Why do so many teens today flat iron their hair so much? Anyone else notice the epidemic?

Question

Anbyone notice how obsessed people seem with straight hair. Everywhere I go, it seems somone has straightened hair, or is bashing curly hair. Don't get me wrong, all hair types are beautiful and unigue, but why are some people so compelled to waste two hours of their morning to have fried out hair? Sorry if this opinionated, but anyone else getting tired of the flat iron fad?

Answer 1

Ugh I know! So many people overdo it and it never looks natural. If you look at totally natural straight hair it does have a slight wave in it, otherwise it would just look a bit odd. And the amount of damage people do... eek.

Answer 2

I definitely understand what you're saying. I'm going to clarify something first so I don't seem hypocritical. I got my hair chemically straghtened a while back (twice in my life) because I had the world's frizziest hair. You could not walk close to me without sneezing from my puffy hair. So I got it chemically straightened. My hair has since grown straighter than before and I don't plan to straighten my hair again anytime soon. Just to clarify.

Now, to answer your question, I completely agree with you. I just don't understand if when people who have naturally curly hair straighten their hair everyday. And these people who I am talking about have beautiful curls; some even have ringlets. I can't imagine how much TIME it's got to take to straighten all that hair. I don't see the point. And then, once it gets wet, it's done for. AND you're right, it totally fries your hair. It's stupid and sad. And then there are the people with straight hair who think they need to straighten their hair. Sad, really.



Edit:

For those of your out there who enjoy straightening your hair everyday, I'm just wondering if you realize just how damaging it is to your hair...?

And also, those of you with lovely curls, why do you straighten your hair? No offense, but half the time, if your hair is curly, when you straighten it, it just looks frizzy.

Answer 3

Although I love my curly hair, I get tired of it and I get told that straight hair looks good on me by many. I wish I could go back and forth easily, but it's hard. My hair is not cooperative and will not stay straight without a fight. So...I need to learn to embrace my curls, I just want straight hair so badly! But I'm hoping for the day when super natural curls and waves are the norm and straight hair is an old trend. It would be so much easier for me!

Answer 4

yaa. maybe its because if they dont straighten it it kind of looks messy... lots of people now days straighten their hair... including the poofing/ratting to make your hair look more volumeous.. and both f those things ruin your hair.. thats why i wonder how those people who look like their hair is perfect and shiny keep it that way because at the same time they poof it and straighten it... nd i have the type of hair that is wavy.. but its not a gorgeous wave plus i have semi-longish short hair so i cant just leave it down and not straighten it.. thats why im trying to grow my hair out so i can .... I personally think curly hair is gorgeous.. i have always wanted to have semi-curly hair... but i was stuck with the ugly wave.. ugh... and if you haev curly hir you can straighten it.. and if you want just not straighten it and leave it curly.. but the bad thing of curly hair is i think it probly gets in the ay alot.. but thats just how it seems.. ut otherwise i love curly hair.. i wish i had curly hair! haha.. oh ya.. if you want to hear an intersting story here is one:

when i went to girls camp over the summer last year.. it was the day we got to take a shower and clean up.. lots of the girls blow dried their hair and straightened it.. and i was thinking OMG come on this is your chance to let your hair go.. and be healthy for a change.. and its not like there are any boys around anyways.. i was just like whatever.. and threw my hair up in a bun.. haha.. usually if i were at home gettiong readty for school i would straighten my hair.. i agree with you about evryone straightening their hair now days.. haha..



even guys straighten their hair now days.. hahaa

Answer 5

I learned a lesson about one week ago. For the past year, I have straightned my hair everyday. It was hard. Last Friday, I was getting ready for school and woke up late. I turned the straightner on high and put my hair up in a ponytail. Then, i straightned my bangs. Half of my bangs fell off! I'm done with that phase.





To answer your question, we straighten it because we like the way it looks.(Well duh). I mean it just looks neat and makes us look and feel better for some freaky reason. If you really want to know look at a before and after pic of a girl with curly to straight hair. You will understand.

Answer 6

I have curly hair and flat iron it straight. For years I've been battling the curls. Curly hair is frizzy and unruly. It gets so knotted up that you can't run your fingers through it. The curls expand outwards instead of down, making your head look like a big ball of curls. There's lots of hair products out there, but all they do is make your hair sticky and make your scalp itch.

Answer 7

I'm not a teen, but I flat iron my hair. It looks cleaner, healthier. Also, it only takes 5 minutes, not 2 hours. I think it looks better than the weird wavy hair that's not quite curly enough to be cute, and its a fraction of the time it takes to blow dry it straight.

Answer 8

I don't know haha

I straighten my hair every once in a while, not every day but maybe every three days.

But my hair's annoyingly half wavy, half straight and it's all uneven curls...it looks stupid!

Us girls just like straight hair better I guess!

And anyways, girls with straight hair want it curly and those with curly seem to want it straight!

Answer 9

Haha, I noticed that as well. I have no clue why they do it, I mean my hair has always been very straight but I still think curly hair is sooo beautiful so I have no clue why they would want to hide that. I have tried everything to get my hair to curl.. and failed every time.

Answer 10

i straighten mine because it is wavy/curly/straight... its just a hot mess. i also have chemical damage from coloring it so much, so straightening makes it look less messy. i occasionally will take the time to put in mousse and diffuse it, but it honestly takes just as much time to do that as it does to straighten it.



if you condition your hair appropriately, it helps cut down on some of the damage, and adding heat protectors before straightening helps as well.



i think its all about preference and looking neat and polished... some people (like myself) don't have the luxury of having gorgeous hair after stepping out of the shower! (dammit!)

Answer 11

well the flat iron is no fad... people have been hot ironing their hair since the middle ages... i think queen victoria had a flat iron



i have naturally curly hair and i hated it for most of my life. but one day i just realized that this is how it is... i gotta live with it, and make the best of it

Answer 12

hey well i just happen to be a girl and i pretty much straighten (flat iron) my hair everyday.

Same with all of my friends.

Im not so specific on why but if one girl does it the other does and it just goes on ect.

Thats how we get todays fashions,

well plus it doesnt get frizzy!

Answer 13

Yes.. i just recently stopped straightening my hair.. its terrible and damages your hair badly.. curly hair is beautiful.

Answer 14

I dont know, I straighten my hair almost everyday. I guess I like my hair straight.

Answer 15

i dont know staright hair just looks better. :]

ive always had straight hair. and staright hair looks good on almost everyone

its like asking why did people in the 80's perm their hair all the time

Answer 16

you arent a girl..so you dont necessarily know what every girl looks like in the morning. i know what my hair looks like if nothing is done to it...

Answer 17

it's just a style.



they come and go.



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