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If you are dealing with heat damage there is only one route to go: STOP USING HEAT. Researchers have shown without a doubt that flat irons and other superheated tools boil away the internal moisturization and structure of the hair's cortex. It just goes up in smoke. Many women write to me asking what they can do to reverse this problem. Let me be clear: heat damaged cuticle and cortex CANNOT be repaired, reversed or replaced. The hair that emerges from each follicle is dead. It cannot do anything to regenerate itself or fill itself back in. There is no product known to mankind that can permanently repair damaged hair. That's why it's important to treat the hair you do have with strict TLC. Once you have crossed the damage threshold there is no going back. If you are relaxed, the internal structure of your strands have already been chemically broken down so adding heat damage on top of that is adding insult to injury. Once this internal structure is boiled away or hollowed at any point along the strand, the hair is subject to splitting and breakage. Moisturizers and deep conditioners are preventative. They do exactly nothing to regenerate heat damaged hair. Heat protectants have been shown to be of some help but please note that they must be silicone-based to do any good and are absolutely not a guarantee against heat damage. A 400 degree metal plate can eventually burn through just about anything. Heat-free hair is the opposite of heat damaged hair. It is moist, shiny and manageable. We have to have the patience to allow our hair to achieve that state so put down the heat tools and bone up on your heat-free skills!
If you are dealing with heat damage there is only one route to go: STOP USING HEAT. Researchers have shown without a doubt that flat irons and other superheated tools boil away the internal moisturization and structure of the hair's cortex. It just goes up in smoke. Many women write to me asking what they can do to reverse this problem. Let me be clear: heat damaged cuticle and cortex CANNOT be repaired, reversed or replaced. The hair that emerges from each follicle is dead. It cannot do anything to regenerate itself or fill itself back in. There is no product known to mankind that can permanently repair damaged hair. That's why it's important to treat the hair you do have with strict TLC. Once you have crossed the damage threshold there is no going back. If you are relaxed, the internal structure of your strands have already been chemically broken down so adding heat damage on top of that is adding insult to injury. Once this internal structure is boiled away or hollowed at any point along the strand, the hair is subject to splitting and breakage. Moisturizers and deep conditioners are preventative. They do exactly nothing to regenerate heat damaged hair. Heat protectants have been shown to be of some help but please note that they must be silicone-based to do any good and are absolutely not a guarantee against heat damage. A 400 degree metal plate can eventually burn through just about anything. Heat-free hair is the opposite of heat damaged hair. It is moist, shiny and manageable. We have to have the patience to allow our hair to achieve that state so put down the heat tools and bone up on your heat-free skills!
