subject: Help Your Hair For Split Ends [print this page] There is hardly any woman who does not face split ends in the hair at some point in time. Treating split ends is important in order to keep the hair healthy and beautiful. If you want to treat your split ends, first it is important to understand the various factors that can cause split ends. This is useful because it is easier to treat split ends if you know what their cause is in your case.
The first important cause of split ends is the excessive use of styling tools like irons, blow dryer, and curlers among other tools. This can cause split ends because of over exposure to the heat from these styling tools. In addition, the overuse of chemicals in your hair can also cause split ends. Some of the products that contain potentially harmful elements are relaxers, hair color and perms.
Routine maintenance is something that is important and required for healthy hair. If you fail to maintain your hair and don't get a regular trimming, your hair is likely to get split ends. So the first tip for split ends is that you should get your hair trimmed regularly. If your hair has split ends, then proper shampooing and moisturizing of the hair is very important. You should use a good rinse out conditioner and should make sure to slather the ends of the hair in places where there are splits. If you want to add instant glossiness and sleekness to your hair, then you should give your hair a cold rinse after you are done rinsing the hair.
Using a leave-in conditioner is also a good idea for split ends. If you have split ends, then you have to take care about how they appear. If order to avoid more of them or to make the hair look bad, you should straighten the split ends as well as possible. Heat can also damage your hair to a great extent and this is equally true for heat from the sun. In order to avoid that, you should apply heat protectant spray or other product.
