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

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

Heat styling, chemical treatments, color and rough handling can also weaken strands and create split ends and dryness, which could lead to breakage.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2021

Realizing I am not so different, I force myself to notice the pattern of moles on the human girl’s skin and the split ends of her blond hair and the roughness of her knees.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black