People love to look after their hair and spend a lot of money on products and hair styling equipment. Your hair can really help you to become more confident, and people often make their first impressions by the look of your hair. This makes it understandably important to look after the hair as well as possible and to spend that extra bit of time styling it.

However, often the same products which you use to style and make your hair look good, can often damage the hair and make it look unhealthy. The most common hair problems occur when you constantly use heated appliances on them, and bubble hair is a problem caused by curling tongs.

People, who use hot heating appliances, especially curling tongs on their hair, are most liable to develop bubble hair. Basically bubble hair is just tiny bubbles at the end of the hair that are caused by the long term use of curling irons and other appliances.

It is thought that the bubbles occur because it is having a similar reaction to water boiling. Water boils at 100 degrees and curling tongs tend to heat up to between 120 and 180 degrees. It is literally boiling the water within the hair and that is what causes the bubbles!

Usually the bubble appears at the end of the hair or towards the end of the hair and after a while it tends to snap off. If left untreated for long periods of time, your hair can end up looking really shaggy. Curling tongs work differently on different days and some days they are hotter than others. On those days it is all it takes to cause the bubbles in the hair.

The condition is extremely common as most women these days spend a lot of time styling their hair using heated appliances. A recent study which tested sixteen different women brought back evidence of bubbles in the hair of all of them. Many people say that these bubbles just appear and they make the mistake of thinking they are just something that come on very suddenly, but they actually are not. They develop over time and it takes long periods of abuse to create them. There is one thing you can do to prevent them though!

Ceramic styling products are advised in order to help prevent bubble hair from occurring. It is recommended that you use ceramic styling products because they maintain the same heat throughout your use of them, and the negative ions that are produced allow the moisture to penetrate the hair shaft.

Another benefit of using ceramic products is that they seal the hair shaft which helps to keep in moisture and that in turn helps to keep the hair looking shiny and healthy. Humidity is also repelled and that prevents the hair form boiling, hence the bubbles do not appear.

Metal styling products simply do not offer enough protection for the hair. If you are using metal products it is recommended that you stop using them immediately, even if you do not currently have bubble hair. This will help to prevent the condition and it will also give your hair that extra bit of protection.

Overall, when you think of bubbles you think of fairly large things that you can see. However, the bubbles in ‘bubble hair’ are often really tiny and although they are noticeable, you really have to look for them! The only way you can really treat the condition is if you go to the hairdresser and have the existing damage cut off, then discontinue your use of the metal styling products as soon as possible!