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Do you blow dry with medium or high heat?

Hilary77 — Fri, 23 May 2014 01:06:37 GMT

I have noticed that the high heat setting on my hair dryer is really hot. I feel like I am frying my hair if I use it on high. I usually use the medium setting. I know Chaz suggests staying away from curling irons and flat irons. He says if it burns your skin, it burns your hair. I also know that he says to keep the blow dryer moving, moving, moving to keep from burning your hair. However, I can't help but feel like I am still burning my hair. What do you all think about this topic?? Does anyone know if Chaz uses medium or high heat while styling?

Re: Do you blow dry with medium or high heat?

ChynnaBlue — Fri, 23 May 2014 01:11:04 GMT

I don't blow dry my hair much, but I use medium heat when I do. You might want to look for a dryer with a low setting.

Re: Do you blow dry with medium or high heat?

Hilary77 — Fri, 23 May 2014 01:19:03 GMT

On 5/22/2014 ChynnaBlue said:
I don't blow dry my hair much, but I use medium heat when I do. You might want to look for a dryer with a low setting.

That's a good point. I am wondering if my dryer just has more heat output than other dryers. The medium is plenty hot to me. I have a Revlon dryer.

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songbird — Fri, 23 May 2014 01:19:57 GMT

Medium heat for me. I blow dry my hair after washing it about every 3-4 days. I use the John Frieda brush to style afterwards. So that uses some high temperatures.

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brewhaha — Fri, 23 May 2014 01:20:52 GMT

Another medium.

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Buck-i-Nana — Fri, 23 May 2014 01:22:38 GMT

I blow dry on medium heat and medium speed and keep that nozzle attachment on the dryer at all times.

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WenGirl42 — Fri, 23 May 2014 01:27:07 GMT

I use the diffuser and low or medium heat, low speed. That's why I haven't sprung for a more expensive dryer...I feel like it would be wasted given my speed and heat constraints. But my hair takes an hour to dry. My wash-and-wear style takes over 2 hours to actually do

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CalminHeart — Fri, 23 May 2014 01:33:01 GMT

Low speed, hot temp.

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gazelle77 — Fri, 23 May 2014 01:33:46 GMT

I am a person who does everything on high.

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Tigriss — Fri, 23 May 2014 01:37:23 GMT

Start on high to get the water out and then medium/cold to finish. I always end on cool since I get so hot doing it. I also blow dry on cold if I'm super hot to begin with and it is already towel dried.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Fri, 23 May 2014 02:09:50 GMT

If I'm doing a complete blow dry to freshly cleansed hair, I'll do the medium heat/high speed until it's damp-dry. Then I'll use high heat/low speed as I'm blowing the section in the round brush, moving the blow dryer around but still pointing at the brush, and then I hit it with a shot of cool to set the curl. My Super Solano is NEVER without the nozzle.

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esmerelda — Fri, 23 May 2014 02:14:24 GMT

Low temp, high speed.

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solitaregal — Fri, 23 May 2014 02:35:05 GMT

I noticed it always takes my stylist longer than it takes me to blow dry my hair. I have always used high. She told me they are taught to use lowest heat possible to blow dry for best results. I have tried and tried but find I either don't have the time or patience to use the low setting and section it out like she does. When I use low and do a section at a time it definitely looks and feels better.

I've started letting it particularly air dry before styling. Still doesn't look as good as at the salon.

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Lorik62 — Fri, 23 May 2014 02:41:45 GMT

I never understood why there was high heat on a hair dryer. Seems it would do more harm than good.

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Denise from Canada — Fri, 23 May 2014 04:30:06 GMT

My old dryer has a cool setting, just cool air, but I have short fine hair so it drys on the cool setting pretty fast. It's either cool blow dry or just natural dry if I go with my curls.

Re: Do you blow dry with medium or high heat?

bebe777 — Fri, 23 May 2014 07:10:06 GMT

I'm really low-tech about this. I have shoulder length, thin/fine hair. I either air dry it or sit in front of my portable fan to dry it (4-5 mins).

-- bebe

Re: Do you blow dry with medium or high heat?

Thia-Winter — Fri, 23 May 2014 10:12:02 GMT

If I'm diffusing for curl it's low speed, high heat. Otherwise it is usually just high heat. I do have a Paul Mitchell dryer though. I find that Revlon dryers have really high heat when I've used them in the past. And I always use the concentrator, which is the nozzle Chaz recommends.

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jackthebear — Fri, 23 May 2014 12:34:59 GMT

You should have 80% of the moisture out of your hair before even starting to dry your hair, saw this on a TV segment, that way your wont be using the hot air so much. This works actually,

Since buying a drying with a concentrator it is much more efficient. I also think that using lower heat is going to take longer (depending on yr hair), maybe overthinking on this

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scatcat — Fri, 23 May 2014 13:18:07 GMT

When my gal styles/blow drys my hair, my hair actually smokes. Weird, but it always looks much better than when I use medium heat at home. Since she only does my hair 6x's a year, I'm ok with it.

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vermint — Fri, 23 May 2014 14:14:33 GMT

High heat, no matter what speed I'm using. I cleanse every morning and just don't have time to use the lower temp.

I tried the "burn" test on my inner arm the other day (like Chaz does on his shows) it took a good 10 seconds--I counted--for it to get uncomfortably warm on my skin. I never hold it on my hair that long in any one place!