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  "url": "https://haircare.watermanshair.com/article/hair-breakage-causes-hxwi",
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  "title": "Understanding the Causes of Hair Breakage",
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  "summary": "Explore the common Causes of Hair Breakage, from chemical treatments to heat styling, and learn how to prevent damage for healthier hair.",
  "excerpt": "Understanding the Causes of Hair Breakage is crucial for maintaining healthy hair and preventing damage.",
  "body_markdown": "**Quick answer:** The **Causes of Hair Breakage** are primarily external factors that weaken the hair fibre, making it prone to snapping. These include mechanical stress (like harsh brushing), chemical treatments (like colouring or perming), excessive heat styling, and environmental exposure. It's important to distinguish hair breakage from hair shedding or hair loss, as breakage refers specifically to the hair shaft snapping, not the hair falling from the follicle.\n\n## Where Watermans fits\n\nIf you want a routine built around the science above, these are the products from the range that apply here:\n\n- [Watermans Grow Me Hair Growth Shampoo](https://watermanshair.com/products/best-hair-growth-shampoo-fast-hair-growth)\n- [Watermans Masque Me Hair Mask](https://watermanshair.com/products/masque-me-luxurious-hair-mask)\n\n<!--DYK-->\n## Did you know?\n\n- Wet hair is more elastic and fragile than dry hair, making it prone to breakage if aggressively brushed or styled.\n- Over-brushing hair, especially when wet, can cause friction that weakens the hair shaft and leads to snapping.\n- Heat styling tools, used frequently and without protection, can strip the hair's outer layer, causing brittleness and breakage.\n",
  "tags": [
    "hair-breakage",
    "hair-damage",
    "hair-care",
    "hair-strength",
    "damaged-hair",
    "hair-fibres"
  ],
  "related": [
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  "image_alt": "Close-up of a damaged hair strand, showing the visible Causes of Hair Breakage.",
  "primary_keyword": "Causes of Hair Breakage",
  "reading_minutes": 1,
  "published_at": "2026-09-04T17:30:05.913+00:00",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-04T17:30:13.415793+00:00",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "Watermans",
    "url": "https://watermanshair.com"
  },
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}