I ask you to forgive me Mandy to do this in your thread....
You are right there is a difference but those subjects are like light and darkness one can't exist without the other.
Of course we have heat damaged hair, our results are more drastic and we don't want the intregrality of our shrinkage to come back. That's why I think the term "heat training" is not really accurate since the way we do it is more agressive.
(still nice)
I have the same natural hair problem. Sometimes I would feel that my hair just grow unhealthy from my scalp. My hair was 100% natural and all my conditioner bottles said: for dry and damaged hair. lol
Natural hair doesn't mean naturally and automatically healthy hair. Kinky, curly hair have naturally less cuticle layers and they are naturally more porous.
Can we say they are naturally (genetically) damaged? Those damages they are intentional?
(well... we can say still nice)
It's so true.
(Warning here start the ugly part.)
That's why I think that the real problem (in hair board) behind "heat training" is just "heat training vs natural hair".
Let's face it, IMHO 80% of the heat trained ladies are former natural, that's not really good for the natural hair "cosa nostra".
First, it was "let's find a new name for heat training" and not something like that please.
Second, it was not to try to find a new "sugar coated" , "nice" name. I said it enough really.
But since for some natural ladies "heat training" is already a sugar coated name... I'm wrong from the start.
I really love the "hey we don't care how you call it but you better call it by his name" way to think!
One thing that amaze me: relaxed ladies don't talk about natural hair and their natural problem.
They don't care it's not a foundation of their community.
So to know what happen when natural ladies talk about heat training, you take what happen when they talk about relaxer and you multiply it by two. lool
Heat damage vs Heat training - CurlTalk
I really invite to read ALL the thread and don't worry "drainoed" ladies you are mentioned too.
One thing that comfort me you when I read this thread: even between themselves natural ladies don't agree about heat training.
For the lady asking where I read about "heat trainers try to fool people around" it's here. Not with those words (unfortunately, I can't find this page) but the meaning of the sentences said is still the same.
Because they usually are former natural and they have been so well brain washed that they still want to be in the natural hair heaven/ haven where you bathe in the light of verity, where you are free with no self issue.