Ok, this is embarrassing, but I bought a new curling iron (a super heavy-duty curling iron from Gold 'n' Hot and stupidly I got one without a cool tip so it's hard to manipulate) and I had Pantene Hair Dressing Creme in my hair. I tried it out at too high a setting since I'm used to high settings, but luckily I wrapped the iron on only a relatively small piece of hair at the back. I'm just glad I didn't burn myself but that piece of hair just hardened then disintegrated into crisp. I'd never done that before. It was frightening. Was it the high heat or the creme I used (too wet)? I'm afraid to touch this thing again, even at a lower setting. Should I have used a pomade, something more gel-like instead of creamy wet??? I wanted to flat iron the hair into a flip up that stays and I wanted to use a product that would help the flip stay in place, but I certainly didn't want it to smoke & scorch!!! Ugh!
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I scorched my hair off (only a tiny piece)!!!
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pookeylou
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Done that before myself...Thank goodness it was only on a small area.
Definitely sounds like a bad combination...
Too high heat + damp hair = burnt hair.
Oh well...we all have moments where we do something like that to ourselves...(remind me to tell you about my Jet Black rinse "Morticia" experience one day
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When a curling iron is applied to the hair...if it has moisture in it...and the iron is too hot...it actually burns the moisture out of the cortex of the hair...and then burns the hair. Thus you get that "melted" or scorched look.
Sounds like the damage was minimal...Thank goodness you didnt just keep going. It may be best to just cut off that portion...especially if it is in a hidden spot. Either way...it will probably get brittle and break anyway. I would definitely keep away from the irons for a while...and if you have to use one...keep it on the lowest setting possible.
Definitely sounds like a bad combination...
Too high heat + damp hair = burnt hair.
Oh well...we all have moments where we do something like that to ourselves...(remind me to tell you about my Jet Black rinse "Morticia" experience one day
When a curling iron is applied to the hair...if it has moisture in it...and the iron is too hot...it actually burns the moisture out of the cortex of the hair...and then burns the hair. Thus you get that "melted" or scorched look.
Sounds like the damage was minimal...Thank goodness you didnt just keep going. It may be best to just cut off that portion...especially if it is in a hidden spot. Either way...it will probably get brittle and break anyway. I would definitely keep away from the irons for a while...and if you have to use one...keep it on the lowest setting possible.
Pookey is totally right. I definitely do not recommend using creamy/wet things when curling hair, but that's just me. The reason being, when I added some Profectiv Moisturizer (pink liquid) to my mom's hair before curling it, the hair turned out limp and held no curl at all. It looked like it had melted.
I think thicker things (like grease) may be better (or at least that's what I've observed in the hairdressers). They tend to slab a little grease (just a pinch) on to the section before running the curlers over it.
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