For those breaking off their ends and petrified of the big bad flat iron:
If you flat iron the shaft and when you get the ends, you continue to iron in a straight motion, yes, you are more than likely tearing your ends up. To be safe, assuming you have a quality flat iron with smooth plates, if you curl the hair under (including the ends), this is way less damaging. If you have to have straight ends and must iron them, when you get to the ends a couple of quick, gentle "clamps" will do the job. I find when I just keeping going down on the ends in the same matter than I did the shaft, my ends cuss me out!
I have seen a lot of vids where people do this and I cringe (maybe my ends are not as strong? IDK but I suffer from minimal breakage)
HTH someone...
If you flat iron the shaft and when you get the ends, you continue to iron in a straight motion, yes, you are more than likely tearing your ends up. To be safe, assuming you have a quality flat iron with smooth plates, if you curl the hair under (including the ends), this is way less damaging. If you have to have straight ends and must iron them, when you get to the ends a couple of quick, gentle "clamps" will do the job. I find when I just keeping going down on the ends in the same matter than I did the shaft, my ends cuss me out!
I have seen a lot of vids where people do this and I cringe (maybe my ends are not as strong? IDK but I suffer from minimal breakage)
HTH someone...