How to Care for Hair Damaged From Chemical Straighteners

Chemical straighteners can damage your hair in a number of ways. Especially if your hair is overprocessed, these straighteners can strip moisture and cause the hair to break easily. If you have hair that has been damaged from chemical straighteners, you must follow careful steps to restore your hair's health and shine.

Things You'll Need

• Essential oils
• Protein conditioner
• Wide-tooth comb

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Instructions

• 1

  Decrease the use of chemicals. If chemicals are the cause of breakage, the first thing that you must do to repair the hair is to stop using the chemicals (or at least do not make the use as frequent).

• 2

  Trim your ends. Overprocessing the hair with chemical straighteners often causes the ends of your hair to split. Trimming the dead ends will allow the hair to grow back healthier and stronger.

• 3

  Use essential oils to promote growth in damaged areas. Jojoba, cinnamon and coconut oils are natural essential oils that encourage hair growth in thinning areas of the scalp and hair shaft. Massaging them in a circular motion also stimulates the scalp.

• 4

  Stop using hair products and equipment that will cause more damage to the hair. When your hair has been damaged by chemicals, it is a good idea to abandon the blow-dryer, flat iron and other heat products until your hair gets stronger.

• 5

  Wear styles that do not further damage the hair. For example, tight ponytails and braids add more stress to hair that has been chemically damaged.