# What hair products should I use if I flat iron regularly?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 14, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hair-products-should-i-use-if-i-flat-iron-regularly/452936 "2008-06-14T18:09:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hair-products-should-i-use-if-i-flat-iron-regularly/452936/1 "2008-06-14T18:09:03Z")

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I have long hair (below my shoulder blades) that I straighten with a flat iron about 5 times a week. I haven’t noticed any particular damage, though the ends seem to look a little rough more quickly than before.

I have been using Aussie 3 Minute Miracle conditioner and then Biotera leave-in conditioner (generic for Biolage). My hair is fine and tends towards frizzy under any condition. Do I need to switch to some other products, or will these do fine?

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**Author:** ![trustno\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@trustno\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trustno_1)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hair-products-should-i-use-if-i-flat-iron-regularly/452936/2 "2008-06-14T19:09:38Z")

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Using a protection product might be good. I use ghd ironing oil (available at several hairdressers and ebay!) everytime I straighten my hair. I just spray it on the ends and it stops my ends getting dry. Its not overly expensive and supermarkets often sell cheaper versions of it. What I also tend to do is use a deep conditioning product once a week and everytime I use it I leave it on for around a half hour and rinse it with cold water (well as cold as I can bear!)

happy straightning!

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hair-products-should-i-use-if-i-flat-iron-regularly/452936/3 "2008-06-14T19:53:30Z")

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Have you considered Japanese Straightening? If you’re ever in NYC I can recommend a place. 🙂

As to moisturizers, I like “Potion No. 9” made by Sebastien.

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**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hair-products-should-i-use-if-i-flat-iron-regularly/452936/4 "2008-06-14T20:01:55Z")

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[QUOTE=Hello Again]  
Have you considered Japanese Straightening? If you’re ever in NYC I can recommend a place. 🙂

As to moisturizers, I like “Potion No. 9” made by Sebastien.  
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I would love to get Japanese Straightening done! It doesn’t seem to be well-known in Oklahoma yet, so I don’t know how to go about finding a good salon. Unfortunately, I have no plans of traveling to NYC either, so I’m SOL ☹