What treatment helps broken hair?

Breakage happens when the hair shaft becomes fragile and snaps, leaving uneven lengths, short pieces, or split ends. Repeated bleaching, straightening, tight styles, hot tools, rough brushing, friction, and harsh cleansing can weaken the fibre. Breakage is different from shedding: a shed hair often has a full length, while a broken strand is shorter. Hair that breaks close to the scalp, occurs with scalp inflammation, or is accompanied by general thinning may need a closer examination.

Use conditioner after washing, detangle from the ends upward with a wide-tooth comb, and dry without vigorous rubbing. Loosen styles that pull on the roots and space out bleaching, relaxing, colouring, and heat styling. Trim visibly split ends if they catch and avoid products that sting or irritate the scalp. A clinician can review diet, medicines, hair practices, and symptoms; Hair Supplement Therapy should be considered only when a deficiency or another clear reason supports it.

Book a medical assessment when breakage continues despite gentler care, appears with bald patches, scalp pain, redness, scale, pustules, or marked shedding, or begins after a new medicine or illness. Prompt review is sensible when eyebrows or other body hair are changing too. Seek urgent care for facial swelling, breathing difficulty, or a severe reaction after applying a hair product.

Is this shaft breakage, shedding, or both? Could a scalp condition be contributing? Should I have any nutritional checks? Which products and styling habits should I pause? How will we judge whether the new growth is healthier?