Hey, we get it. You’re busy and the last thing you want to do is spend 20-45 minutes blowdrying your hair.

When is it absolutely necessary and when can it slide?

First… The Orlando Men’s Hair Studio is all about SCIENCE and this is the science of why your hair goes limp when it’s wet.

 

The easy answer is that it’s lost a third of its strength.

Why is that, you ask?

Because of bondage. LOL This isn’t going where you think it is.

There are the three ‘side bonds’ that give your hair the strength it needs do what it does. We have Hydrogen side bonds, Carbon side bonds, and Sulfur side bonds.

When the hair is wet, the hydrogen side bonds break down, but as the hair dries, the hydrogen side bonds re-form and— depending on the hair type— give it strength to stay in whatever position it’s in as it becomes dry.

So, if your bending naturally straight hair, or pulling naturally wavy, curly, or coiled hair straight as it dries, it pretty much stays in that position until you sweat, or there’s a lot of humidity in the air, which breaks the hydrogen side bonds down again.

So, back to the question of when to blow-dry and when it can slide?

It all depends on your specific hair type and desired result, which is always covered on your visit to The Orlando Men’s Hair Studio.

For instance, If your hair is fine, straight, and thinning, chances are— especially if you’re using a product that’s too heavy for it— it’s going to dry stringy and show off that lovely scalp you’ve been hoping to cover more of.

So, along with a lighter product, like a thickening tonic, or sea salt spray, you NEED NEED NEED to be blow drying. It’s a MUST.

However, if you’ve got dense curly 3a-4c hair (We’ll go over what those numbers and letters mean in a different post.), you’re curls are are going to take shape when the hair is sopping wet and the harder you blow it, the frizzier it’s going to get, which may not be your thing.

That means air drying is often ideal, or using a diffuser.  You may need to form the desired curls while the hair is still wet and use a curl cream, if you’re into more defined curls.  This is a question I can easily answer in person when I see your hair, but I will share more on the topic in upcoming posts.

To summarize, how you form the hair as it dries is how it will typically stay.

So, if you have straight flat hair and you’e looking for volume, blowing the hair into that ‘up’ position is the only way you’re going to get close to having volume.  It’s a must.

 

If your hair is curly and frizzes easily, often air drying is the easiest way to go, especially if it’s short to medium length.

 

Hopefully, you learned something new and I look forward to meeting you soon at the Orlando Men’s Hair Studio. Book Now

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