Oh no, I'm scurred of the Dominican Blowout

[punchinella]

I went with my daughter to the Dom. salon to get some prices and while we were waiting I was watching the stylist do a blowout.
Man she was pulling that lady's hair so hard with that brush and the dryer was so hot you could see the smoke coming out of her hair.
I was thinking if that was my hair it would get ripped out of my scalp. I don't know why but I really felt a sense of fear for a moment.
I was thinking about getting one but now I'm not so sure

 

[Allandra]

Well, some folks like them, and some folks don't like them. I LOVE a good ole Dominican Blowout (although I've only had a few). Yes, the blow dryer was hot, but my four months of new growth looked like a fresh relaxer touch up. I just wish the shop were closer to where I lived.

 

[Supergirl]

Yeah, smoke coming from the hair doesn't sound good. That can't be good for the hair. Last time I had smoke coming from my hair (flat iron) I had to deal with about 8 weeks of weakened hair and breakage. Not fun

 

[HighlyFavored1]

it took me a while before i realized dominican blowouts were frying my hair. they're just soo addictive. if you decide to get one, I'd suggest to request they just blowdry the roots and then get it wrapped so it'll flow together when you take it down. i never understood why they had to put all that heat all the way down to my ends...i guess because it looks so good

 

[Ms_Twana]

I'm with you girl. And I haven't even seen one in person. I saw pictures of someone giving instructions on how to do it. It blew my mind when I saw that she was blow drying each piece of rolled hair, seperately. Then she went back and blow-dried the roots because they were puffy. I thought her hair was cute afterwards. Then the next picture was of her flat ironing, on top of all that other heat. My goodness!!!

But I must say, her hair was ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS afterwards. So, it may be worth it to try it at least once. Just take the proper precautions before and after the experience.

I'm sure I would try it at some point if we had Dominican Salons out here. But, I'm sure they're not in the south.

 

[Nightingale]

I'm scared too! I think I'll just keep flat ironing with my CHI (my love) and call it a day. I don't even blow dry my hair anymore, a blowout is not happening!

 

[Lovelylocs]

A REAL dominican blowout is just the rollerset and then blowing out the hair. In Santo DOmingo, they dont use flat irons or curling irons b/c they are bad for the hair. Tell them that you just want the roots blown out and then a doobie. You should be fine.

 

[Lady_Lioness]

I agree...just get your roots blown out...there is no need to get the whole hair shaft blow dried straight... the rollersets usually get your hair straight anyways(just wrap it if you want it straighter)...I haven't done a dominican blowout in a while...but you should be fine if only the roots are blown out.

 

[MissYocairis]

I'm with you girl. And I haven't even seen one in person. I saw pictures of someone giving instructions on how to do it. It blew my mind when I saw that she was blow drying each piece of rolled hair, seperately. Then she went back and blow-dried the roots because they were puffy. I thought her hair was cute afterwards. Then the next picture was of her flat ironing, on top of all that other heat. My goodness!!!

But I must say, her hair was ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS afterwards. So, it may be worth it to try it at least once. Just take the proper precautions before and after the experience.

I'm sure I would try it at some point if we had Dominican Salons out here. But, I'm sure they're not in the south.

See this concept has always scared me. If we are working on all kinds of "no-heat" and "reduced-heat" regimens and challenges here on LHCF, why would we let some Dominicans fry the hell out of our hair en masse as part of our regimen? And, they use 2-3 different kinds of heat applications in one appointment! Never made sense to me how this could be a good thing for our hair but doing our own blowdrying and flat ironing would be a bad thing.

 

[punchinella]

A REAL dominican blowout is just the rollerset and then blowing out the hair. In Santo DOmingo, they dont use flat irons or curling irons b/c they are bad for the hair. Tell them that you just want the roots blown out and then a doobie. You should be fine.

Don't laugh but whats a doobie?

 

[Lovelylocs]

Don't laugh but whats a doobie?

It's when they wrap the hair around your head after they blow it out. It's a wrap. But, doobie is an international word. Even if they dont speak English, they'll know what u mean if u say doobie.

 

[wadadligyal]

Yeah I did it once and my hair has never looked like that in my life. It was beautiful but that was a few months ago at the beginning of my hair journey. Now that I've learned so much from the ladies here and I've started doing my hair myself I can't see myself letting someone fry the heck out it ever again. However I must say it does look good and it lasted about a week.

 

[punchinella]

It's when they wrap the hair around your head after they blow it out. It's a wrap. But, doobie is an international word. Even if they dont speak English, they'll know what u mean if u say doobie.

Thanks Alot

 

[honey_jammz82]

I would only go once a month and get my roots blown out, I think it is ok in moderation. I have not straightened my hair by myself in over a year and strictly let the Dominicans do it. I noticed some damage when I had them blow my hair from the root all the way down, but after that I only had them blow out my roots and my hair is doing great!

 

[Allandra]

A REAL dominican blowout is just the rollerset and then blowing out the hair. In Santo DOmingo, they dont use flat irons or curling irons b/c they are bad for the hair. Tell them that you just want the roots blown out and then a doobie. You should be fine.

I've never had a Dominican salon use a flat iron or curling iron on my hair.

 

[HighlyFavored1]

I've never had a Dominican salon use a flat iron or curling iron on my hair.

At the dominican salon i was going to, they would always blowdry the entire hair shaft completely straight, and THEN go back to bump the ends with a curling iron. I always told them "no curling iron" because I never understood why they wouldn't just leave the curl from the rollerset. Yea, that used to be a lot of heat...

 

[MizaniMami]

Is this bad like two or three times a year??

 

[Lady_Lioness]

Is this bad like two or three times a year??

I wouldn't think so...just as long as you're not getting your whole hair blown out...just the roots...I wouldn't see a problem of doing it 2 or 3 times a year...now every week would be a different story even if it's just the roots.

 

[lala]

It's when they wrap the hair around your head after they blow it out. It's a wrap. But, doobie is an international word. Even if they dont speak English, they'll know what u mean if u say doobie.

I found a Dominican hairdresser after searching all over town. However, she doesn't know what a doobie is and I couldn't translate. I thought doobie was a word that any Dominican hairdresser would understand, but I just encountered one that didn't. I'm thinking because she came to the U.S. straight from the DR, she didn't learn that technique. She doesn't speak much English, so I'm not sure. I cancelled my appt. b/c I wanted a doobie!

 

[Lovelylocs]

She doesn't know doobie? I used to live in Santo Domingo and I am pretty sure that is what we used when we were talking about the doobie. I speak Spanish fluently if you want me to call her and explain.

 

[lsw29]

I've never had a Dominican salon use a flat iron or curling iron on my hair.

I have never been to a Dominican salon that uses a flat iron either. I will say at one point I was addicted to going to the Dominican salons, but they don't like me as much since I have been transitioning so, I have stopped going.