Bombed on TikTok: does aluminum foil really take the frizz out of your hair? Look

You must have seen a video on your TikTok feed of a woman passing by aluminum paperin the highlights. The promise is that the silver leaf will considerably remove or reduce hair frizz.

Maybe you turned your nose up when you read the sentence above, but that's right. On the trend of TikTok, which has gained more and more content, women show their before and after after passing aluminum foil on the hair.

But will it work? Read on and let's find out together!

First, let's find out what frizz is

Hair frizz is those rebellious strands that insist on staying up, even when the entire lock is aligned. This creates an uneven texture in the hairstyle.

It happens when there is not enough hydration. That is, when the wires are resected. The culprits for this can be many: from the shampoo you use to excessive exposure to screens.

And so? Does using aluminum foil on your hair really remove the frizz?

The technique of passing aluminum foil on the hair promises to quickly and “magically” reduce frizz in the hair. And, amazingly, it works!

“Our hair has positive and negative ion bonds like everything else around the globe that has static energy. Aluminum foil has the ability to reduce frizz, because it is an insulator, which manages to isolate the static energy it has in the hair", said the trichologist and specialist in scalp disorders, Mariana Mageschi, in an interview with the magazine Whim.

However, she is very straightforward, girls: the resolution is not permanent and does not last very long. “This static isolation of the hair can last between 2h or 2h30”, explained Mageschi. The ideal is to use only in moments of great urgency.

And how to never have frizz again?

We come to the million dollar question! Some day-to-day care can help you achieve a good result in combating hair frizz.

One of them is to avoid washing your hair with very hot water. In addition, you can bet on pearly shampoos, as they tend to be more moisturizing and better control the dryness of the hair.

It is also possible to bet on hydration masks based on shea butter, cupuaçu and cocoa. And if you use a flat iron or dryer, the tip is always to apply a thermal protector before using the equipment.

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