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Would TressBuzz ever ask you to go to the Mojave Desert and stand in a desert wind with your hair loose for thirty minutes? Of course not! We all know there would be no rescuing our strands after that! Yet we want to fool ourselves that roughing up our hair with a hot blowdryer for 30 minutes is ok. Yeah. Not so much. When you blow hot air onto strands that you are stretching (yikes) with a comb you are doing some serious damage to your hair. This kind of stress heat damage is irreversible and will lead to breakage eventually. Additionally, air directed onto the hair is extremely drying and attempts to remoisturize afterwards only lead to a stiff greasy look. If you insist on using a blowdryer it is much gentler to do what they call a "rough blowdry" which is basically fluffing the hair with air without directional nozzles or stretching. Remember, blowdryer damage is twofold: stress damage from stretching and directional nozzles AND heat damage from the hot air. Another way that you can cut down on damage from blowdryers is by using the cool setting only. I have been told that this gives a wonderful result and is not as damaging. That said, if you want long strands moisture retention is key so limit those drying blowout sessions!
Would TressBuzz ever ask you to go to the Mojave Desert and stand in a desert wind with your hair loose for thirty minutes? Of course not! We all know there would be no rescuing our strands after that! Yet we want to fool ourselves that roughing up our hair with a hot blowdryer for 30 minutes is ok. Yeah. Not so much. When you blow hot air onto strands that you are stretching (yikes) with a comb you are doing some serious damage to your hair. This kind of stress heat damage is irreversible and will lead to breakage eventually. Additionally, air directed onto the hair is extremely drying and attempts to remoisturize afterwards only lead to a stiff greasy look. If you insist on using a blowdryer it is much gentler to do what they call a "rough blowdry" which is basically fluffing the hair with air without directional nozzles or stretching. Remember, blowdryer damage is twofold: stress damage from stretching and directional nozzles AND heat damage from the hot air. Another way that you can cut down on damage from blowdryers is by using the cool setting only. I have been told that this gives a wonderful result and is not as damaging. That said, if you want long strands moisture retention is key so limit those drying blowout sessions!
