Hot Rollers As Damaging As Flat Irons?

I just found this board from a hair magazine (101 Celebrity Hairstyles) that Karen Shelton writes monthly articles for.   One of her recent articles was about clip-in extensions and she showed several incredible Before/After makeovers with detailed steps.  I bought a clip-in cap and loved it but then went and decided on a fusion installation by my stylist.  It is my first and my stylist did OK (SoCap) but the hair is not staying as nice as it was the first two weeks.  My stylist gave me some aftercare instructions but I called her a few times and I could tell she was not really enjoying my millions of questions. 

I agree with Malibu there. I think ANY heat will damage hair over time and extensions even faster due to the fact that the hair is not growing from your scalp and is therefore not getting the natural oils and sebum it needs to regenerate itself. You can use the heat protectant products and you NEED to if you are heat styling daily or fairly often.

You should also not be shampooing every day while wearing hair extensions. If the hair you are wearing currently is not virgin or in a raw state, its possible that some kind of processing was done to it prior to it being installed so with every shampoo it will deteriorate further and lose sheen and become tangly and unmanageable. Very often with processed hair extensions, the hair is coated with silicone to make it look really shiny and nice when its brand new but every time you shampoo, you are removing some of this silicone layer and what is underneath is damaged unaligned cuticle. So problems with the hair become more evident. It’s also just very drying to shampoo even your natural hair every day.

Try once a week and see if that helps.



Edited by krimsa - September 19 2007 at 9:50pm