Using a blowdryer once a week...

[jtsupanova]

I plan on using a blowdryer once a week to blow out my hair straight. My hair is under processed and a roller set will not get my hair as straight as I like. This is the only form of heat I will be using the rest of the week I will be doing protective styles. Do you think the blowdyer will hinder my progress.
Once I get my corrective I plan to stop using the blowdyer and use roller sets to straigthen my hair... but thats atleast 6-8 weeks away.

 

[Supergirl]

YES! I believe using a blow dryer weekly will hinder your progress.

 

[jtsupanova]

So far this doesn't look good

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

Your hair MAY be ok, but in my opinion you can do a lot of damage to your hair blowdrying once a week for 2 months straight. Proceed with caution!

 

[Artemis]

I wonder if you could just airdry it and flat iron on a low temp once a week. Being that you have the underprocessed part, and the fact that I don't know how your blowdrying skills are, blowdrying could work against your hair issue. At least with the flat iron, you could mask the sections and still have your hair straight. Flat iron would get the hair straighter anyways.

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

You will blowdry once a week and do protective styles?? Can you please explain that a little more?

 

[Bubblingbrownshuga]

Two words about weekly use of blowdrying:

No ma'am.

 

[jtsupanova]

I was going to blow dry and then bun. Maybe I will try to roller set if not I'm getting a weave.

 

[MizzBrown]

Well if none of yall suggest that she blowdries then how is she gonna lay down those naps? Flat ironing it once a week is the same thing if not worse.

I've been blowdyring 1-2 times a week for over 17 years. Longer if u count my mother doing it. I still have hair on my head and if i wasn't scissor happy all the time, it would be "TO THE FLOOR". My hair is thick as hell though.

Rollersetting for me is/was hard when i got up to 8-10 weeks post on my first stretch. I had to use the scarf method AND blow dry. I needed that direct heat.

As long as you protect your hair, use heat protectant and know how to use a blow dryer correctly as to not damage your hair then i say go for it.

Just watch your hair like a hawk when doing so and track your progress to see if its doing more harm than good.

 

[Mortons]

I blow dry once a week and flat iron and my hair is as healthy as its ever been. I use pinkskates method of blowdrying by placing my hair in sections usually 6. I take one section and hold the blowdryer about 6 in. away while stretching the section downwards. I go up and down the section of hair until it is dry and then I do the next section. I dont know if I explained it well, but you can go to pinkskate's fotki and see a pic of how she does it. This does not seem to harm my hair, HOWEVER, I am natural and not texlaxed so I can't speak for texlaxed hair.

 

[hothair]

I say don't do it- if you prefer your hair straight maybe you should relax bone straight, some people's hair survive regular direct heat but I think most people's don't...

 

[*Happily Me*]

I blow dry once a week and flat iron and my hair is as healthy as its ever been. I use pinkskates method of blowdrying by placing my hair in sections usually 6. I take one section and hold the blowdryer about 6 in. away while stretching the section downwards. I go up and down the section of hair until it is dry and then I do the next section. I dont know if I explained it well, but you can go to pinkskate's fotki and see a pic of how she does it. This does not seem to harm my hair, HOWEVER, I am natural and not texlaxed so I can't speak for texlaxed hair.

this method sounds safer

OP, to lay your hair down, try sylver's scarf method

 

[Blkprincess]

I wouldn't do it either...I just bought an ionic blow dryer, why I don't know....I mean I still have a dryer that I purchased 7 years ago that I've only used twice...don't do it!!!

I really need to go to sleep, there is practically nothing on TV so I'm watching Muppets in Space and getting a little too post happy

 

[Artemis]

As long as she's using a LOW temperature on the flat iron, she shouldn't burn the hair (when using a heat protection product of course!) It's when you turn that bad boy up to 450 and run the iron through 3-100 times that you get into trouble...Same thing with the blow dryer, but if she uses the dryer, she's gonna want to use the flat iron too, so just cut out the middle man and be tangle free...

*sigh*

 

[BotanyGrl]

I know plenty of women who blowdry at least once a week, and it has not hindered their progress. As long as you do so on low temp, in sections, and use a heat protectant, I don't see the big deal. Blowdrying correctly should not effect the health of your hair. I like pinkskates method!!!

 

[GodsPromises]

I started a post last week about heat. You will find some interesting replies there:

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=174503

 

[chicacanella]

I was going to blow dry and then bun. Maybe I will try to roller set if not I'm getting a weave.

If all you are going to do is bun, then get a boar bristle brush and pull your hair back. Then take some S-curl or other moisturizer but I use S-Curl and put an ample amount on your hair and brush some more. Then put a stress-free ponytail holder on your hair and take a little bit of beeswax if you need it and put it on the flyaways. Then take a scarf and tie it tightly around your hair and in 15 minutes everything should be, "O-kay."

After this I usually take some put some S-curl in a baggy and then a fake bun on my hair and leave the house. This will last you for atleast three days. Just take the baggy and bun off at night. Wrap your hair up at night and then put the baggy on in the morning. It works and is super easy and fast!

 

[pazyamor]

I blew dry and flat ironed once a week for almost two years and my hair was more healthy than it is now...I mean, some people can't take it, but if you do it on a low setting and use a heat protectant, and also please don't use that crazy "heat afro pick" that it comes with. Use a soft round brush and keep the blowdryer a few inches away from your hair...it doesn't have to be damaging, if you do it cautiously...