Over the years many myths or misconceptions have formed around the topic of hair. Some are obvious and humorous where others require a bit of research and thought. I have come across many and have divided them into 8 categories:
Part 1: Hair Growth
Part 2: Split Ends and Brushing/Combing
Part 3: Baldness/Hairloss and Gray Hair
Part 4: Texture, Dandruff, and Scalp Problems
Part 5: Short Hair and Coloring Your Hair
Part 6: Thin/Thinning Hair and Summer Hair
Part 7: Hair Products
Part 8: Shampooing and Misc.
Split Ends and Brushing/Combing
You can fix your split ends without cutting your hair.
I'm afraid not. The only way you can get rid of them is by cutting them off. You might be able to find some hair care products that will actually "glue" the pieces together, but that will only last until you wash your hair again. You need to cut off the split ends before they travel further up the hair shaft and do more damage. Some splits can actually split right up the entire hair shaft or the split ends can get split themselves, making a really ragged mess.
Split ends only show up in long hair.
Unfortunately, abused or unattended hair can split no matter what the length. It may appear that long hair has more splits simply because the customer only wants the bottom edge cut but there could be some hair that is only halfway down to the bottom edge but is split. With short hair however, most of the hairs are cut with every haircut and therefore all the split ends are taken care of with every cut.
Brushing/Combing Your Hair
Brushing your hair is better than combing it.
Actually, it's the exact opposite. Brushing your hair will cause more breakage and split ends than a comb.
The good old fashioned 100 strokes with the hairbrush is just what your hair needs.
It's exactly what your hair doesn't need. Since brushing your hair causes breakage and split ends, just imagine what damage 100 strokes could do. I'm not suggesting that you not groom your hair, but comb it and neatly style it, and then leave it.
If you brush hair when it's thinning, it will just fall out faster.
Thinning hair is mostly caused by genetic patterns, not from normal, daily brushing. If hair does fall out while you are brushing, those hairs were ready to fall out (if you see a bulb or bump on one one end of the hair). If you don't see a bump at the end of the hair, then the hair loss is the result of chemicals such as perms or repeated exposure the chlorine, or it could even be due to excessive brushing that is breaking your hair. Switch to a comb. Again, normal daily brushing doesn't cause hair loss.
