Q&A for How to Fix Chemically Burnt Hair

Avoid using hot tools on your hair as much as possible. If your hair is damaged, avoid using a blow dryer, curling iron, or flat iron more than once a week or so. If you do use them occasionally, use a heat defense spray, but keep in mind that those will only prevent some of the damage caused by heat.

Hair that has been burned—whether by chemicals or heat styling—will regrow as long as the follicle the hair grows from hasn't been damaged. It is rare that a chemical penetrates to the follicle and causes damage, but it can happen with a relaxer.

If the cuticles on your hair are roughed up and open, they can be smoothed and sealed with products that have lightweight oils and a pH similar to your hair's pH. However, if the cuticle is broken or missing, it can't be fixed.

Coconut oil can help protect hair while it regrows, but it can't fix damage. Coconut oil doesn't fully absorb, so it leaves a thin coating on the top surface of the hair that helps shield and lubricate it.

Use a combination of protein-based moisturizer and oils to restore both shine and strength. You can't permanently repair damaged hair, but with regular use of the right treatments, you can keep it looking and feeling good until the damage grows out.

It would be best to perform hot oil treatments and hair masks on a weekly basis. Your hair is over-processed now and can’t be reversed. It can only be cut to remove the burnt pieces. While you wait for the hair to grow out, keep your strands moisturized and be really careful when applying your next relaxer in the future. However, you should consider laying off the relaxers for a while.

Although the damage can’t be reversed, you can try to nurse your hair back to health by staying away from hair products with harsh chemicals in them such as sulfates and alcohol. You should even consider not getting another perm for a while, because your hair is already damaged and burnt, and will likely become over-processed. You should get a trim especially if your ends are burnt badly. Start using moisturizing shampoo and conditioners, as well as hair masks on a weekly basis.

You can start by not using any heat in your hair (straightener, etc.). Try making hydrating products for your hair. Always cut your ends.

Follow the steps here and enlist the help of a professional stylist.

Follow the instructions listed in the article above.

Get your hair cut and treated by a professional. You could use hair masks and conditioners at home after the professional has done the initial fix.

You should trim it and apply intense hydrating hair products with some conditioner.

I would recommend applying some coconut oil or detangling paste, and then comb with a large tooth comb.

Go to your local beauty store and tell them what has happened. An at-home method is to soak your hair in coconut oil.

Unfortunately, you will have to wait for your hair to grow back and grow out. You can repair it somewhat but not to how it was before.

Your hair is likely to be dehydrated or have split ends. Try using some special hydrating hair products or getting it trimmed. You don’t need to trim it very much, anywhere from and inch and a half or half an inch should be enough.