July 30, 2008

Negative Ions are good for Your Hair Just as it is to the Environment

Ions are everywhere around us. There are both positive and negative ions. Their presence has a remarkable effect to the environment. According to one research, having negative ions can be greatly beneficial to your well being because it can affect your metabolism as means of improving human behavior. This was in one of the studies of a scientist who is famous in our century. Because of this, it made me wonder what is in negative ions that they are also being promoted as part of what is beneficial in professional hair straighteners.

The ions above are present in our skin and our hair. According to one of the hair stylists, David Evangelista, we have to be careful in choosing flat irons to straighten our hair. He had mentioned about the difference of positive ion and negative ions. They said we should choose hair straighteners because they emit ionic charges that are negative. Therefore, when we apply heat on the hair, they will be evenly distributed and moisture will be locked in the hair plus the ceramic plates protect the hair cuticles and make it smoother.

From the study that I have mentioned a while ago, there is something in negative ions that even if it is abundant in our surrounding, you will feel more uplifted when exposed. Whereas if there will be more positive ions, it could lead to irritations syndrome, making you feel sleepless, more tensioned and nauseated. This is such a wonder because the word positive for us connotes something that is good. However, when they become ions they can have adverse effects to plants and animals. Even on hair straighteners before, they had a positive ion, which sucks, out the moisture leaving hair dry after being straightened out. No wonder dual voltage hair straighteners are highly encouraged for home use by hair stylists.

There is nothing wrong with having both electrical charges in the surrounding because they contribute to homeostasis. However, it is funny that the terms negative and positive do not work as it is based on how it is defined in our dictionary. It is like yin-yang or good and bad. Positive are usually an advantage but the negative is usually the disadvantage. But if there will be too much positive ions in the surroundings, they can lead to more mistakes and irrational anger in human being. These ions are a great disadvantage to human being when breathed in large amounts. What more if the hair gets them? That is why negative ions need to outnumber the positive in the surroundings because it makes it calmer and stimulates good morale. Therefore, if you are worried about hair damage preceding hair straightening then I guess it is best to get ceramic hair straighteners as they make use of negative ion charges.

Simply saying negative ions are good for your hair as it is to your environment. It maybe hard to unlock the mystery why negative ions but more and more studies have proven that having something negative is not of a great disadvantage but they can generate positive results as well. Ionic hair straighteners are able to do it so when you use it for hair not only will it remove static in your hair but also it can seal moisture: making hair silkier and frisk-free. Simply they follow what the study has been trying to prove. The negative in this area is definitely more beneficial.

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