Nonie
Well-Known Member
Artemis, I don't think the analogy of precautions and pregnancy was a bad one, because I think the point Dee Raven was making is the risk factor, minimal as it may be, is still scary to some people. Those who use protection and have had success w/ it for years might guffaw and shake their heads at the person who's too afraid to even kiss, lest it lead to intercourse, then pregnancy...as remote a chance as that may seem. But to that person, the risk is real and so not worth it. That very small fraction of a percentage chance that 3 strands could get singed is enough reason for some to skip the heat.
I do understand your total bewilderment by the existence of such an "extreme", and it probably would be rather disturbing if someone were dying to press their hair but was tortured day-in, day-out by a fear to do the thing their heart so desperately desired. Except, I don't think that's the case at all for many of us who don't use heat. I know for me, it never crosses my mind at all because I love "big hair" and can do so much more with it than I can with straight, limp hair. And I think what's happened for many people who once loved heat is they achieved lengths they never could before and with that territory came new styling ideas (braid outs, twists outs, banding, wrapping)...so that heat became a thing of the past, no longer an essential styling aid.
I do understand your total bewilderment by the existence of such an "extreme", and it probably would be rather disturbing if someone were dying to press their hair but was tortured day-in, day-out by a fear to do the thing their heart so desperately desired. Except, I don't think that's the case at all for many of us who don't use heat. I know for me, it never crosses my mind at all because I love "big hair" and can do so much more with it than I can with straight, limp hair. And I think what's happened for many people who once loved heat is they achieved lengths they never could before and with that territory came new styling ideas (braid outs, twists outs, banding, wrapping)...so that heat became a thing of the past, no longer an essential styling aid.