What I found was a woman giving a testimonial on how she happened to meet a Native American man with the most amazing waist length hair. She got up the nerve to ask him what he did to get his hair so beautiful, and this is was he told her. He said, every full moon he gathers his hair into a ponytail, and then burns the ends with fire! Yes, fire!! He said he burns it up the length about a half inch - gasp!!! And lastly, he told her he uses a conditioner created for horses (sorry, he apparently didn't mention which one - or she was just being stingy with the 411 - At any rate, I think we're all pretty familiar with Mane and Tail and other such products of horses, but maybe there's some other more quality type products available, but I digress).
Anyway, this lady said she actually tried his technique and to her surprise - it worked!!
So of course you know this got my attention, right?? Ha! And yes, I began looking for more information about cutting hair with fire. Guess what?? I found some!!
There is actually a barber in Memphis who prefers cutting hair with fire versus using scissors because apparently with scissors you run a greater risk of getting split ends. For anyone who has grown their hair out, it is well known that if you don't keep your ends in order, you might as well forget it, because split ends will literally destroy any growth your may have accumulated.
Here is a video of Mr. Warren giving his customer an awesome fire hair cut, hahaha!!!
As frightening as this may seem, people actually do go to him for their cuts. Take a look as these:
Yes, frightening, isn't it?!?
Ok, so if any of you don't know how I am, you will soon, because I tend to be very curious, often times to my own chagrin, but that's besides the point:0). The point is, does this fire thing actually work? And I was about to find out!
Ok, so does it work? Well, I have to tell you...and no, I didn't flame my head:0). What I did do was take a couple of my shed hairs, which I had inadvertently left in the shower this morning - stuck to the wall - yes, I know that's gross - but hey, they were there, so I used them:0). They were fortunately fully dry, so I took a few of them, lit a match and puff! The ends beaded right up!
Now, mind you - if you are going to do this with your hair still attached to your head, you might want to make sure you don't have any hair product on it, (i.e. hair spray, grease, butta, whateva) because if you do, your head is gonna lite up faster than you can say, "Oh Shi".
Fortunately my shed hairs were freshly clean, but even with fresh, clean hair, it burned and when it burned, it burned lightening fast. It was a piece of cake though to put out the flame, just a quick tap - similar to what Mr. Warren does in his flaming treatment video above.
Anyway, once the flame was out, what did I have left? A tiny little fused end!! I pulled at it, and pulled at it, and that little fused baby would not budge!! And, I could honestly see how it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible for the hair at the end of your strand to split!! Super cool!!
But all is not fabulous in hair burning world, because as most of us know, splits can occur anywhere on the strand. Which has been so fabulously illustrated below:
So in other words, fire burning - if you dare - might be a good solution for you, only if you have cojones the size of Manhattan, and only if your hair is relatively "virgin". Otherwise, if you're chemically processing your hair with dyes, relaxers or lots and lots of heat (i.e. flat ironing) - basically anything that can chemically alter the structure of your hair - you might want to forego this fire cutting technique as a hair cutting option, because you'll still have to contend with all the other issues and risks that the above types of processes will bring to your hair. And if that's the case, save yourself a headache and heart attack - and just use scissors.
Ciao!!
7 Comments:
Very interesting stuff and it makes so much sense thanks for sharing. I might try I am not afraid, it will grow back if nothing else.
That's true - It will definitely grow back if nothing else.
I would try it a few times on your sheds first if you're seriously thinking about trying it - just to get some practice. When my hair gets longer - I'm seriously thinking about doing it too:0).
'..your head is gonna lite up faster than you can say, "Oh Shi".'
LMAO
I'll keep that in mind when I try it (as you, when I have more length).
It actually makes sense though.. scissors are sharp, but the ends of the hair are left so blunt that they probably have to split as they rub against each other. With burning it's still harsh, but you basically "cauterize" the hair tip instead of slicing it open.
OUAT - That's exactly right! I was also reading that there is a patent out on a new device similar to scissors for hair stylists where it actually cuts then cauterizes the hair just as you described!
I'm psychic! lol
Interesting post but I'll pass. I don't trust people enough to let them try that on me!
ah no thank u.
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