Are hair straighteners permanent?

Question

I have this friend with a mane of long, gorgeose, really tight corkscrew curls. I think they're to die for, but she allways says that she wishes her hair could be strait for just one day to see what it looks like. Her hair is the curliest head I've ever seen, and with strait hair she'd look like a completly different person. Anyway we have a really good quality hair straightener, and I think it would be fun like at a sleep over to straighten my friend's hair temporarily to see what she would look like. It's just a hair straitener with no chemicals or anything.

However, it would be a nightmare if her curls didn't come back for a while. Her mom would kill me. Would straightening this girl's hair be a safe thing to do? Would her curls come back the next time she would wash her hair? I have pretty strait hair so I have no idea what cork screw curls tend to do.

I'm asking if her curls will come back overnight or when she washes it.

A flat iron is what I'm talking about. It's a really good quality one my mom bought from her hair dresser. It conditions your hair and it doesn't fry it, and it makes your hair actualy very healthy looking.

Answer 1

a flat iron will work just fine (that is what you're talking about right?) it will last until she gets out into some humidity or washes it. her hair will go back to the way it was and no one would ever know the difference.
a chemical straightener is totally different, but i think you know that.
when you flat iron it the best way is to section the hair out. i always start in the back with th bottom. be prepared it's going to take at least an hour to get it all if her hair is long and thick.

Answer 2

No .....but you can get your hair "permanently straightened" which just means it will be pretty straight depending on the texture of it now, until it all grows out. Just the ways a person with straight hair can get a perm at the salon, you can get a "permanent straighten" (I don't know what it' actually called).... but they don't make straightening irons or anything like that, that will keep your hair forever straight.

Answer 3

hair striaghteners arent permanent. it lasts abt a couple of hrs depending on which mouse/holding spray u use. it also dissipates under hot weather or precipitation. hair striaghteners are also safe if u know how to use one.

but if she wants it a little more permanent, i suggest japanese straightening. that lasts much longer, id say more than a yr.

but u know what. curly hair is awesome and i wish i had that kinda hair =/ so let her get it striaghened with a straightener.

Answer 4

if it's an electronic straightener ie a flat iron, the curls will come back as soon as she washes it.

Answer 5

i straighten my hair every single day. my hair is very curly by nature. it always...always will come back when wet..i absoluelty hate the rain. but yes her beautiful locks will come back...make sure you have a good quality straightner, or else her hair will look like sh!t...sriously...a professional straightening iron...wonders...

Answer 6

some hair straighteners info:


How to Straighten Hair
http://hair-care-info.blogspot.com/2006/09/how-to-straighten-hair.html

Answer 7

Oh course there not permanet but they can burn you hair and take your hair out of your head

Answer 8

NO!!!

They are NOT permanent. After an year or so, one has to undergo the treatment again.

Answer 9

Bamma say sometimes they come back sometimes they don't. Bamma say shoot craps. Bamma say you win. Bamma say once a hair straightener always a hair straightener. Bamma say it a miricle cure. Bamma say we sell it on ebay. Bamma say don't tell anyone. Bamma say we instant rich. Bamma say wow no more frizz. Bamma say it cure baldness too. Bamma otta know.

Answer 10

apply dryer or consult with hair specialist