Hair Thinning, Breaking or Stuck at the Same Length? Read This Before You Cut It

You look in the mirror and your hair is not the hair you remember. The ends look thin. It feels fragile. It never seems to get past the same length, no matter how many masks, vitamins, or products you try. Paulo Lanfredi has watched this pattern play out in the chair for years.

The Brazilian-born stylist behind one of Greenwich, Connecticut’s most talked-about salons has spent his career solving the problem that most haircuts quietly ignore: split strands are not confined to the ends. They can appear throughout the hair, weakening over time and making it harder to retain length. The issue is often not growth, it’s breakage.

When hair is dry, stressed, color-treated, heat-styled or fragile — whether it’s from menopause, following an illness or more — it can break at different points throughout the length. The top layer may still cover the damage, while the inner layers become shorter and the ends start to look see-through. That is why hair can appear thinner and stuck, even when it is growing from the scalp. But you may not need to cut it all off.

A regular haircut removes the perimeter of the hair, but breakage is not always sitting only at the bottom. It can be hiding throughout the inner layers, where hair rubs against clothing, pillows, brushes and daily styling.

That is where SPLITfix is different. SPLITfix is Lanfredi’s professional method for addressing visible damage strand by strand, wherever it sits in the length, while preserving the healthy length the client has already grown. It is not a traditional haircut, and it is not a promise to regrow hair. It is a precise way to remove visible damage without sacrificing your length.

SPLITfix removes the visible damage in the salon, and Lanfredi Hair Care — sulfate- and paraben-free formulas featuring ingredients sourced from Brazil — helps protect the length at home. Revive is designed for dry, stressed and color-treated hair, while Fortify is designed for fine, fragile and breakage-prone hair. Together they make the complete SPLITfix system. That’s the difference between trying another product and having a plan for the hair you want to keep.

The Paulo Lanfredi Salon makes determining whether SPLITfix is right for you simple — just visit the website for a $50 SPLITfix video assessment. The assessment determines whether the visible problem is breakage SPLITfix can address, and it is credited toward a later in-salon visit. Prefer to see examples of before-and-after transformations? Check out @splitfixtm on Instagram.

Looking for a different kind of service? The luxury salon offers everything from blowouts to extensions and makeup services, while the adjacent men’s grooming space, The Cave, offers beard trims, hot-towel shaves, facial massages, and more.