| Healthy strands boast tightly closed
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| | fine-toothed comb, yanking at tangles,
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| cuticle layers. If hair is in good
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| | brushing hair 20 times a day,
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| condition, it shines, swings, feels good
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| | absentmindedly tugging at locks,
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| when touched, and has no "cotton-candy"
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| | backcombing strands for a fuller finish -
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| ends or split strands. The easiest route
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| | these all constitute rough handling, and
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| to healthy hair is to avoid as many of
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| | they're all surefire ways to damage
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| the following damaging things as
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| | fragile tresses.
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| possible.
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| | Every time you handle your hair, even if
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| Shampooing
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| | you just push your fingers through it,
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| Shampoo works by removing dirt and excess
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| | you put stress on its cuticle layer,
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| sebum from the hair's surface. Gentle
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| | causing the cuticle's tightly overlapping
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| shampoos remove just what they need to.
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| | tiles to come unhinged; in hair-care
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| Harsh shampoos, however, can take with
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| | circles, this is known as mechanical
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| them your hair's protective sebum, that
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| | damage. Particularly aggressive treatment
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| necessary natural oil that keeps hair
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| | can even strip away a section of these
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| pliable, moisturized, and healthy. In
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| | tiles. When this protective armor is
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| some cases, harsh shampoos also disrupt
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| | compromised or removed, hair splits,
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| your hair's cuticle layer, roughing up
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| | frays, or snaps off.
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| those tile-like portions and allowing
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| | Hair accessories
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| damage to the interior cortex.
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| | Ponytail holders, barrettes, combs, clips
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| Wet hair is up to 30 percent weaker than
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| | - most of us have been using these and
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| dry hair, so handle damp strands
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| | other hairdo helpers since childhood.
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| carefullly! Wait untill your locks are
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| | This is fine, as long as you don't use
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| dry before doing any heavy-duty brushing,
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| | them more than one to three times a week.
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| combing, or styling.
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| | Wearing your hair day after day in the
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| Don't overdo it
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| | same style can wear away the hair's
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| In countries such as America, where
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| | cuticle layer and cause breakage in those
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| people have a pathological obsession with
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| | locks that are contained by the
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| squeaky-clean tresses, hair is often
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| | accessory. For instance, the hair
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| overwashed. (As an American, I am allowed
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| | directly under a barrette can be roughed
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| to say all of this.) When strands are
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| | up by the friction created between the
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| shampooed too frequently - this means
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| | hair and the ornament's metal clasp.
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| washing hair when it doesn't need to be
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| | Similarly, if you're not gentle when
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| washed - there is no dirt for shampoo to
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| | removing them, hair accessories can
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| remove, so it moves to whatever else
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| | damage locks in another way: Try not to
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| happens to be clinging to your strands:
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| | yank free any tresses that become stuck
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| This is usually your hair's protective
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| | in the hinge of a clip or a barrette or
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| sebum. Get into washing habits that suit
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| | wound around a ponytail holder.
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| your hair and you will benefit from
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| | Unfortunately, ripping strands out of a
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| healthylooking, naturally shiny hair.
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| | hair ornament's grasp can strip away a
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| Rough handling
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| | long swath of the cuticle layer.
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| Raking through damp strands with a
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