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    Default French barrettes, evil or not?

    I have always used french barrettes when I wear my hair down, to keep my hair from my face, and from getting caught in my eyeglasses and have never experienced any form of breaking or anything while using them, but then I do use larger sizes and take care to place the hair in the middle and not in the actual closing mechanism. My question is if barrettes cause any other form of damage to the hair, that I'm unaware of?

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    I can't honestly say, because in all my years, I have just never seemed to wear barrettes! I dunno why.

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    Default Re: French barrettes, evil or not?

    I had to wave bye-bye to french barettes; they definitely cut into my hair. Hairs also tended to get caught in the hinge. I can't wear Ficarres because of hairs wandering into the hinge, either.

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    I don't have any problem with them.

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    Default Re: French barrettes, evil or not?

    I had to stop using french barrettes, too.

    I always thought I was very careful about closing them, but I kept getting broken hair which would lead to devil's horns or halos around my face. I think it was mostly due to the sharper edges on those barrettes, and tugging/leaning/pulling on the hair while it was clasped up causing rubbing and breakage. Probably for shorter hair, they would not be an issue if you are careful, but at longer lengths, they would be damaging in a less-protective hairstyle.

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    Default Re: French barrettes, evil or not?

    I've never had a problem with them and have quite a collection. Like you, I always take care to place the hair in the middle so it never gets caught in the closing mechanism.

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    Default Re: French barrettes, evil or not?

    I use those that are made in France. They're much less likely to catch hair. I think they're hair friendly enough if you don't use them all the time.

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    Default Re: French barrettes, evil or not?

    I have a couple that I love wearing - I tend to wear them fairly infrequently though mainly as I don't like half-ups on me that much! When I do wear them I'm pretty careful with how I put them in and haven't noticed any obvious damage from them as yet.

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    They can cause damage if you aren't careful when removing them. I use them to decorate my Gibson Tuck. I think they're worth it!

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    Default Re: French barrettes, evil or not?

    Thank you everyone. So I can go on using my wonderful french barrettes without feeling too bad about it.

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