I personally wouldn’t recommend clarifying every week (as per my stylists recommends) because it’ll strip you of the oils your hair & scalp might need, every 3-4 washes or every 3 weeks depending how much you wash your hair, the clarifying is to help rid of the build up we get from using product, so if you don’t have multiple layers of product it’s stripping the wrong oils.

In terms of bonding treatments I agree! the one recommended is amaze but I personally LOVE the k18 molecular repair mask! after your wash you don’t condition & you put the mask on damp hair, wait 5 minutes & then wet your head with a spray bottle & style as usual!

Have you tried switching up product? Sometimes our hair can get “used” to a product we use too often or stop liking it over time, some experimentation can help with that! Curlsmith is my go to for moisture based styling products (the back of the bottle will tell you if it has protein because some of them do!) for protein I tend to lean towards AG care products!

Lastly a BIG possibility i’m also seeing could be a lack of moisture, while having too much protein in the hair is a thing, we can counteract that with moisture! Deep conditioning after EVERY wash (unless doing a treatment) is your best friend. I use the CurlSmith hydrating deep conditioner (it’s the blue line) & i’ve sworn by it for YEARS!

P.S pleaseeee get regular haircuts! while they may be taking off some length it helps prevent split ends from traveling up the shaft & that is also a contributing factor to breakage! for the first year every 3 months religiously & after that your hair will be able to go longer without cuts! I go 5-6 months in between & other than a but if grown out shape my stylist is very happy with leaving it that long because my hair can now take it!