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From: oaf@mit-vax.UUCP (Oded Feingold)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Split Ends
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Date: Fri, 22-Mar-85 13:21:09 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 22 13:21:09 1985
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Summary: 

Protein shampoos will cross-bond keratin.  That'll heal split ends at
the microscopic level, so if you use one fairly often that may help.

If it doesn't, perhaps your water supply is bad (acid, heavy ions, too
much chlorine, whatever).  Get it tested free by Sears - they'll give
you a sample bottle in the water-equipment section (by hardware and
gardening supplies), which contains instructions and a mailing label.

You may not be able to do much about it if you live in an apartment
building, have irremovable crud in your water, or don't have $800+ to
throw at the problem.

Other possible explanations - underlying disease, incorrect diet,
lifestyle (like spending time in salty oceans or cold-dry computer
rooms.)  Maybe you brush it too much.  Or maybe you have thin hair, and
after n months it fails mechanically.  Maybe you have arsenic in your
diet or lead in your environment, in which case split ends are the least
of your problems.  [Medical labs can test hair samples for both of
those, if you're worried.]

Where am I writing?  Oh, net.women.  Well, those issues apply to men too.
I think.

Oded
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