Currently how long without heat?

[BabyCurls]

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gvsugirl said:
I'm trying to recover from some SERIOUS damage i've done with the flat irons and currently I've gone only 2 weeks.

How long has it been since you last used a heat appliance (other than a hooded dryer)? I need some inspiration to leave it alone!!!! I can do it! I can survive without heat!!

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It's been over a month since I used a blow dryer and a hot comb. But now, I don't have to worry about using them since I realized that too much heat is not good for my hair. My advice: Deep condition your hair, use a leave-in treatment, i.e. Infusium23, shampoo with Creme Of Nature, and try air drying your hair. Your hair has done enough abuse; taking good care of your hair will correct the damage, and you'll be on your way to healthier, longer hair.

<font color="blue"> Steer yourself from putting heat on your
hair at all costs! </font>

 

[Lucia]

I can go for months without heat but I did style it a month ago w/ flat iron for a diff look.

 

[NubianAngel]

Its been one year since I last blowdried my hair. I used a curling iron to straighten a tendril (accent in the front) of my hair back in January of this year. b

 

[gvsugirl]

Hey Faith! I dont know how i damaged it, but ever since i got these new flat irons and used them, my hair always come out feeling like straw and the ends look so thin. So I think it's the iron itself. Maybe its too hot and doesnt distribute the heat evenly. Before with the gold n hot, my hair was always smooth, tho a lil dry. But now, i dont even bother with these new flatirons. they gotta go!! plus the plates are gold toned...could that have been it? should i get ceramic ones?

 

[Faith]

To be honest, I have no idea if you should get a ceramic one. I've been debating with this myself. There are soo many...Hai, Chi, Jilbere, Andis, Salano, etc. Sheesh

I'm also at a lost. There's a thread hotcomb vs flatiron I think that is discussing ceramic irons, check it out.

 

[Stylepink]

6 months and counting! I don't even own a blow dryer any more and I have a curling iron, but only for extreme emergencies! Hang in there...you can do it. Since I stopped using heat, my hair has grown 3 and a half inches since December 2002!

 

[LavenderDutchess]

I used to be the flat iron queen(like I would use it 3x a day on my bangs

....but not in the back...LOL, at least I had that much sense!!) so I totally feel where you are coming from!

The first 3 months were the roughest, and every day I would hear my flat iron call out to me "Jennifer...you need me....dont deny yourself of straight bangs...come use me!"

I had to wrap it up and hide it away from myself!

Well, now I am 7 months out of co-dependency with my flat iron and I am not going to go back to my old ways of fighting my hair....We made a peace pact!

 

[happylocks]

I have been without heat for more then 7 months, I think I will use it though this week, I am not sure, But I want to check out my lenght

, Do you think I SHOULD DO IT?

 

[gvsugirl]

Hmm....I dunno what to tell you, happylocks...But I see majority of my length by doing the rollerwrapping thing. This way my hair is straight as if i flat ironed it (except the roots arent totally straight). I love it! What does everyone do that has been without heat for months? Braid outs???

 

[happylocks]

I dont know what that is, I dont have a clue

 

[Daughter]

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gvsugirl said:
What does everyone do that has been without heat for months? Braid outs???

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I twist my hair while it's wet/damp, and I get a curly afro if I do a twist-out the day before my shampoo

 

[RabiaElaine]

I stopped using a blowdryer about 2 years ago. That hasn't been the problem for me. My problem is large barrel curling irons. They give my thin hair body, straightness, and a curl. I don't use them everyday. I usually use them after my roller-set to make sure the hair straight like I want it.
You hair queens have inspired me to stop with the curling iron though. I am going to try just wrapping my hair after a roller-set and pray it gets straight from that. I will still use my hooded-dryer though for my set.
What level of heat should the dryer be on?

My dryer is 1875 watts so it can get pretty hot.
I think I'll give my mother my curling irons and have her hide them.

That will be hard. But I gotta do what I gotta do.

 

[jrw]

Not counting the times I use my blow dryer for Aphogee treatments, at least 11 years. I am 23. My mom occasionally blow dried our hair when we were young.

 

[gvsugirl]

Wow...how some of you go years without heat is beyond me! True inspirations!!!

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

ONE WEEK NO HEAT!!!!!
hahahaha
Okay I press my hair once a week unless its the summertime so I'm one of the bad bad bad girls!

 

[brownrelaxedhair]

Excluding hooded dryer, approx 5/6 weeks ago. I only use a blow dryer (on cool setting) when I get a touch up (every 8 weeks).

 

[sweetcocoa]

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sweetcocoa said:
Direct heat (curling iron and blowdryer)...over 2 years. Flat iron about once a month and only on my bangs to release the curl.
I use the soft bonnet hair dryer once every 2 weeks in the winter.

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correction...I flat ironed my 'entire' head(not just my bangs) last night....

 

[ny2atl]

I've been off the heat since February.

It actually has been much easier. (Kind of wash and go hair) I've kept much more hair too!!

 

[gvsugirl]

Woo hoo so far a month.....im doin well!

 

[tekmommie]

YIPEEE, This is my one month no heat anniversary, and it has been a real struggle for me

I will be treating my self to a new blouse....LOL...I know, I know but any excuse will do

 

[Emmi]

6 months, not a single blowdryer, curling iron, flat iron, hooded dryer has touched this head since then.

 

[Ebony]

between my touch up on jan 3rd and now, i applied heat to my hair just once in early feb. when i used my ceramic straightening iron. june is coming, so it will be time for my retouch and my annual summer weave. i may not get to use heat b4 then.

 

[gvsugirl]

for those who have gone months without heat what have you noticed thats different about your hair??

 

[Daughter]

I've gone without heat since late March and I notice less breakage and my hair feels less brittle. My hair seems shinier to me as well, but that could be a result of me taking better care of my hair and myself in general...

I would like to go to a salon to cornrow my hair but I'm scared they'll want to blow dry it to do so

 

[KinksnCurlz]

About 2 months now...

 

[SherryLove]

It has been seven years for me w/no direct heat../////



SherryLove

 

[melodee]

I've gone for three weeks. I plan to go until my next touch up, and since i'm getting braided that won't be till August or Spetember.

 

[HairObsessed]

Not once since new years eve and I felt guilty about it then. I guess I use it 2 or 3 times a year.

 

[melodee]

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Daughter said:
I would like to go to a salon to cornrow my hair but I'm scared they'll want to blow dry it to do so

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Yeah, me too!

 

[ms jadu]

Okay, im kind of slow. When you say no heat or direct heat, what exactly do ya'll mean?

Does the hair dryer count?