If you think blow drying damages natural hair, watch this 

I've been blow drying my 14 yo daughters kinky hair for about 3 years now. She has A LOT of hair. Blow drying actually helped her hair, zero heat damage and makes her styles last longer. ❤️

I think it’s the ‘fight against texture’ comment that’s rubbing people the wrong way. I have 4c hair and after I take out my protective style blow drying is a must for me. If I don’t do it would be full of knots.

For about 2 years, I 2-strand twisted fresh after a wash and deep condition. My hair grew like crazy but I was confused why I kept getting fairy knots. Then I noticed a patch of missing hair one day and was even more confused. I decided to blow dry and couldn't believe how uneven and broken off my hair had become. The 2-strand twisting hid this problem. So I got a good cut and have my hair pressed by a professional once a month. My hair is now almost waist length with no more knots and missing hair. Straightening my natural hair personally has helped me.

Single strand knots are the BANE of my existence and exactly the reason why I started blowing out my natural hair, more often.

I blow dry after every wash. I see absolutely no need to be dealing with knots and tangles when there is a simple solution. A good moisturizer and heat protectant and there are no issues.

My hair grew a lot during the Pandemic because I was no longer getting it blow dried at the salon. I limit the number of times to few times per year because my hair is prone to breakage with excessive use. Clients should be allowed to chose.

blow drying has helped my hair tremendously. I no longer have a many single strand knots , I'm now seeing more length , and my detangling time has been cut in half . My hair texture is fine , and so far I have not had any heat damage.

Some of y’all in the comments funny lol! Acting like blow drying your hair is a sin now. First it was the chemicals, now we can’t blow dry?! Yea right. It’s all about the “how”. I don’t know many stylists with the time to wait on your “stretching method” to air dry. Blow drying has always been effective and less time consuming, especially when you’re trained to know what you’re doing. There are cool and warm settings, BTW. To each is her own 🙏🏽

I truly believe the benefits to blow drying is 100% dependent on how the client’s hair responds to blow drying and should not be simply generalized as beneficial or non-beneficial. 💗

Whether or not it makes the hair easier to work with is not the question. My hair is easier to work with after I use a flat iron on it, that doesn't mean the flat iron isn't damaging my hair.

Yep my hair grew so much better once I started blowdrying my hair

Isn’t being a ‘natural hairstylist’ job to work with hair in it’s natural state🤷🏽‍♀️ i’m confused

I’m a natural hair girl and I can say after washing my hair I air dry and don’t have the brittleness at all. I put moisturizer in my hair while it’s still wet section by section and let it continue air drying. Never had a problem. Blow drying is what makes my hair crunchy and dried out plus the ends feel hard. If you’re a natural hairstylist you should know how to work with natural hair in all stages. Everyone doesn’t conform to the same standards for their hair care regime and that’s okay. Do what works for you. I’ve completed my 1,000 cosmetology course while in high school over 20 years ago. I have blow dried my hair when I was younger but have completely changed my routine that works for me. Just saying everyone is different but if I go to a stylist and they tell me they can only blow dry my hair which is thick and course I will leave. Stylist should be able to adapt to their clients. If you moisturize your hair it won’t be hard from my experience. And don’t forget to put a leave in conditioner it helps with other products of your choice. My hair is long and healthy as well. I section my hair in braids to stretch it as well. Have a blessed day. 😊❤

I have started blow drying more because I realized that my hair grows better straight. When curly it will knot together and break off.

Nothing wrong with blow drying ofcourse! But if you have to "fight against texture" then you arent a natural hair stylist lol.

