Hair straightening

When smoothing the hair frizzy and curly hair is smoothed by aids.

Hair straighteners

Most often the smoothing curly hair by thermal or corrugated iron with a hair straightener.

This is also called hair straighteners according to the old scissor-like design of the naked iron, whose cheeks were heated moderately dosed by placing on a stove. Today hair straighteners are heated electrically. The target temperature of 80-230 ° C is achieved by adjustable thermostat, but mostly by a self-regulating heating element here of AC 100 - 240 V accepted. The heated surfaces are large from 15x60 mm, the heating capacity is depending on the size and control of 25-170 W. switches and any existing thermostat knob can be Tamper housed in the pliers gap, the power cord pivoted.

In most cases, the tool is designed as a pair of pliers, the jaws (anodized aluminum, possibly slippery additionally coated) flat oblong hot surfaces of metal or ceramic. The principle of operation is as follows: You put and takes a strand of hair in the " tongs " and leads the trowel under the train of the frictional force to the hair ends. The straight lines with heating has a smoothing effect on the hair.

There are jaws that need to be permanently pressed against delicate suspension with manual force against the strand of hair. Contrast, have self-closing pliers a reversed and stronger acting spring that compress the hair jaws and then obliquely projecting lever button that opens the jaws to pressure with the index and middle finger to record a new streak.

For the - to the hair roots felt - soft function is a low friction coefficient between - rounded at the edges - jaw faces and hair important, as well as the manual lessening the pressing force when the hair tips towards the hair strand comprises only a lot less hair.

Wave essays for the flat jaws cause the opposite effect. Some hair straighteners are provided with comb teeth and mitbeheizten curved outer surfaces, which allow the curl of hair.

Hair Care Systems

In addition to straightener hair care systems are used for smoothing. These use as components water-repellent silicones or Lanolinersatzstoffe that will ensure the smoothness of the hair.