For the woman who wants to counteract the natural curls or waves in her hair, there are many straightening and styling tools available that can help. Technology is always advancing, and some recent advances can do wonders for the woman with the right hair type and texture. For others, however, a tool that has been around for a long time can be the best option for straightening their hair: the InfraShine straightener.

The basic hair straightener tool is a simple design that allows for both flattening and straightening of hair without extra work, all while protecting the user from the danger of burning their skin through accidental contact with the heating irons. The design originated in the early 20th century from a hair dresser who developed a method of straightening hair by pressing two hot irons that had been heated on the stove to the hair to straighten it.

Currently with the dawn of more safe and secure electrical heating elements, the flat iron motif is simpler and is mainly a design housed in a single unit. Irons today are heated from within rather than older irons that were heated on the stove. The electrical unit is much simpler to use because the hair straightened is condensed so that it can be used in restrooms and other places where heating irons would otherwise be unfeasible.

The technology behind flat irons have shifted from the use of heating elements to that of heating through electrical current. However, the technology is still similar, and it makes for hair tools that are among the easiest to handle on the market. Many newer models of straightening irons use ceramic plates to heat the hair, which allows for both faster heating of the plates and (due to smoother plates) quicker working through the hair. Smoother plates like this are both more efficient and less damaging in general, but such non-metal plates can cause heat damage.

Ionizing and infrared technologies are part of today’s hair straightening technologies. The technique for straightening hair actually involves the breakdown of hydrogen bonds in the hair structure in order to change the shape of the hair by straightening it from the shaft of the follicles up. The problem with ionizing technology is that while it straightens the hair it also damages the hair over a period of time. The ionizing process weaken the other bonds in the hair structure which can cause permanent damage.

In the end, the ceramic flat iron design is the most suitable hair products for anyone considering to get their hair straightened without putting in significant amount of time and minimizing the risk to the structure of your hair. Hair design tools have developed over time into the current forms, but the lingering techniques of the older designs and ideas have held their own to make women(and men) appear attractive and good-looking.