Hair Straightening Side Effects

Hair straightening is part of fashion styling and girls and boys are doing Hair straightening without knowing the damages by heat and chemicals and some precaution is taken reduce the damages. Hair straightened at home or salon and chemicals used for straightening hair in salons with dryers and straightening irons. The side effect of chemicals and dryers is that the hair dry and makes brittle and hair damaged and burnt also and choosing hair straightening process at home then select dryer or straightener is based on ionic systems, because their heating surface is non-sticky and less damage to the hair.

Excessive Drying

Hair dry is a common side effect with chemicals and heat can strip hair of its natural oils and hair’s elasticity decrease and brittle and coarse. Use the low or medium setting and never when hair is wet to avoid damage.

Frizziness

The dryness also leads frizziness and enough to make mane look out of control and little flyaway hairs are making it hard to style look properly and humidity weather also make hair worse.

To tame frizziness, avoid frequent straightening. Use conditioner on the bottom half of hair and also make a hair mask with coconut oil, milk, olive oil for moisturizing benefits.

Breakage

Breakage is likely when hair becomes dry from straightening and applies to both heat tools and chemicals. Weaken practices making hairs easier to break. The breakage split ends which look unpleasant with over-brushing, blow drying, and handling wet hair also encourage split ends.

Dullness

Dullness is a side effect of straightening and dry hair not shine and not look healthy. The lack of natural oils from the hair without moisture the hair will look bland. And for hair glossy use apple cider vinegar and some argan or avocado oil for a natural finish.

Hair Loss

The chemicals also damage hair follicles and greater risk of hair loss, the follicles strong to hold on. Find clumps of hair in shower or brush. Straightening treatments also kill hair follicles, because of heat from a straightening iron and damage the actual strands or damage the follicles.

Itchy Scalp

The hair follicles die from straightening is not enough oil to moisturize the hairs and feel dry and itchy and start to flake. Areas like forehead and neck also are affected.

Physical Irritation

The straightening hair is formaldehyde gas for uses some food and drug and some smoothing products release formaldehyde heated with the use of flat irons and blow dryers. Repeated formaldehyde also irritate the skin, eyes, nose, and lungs. Do not constant use of straightening tools and chemicals.