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Does air drying damage your hair? It might. In one lab study, only the air-dried hair showed damage to the layer that holds the strand’s cells together. Researchers washed bundles of hair once a day for 30 days. Some bundles air dried. The rest were dried with a blow dryer held at different distances. The dryer was hardest on the outside of the hair. Up close, it left cracks and holes in the outer layer. Even at the farthest distance, it left cracks. The air-dried hair showed no surface cracks. But air drying took more than two hours. Wet hair swells as it takes in water, and only those bundles showed damage to the layer that acts like glue between the cells. The researchers thought staying wet that long might explain it. So the two methods caused different kinds of damage in this test. The researchers suggested holding the dryer about six inches away and keeping it moving. They concluded that this caused less damage than air drying under their test conditions. But this was one lab study on bundles of hair, so it doesn’t prove blow drying is always better for your curls. Our guide shows you more ways to blow dry your hair with less damage. It’s at curlcentric.com/does-blow-drying-your-hair-damage-it Follow @curlcentric for the evidence behind the advice. #airdry #blowdry #curlyhair #naturalhair #haircare
Curl Centric34,500 views • 10 days ago
What is my hair type? Wash your hair, let it air-dry with no product, and look at one strand, not your whole head. Then match it: a 3A curl is about as wide as sidewalk chalk, 3B a permanent marker, 3C a pencil, and 4A a crochet needle. Most heads carry two or three types at once. That's completely normal. Free chart with all 12 types at curlcentric.com/hair-typing-system. No email needed. #hairtype #curlyhair #wavyhair #coilyhair #curltype
Curl Centric79,600 views • 1 month ago
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