Hi, I am guilty of frequently blow drying my hair to achieve straightness. How often do you blow dry?
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Hi, I am guilty of frequently blow drying my hair to achieve straightness. How often do you blow dry?
Neverrrrrrrrr
I plan my washes carefully so that I never need to blow dry.
I always blow dry on low to get to the non-dropping stage. Then I air-dry until it's just barely damp, when I use the cold shot to make it extra shiny (^(oo)^)v
Never. If I have to damp bun, I damp bun, but I know what heat and wind do to my hair.
I never blow dry. Even when it was long, I only blow dried like every few months if I was desperate. It feels nicer when it dries naturally from my experience. I shower at night usually...my hair dries enough for me to not have an issue with a wet head when I sleep.
I never do because not only does it give me horrid split ends but it makes it poofier as well.
Usually never but today I did because I had to go to work and my hair was still damp, but I just used it on the cool setting so I doubt I did any damage. So I guess the answer to your question is maybe 2 times a year.
Hmm, it averages out to maybe... 4 times a year or so? Every few months I'll get curious to see it straight.
Before LHC I did it once a week, but now that I've started damp bunning it most of the time after a wash, I'm just too lazy to spend an hour with the dryer. My wave pattern has benefited a lot from giving up heat.
Never. I haven't owned one for about seven years? Something like that.
I plan my washes so I'll have time to air-dry, and damp bun if I have to.
I'll admit I'm also a guilty party, so don't feel bad. It takes some time to figure out how *not* to do it. I blow dry on cool. Showers at night just don't work for me at this length (touching shoulders) because I get super weird flat and bumpy spots. I know, once it gets longer, I'll be able to air dry in various buns/braids. I hate the awkward phase.
Can your hair heal if you have blow dried it at the salon too much?
i dont blowdry my hair since 4 or 5 years, i never do it usually
I'm just the opposite too! My hair is much nicer (softer, easier to style) if I let it air dry. I wash at night and it's always dry before I go to bed (it dries quick). In my pre-LHC days I used to blow dry all the time and then wonder why I could never manage it.
I do blow dry on low for a minute or so in the morning, just so its not wet when I go to work or go out.
I don't think my hair really minds it.
It might just be m hair type. It feels much softer is I let it air dry....but I make sure it's really moisturized while it dries naturally.
To answer your first question, never!
It makes my hair way too tangly and unmanageable the next day, but then again, since I blowdry so infrequently my technique might be suspect. :p
To answer your second question, hair is dead, and cannot heal. If the salon damages your hair with heat, or with abusive brushing during blow drying, then your hair will not "heal".
Maybe once a year, for a special occasion.
Never, it's been many years since I last have.
Everytime i wash, but with cold setting. That way can 1) dry my hair faster and 2) Not burn my hair in the process :D
ETA: But i don't straighten it that way, for the sole reason it would take +400 degrees of heat to straighten my wires :D
I haven't blow dryed in over 5 years. Ever since I was little, I can't stand it being used on me.
Since I last went to the hairdressers which is around 2 years ago. My hair frizzes something crazy if I blow dry my hair, it sits smoother if I just let it do its thing and gently smooth it down with the palms of my hand as it air dries.
I took my daughter for a cut and blow dry over the summer and it was awful watching how they put the dryer right on the hair - I could see steam coming off it - she has waist length hair but she normally lets it air dry and it's much prettier with her natural waves.
Hardly ever!
You're looking at maybe a few times a year, I used to do it after everytime I washed my hair (every other day) but now I only do it if I'm in a rush but I usually plan my showers so that I can leave my hair to dry naturally.
Never. Or maybe once a year.:rolleyes:
Almost never, but my hair is relatively short and dries in an hour. Once it grows longer I hope to still not blow-dry because it turns my coarse, wavy hair fuzzy/frizzy.
I'm intrigued by only washing the scalp for that reason, especially in the winter. Never thought of that, but probably will be learning as I go.
Never. I get straighter hair without blowdrying or flat ironing, or using heat.
Never and never really liked blow drying my hair as it always got incredibly fluffy and stood in all directions if I did.
Never! Quicker drying isn't worth the damage it would do to my hair. Damp bunning is fine, and I don't wash my hair more than once or twice a week, so it isn't a big problem.
Another "never". I usually leave it up in a bun with some oil. It must be over three years since I've used a hairdryer. I don't even like how it looks blowdried - much better to dry naturally and wavey :)
Every time I wash in winter, because I hate sleeping with wet hair, but never during spring\summer.
It gets straighter but that's not why I blow dry. I usually blow dry on medium heat first, then when it's halfway dry, on cool.
10 times/year, max...
I'm going to start calling it "blow fried" for the way my hair ends up with a blow dryer.
Every couple of years, I think.
I would guess about once a month in cold weather. It takes an hour done very carefully on warm and cool, and I usually don't have an hour to give it. I do like the results, though.
Honestly, whenever I feel like it. Sometimes this equates to not at all for several weeks and others a few times a week. I use cool and low heat and never dry my entire head or until my hair is fully dry. Typically just the top and I let the underside air dry. My hair is smoother when I do it and looks fuller but feels about the same in regards to softness either way.
Barely ever. There have been a couple of times that I've needed a more tailored, professional look for a trade show and so I've put my fryer on the lowest setting with the cold shot button taped down so as to avoid any heat damage. I then do teeny sections of my hair, only drying a couple of inches of length at a time so there's less blowing and less tangling. It can be very tedious.
Never, not in many years anyway. I don't ever expect to use a blow dryer again. I wash in the mornings, let it dry loose while getting ready for work and during the commute. Running a detangling tool, such as my 3-prong horn fork, through it and finger combing a few times to keep it from tangling is all it needs. After it is dry or nearly dry I will often put it up, but most of the time it is up and down throughout the day on wash day. Other days it is mostly up.
Never. And hair that is damaged cannot be healed. Sometimes one can cover up the look of damage if they work hard at it.
In winter, somewhere between once a week and once a fortnight.
In summer, I try not to at all.