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your hair filing for divorce, one strand at a time.
means the frayed tips where a damaged hair shaft splits into two or more strands because its protective outer layer wore away.
from the term is purely descriptive, dating to when haircare marketing needed a scary visual for damage — the cuticle, hair's shingle-like outer coat, wears thin from friction and heat until the cortex underneath just gives up and separates.
no fix existsconditioner only masks them, scissors are the sole cure
travel upwardleft alone, the split creeps further up the shaft
heat is culpritblow dryers above 450f fry the cuticle fastest
trim mathstylists recommend cutting every 6 to 8 weeks