Has anyone here achieved the holy grail: hair with NO brittle/split ends?

[greeneyedgirl]

I have stopped straightening, use hydrating/nourishing products, only blowdry on a lower heat and generally treat my hair quite nicely. But STILL I have brittle hair that breaks, although is not as bad as it used to be and the hairdressers I have had say it is in fairly good condition.

It drives me mad, although my family thinks I am mental. Is it possible to have split free hair? My hairdresser says no, what do you think?

Having what sounds like v similar hair to you, my answer would be no too.

Not unless you only brush it once a day, hardly ever wash or blow dry it and keep it wrapped up in a silk scarf.

Can I recommend a good conditioner?
naked truth from boots is very very good-I had/had crap hair but tis now all lovely and soft!

I second Naked Truth. Excellent!

My hair doesn't end up all lank after 3 mins either

i very rarely brush my hair
never use a hairdryer
and wash hair daily with conditioner
mid length hair
no split ends
it's the blow drying that does it imo

and i don't look like a bird's nest either

i never get them, despite blow drying and straightening daily - i have oily hair, though.

but dd1 NEVER does any of that and she gets them.

i think some people are prone to them.

have you tried eating more oily fish or omega-3 rich foods or using a dietary supplment?

my hair isn't my best feature, but it has no split ends and I wash and dry it every day

I've never had split ends- my hair is thick and fairly coarse though (I very rarely use a hair dryer or any products except conditioner)

Isn't hair condition sometimes related to diet?

I've never had split ends

It is shoite in other ways

probably like stretch marks then..
genetic i reckon

I had split ends for years, but now don't have any at all. My hair is in great condition....but! (there's always a but) it took years of careful care (no irons, only washing every other day), regular cuts (every 6 weeks) and pretty expensive products to get it that way. i can strongly recommend kerastase products as they helped alot, but the stuff that made the big difference was the Alterna products

here

the caviar stuff is excellent and a little goes a long way....it has made all the difference to my hair.

Thanks Hoarsewhisperer, is what I thought really...long term solutions! I have stopped straightening, I also get it trimmed regularly. At the moment I am experimenting with drying my hair with the cool setting on my hair dryer and not brushing it to style it. Looks very unstylish, but at least I don't feel like I am torturing it!

I've just had it coloured too (succumbed because of copious amounts of grey), but I refused to let them use any bleach for the highlights (like I used to do).

Everyone thinks my hair looks great, and it doesn't look in that bad condition really, I can see that. BUT the "bits" that come off the ends drive me mad. I am pretty mental where my hair is concerned and I guess I am going to have to go for the "long haul" and hope it improves over the years.

I use this

secret agent

Tis fab (and relatively cheap)

Swishes hair

Well, according to my hairdresser, I have no split ends at all. In fact, she was quite shocked when I told her I straighten my hair every day without fail. I wash my hair every other day and always blow dry, else I end up with Worzel Gummidge hair.

Not sure what the trick is to be honest; I had split ends for years and that was BEFORE I discovered straighteners?! Thinking about it though, I only went to the hairdresser when I really had to, and nowadays I tend to go every 5-6 weeks for a trim, 8 weeks is the longest I've left it for a long time.

I always use a good conditioner and always always always a heat protection spray! At the moment am using Regis stuff as there was a deal on in salon just before Christmas. Kerastase are V. good, and the best heat protection spray I found was a Matrix one in an orange spray bottle.

I don't colour my hair any more either - in fact, thinking about it, that's probably what used to wreck my hair...

I don't have any at the moment -- I never blowdry and get it trimmed every month. If I go longer than that between trims then I do get split or brittle ends.

I have very few split ends and haven't had my hair cut for a year.

serum saves my hair as does heat protection
i use paul mitchell heat seal. and super skinny serum... i blow dry and straighten my coloured hair every day