what's the purpose of blow drying hair?

Question

of course to dry the hair, but can it just air dry? i'm growing my hair now its only 3 1/2 inches, and when ever i blow dry it goes to puff...

Answer 1

To dry your hair before sleep so u don't get cooties! Air dry is better!

Answer 2

Well, I'm a girl and I blow dry my hair because if I don't it takes hours and hours to dry by my self (yeah, I have alot of hair...its long and thick). And the reason your hair goes puff (lol) is because blow drying your hair gives it body. If you want, putting gel in it while its still wet and then blow drying it will minimize the "puff"....good luck!

Answer 3

The purpose is to make your hair dry faster. If you are in a rush to go somewhere, and you don't have time to air dry your hair, then you blow dry it. If your hair gets puffy when you blow dry it then put some hair product in your hair first, so that it won't be puffy.

Answer 4

I dont blow dry my hair cause heat drying I find takes all the oil out and makes it to hot and with hair as long as mine it would take forever anyway

Answer 5

You can blow it dry much faster than it can air dry, especially if you have long, thick hair. My hair seems more manageable and styles better if I dry it.

Answer 6

If you had really long hair, it would take a long time to dry. I live in the northern US, and if I don't dry my hair during the winter it will form little icicles when I go outside.

Answer 7

I have really curly hair.. I blow dry it straight with a big round brush

Answer 8

Girls usually use blow-dryers
a.) so they don't have to wait for it to air-dry, and
b.) because the hair-dryer helps straighten it.
Plus, most females like to straighten their hair in the morning, and want extra time to get that done and not have to wait for their hair to dry on its own. And your hair needs to be COMPLETELY dry before you use a flat-iron on it.

Answer 9

If you put a brush through your hair while blowdrying, it will straighten your hair, unless your hair is ridiculously curly of course. Plus it gets your hair drier, quicker than air drying.

Answer 10

if you put a little gel in your hair it won't puff out as much when you blow dry.

for those of us with long hair, the hair dryer saves us an hour or more in the morning!