Blow-drying Vs. Air-drying.

Whether you blow dry or air dry your hair is really up to you. Professional stylists recommend both methods for various occasions, hairstyles, and hair types. Blow drying is best if you want the process to be quick and if you want to be able to style your hair through the whole drying process. Air drying is best if you don't want to risk damaging your hair and if you don't want to bother wasting electricity. But there's more to it than this. What are the essential differences between blow drying and air drying?

Air drying is best for anyone who has a short hairstyle that doesn't require much maintenance. If you've ever had long hair, you know that air drying long hair can take hours. With short hair, it's the opposite. After being toweled off, hair just a few inches long can be dry within minutes. So why bother with the blow dryer?

Air drying is also best for anyone with very curly hair. Let's face it-if your hair is naturally very curly, a blow dryer is not going to change anything. In fact, all it will do is make your hair look unnecessarily frizzy. It will take your hair's natural curliness and turn it up a notch, which probably isn't a good thing.

Finally, if you have particularly sensitive or damage-prone hair, air drying is probably the best option for you. Wet hair is extra sensitive, so when you expose it to the high temperatures of a blow dryer, you could end up making it brittle and frizzy. And the more times you do this, the more damage you'll cause.

As you may know, hair damage is irreversible. Do you really want to damage your hair so much that you end up having to lop it off and wait for it to grow back? If this isn't your idea of a good hairstyling practice, then be careful with the blow dryer, and only use it on low settings.

Blow drying is best for anyone with a very fast paced life. If you have to be at work in 30 minutes and you don't want to have wet hair, the blow dryer is really your only choice.

If you have hair that is very strong and naturally voluminous, blow drying can bring this quality out without doing too much damage to your hair. It gives you the ability to shape your hairstyle as it's drying, but it can also have surprising effects, so don't overdo it. 

The main disadvantage of blow drying lies in that the heat of the air dries up your hair making your hair damaged on the other hand air dry is a natural process and does no harm to your hair. However if you follow a proper hair care tips, blow drying can be less harmful for your hair.
Selection of your blow dryer is very important. Select the dryer which has different levels so that you can control the heat on your hair. First Wash your hair with moisturizing shampoo. Dry your hair using towel of the excess water. Part up your hair; use the dryer from a minimum of six inches distance, use wide toothed comb. Use protective hair serums and conditioners which will restore hair moisture and not let it dry. Keep in mind do not over dry your hair while blow drying keep them little damp, this will prevent your hair losing its moisture.

No matter how tough your hair is, the sustained, heated wind of a dryer at high setting can really sap your hair of its natural oils. And these natural oils are an essential part of your hair's body and manageability, so don't overdo it.

That's why, even when you're blow drying your hair, it's a good idea to get your hair moderately dry before turning on the dryer. If your hair is still dripping when you turn it on, you're probably going to do damage. Starting at the top of your head, run a towel down the length of your hair several times, and only then should you hit the on switch.