Hey girls,
I've had some pretty severe hair breakage problems for a couple of years now, and while I'm not sure where it originally stemmed from, I KNOW that I really need to take action and do something about it! I recently grew my hair out completely after putting it through a lot of color treatments and neglect, so I had a fresh start, but then I box-dyed it a permanent black (I know, I know). This is the only thing that has been done to it outside of minimum-heat straightening maybe 3 times in the past 5 months with a heat protectant. However, even now, the breakage is so bad that I dread taking showers because I end up losing so much hair in the shower and after. I don't lose my hair in clumps, it just comes out in "batches" of strands I guess, but I end up losing between 1 and 3 "wads" of hair every 2 days or so when I shower, and while my hair feels soft, it's not shiny and it's a bit frizzy (to the point that it bothers me).
I gently brush out my hair with a wide-toothed comb before showering, then use a shampoo with a bit of tea tree oil in it (tea tree oil is recent, but hasn't done anything to effect my shedding situation), then follow up with a daily conditioner. During the shampooing process, I end up losing quite a bit of hair. Afterwards, I try to gently detangle it with my fingers and then put in a leave-in conditioner in the ends, which is when I also lose hair! The hair I am losing are not short little broken off pieces, but full-length strands of my hair that've maybe thinned a bit (without root present).
I get enough sleep, I take a multivitamin every day, I've been eating the best I've ever eaten in my life the past 6 months, and I keep myself hydrated, as well. I'm not pregnant and have never been, had an issue with hypothyroidism in the past that has apparently gone away, and was on Depo Provera up until January this year. I know that all of these can effect hair, but as far as I know, I'm doing everything right!
I'm considering doing a nice trim then immediately taking some olive oil to it in hopes that it'll penetrate the shafts of the hair and calm everything down a bit but I'd really like some opinions. I'd prefer at-home or natural remedies, but I'll jump on any product recommendations too! I just want shiny, smooth hair that doesn't make me feel like I'll be bald by the time I'm 25 lol. Help!
Edited to add: I did a search before posting, but didn't come up with much besides Tresemme anti-breakage products (not a fan of the brand), multivitamins, and Biotin. Already planning on getting some Biotin supplements. I think I might be going overboard with this!



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and while I got very lucky in that my hair didn't fall out, I lost a LOT of weight very suddenly and it gave me a lot of psychological symptoms. Its a rough compound. Go to the doctor.




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