Bubble hair is an acquired hair shaft defect that occurs when you use a heat tool or blow dry your hair with a too high temperature. The water content in your hair will boil and produce steam which will cause an air pocket inside you hair leaving a bubble appearance in your hair’s cuticle (the outer layer of your hair shaft) this will cause a weak point and your hair could possible snap of at this weakness.
The bubbled appearance is not visible with the naked eye and can only be seen under hair microscopy. But you will see brittle hair, breakage and the texture will become straighter and more stiff looking.
What can you do if you think you have this condition? Unfortunately when the hair’s cuticle has “bubbled” you cannot fix it. You will have to just make sure you don’t continue to make the condition worse.
Tips for avoiding Bubble Hair
- Make sure your hair is completely dry before using and heat tools such as a straightener or curling iron.
- Avoid holding your blow-dryer too close to the hair when drying it.Use lower temperatures, 185 degrees is the perfect hair styling temperature any hotter and your hair will bubble or burn.
- Use a heat styling protectant prior to thermal styling to protect your hair.
- Try air drying prior to using heat tools id you have the time.
- Upgrade your old styling tools, thermostats become faulty after a while and may not be true to temperature.
- Replenish the moisture lost from heat styling with a conditioning treatment on a regular basis.
We use and recommend ghd styling tools in the salon because they are set to 185 degrees for perfect styling. The technology that has gone into developing these advanced styling tools is the best. ghd have been the global leaders in hair styling technology for the past 19 years and continually develop the best performing styling tools on the market for healthy hair.