important when your hair is about SL and longer so if your hair is short and you can't see around your head w/o the 360 degree mirror, then I say just keep your moisturized well, baggy at night....and worry about dusting when your hair starts to face trauma from your clothes.

That's how I would do it anyway.

As a natural, I wear my hair in twists, put them in a pony tail and pull out a twist at a time and stretch the ends and then snip trying to ensure the size I cut is more or less the same all through.

If you do this often and then seal and protect (this part has been lacking in my regimen coz I hate product on my hair but I'm really working on it), I am so sure you'll see a huge improvement in the fullness and health of your hair like these ladies who practiced sealing and PSing did (I hope the links still work):

• Sealing ends after moisturizing well and protective styling once your hair gets to shoulder length is the next most important thing to keep ends thick. Ask Wanakee and Micarae and Chicoro and Irresistible/Irresistible's sis ...if you don't believe me:
  
  Irresistible's Sis: My Sister's Hair! - Long Hair Care Forum
  Chicoro: 2009 Chicoro Hair Update-Picture Heavy - Long Hair Care Forum
  Wanakee: Wanakee Pugh | Supermodelicons
  Micarae: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rXWFprdhns&feature=channel; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3TPkukmO1s&feature=channel;

Just wanted to add that sealing and protecting your ends may mean you can get away with dusting less frequently.

 

[arosieworld]

THANKS NONIE!!^^^^^
Awesome I can braid and this makes sense I think it will be how I spend my 1st I have to go get new scissors....

 

[mzteaze]

Nonie, I have driven my SO crazy with trying to figure out what to do about dusting my hair. Enough that he finally offered to do it (I trust him as he is extremely precise, you should see him cutting food to SPLIT) so we will be trying your method.