How to Protect Hair from Heat Damage

Most of us use the blow dryers, flat irons, curling irons and the many other hair appliances that can cause heat damage to hair.

Here are tips for how we can protect our hair from heat damage without forgoing our beauty. There are steps that can be taken and things done that can help protect hair damage caused by heat. Here you will find 5 tips to protect hair from heat damage.

Protect Hair from Heat Damage Tip #1: Squeeze Out Excess Water

After washing and conditioning hair, it is really important to gently squeeze the excess water out of the hair with a towel before blow drying. When hair is soaking wet with water and is immediately dried with a blow dryer, it causes the hair to expand and then contract very quickly and this can be very damaging to the cuticles of the hair. Gently removing the excess water first with a towel before blow drying helps to minimize the heat damage to hair.

Protect Hair from Heat Damage Tip #2: Protect Hair from the Sun

The sun can be very damaging to hair but wearing a hat or combing a conditioner through hair while damp and placing hair in a chignon helps to protect the hair from the harmful rays. The sun not only causes the hair to become very dry and brittle but it also can lighten the hair tremendously which makes the hair susceptible to damage.

Protect Hair from Heat Damage Tip #3: No Hair Products with Alcohol

Hair products that contain alcohol can cause a very drying effect on the hair and with the added element of heat, the damage to hair can be tremendous. Always look at the back of products and carefully read the ingredients to make sure the product does not contain alcohol.

Protect Hair from Heat Damage Tip #4: Use Heat Protecting Spray

There are many leave-in heat protecting sprays that are specifically made to protect hair from heat damage. There does not need to be a large sum of money spent on a heat protecting spray, there are brands that work really well and serve their purpose of protecting hair from heat damage sold at the local drug stores and super markets.

Protect Hair from Heat Damage Tip #5: Lower the Heat Levels on Appliances

Typically, blow dryers, flat irons and curling irons have varying levels of heat that you can adjust the level to. I think many of us tend to turn up the heat as high as possible on hair appliances, but trying to lower the heat level a bit or even going as low as possible is a helpful way to lower the risk of heat damage to hair.

Protecting hair from heat damage is so important, most of us want beautiful and healthy looking hair. Following a few simple steps and tips to protect our hair from heat damage will help to lead us to a gorgeous head of hair!