🔥 Embracing natural hair is part of accepting what we are

You lost me at fight against texture. There is no such thing as fight against a natural texture unless the hair is damaged to no repair. Natural hair is beautiful and has no fight, just moisturize it and section it off and have patience. The fact that you blow dry nearly almost all of your clients just to be able to style it, means you’re not really a natural hair stylist if you have to manipulate it just to style it. Ya lost me 🤷🏽‍♀️

I think blow drying does weaken the hair to some degree, making deep conditioning necessary. This may be why a lot of naturals think they have to deep condition every wash day, bc they are used to it from when they use to perm or flat iron their hair regularly. Without heat (or other damaging chemicals), I don't need to deep condition. So that tells me it does weaken the hair. That being said, I know "straight hair naturals" who flat iron regularly and still have healthy hair, so it's all about knowing how to maintain your hair, just like color.

Thank You Sis, this is revolutionary... ❤❤❤ Most of us wash and just twist... We are constantly fighting against texture. We lose a lot of hair from knots on the ends that break off on a regular basis. That alone reduces my hair retention and growth. When I used to process my hair I retained my length and carried considerable growth. Thanks for the tip. ❤❤❤🎉🎉😊

Those old school stylist know what to do. They know the technique and texture and how to treat it. These new school stylist dont give a damnn or are ignorant to the proper heat tool techniques without damaging. Im never air drying again. Keep up the good work ma’am!

I have natural hair... i hate when you said, "easier to style the hair so you don't have to fight against texture." Our hair IS textured, and it is this rethoric that made all of us feel insecure growing up. I have no problem with my hair in its NATURAL state. No fighting. Just gentle tlc.

I stay away from most stylist who say they are natural hairstylist. The issue isn't their capability to " do" natural hair it's more so the stylists have a 1size fit all methodology. It always contains " straightening" of some sort and never really natural state of being styling.

I especially love the blow dryers with the built-in comb. It makes straightening twice as easy.

If you have a Revair it’s even easier. I’ve been using mine for almost five years with no heat damage and my hair went from collarbone to waist length

Instead of believing you need to fight against texture. Be patient and work with the texture.

I blow dry on cool . Stretching my hair has definitely helped me maintain length and get to my scalp .

Not sure if blow drying on a consistent basis is good for natural texture hair. What’s wrong with the natural curly texture btw? I love my natural hair. Love the fact that I can wear it straight or curly. I was thinking I really do believe that although mainstream media, with it’s ridiculously bias content against natural curls; many European women wish they had our very diversified natural hair❤

I am so glad that I have options. I prefer not to blow-dry my hair. I enjoy my hair in it's natural state. I am learning to streatch my hair without heat. I have also learned how to clip my ends without blow drying my hair. Love taking care of my crown myself.

Deciding to blow dry your hair shouldn’t make you any more or less a black woman. Y’all be doing too much overthinking stuff into negative ideas. That’s the problem now. Do what you want and will do to your hair and let this hair beautician live!!!

I blow dry after every wash with my Revair. I tried to go back to air drying to save time and because everyone says it's healthier. I just can't do it. I've been in the hair game for well over a decade and have never been able to successfully air dry my natural hair. It's always hard and crunchy and trust me I've tried everything. The best part about blow drying regularly is that I don't have single strand knots so WAY less breakage. Also, using the Revair allows me to get maximum stretch with zero manipulation while using it.

Natural hair stylist that cannot work primarily with natural hair in it's natural state. We need to start being honest and reflecting on the things that we say.

I've been getting my hair blow-dried since I was a kid as soon as I stop blow drying my hair as an adult my hair started falling out so I never had to worry about heat damage Every wash day as a child I will get my hair blow-dried and I literally was able to sit on my hair and I have four type hair I am a black woman mixed with nothing but greatness

I've decided to start blow drying my hair on wash days and it makes such a difference when it comes to detangling and the amount of knots, cuts the time in half. Anything is going to damage your hair, but stretching makes it easier to manipulate and minimizes damage.

"fight against texture" 👁️👄👁️

These “stylists “ just be saying anything. Instead of hosting a class, perhaps sign up for one and educate yourself? Fight against texture? Just say you don’t like doing natural hair and feel everyone should wear their hair straight.

