Question:
Ok, so I was quite clueless and straightened and curled my hair with hair appliances without using heat protection. And now my former shiny, smooth hair is a fried mess! (Well the bottom bits mostly).
I now use a heat protectant, but those fried bits at the bottom are really annoying me. I even had a trim, and they're still there.
So recently, I've started to use my normal work scissors and started chopping away. It's not like I chop everything - just the split ends and fried curly bits at the bottom.
And I realised today, that I'm getting obssessed. I keep looking around for bits to chop off. (I only chop off small short bits, not all over my head!)
In fact, my obssession is getting bigger that I don't even care if my coworkers see me doing this!
Does anyone else have this annoying habit?

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Haha I have this habit too. I used to bite my nails, now I look at my hair for split ends. But I don't think using work scissors is a good idea. It will actually make your hair worse in the long run. Buy some proper sharp hairdresser scissors. I bought some good hair dresser scissors, and limit myself to doing it only for a few mintes a day. As it can become an obsession! But I feel I have less split ends now
I don't think its a good idea to do it at work though

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I do the same thing. I believe my hair grows alot faster from me doing this.

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I wonder if its a problem really that we use the normal work scissors, i do this too! I figure it ties over the split ends in between cuts...

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I'm exactly the same ! I do it at work when I'm bored...I've gotten rid of all of them now, but I still keep looking !

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When I use to have long hair I got pretty obsessed with cutting my split ends. I would not really realise I was doing it then half an hour later I look around me and I have not done any more of my essay and I'm surrounded by little snipets of hair.
Be strong! try to stop!! lol

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I just purchased a GHD and found that I now have heaps of split ends. On Friday at work I sat there chopping heaps off! I also sit at the traffic lights sometimes picking at them. Very bad habit!

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i would have thought that a GHD gave you less split ends that a normal straightener.
anyways cutting with normal sissors/ sissors that are sharp is really bad because it gives you more split ends.

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I find that the best thing to do to beat this habit is to get rid of the split ends!
Get a haircut and then start using some heavy duty conditioner for dry hair - Pantene and Herbal Essences Intensive Blends are both good ones. When you shampoo, apply a generous amount of the conditioner to your ends and if hair is long, clip it up out of the way while you soap up the rest of you (this is a nice little deep-conditioning treatment!). Rinse.
Always comb hair with a wide tooth comb when wet.
Avoid hairdryers and straighteners as often as you can.
Try V05 Hot Oil every week.
Good luck!

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eek. i have a real bad problem with snipping at my split ends! all my friends pay me out aswell but i can't help it.
I was actually doing it about half an hour ago and yes i am at work haha