Prevention
Firstly, try to avoid situations where you hair could be mishandled (see Causes above).
Conditioning
Condition your hair regularly to keep up moisture levels, strength and health.
Swimming
Protect your hair from chemicals such as chlorine and salt with leave in moisturizers before and after swimming.
Brushing
Excessive brushing deteriorates the cuticle leading to loss of moisture causing split ends.
Brush your hair gently, preferably using a wide toothed comb. You can also apply leave in moisturizer when using a brush to ease the abrasive effect. For best results comb your hair when wet with conditioner applied. The brush or comb will glide through smoothly, even with highly knotted hair.
If you’re extremely tangled and knotted then start combing at the base moving upwards towards the roots as you detangle each level.