Hair Styling Tools

Are you concerned that you are going to damage your hair if you continue to blow dry it?  To answer that question begs the question of  when was the last time you bought a hairdryer?  The reason for the question simply stated,  is that there have been, and will continue to be, ongoing changes to the mechanics of the hairdryer.  Modern technology will continue to be applied to the functionality of this all important hair styling tool.  Having said that, unless your hair is in extremely bad shape from perhaps over-processing or just plain neglect, using an up-to-date blow dryer is not going to make the damage any worse.

If you haven’t heard of ionic technology by now, then it is time to get educated.  When the hairdryer is turned on and you have it pointed at your hair, there is a stream of negatively charged ions that are injected into the airflow and onto your wet hair.  These negative ions break apart water molecules and make them smaller so they are more easily absorbed by your hair or dried through evaporation.  This process results in hair cuticles staying moist and thus, less brittle.   The final result is that your hair dries quicker.

We can actually take this one step further.  If you find a hairdryer that is infused with tourmaline, the tourmaline nano particles naturally generate far-infrared energy when heated.   When the hairdryer is on this penetrating form of heat passes through the hair cuticle,  going directly to the cortex to dry it first.  The cuticle of the hair is no over-dried and resists brittleness and cracking.  This helps your hair maintain its softness and shine.  Tourmaline also helps cleanse hair of odors and impurities.

Now I have hopefully dispelled any concern you might have about a hairdryer ruining your hair, that is,  if you are using a current model.  But what if your hair is still dry and damaged and you are using a current model ionic hairdryer?  Are you using other hair styling tools?  Usually the answer to this is yes.   And, usually, these same people are also coloring their hair, bleaching it, and doing everything that is possible to their hair but now suffering the consequences.  Regardless of all of the new technology in hair styling tools, whether it is a hairdryer, flat iron, curling iron, etc., a head of hair can only take so much.  Not all of the haircare products available to you will be able to save your hair if you are not treating it with some caution and limiting the amount of things you are doing to it.

If you are fortunate enough to have enough hair to be able to air dry it rather than blow dry it because you need the body, lift, and style that can be accomplished with a styling brush, then go for it.  Let’s face it, if your hair is long and straight, or your hair is naturally curly and you wear it that way, and,  if you have the time to let it air dry, then do it.  Most of us don’t have the luxury of time and rely on whatever electronic gadget there is to help us get out the door faster.