The heat and tension from blow drying causes damage. It just makes it easier for stylist to style your hair. They just don't want to deal with (or know how to) style natural hair. I wish they would just admit that instead of staying blow drying doesn't cause damage. Blowing once or second a year is not too bad but if you do it frequently then your hair will fall out. Doesn't matter how much you protective style.

It depends on how you like to style your hair. If you plan to wear your hair curly most of the time, regular blowdrying doesn't make sense. But if, like me, you want to wear your hair in stretched styles and manage it with minimum effort, blowdrying can be helpful if done properly.

“So you don’t have to FIGHT against texture” 😳 You lost me there mama. Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t natural hairstylists supposed to be able to work with the natural state and texture of the client’s hair? 🥴 I blow dry my natural hair because when I air dry it literally takes days to dry, but if I pay a natural hairstylist to do it, she better work miracles without putting heat to it! Lol 😂

I can honestly say my hair grew like crazy when I wore blow dried hair styles often. No heat damage at all (I definitely used heat protectant). Less knot and tangles which means less breakage. I love my wash and gos but honestly I lost more hair doing those.

Everyone stay calm!!! Let’s just call it a personal preference ok.

I African thread my hair and it still comes out looking as straight as a blow dried hair. So I know for sure that no hair stylist can convince me to ever blow dry my hair.

I have 4Z hair 😂 Blow drying causes my hair to break off. Unless I'm getting box braids, I don't blow dry anymore and my hair has been thriving ever since 🙏🏾 And if I do, I use cool/low air. But to each their own 🤷🏾‍♀️ What works for some doesn't work for everyone!

Long as ur not doing it everyday. I only blowdry my hair when im getting it done professionally. Likebraids. Which isnt often

Natural hair is beautiful, and it’s always better not to blow dry when you can help it. But, if you’re going to blow dry, and recommend others to I wish you’d have included the caveat that they need to use a *heat protectant* every time. That is what is going to prevent it from being damaged.

As a cosmetologist this is so true. Heat protectants and healthy hair care routines are in play too. You don’t have to blow dry it though for it to be cared for easily. Just have to do what works for you.

Nope. I think not. I use my RevAir a few times a year and get a silk press once a year. That's all the heat I'll allow. It's not about how much hair you grow. It's about how much hair you keep.

It makes everything easier, but I couldn’t see the damage until after. I was blow drying my hair every time a went to get braids and my natural hair just didn’t feel the same after 2 years of blowing it out so much. So I cut it off and now I’m starting fresh and I’m never gonna put that thing in my hair again. I think I need to show more love to my hair and learn to have more patience. If a stylist can’t do without blow drying I’ll find another or do it myself. Because as some of y’all know there are different ways to stretch your hair without heat, it just takes longer.

Love her hair. It looks so healthy and strong.

I wish I had started blow drying my twins hair years ago! I’ve had to trim their hair so much we never saw length but now the length retention is happening, the wash days are smoother and faster. Stretching the hair, either air dry or blow dry, helps prevent breakage and encourages length retention.

I can't speak for everyone, however, blow drying damaged my hair.

Every one should do what’s best for themselves. What really matter is the reason of the choice.

My daughter and I have 3C/4A hair, and blow drying is necessary. We used to have so many fairy/single strand knots at the ends especially...that stopped once I started blow drying. We both have long, thick, and healthy hair!

I blow dry my hair every time I wash my hair which is once a week. If I don’t my hair would be brittle.

The fact that she said "fight against" texture (like it's a bad thing) told me everything I need to know...😒

I feel roller sets give a longer lasting curl/bounce. Many stylists do not do this though, probably because it takes longer.

Fight against texture????

It’s sad that black people feel they need to change their texture to do black hairstyles. Blow drying is not the enemy and those who do it of choice, that’s ok. But to say as a natural hair stylist you basically need to blow dry natural hair to do it. 😢 she is not fighting texture but her job description.

