PK Shares Tips On How To Revive Heat Damaged Hair On MarthaStewart.com

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Gliding a flat iron through or using a curling iron on your hair are just a couple of heat-based ways to style it. But the higher and more frequent the heat, the more likely hair damage becomes. If your strands feel particularly fried, nursing them back to health can feel impossible. While this issue is (somewhat) reversible, prevention is still the best course of action—which is why we tapped several professionals in the hair industry to share a few expert-approved ways to prevent heat damage entirely (or remedy it if it has already occurred). Ahead, how to get your hair back on track.

Identifying Heat Damage

In order to care for heat-damaged hair, you need to be able to first identify it. According to Pekela Riley—the founder of Salon PK and True & Pure Extensions, a global artistic director, and the diverse strategy specialist at Ulta Beauty—thin and straggly ends and sections are telltale signs. Inconsistent texture is another symptom, she notes. The damage, however, might be more obvious than that: "Hair that has been damaged by heat is dull and may even have bands where the curling iron or flat iron has touched the hair," says Alicia Bailey, a hair texture expert and global education manager at Design Essentials. "The hair has been scorched and is usually dry and brittle and has an evident appearance of split ends."

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