How to Avoid Hair Damage from Heat Styling Tools

Avoid Hair Damage from Heat Styling Tools

Heat styling tools are great for salon look hairstyling, but they can make hair frizzles and fried. You can prevent hair damage by using these tips while heat styling.

Curling irons, flat irons, tongs and blow dryers are great tools to prepare for your big day or look fabulous for any occasion. These tools can cause hair breakage, damage and hair drying while you overdo them.

What happens with Heat Styling tools?

Our hair contains keratin protein and hydrogen bonds. Using heat styling tools can break down hydrogen bonds and result in the loss of natural oils and proteins of the hair. 

These tools can change the texture of hair to achieve straight or curly hair by breaking hydrogen bonds. You might get a question in your mind if these tools are hurting our hair then why do we use them. The answer to your question is, these tools allow us to achieve the hairstyle we want.    

You can follow these tips to minimize hair damage when using heat styling tools.

Adjust Temperature

Invest in tools that allow you to adjust the temperature. Control the temperature according to the texture and thickness of your hair. People with thicker and curly hair can use styling tools at higher temperatures but people with thin and fine hair should reduce the temperature of the heat styling tool to low. 

High temperatures can burn your hair. To achieve the style you want, start with a low-temperature setting. Later, If require then you can go on a higher scale.

Good Tools

When you're buying the best tools in the market, take care of your product complete these basic requirements before buying it-

  • Make sure the product you're buying has temperature control settings. 
  • Flat irons and straighteners with modern technology make less damage. If you are using an old straightener, replace it with a new one.
  • Choose curling irons according to your requirement or the look you want to achieve. A small barrel provides small and tighter curls. A large curl iron helps to achieve loose curls. 
  • While buying a blow dryer, make sure it has a nozzle attachment that distributes heat evenly. You can also buy a diffuser head to spread heat evenly for curly hair. 
  • If you have a good budget, then buy a salon-quality hairdryer.

Use Heat Protection

Use Heat Protection 

Before using a heat styling tool, you can apply products designed to protect hair from heat damage. You can find many products in the market. Silicon work as a protective coating for hair. Find products that contain silicon.   


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