As wavy whurly whos hair could go in either direction, my suggestions may or may not work for an intenese curly.
Whilst hair dryers on high heat arent great, you could try using the hair dryer on on cold.
If I want straighter hair I stick heat protecty frizz ease oil in it just 1 or two squirts & rub into hair esp on the ends.
Clip it up and dry it on Cold section by section, starting at nape & working way up & around to the sides & the crown & then the front. Drying in the direction of my hair & brushing very gently & pulling it straight gently in the direction I want my hair to lie with either my fingers or a wide toothed comb - so I don't get too many tangles & im not ripping or strethcing my hair too much like you might with a narrow comb.
Takes ages but it does make my hair straight & shiny as the hair follicles are closed & lying in the right direction by the cold air.
& then I run 1 more small blob of hair frizz ease type oil stuff through my hair now its dry - pretty light handed with the stuff though or it can just make your hair look greasy.
Its a very soft version of straight hair - and if it rains / gets too steamy - If I do sweaty exercise then some wavyness is going to start to come back.
It would be even flatter straighter and shinier if I went over it with the straightners - but then you're applying heat & defo gonna end up damaging your hair!
Im sure some real super curlys may have better techniques.
You could try embracing your curls? I love the curlyness in my hair & prefer it on the curly days to the straight wavy days - many straight hairs covet your curliness too & I personally always think what you had naturally colour & thickness & wave pattern wise tends to suit a person better than anything they try to force upon thieir hair.
Short voluminous curls sound super lovely to me.
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