Uh, Your Anti-Breakage Hair Products *Might* Be Making Damage Worse

Buckle up, buttercup—this is gonna melt your brain.

- CHLOE METZGER

Once upon a time, I completely and utterly f*cked up my hair. In an innocent attempt to fix my curls after some intense heat styling, I began slathering them in every anti-breakage treatment I could find. Cut to two months later, dealing with hair so crispy that I had to enlist the help of experts (while crying, of course), who informed me that the very products I had been pouring my hopes/ dreams/money into were actually adding fuel to my damage fire. Yes, thank you, it was a lot. But now that I am safely on the other side—curls a-bouncin‘ again—I am here to help you avoid making the same mistake.

What Does ‘Anti-Breakage’ Really Mean?