Spent $180 on a fancy hair iron that fried my ends in under 2 weeks

I bought one of those high-end titanium flat irons at a beauty supply show thinking it would be a game changer. It got way too hot too fast and left my ends brittle and snapping off within 10 days. Has anyone else had a pricey tool backfire on them like that?

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butler.brian1mo ago

@rivera.henry pretty much nailed it, a hot tool that runs wild will wreck your hair fast no matter what you paid. Same thing happens with cheap tools in my shop, a high price tag doesn't mean quality control if the heat regulation is junk. Always test a new iron on a low setting first, better than learning the hard way like you did.

rivera.henry1mo ago

Laughed out loud at this. Sounds like you paid $180 to give yourself a chemical haircut.

parkerkim1mo ago

rivera.henry's comment about the chemical haircut is the realest thing here. But I wonder if the problem was also the titanium plates. Titanium heats up scary fast and doesn't spread the heat evenly like ceramic does. I had a similar thing happen with a cheap ceramic iron that just got one hot spot in the middle. You basically got a $180 branding iron for your ends instead of a hair tool.