OMG! I had a HORRIBLE visit at the hairdresser. Please give me your advice...
So, I went to get my hair blowdried and flat ironed as usual (i'm in the process of transitioning) and my hairdresser wasn't there so I went to the next available hairdresser instead whom i didn't know. She told me that she would blowdry my hair but instead use a curling iron w/the stove b/c it would still make my hair come out straight.
From the time i sat in the chair, I could SMELL the stove, i mean it was HOT! when she took the curling iron out of the stove, the curling iron was literally SMOKING! I asked her if she thought that it might be too hot for my hair and she said "No, child, i've been doing this for years!" She continued to do my hair, but i didn't have a good feeling, and i asked her again "ARe u SURE thats not too hot for my hair?!" and she told me that in beauty school they have a test to tell if an iron will burn the hair. she said they put the curling iron against a towel and if it burns the towel, that means it will burn the hair. Since she said it wasn't burning the towel, i let her finish my hair.
When i got in my car, all i could smell was something that stunk and then i realized it was my hair! then when i got home, the first thing my mom said was that my hair smells like it's burnt! she was all the way across the room and could smell it!
i'm so scared of what will happen and don't know what to do. the hairdresser lied to me even though i kept asking her if the iron was too hot. I even called up another hairdresser and asked about the whole "Towel" explanation and the hairdresser said that they do NOT teach you that in beauty school. she said, "how can you use a thick cotten towel to tell if an iron is too hot for hair when hair is so fragile?"
what should i do?? PLease help me! I'm DEF gonna get my money back but what about the long term damage? Will my hair start falling out now??
So, I went to get my hair blowdried and flat ironed as usual (i'm in the process of transitioning) and my hairdresser wasn't there so I went to the next available hairdresser instead whom i didn't know. She told me that she would blowdry my hair but instead use a curling iron w/the stove b/c it would still make my hair come out straight.
From the time i sat in the chair, I could SMELL the stove, i mean it was HOT! when she took the curling iron out of the stove, the curling iron was literally SMOKING! I asked her if she thought that it might be too hot for my hair and she said "No, child, i've been doing this for years!" She continued to do my hair, but i didn't have a good feeling, and i asked her again "ARe u SURE thats not too hot for my hair?!" and she told me that in beauty school they have a test to tell if an iron will burn the hair. she said they put the curling iron against a towel and if it burns the towel, that means it will burn the hair. Since she said it wasn't burning the towel, i let her finish my hair.
When i got in my car, all i could smell was something that stunk and then i realized it was my hair! then when i got home, the first thing my mom said was that my hair smells like it's burnt! she was all the way across the room and could smell it!
i'm so scared of what will happen and don't know what to do. the hairdresser lied to me even though i kept asking her if the iron was too hot. I even called up another hairdresser and asked about the whole "Towel" explanation and the hairdresser said that they do NOT teach you that in beauty school. she said, "how can you use a thick cotten towel to tell if an iron is too hot for hair when hair is so fragile?"
what should i do?? PLease help me! I'm DEF gonna get my money back but what about the long term damage? Will my hair start falling out now??
