CHI Flat iron Turbo…?
Looks like this:
http://www.hair-straightener.net/images/hair_straighteners/n_chi_ceramic_turbo__flat_iron_l_75304.jpg
Anyway, I got it like Saturday and I have a question about the temperature.
It wouldn’t stay straight when I used low, medium, or almost high
(low: 176 degrees Fahrenheit, medium: 266, high: 356)
and anyway, just now I used HIGH, so smoke was coming out of it.
Is it gonna really damage my hair? If so, what’s a really excellent heat protectant I can use when straightening?
The heat protectants I have are the Got2B crazy sleek one, and the John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Runway Straight one.
10 points to the best answer!
Yeah, it’s ceramic, but I’m just really worried….
Ironing hair causes two different types of damaging depending on whether the hair is ironed dry or wet. Ironing dry hair causes radial and axial cracking along the edges of the cuticles, which can lead to chipping. Ironing wet hair causes the moisture to burst out in little steam explosions. This causes a bubbling and buckling of the cuticle that appears as tiny hair blisters under magnification.
Iron damage can be reduced by using conditioners formulated with low molecular weight conditioners that can penetrate into the hair like cetrimonium chloride. Another study showed that exposing hair to heat in the presence of such a conditioning agent actually caused an increase in tensile strength (the force required to break a hair). This is because the heat reacts with the conditioning agents and cross links some of the protein chains inside the hair. Look for products like Sunsilk Heat Defense Cream if you want this effect.
Just don’t use any products with alcohol in it. CHI products are pretty good too and you can get them at Target for less.
The importance of heat protectants