Flat Ironing Unclean Hair
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Printed Date: October 31 2025 at 1:40am
Topic: Flat Ironing Unclean Hair
Posted By: PickledGeuse
Subject: Flat Ironing Unclean Hair
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 11:27am
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If you flat iron 2-3 day old hair, what's the disadvantage(besides the fact that it will not be absolutely CLEAN? |
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Posted By: Sistaslick
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 2:15pm
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well, you are technically frying all of the oil, gel, grease and other products you may have used since your wash right on back into your hair. I wouldn't do it. ------------- 
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Posted By: Nita81
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 4:42pm
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Co-sign Sistaslick. Also when you flatiron unclean hair it's often dull and my smell depending on how high the heat is. HTH ------------- 
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Posted By: PickledGeuse
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 5:12pm
Thanks Ladies. Well, the products I use are also used for thermal styling and what not!...I don't know if that makes it okay. So I tried it, and it did come out rather beautiful;hopefully this doesn't hurt me in the long run.
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Posted By: cookiesnkream
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 7:39pm
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I have always done this ,, i dont put a load of
product in and I find that after the 3rd or 4th day after washing and then touching up with the iron it looks even better sometimes! lol but if i did happen to load it with product then it'll look like crap ------------- Hair type: 3b some c?, fine strands, last relaxer sept 05, never again!!! current :ap length on sides,,nearly bsl in back, damn those old frazzled ends! I am hair OBSESSED |
Posted By: Champagne_Wishe
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 7:44pm
| To me, that is akin to ironing clothes that you have worn. Not sanitary at all and quite possibly damaging to the hair. |
Posted By: cookiesnkream
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 7:50pm
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LOL, hey!! i have ironed already worn clothes too,,
im such a hippy lol  ------------- Hair type: 3b some c?, fine strands, last relaxer sept 05, never again!!! current :ap length on sides,,nearly bsl in back, damn those old frazzled ends! I am hair OBSESSED |
Posted By: Champagne_Wishe
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 8:51pm
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I'm not judging
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cookiesnkream wrote:Posted By: Supersugar
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 3:17pm
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I don't worry about it too much since hair that's longer than about two inches is dead anyway.
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I've also found that for me, flat-ironing the same day as a wash is counterproductive, especially if I airdried -- the iron is already stripping oil out of my hair, so unless I use a lot of oil ( and I mean a LOT; small sections, thoroughly oiled), my hair comes out looking dull and not very straight. My hair seems to like flat ironing better when there's more oil around...