Have you ever really dried out your hair from straightening it to much?

I used to straighten my wavy/curly hair every day and it got really dried out. Get regular trims and invest in a good conditioner. (I like Neutrogena’s deep therapy stuff. Not too expensive, and really, really good). You can also use leave in heat-protectors. Aveda’s Glossing Straightener is really nice.

I recently did a dramatic color change and my hair got seriously fried. I only shampoo 3–4x a week now, condition on most of the off-days, and don’t straighten it daily. I’m amazed how much healthier it is.

Ah, we all want what we don’t have. My hair is very fine and straight. I used to get perms to make it curly, and that dried it out too. I used Mane & Tail conditioner (yes it is for horses) on the ends to de-fry my hair. It really works.

one of my best friends did that to her hair, and colored it as well. her hair became so fried, that the hair underneath was about two inches long. she now cannot color it anymore except for highlights and she has this special conditioner, I forgot what it is called. but there are some products you can buy at the grocery store to use while straightening your hair to keep it healthier. I know herbal essences has one, and I’m pretty sure there are a couple ones to chose from. hope it helped(: good luck.

Story of my life. I say just get it trimmed every 2 months, use a heat protectant, and comb, not brush your hair. Oh and don’t get layers, because they get dry and dead really fast!

I double desiree333 – use a heat protectant spray. Also, are you using a ceramic straightener? My hair stopped getting as fried when I started using a ceramic one, but it still damages it if I do it too often.

Thanks, I used to die it like once a month and before I went for a shower I put hand lotion in it. And then shampooed it and put some more lotion in it and left it in for a couple of minuites and rinsed it out then conditioned it
I think that worked it probably sounds weird and I usually use hair protectant.

Yes. Like @borderline_blonde said use a heat protectant spray. I like the rusk one, it works well and smells like oranges :)

Why don’t you take pride in the hair you’re born with and work with it in a healthy manner to best fit your schedule and style rather than frying your hair which will be thinning by your forties?

Use garnier fructise smoothing milk after you get out of the shower, it works wonders

& lotion would just make your hair greasy, it’s meant for skin not hair

@amandaafoote
yeah that’s what I thought too but my friend told me to try it and it made my hair kinda softer

well the only time i’ve heard of that is when a girl i know told me she used it, and i styled her hair for her and cleaned her hair & didn’t put any product in and the result was that about an hour after her hair is done it will look like she hasn’t showered in a few days, but the smoothing milk will be like a leave in conditioner and it works instantly, it makes your hair so much better to brush after a shower too & if you blow dry your hair use an ionic(or ion i can’t remember the name) blow dryer it makes your hair smooth & a straightener that uses steam rather than heat, remmington wet to straight is a good one

Ok thanks :)