using this instead of straightners REGRET!

Any kind of heat applied to hair is going to still cause damage, although I believe straightners cause damage quicker as they are intense heat applied to hair whereas hairdryers still cause the same damage but slower because the heat isn't as intense.

It is like the old wet to straight straighteners. They work by drying out the hair. I had a friend ruin her hair with constant use of these.

If your hair is damged you really shouldnt use any heat at all as it will just damage your hair even more so i really wouldnt blame the product for any damage caused. As far as i am aware straighteners seal/flatten the cuticle making hair look shinier/healthier which is just masking the damage (Feel free to correct me if i'm wrong).

when my hairs feeling a bit horrible but it needs to be tamed, i do still blowdry, but afterwards I slather serum on, which replaces the needs to straighten.

As far as i am aware straighteners seal/flatten the cuticle making hair look shinier/healthier which is just masking the damage (Feel free to correct me if i'm wrong).

i'd reckon that was the case (i've always wondered), the dry frizzy bits at the front of my hair always look better after i've coated them in a bit of oil or serum and then gone over them with the straighteners >.> i've dropped my heat to the lowest setting the tongs will go but that still happens.

looking at the product (is it the thing that looks like a rotating rounded brush?) i wouldn't have gone for it personally - i can barely bring myself to fingercomb my hair when its wet , i'd never be able to use a brush that tugs and pulls! now i will definitely steer clear!

have you considered tying your hair back loosely in a ponytail (so the tie doesn't put a crimp in your hair), maybe doubling it back on itself (not a bun though) and sleeking a cotton bandanna over your scalp when its time to dry? i've noticed that if i draw back my fringe and side bangs beneath a bandanna they're nice and smooth by the time i get to work .. though if i don't have enough time before taking the bandanna off and starting work my fringe sticks up a bit. wondered if this would work okay when your hair is damp, as i know tying back my hair helps keep it looking tidier after it dries.

actually, i haven't tried it quite that way yet, think i will later tonight >.> can always run the tongs briefly over the worst part of the sides tomorrow morning.

ooh i fancied that for xmas, glad i never got it 😀

Sorry to read this. Hot air stylers cause mechanical damage to the hair cuticle because basically you are repeatedly brushing your hair whilst wet and in a vulnerable state. Flat irons primarily damage the protein core of hair through the high heat temporarily breaking the bonds and/ or turning any remaining water to steam. IMO they are as bad as one another.  😮

That bloody thing absolutely ruined my hair in one go. I'd bleached, bleach bathed and straightened (with GHDs) my hair happily for months without much damage, but one go of that and I had to have half my hair cut off.

:O Thanks for the warning people! I was thinking it seemed a bit rough on hair but then again I thought it can't be that bad or surely they wouldn't sell it?! lol apparently not. xD

Big business will sell anything that makes a profit, caring for hair rarely comes into the equation. They have to be a little more careful with skin than hair because damaging skin would be classed as an injury and could lead to other damage such as scarring, infection or cancers. Hair is dead and it grows out, they can just blame users for not following the instructions.

TBF the product is probably not any worse than a hairdresser style blow out; if people are switching from a separate hairdryer and brush to this gadget they may not notice much additional damage. But if someone already has hair which has been weakened by heat and chemical damage, then switches to hardcore mechanical damage, that can easily be the final straw. 🙁 I think many of us need to choose which damaging thing is most important to us - bleaching/ dying, perming/ relaxing, heat styling or mechanical abuse (backcombing, brushing when wet, tight up dos). It's hard because others seem to be able to do it all but the reality is most celebs and many regular young women rely on extensions of one sort or another.

I use a wide tooth comb while my hair is wet, my mom insists. I use the comb to control my hair as I blow dry it downwards, once it's mostly dry I switch to a paddle brush to flatten it out more(it's still huge but this helps). This probably sounds absurd to people without ridiculously thick hair, but my hair is usually still a bit damp after drying it up in the roots, so I only straighten after waiting an hour or two to make sure my hair is completely dry.

I've been doing the same as meeshy lately, I haven't straightened my hair in a while, just been blow drying it and using eentsy bits of oil to smooth it a bit. So far, so good. By the second day, it's ace, third day, bit of batiste dry shampoo around the roots and I'm good to go with my slightly wavy but pretty well controlled hair.