Do hair straighteners damage hair?

They only damage your hair if you don't do the proper prep before using them.

Make sure your hair is completely dry before straightening, and use a thermal protection product before any heat comes in contact with your hair (this means hair dryers too). You can buy a thermal protecting spray at any big stores like Walmart or Target for a couple of dollars.

They work on all types of hair and all lengths. Make sure you don't leave the plates on the hair too long, just a quick clean swipe, or else it can fry your hair.

Hope this helps! :)

If you mean the straightening irons, yes, they do damage hair. The implement itself is not the problem, but the people that use them. Most do not know how to use them correctly, and overheat their hair, or do it when the hair is not completely dry. Moisture in the hair when heated will create steam and "explode" the hair on the inside and then in a few months, after you've forgotten what you have done, will the hair come apart and you don't know why. Some of the heat protection products may work a bit, but proper use of the irons is what you need to do. Remember that once the damage is done, you cannot repair it.

Everything works. But you need to use the right tool in the right way to get the results you want. Using the wrong tool in the wrong way on the wrong hair will always create a mess.

When you apply any type of heat to your hair, it will cause damage. The trick is finding the right PRODUCTS to use to help this.

You can buy different kind of straighteners that will cause less damage. example being, Ceramic ones are less harmful than a metal ones. Also, if you buy shampoo and conditioner that repair, hydrate, or even are made for straight hair this will help as well.

It IS okay to straighten or curl your hair daily, as long as you are taking care of it with the products you are using.

It doesn't matter what you pit on your hair before or after either way it gets damaged.

When shopping for a hair straightener think about how much your gonna be using it and how big it should be and how hot it should get.

For me because my hair is medium length, very curly and medium textured i got one that was about 1 1/2" and made sure it got extra hot incase i was in a hurry and because i planned on using close to everyday i wanted to minimize damage by getting on with tourmaline(has ions when heated too) plates and ions(to make it shinier by closing the pores in the hair).

Just go here: http://www.folica.com/How_to_Choose_a_d1252.htmlIt has a LOT of useful information... I'm just being lazy....

If you don't use it right.

I've been straightening my hair practically everyday for the past 7 years and everyone says my hair is the softest they have ever felt. It's shiny still and great. Just use good shampoo, don't hold the flat iron on your hair super long and not on wet hair!

If you use them everyday and no heat protectant then YES, the heat will damage your hair. I recommend that you don't use it everyday and that you use a heat protectant. Also, using a high quality straightener will help a lot!

its depends on your hair type, but in most cases in burns the hair, if you use a certain spray for straighteners it should help, but over time it does. and they work best on long hair, but it will still work on short hair too.

yes and they do work on short hair but you can lessen the damage by takeing a heat protectant and lightly sprtizing your hair.

Only if its a cheap straightener and/or you arnt properly protecting your hair first

they do damage it to some extent but it's usually worth it.You can always buy some heat protectant shampooo (: and yes they do work on short hair.