Salon Blow drying

[bimbabe]

Why do stylists detangle you and put you under the drier to sit before blowdrying?

Isn't it just as bad to blowdry already dry, crispy hair than soaking wet hair?

 

[hairmaster]

Why do stylists detangle you and put you under the drier to sit before blowdrying?

Isn't it just as bad to blowdry already dry, crispy hair than soaking wet hair?

It removes most of the water, having to blow dry causes stress on the hair, pulling and the heat directly on the heat can cause damage.

 

[Allandra]

Why do stylists detangle you and put you under the drier to sit before blowdrying?

Isn't it just as bad to blowdry already dry, crispy hair than soaking wet hair?

I don't think it's bad (well, at least it's not bad for my hair). My hair stylist has done this a few times on my hair. IMO, it's much better than blow drying soaking wet hair.

 

[webby]

They sit you under the dryer to actually move excess water, as already mentioned and to partially dry the hair. Blow drying afterwards is typically done to straighted the hair. Concentrated heat, whether by way of a blow dryer, flat iron, or hot comb is what straightens the hair. Diffused heat (hooded dryer, air) dries it.

If you blow dried your hair right after a wash, you will have to use way too much heat. Also, if you have long hair, you have to put too much unnecessary strain on the hair by pulling taut with the brush/comb.

Does that make sense?

 

[mrslee]

What is it that they use to make that crunchy noise after it is dry? No matter where I go to get my hair done and they place me under the dryer, I get that slight crunch after it is dry.

 

[Leslie_C]

What is it that they use to make that crunchy noise after it is dry? No matter where I go to get my hair done and they place me under the dryer, I get that slight crunch after it is dry.

Usually its some kind of setting lotion.

Ive always wondered about why they put under the dryer first too...that makes sense. I thought it was just another excuse to kill time and ignore u while tending to other customers. You know they LOVE to put ppl under the dryer....lol. If I had a penny for every minute Ive sat under the dryer...........................

 

[myco]

I agree with everyone else. I think the hooded dryer is to dry the hair and the hand held blowdryer is part of the silkening and straightening process.

Have you ever noticed on makeover shows where a stylist who doesn't do black hair very often tries to use a hand held blowdryer on their soaking wet hair -the person's hair never looks good. It's always puffy and dry looking. Then they try to smooth it out with a flat iron and serum. A potentially good cut is messed up because the hair wasn't dried correctly. Most of the time, I'm just hoping they'll do a wet set first.

 

[PhonyBaloney500]

I personally like my hair blow dryed soaking wet as opposed to being under a dryer with rollers--for me it's straighter and seems to last a bit longer.
But I guess it's more damaging?

But when you are sitting under the hot dryer for an hour, that's not damaging to the hair?

 

[Neroli]

I personally like my hair blow dryed soaking wet as opposed to being under a dryer with rollers--for me it's straighter and seems to last a bit longer.
But I guess it's more damaging?

But when you are sitting under the hot dryer for an hour, that's not damaging to the hair?

IMO sitting under the dryer is not as damaging as blow drying because when blow drying you have double-damaging combination of BOTH heat and manipulation at the same time. The pulling, tugging and stretching of fragile wet (usually with the dreaded brush which may be yet a third damaging factor) AT THE SAME TIME that heat is applied is one of THE most damaging things to hair. Sitting under dryer only gives one of the two evils at separate times, manipulation first when putting in rollers, and heat second while under the -- waaayyy less damaging, IMO.