Dr. Ghosh’s 5 Tips on How to Straighten Your Hair Naturally

by Dipak Ghosh on May 17, 2009

Many women today are faced with the dilemma of how to straighten hair. Considering all of the available options, it’s hard to know which ones to pick and which to avoid. Whenever possible, the natural methods work best. The more traditional options can harm and destroy your hair, making it look even worse than when you began, and making it harder to manage as well.

Learning how to straighten hair naturally is not very difficult. There are several methods. Coconut juice mixed with lime juice is one very natural option. All you have to do is put some fresh coconut into a blender and grind it until you get a full glass of juice. Then, add the juice from a whole fresh lime, and refrigerate.

After a while, it will form a foam on the top. Massaging this foam into your scalp and steaming it for about twenty minutes will help to relax your hair. Once it’s done, wash your hair with shampoo to get all of the juice out and you should have straight hair.

Another idea for how to straighten hair is blow drying. This is not the best or fastest way but it does avoid using harsh chemicals that can damage your hair. You first wash and condition your hair with a straightening shampoo and conditioner. Then, use a brush and blow dryer to pull your hair straight while you dry it.

This can certainly help straighten your hair, although you will not have super straight hair. To get it even straighter, you can use a flat iron. If you don’t want to apply all that heat to your hair, you can try just brushing it constantly until it dries naturally. Your hair will not be super straight but it should have a nice wave to it and it will be more manageable.

A different choice for how to straighten hair naturally is by using milk. Spray your hair with regular milk until it is saturated, and let it sit for twenty minutes or so. Then, wash and condition your hair, brush it, and you should have beautiful straight hair. You do not have to blow dry it although that is an option if you prefer.

Relaxers and other treatments are not traditionally viewed as natural because they normally use harsh chemicals to force your hair straight. If you’re deciding how to straighten hair and don’t want to use these chemically based products, there are naturally based products available as well. By blending a mixture of nutrients, amino acids, minerals, oils, and other natural ingredients these products can provide you with natural looking straight hair.

There are also balms, gels, and sprays that can help you straighten your hair without the chemicals. These are produced using natural, plant based extracts as well as minerals and oils. Once you have washed and conditioned your hair, apply the product to your hair and brush it straight. This works for many women.

Naturally curly or frizzy hair cannot be permanently straightened naturally. Using these techniques, you will have to straighten your hair every time you wash it. If your hair is very thick, has tight curls, or frizzes very easily, these methods may not work as well for you.

In that case, you may want to seek more ideas on how to straighten hair. Any way you go, you need to be responsible when treating your hair. Let it relax every once in a while and leave it natural. Be sure to keep your hair healthy, no matter what methods you use to straighten your hair.

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