Blow drying is healthier than using a flat iron and a hotcomb. Don't fight against texture , embrace texture. ♥️

You’re not a natural hair stylist if you straighten every clients hair. Doesn’t mean you aren’t skilled or have talent but that’s not a natural hair stylist. You even said fight against texture so you believe you in getting rid of peoples natural textures which again isn’t what natural stylist do.

LIKED, AGREE. HER HAIR & SCALP LOOKS CLEAN HEALTHY & STRONG. YOU DO A GOOD JOB.

When I was on my natural hair journey, I was told that you can’t apply any heat to your hair. When I took that advice my hair got so matted and tangled up. 7 years after going natural, I started blow drying my hair again and I haven’t had problems with matting and tangles. I’ve been blow drying my hair ever since. That’s the only way for me to stop my hair from matting up and I have BSL length hair so blow drying has worked wonders for me.

This is not for everyone. Yes, the kinkier the hair, the harder it is to manage, especially if you don’t know how to manage your own hair. After my mom stopped doing my hair, I made a effort to learn about it myself so I don’t have to spend $100s a month for someone else to cause heat damage. But that’s me. If your hair is fine and health under heat, then that’s great. The more I do my hair, the more I learn what’s best for it as opposed to someone who’s never touched it before. Then when I have kids, I’ll be able to handle their hair.

💯 This is exactly how Dominican stylists get the legendary sleek straight blowouts. They will always blow first, then touch up lightly with flat iron. The rapid turning brush technique they use also helps polish or Smooth the hair cuticle down, which makes it shinier and more humidity resistant

My hair is a little dense, but the strands are medium to fine. It stretches easily with tension and low heat. Low heat is good for pre braids. Higher heat resists reversion better for a couple weeks of wear. My straighter hair does maintain length better, because I get fairy knots really bad when my hair is worn freely and curly. Heated stretching provides luster, moisture retention, and manageability. I don't always blowout before a heat brush. Sometimes I just apply one form of heat.

There was nothing mentioned as to how or why it doesn't damage hair.

My hair grows letting it air dry, but blowdrying it it flourishes so much faster. My hair could have been to my elbows by now like it used to be, but listening to everyone saying let it air dry and twist it down is horrible. It grew to mid back in 2 years, but that’s slow for me. I had a ton of breakage also doing it that way. I can’t comb my hair without it falling out drying it that way and washing every 2 days is just not sustainable to me because my hair takes a day and a half to dry.

Fight against texture ouch that term doesn't celebrate the uniqueness of black hair.

My sister has been blow drying her hair for many years since she always styled her hair. I don't style my hair much and I also don't blow dry my hair very much. Guess who has more healthy hair at age 66 and 69? Yes, me, the one that hardly ever blows dries her hair

I notice that I have had wayyy less breakage,knots and split ends when I blow dry and use a good heat protect. It helped me in my hair growth journey,but air drying helps me retain moisture as well so I just give my hair a break and air dry it 1-2 times per month 🤷🏻‍♀️

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I have a very kinky tight curl texture that knots constantly, so thank you for this info 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 honestly, looking back before I went heat free, my hair was easiest to manage and grew longer after being blowdried consistently. Think I’ll go back to doing it! ❤

you offer free online training?! thats a wonderfully kind thing to do, you're helping the world be a little bit better with that. for real. 💜🔥

What does "fight against texture" mean? I've never heard that come out of the month of a natural hairstylist!

This did nothing to dispell that blow drying is damaging to natural hair. .

Moisturizing, detangling and twisting my hair, even in big twists helps me to stretch my hair and eliminate tangles without blow drying.

