split ends

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Beyond excessive shedding, other signs of poor hair health can include thin-appearing hair with visible scalp, dull hair, and damaged hair with split ends.

From National Geographic • Aug. 22, 2023

This means they can lose moisture, gain moisture, fray like a rope – this causes split ends – and even break.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2023

Her aunt, who would regularly cut her hair, recently married and moved to Sweden, so she needs to find a stranger she can trust with her split ends.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2022

And in these sources they might find that sometimes women changed the world in flats or with split ends or in common cause with other women or when they weren’t especially sexy or young.

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2021

Resting up between crucial observations, Rachel was studying the tails of her hair very closely for split ends.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver