2 Year Length Check Goes Horribly Wrong (Heat Damage) 

A blow dryer, hot comb, and a flat iron? Wow. Trifecta of death for naturally curly hair!

This video made me angry. Not just as a natural haired woman, but as a natural stylist. I've been in this biz for 14 yrs, never, ever have I seen anything so deplorable! I use hot combs everyday, and finish with ceramic flat irons. My clients have no heat damage. I only press the first 1-2" of hair at the root and follow with the flat iron. There are SO MANY things that went wrong here. 1. you weren't properly blown dry. 2. the hot oil should have been rinsed from your hair, not dried into it. She essentially fried your hair like chicken. 3. There was still moisture at your roots, thus causing steam and damage to the roots. 4. No heat protectant was used. Oil is NOT a heat protectant!! Your hair needed a barrier between the tools and the hair. 5. WTF??!! Who does 11 passes over the hair? She never cooled the irons, I'm surprised your hair wasn't sizzling. I'm so so so sorry this happened to you. Not all natural stylists are created equal. Most don't take the time to get proper education. I will say this as well, take it easy on the protein. Most naturals think heat damage, I need protein. Maybe. But 3 treatments in 8 days is way too much. Protein should be applied every 6-8 weeks and immediately followed by a hydrating conditioner. Too much protein will actually cause breakage. My advise for those looking to heat straighten your hair is do your research. Read reviews, ask around. Check Instagram and Facebook pages, look at the person's work. ASK QUESTIONS!! If something doesn't seem right, or they aren't willing to educate you as to what they are doing, leave! It's not worth risking you mane. Feel free to check me out on IG @thekinkytruth @retreatsalonnc and Facebook retreat salon north Carolina Best of luck to you!

Bottom line: When she used both a hot comb and flat iron, while coating your hair with oil sheen and passing like 7 times... That did it. I really wished you would've had an understanding with her as to what she would do before she touched your hair. She sat there and fried your hair in front of the camera to get it as straight as she could because she was being filmed. She obviously needs to do her homework on natural hair maintenance.

This is such an iconic natural hair video, I keep coming back 😂

oil sheen is not a heat protectant.

She didn't even look confident doing your hair.

by seven pass I screamed why were u quietly seated

How she hot comb and flat iron your hair 8 times AND STILL couldn't get your hair straight !

When she sprayed that oil sheen before flat ironing I almost died 😩😩😩😩

I don't get the whole straightening hair just to do a length check. Just grab a section of hair and stretch it out to measure.

I've straightened natural black hair before and I didn't and would never use all that heat and different tools. Honestly roll brushing and a regular flat iron is enough

This video is 11 years old and it still piss me off when I watch 😂

Rule number one I was taught in school you will never have to pass the hot comb more than one if you go slow down the hair shaft. It's stylist like this that pisses me the fuck off.

Hair dressers don't care about the health of your hair...they just do whatever they can to make your hair look good. Horrified at how much heat she used...blow dry, hot comb and flat iron? I was almost expecting a curling iron as well...OMW!

Oh my god. Blowdry, hot comb and flat iron?????!?!? Did she think your hair is made out of steel????

Are we not gonna talk about how pretty she is???

This is absolutely ridiculous! There's NEVER a reason to use a hot comb AND a flat iron like that. If she had blow dried it straight enough to begin with, and used the right products, your hair would have gotten nice and straight with just a flat iron. I've been a cosmetologist for 8 years and I've never had to use a use a hot comb to get anyone's straight.

Big girl must have been hungry an thinking about fried chicken cause that's how she was cooking your hair JUST LIKE IT WAS A FRIED PIECE OF CHICKEN

it didnt even look flat ironed at the end 😣

You did NOT bring this on yourself. The stylist had a choice to give you a blow out instead of cooking your beautiful hair. She chose wrong. WAY wrong. As a stylist she should've seen that gorgeous head of natural hair and wanted to protect it. But no, she ruined it. So wrong. Hateful woman was probably jealous. You're a beautiful lady.

8 passes with a hot comb???? I FELT the pain her hair was feeling😵

Wow were the hell did she receive her cosmetology license thats so disappointing me and u seem to have close to the same natural hair texture and that pisses me off to see the damage.u took one for the team girl fareal now I know I'm running from all things heat.

why do we as women stay in that chair when we know our hair is getting a beat down?? I'm like get up😭

She looks like she ruins hair for a living 😂

i cringed and jumped at every pass. i felt sick after number 5, what was SHE doing!?!? i wouldve slapped that comb out of her hand!

She put so much heat to your hair and your ends were still puffy😳

As a licensed hairstylist, I have to say that I am so sorry for your experience. She did a horrible job and did not care for your hair at all. However, what's strange is that you actually sat through the entire process and did not say a word. She was literally burning your hair and you allowed it. I just don't understand why you did not say anything to her instead of filming the damage. She should have been CHECKED for what she had done to you.

Soon as she sprayed it with oil sheen... 😔😫 I woulda got up, said thanks for the blow dry paid and left.

The fact that she passed through that many times and it frizzed up and all of that just shows she didn't know what she was doing. AND WHY is her breasts literally on your head?? Nah that is crazy unprofessional. That is why I refuse to go to salons. I taught myself how to do everything.

U can not straighten natural hair with oil on it , this is saddening

she already looked like she didn't know what she was doing lmao

I'm sorry I busted out laughing when I saw the finished product lmaooooo all them passes to end up looking like one of those emo girls in highschool who don't know how to straighten they hair properly

Wow she's a bad hair stylist.

That young lady who attempted to do your hair was not very natural hair conscious. There isn't anything wrong with straighting combs , flat irons, nor blow dryers, it the stylist and the knowledge she/he has with that tool.

You did all that work just to damage your hair... You look absolutely amazing with your hair in its natural state. Honestly, there is no need to do that to your hair.

I'm a white boy and could have done better

I look at this video every time i want to straighten my hair. 😂

I would've gotten up after that first section.... No ma'am.

WHY WOULD YOU NEED A HOT COMB AND A FLAT IRON??? I WANNA FIGHT 😤

she fried your hair using that oil.! nobody does hair like that anymore...I am a retired Cosmetologist of 40 yrs and I never passed more than 2 times...but conditioned the hair and certainly protected it before doing any ironwork!

Why hot comb AND flat iron??!! That made me so mad.

I cringed so hard when she pulled out that hot comb

I'm mad watching this that lady does not deserve to be doing anyone's hair!!!

I haven't seen anyone use that tool in decades.

I want to cry watching this. Your hair was gorgeous, and she absolutely ruined it! As a hair stylist myself, my heart dropped into my stomach as soon as she pulled out the hot comb.

as the passes were going up my heart was racing 😭

It's because she put oil in your hair. She fried your hair. Then her prices are ridiculous expensive. You can get that same treatment here in the states for $30-$40. Not to mention it looked horrible. She did you dirty.

OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!! OIL SHEEN BEFORE HOT PRESS !!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE TELL ME I DID NOT SEE THAT AS A HAIR DRESSER OF 35 YEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!

Dang, you used heat ONCE and that lady did you dirty 😩

As a natural stylist herslef, the stylist should br ashamed and go bavk to school for doing NATURAL hair. I hope u let her know how shitty a job she did.

*jaw drops* WHAT IN THE WORLD DID SHE THINK SHE WAS DOING?? a blow dryer, hot comb AND A FLAT IRON?? When I saw the hot comb and all the smoke I knew it was damaged because she was cooking your hair at that point. Using that many heating tools was unnecessary!! What the WHAT??? She needs to be sued or confronted so that she can stop damaging her clients hair!!! I can't imagine how many other clients had a similar experience or worse. As far as your hair is concerned the only thing you can do is condition the heck out of it. Grow back healthier hair and cut out the damaged part bit by bit. I'm so sorry this happened to you :-(. Your hair was looking great.

SHE PUT OIL SHEEN🤦🏽‍♀️ im going to bed this is just.. wow

Another thing, she did not even style it. The "hairstyle" looks so bland, straight and lifeless. Terrible. I actually first watched this video several years ago when, I, myself suffered heat damage at the hands of a "beautician"...so I imagine the youtuber made some progress with her hair by now.

my question is, why didn't you speak up while it was happening hun?

She put olive oil sheen spray in her hair before flat ironing it -___- beyond terrible.

Wow! No no no...she need to be in somebody kitchen. Not a salon! !!!

I'm as white and blonde with stick straight hair as they come. And I absolutely LOVE natural hair on black women. I don't know what kind of style it is at the end, when you just use a headband and fluff it out. I love it, I'm jealous of it. It's gorgeous, natural hair is so pretty!

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 omg I'm so sorry!! I cringed when she sprayed the oil on your hair and then did 8 passes!! 😧😧😡

The hairstylist was looking around like she had no clue wat she was doing & wanted to put on for the camera

I can smell your hair from here. 😩 I feel you though. My friend severely heat damaged my hair and I had to transition it out for a year. If I cut it off I would have had an uneven tappered looked

Wow && the style didn't even last all the way home 😑. This old but I'm still mad for you.

For anyone stressing over heat damage, get Olaplex! It rebonds your hair like new! Just come home, use a henna/placenta mask, rinse with cold water, use olaplex, and tay off heat for a while. Hair is good as new!!

The beautician put 3 different heating tools but no heat protection spray before pressing it?? That just crazy even tho the hot oil treatment works as a heat protector sometimes it probably wasnt enough to avoid heat damage. You could have gotten your hair just as straight at home all you need is a good heat protector product, one simple heating tool and a nice wrap with some bobby pins and a scarf when you're done

you should of opened up your mouth and said something

OMGEEEZZ As a hairstylist myself, this makes me cringe and shame on that so called "stylist" She looked clueless doing your hair What a shame on stylists like these Hun you should have stood up and left, watching your hair being fried and waiting till it's finished

I was MORTIFIED watching her blow dry, to straighten your hair with the omb attachment. She should have pulled and stretched your hair with just hot air and straightend it with blow dryer brush and then use the comb attachment. Yes, the hair was smoking, but it will do that anytime you put a product that contains oil. That was way too many passes over your hair. "HEAT TRAINING" Your hair isn't being trained, it is is slowly being burned away and thinned out, but I think you know that. I hope you are able to find an EXPERIENCED stylist to help you when you want blow out your hair! Good Luck!

This is why only me and my mama are touching my hair.

You hair can be straight. I've gotten 4c natural hair looking like a fresh perm. Real hairdressers, real cosmetologists know how to do hair. Regardless of the damage done. Regardless of the hair texture. Point. Blank. Period🤷🏽‍♀️

Smh she did all of that and get my hair straight after a blow out and at most 2 passes with the flat iron. And it's waaaaaaay straighter than what she got your hair. I feel like she did not care to protect your hair and didn't do a good job. Olive oil hairspray isn't something I'd put in my hair before straightening it.

What really irks me is that you sat there and let her run that comb through you hair eight times and said nothing. YOU HAVE A VOICE USE IT!!

Watching those passes was painful!

Why on earth would you let a bald headed beautician burn your hair like that. You should always see how her real hair looks. If it is unhealthy then you know for a fact that she's not worthy of touching yours.

I'm a licensed cosmetologist, the stylist using oil sheen was wrong but she needed to use some kind of heat protectant. Steam while using hot tools is normal to a point if you smell burning then the heat is too high. 3 protein treatments in 8 days is way too much should have been conditioning or moisturizing treatments. To much protein will make your hair more brittle.

OMG she didn't deep condition your hair or anything. and she used way too much heat without protection! You should have already known she was doing something wrong

But you sat there and didn't say anything.

This is one reason I stay away from hairdressers. I do my hair at home. Anything from curling to straightening, applying extensions to colouring and cutting and it comes out 100% how I want it, and I always get compliments. I am by no means a qualified hair dresser, I've just always played around with my hair since I was 16. You are gorgeous by the way and I love your natural hair!

Blow dry, hot comb, *AND* flat iron? I have never even seen such a thing. What kinda salon.... And I had always felt uneasy whenever I got a blow out because of all the steam, but sweet Jesus of Nazareth; You should have realized all those passes were way too much and stopped her. Although, this is why I don't go to salons. I don't trust those betches, and I'm always paranoid, being black and all, that the black hair dresser will intentionally sabotage my hair. Like hell I'm putting myself in that predicament. >-

Don't understand why you allowed her to blow-dry, press then flat ironed your hair. You could have achieved the same look, perhaps better, just by getting a blow-out. (Dominican Blow-out achieved with a blow dryer and a flat iron if you choose).

See her going over that same section over and over had me cringing with each pass.

When she sprayed that oil I had flashbacks.

the stylist made me cringe she was so bad. omg

Why are women obsessed with length? Just find a style that looks good on you and you're comfortable with maintaining. Let's please stop all this obsession with hair. We're all beautiful in different ways.

I WAS GOING CRAZY Watching all that Heat My Lord. Your a trooper

I am a 55 year old black woman never put any chemicals in my hair not even a color and I still have a full head of hair rocking my salt and pepper and constantly getting compliments from men, women, African American, Caucasians Asians and the list is endless. I have been a natural hairstylist for more than 40 years now retired. A head full of hair determines how you take care of it also determines if it's in the genes. Every one of us on this Earth have circle hair and the circle are different sizes rather you are an African American, Caucasian, Asian and it does not matter your race you have circle hair. This may shock you but there is no such thing as 4B 4C 4D whatever they are calling it out here. The circle of your hair depends on the dimensions of the natural circle of your hair that has not been altered. The fact is all of us have circle hair however some may be tighter, little looser or somewhere in between. Stop worrying about the length and just take care of your hair. If you are losing hair it is because you are damaging the follicles in addition it depends if you have a serious illness, taking medications, not eating healthy, and it could be also in the genes regardless if you are man or woman. I recommend that you follow Pamela Ferrell she is the first natural hair specialist and the owner of Cornrows and Company in the District of Columbia follow her on RU-vid or if you live in the area contact her so she may assist you. I also recommend to you all purchase her book that will help you with your hair journey. I want to leave you with this stop teasing each other just because someone may be wearing a weave or wig. You really don't know their circumstances. There are women and men out here that suffer alopecia or some other problems. They are very sensitive about that. I know this message is very lengthy but I have seen women and men lose their hair due to serious illnesses and on medications causing serious thinning of the hair or baldness. It is very very hurtful to joke about this so please just try to be a little more sensitive to what they may be going through. God bless you all.

wrong styling products not enough thermal protecting products used in the hair also a flat iron with the proper temp would have worked so much better. I dont understand the use of hot combs anymore, its too old fashioned and destroys the hair. theyw ere much better options out there

Why didn't you stop her during? Do not feel like you're being rude by telling someone how to operate on YOUR body.. Or hair

You should've gotten out that chair baby. I'm sorry

What gets me is that her hair still looked a mess after all that

Wooow...a hot comb, blow dryer, & flat iron? I could understand the blow dryer and the flat iron OR the hot comb. But the hot comb & flat iron together? Ehh 😕

Hair dressers are the worst! They don't care at ALL about the health of your hair. All the ones I've been to just RIP a comb through my hair, not being gentle at all. They're just crap lol idk how any of them get through hairdressing school.

She did way too many strokes on your hair. Plus I bet she didn't test the iron to make sure it was healthy for your hair

My question is. WHY DID YOU SIT THERE AND LET HER DO ALL THAT????

Omg your natural look is beautiful. Keep with that. Straight hair is boring. Curly is amazing and sexy.

Sorry that happened. But besides the hair issue, this is a good lesson on why it's important to be a strong confident woman who is able to STICK UP FOR HERSELF! Instead of smiling politely and saying nothing, you should have hopped out of the chair, and said "Excuse me miss, I have been trying to grow out my hair and be gentle with it, so could we please not use any heat today". Then wait until she unplugs it to sit back down. I don't know why so many people turn mute when they enter a salon or a doctor's office.

I'm a professional hairstylist and I can boldly say without a doubt that she fired you up darlin. All those passes through your hair was unnecessary, she took away so much of you elasticity which is why you no longer have the snap back you had before the heat damage you received. A good stylist should consult with you first to see what you main goal is. If it was just for a length check, blow drying would have been sufficient enough. To add insult to injury, all that blow drying, pressing and flatironing, you would think it wouldn't have gotten so freezy so quickly. Apparently she didn't prepare your hair properly (starting at the shampoo bowl). Sorry this happened to you doll. I suggest next time to sit down and consult with a stylist and in detail tell her/him what you are trying to do. You should be able to pick up from that Congo if they understand you and vice versa.

Ok...I had to stop watching immediately after the 3rd pass thru with the hit comb plus she used oil sheen instead of a heat protector. The whole process was horrible and you sat through it all...WHY? WHY? WHY? Speak up, you are your only advocate. I do my own at home with the straightening comb and flat iron. But a good heat protectant is a MUST. Along with a quality flat iron.

ok I'm a stylist and I work mainly on Caucasian hair but I have a few clients with afro hair. This is a disgrace! She took no time properly blowdrying your hair and the whole thing was a rush job. I'm so sorry for your poor hair

My aunt used to hot comb my head when I was little. 2 passes only. That stylist didn't know what she was doing unfortunately.

HER INAPPROPRIATE DRESS SHOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU A CLUE ABOUT HER NON PROFESSIONALISM.......

She doesn't know the technique of pressing hair. The hair is straightened from the back smooth end of the comb which means you have to twist your wrist as you pull down on the hair strands. My mother taught me. She had a beauty shop over 60 years. She learned how to press to make it last. The continual repasses is damaging the hair. If she needed to repass, she needed to let it cool off first. Hair carries heat and moisture...tiny bubbles within which tears down the cuticle bonds.