I’ve discovered i need heat we have to start being real with ourselves and figuring out what does and doesn’t work with our hairtype. I realized when i went to the salon they deep conditioned and sat me under a dryer for 30mins-1hr then rinsed with lukewarm water, put in a little leave in conditioner I recommend its a 10, design essentials, olaplex or mielle, then sectioned my hair, properly blow dried, then a pea size amount of serum and flat iron, then curl or roller set and my hair was silky and beautiful without a relaxer. However at 29 yrs old through a lot of trials and tribulations i figured out whats for me! When i didnt use heat my hair is tangled, breaking and matted. Plus thats what heat protector is for. Good luck on your hair journey ladies.

Damage what? I neeever understand people saying that. Moisturize with a touch of water and hair product ...zero problems. Keeping your ends very regularly snipped will forever keep your hair thick and healthy. Heat is fine especially on natural hair.

Oh lord. Why can’t we all just let each other do what they want to do with their hair? It’s dead protein coming out of each individual’s head right???? What’s the big deal??

This made me laugh. I decided to get a blowout before my flight to New Orleans and as soon as I stepped outside of that airport into the humidity, I looked like a q-tip. Blow drying is a waste of time in the Deep South. 🤣

Why do sooooo many women think blowing drying is not a natural hair style? We have so many options-curly or straight w/ out chemicals. Glad I found your channel.

Easier isn’t always better. I wouldn’t sacrifice the health of my hair for the convenience of the stylist but everyone is different. Heat loosens the natural curl pattern.

Fight against texture baby it is what it is, work with the texture!! The texture is beautiful!! Natural curls look way better than blown out hair or straight hair❤❤❤

I wish that you were located in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. My hair is naturally I have no perms in my hair and I would like to have a blow dry but it’s too much hair for me to do it and it’s also hard to find a hairstylist that can do it. I must say you do some beautiful work. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

God is up to something upstream!!!!!! I thank you for letting Him use you. Coming from Jackson, Tennessee.❤

Mkay so One thing that I know is... blowdrying damages TF out of my hair ROLLER SETS for the win...the health/length of my hair can testify to that

I have very fine hair. Blow drying totally ruins my curls and they take months to bounce back when they’re stretched out by heat. Will you or can you cover this in your class on Feb 11?

That's such an odd statement. Natural hair stylist fighting against texture 😮

🔥🔥u def helped me cuz my daughter has long natural thick hair my hairs get tired of constantly trying to straighten it

I’ve been natural since 2009 and consistently have hair my hair blow dried and get compliments on how healthy it is you have to use a ceramic blow dryer and the right products to prevent heat damage and my stylist is a national Paul Mitchell Rep and she taught me so much about using quality products and flat irons/ blow dryers for African American hair

Blow drying my kinky hair gives me a peace of mind and my hair never breaks like crazy.

An alternative is to do braid out/twist outs and stretch your roots and the shaft of your hair with the blow dryer on low heat this keeps the hair stretched until it’s time to wash, diminishing single strand knots which aids in length retention and makes for easier wash days. I do this once a week and my hair is healthy and long. Figure out what natural hair methods work best for you and don’t feel like you have to straighten your curl to keep it “manageable”. Don’t fight against the texture, work with it

I like to do a roller set rather than blow drying for straight or thermal procedures. Proper roller sets and drying gives an even smoother drying

I prefer air drying...I'm trying to retain moisture, not dry it out...

I'd rather have my hair blow-dried then stay under the dryer for an hour or more!

Well okaaaaay, I’ll start blow drying. I stay with the single stand knots like wtf!!!!🔥

The streeeeeeeeetch, 4c is beautiful

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Can you include a tutorial on splitends along with that blowdrying session? I don't want to cut my hair short 😫 but I have split ends.

I have a blad head, but when you said you're from NOLA, I said, "Let me support you by subscribing. My daughter has natural hair.

Her afro is beautiful❤❤❤

I’m a natural hairstylist who Fights against texture because I don’t know how to work with natural hair in it’s natural form

U Wint be blowing drying me if I don't want that! If your a natural hair stylist u need to work with hair in it's natural state!