Lux Would Like To Learn:
What is the benefit to using an ionic hair dryer or a ceramic hair dryer? I’ve heard that you can blow dry more quickly by using an ionic or ceramic dryer. Is this true? How does it work?
The Right Brain Accommodates:
The quick answer is that “ionic” doesn’t mean anything in terms of speed of hair drying. Ionic refers to the charged components that a chemical can be broken down to. For example, when table salt (sodium chloride) dissolves in water you get sodium ions and chloride ions. Ions can also be released under conditions of high temperature or high energy. But even if your blow dryer did bombard your hair with ions, those charged particles wouldn’t have any effect on how long it takes your hair to dry.
Ceramic dryers (meaning dryers with a ceramic heating element) can heat up faster and more evenly than some other types, so maybe your hair will dry a little quicker because of that. But that’s only because you spend less time waiting for the dryer to warm up. And that’s not very much time!
The Brain‘s Bottom Line:
We haven’t seen any data to show that ionic hair drying appliances are better than any other kind. But ceramic dryers might offer you a faster, more consistent heat source. If any of our Beauty Brainiacs (as we affectionately refer to our readers) have experience with ionic or ceramic dryers, please let us know.
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hi
ive read ur articles on the ionic versus ceramic straighteners and dryers
and i just want to comment so that other readers wont be misled by how you have stated that there is no scientific eveidence to back up all these claims.
i myself personally have used both ionic and non ionic dryers,and there IS a HUGE difference.
i dont know where you got all this info from,it sounds logical,but i have to disagree from personal experience.
maybe it is because this information may be very outdated?
but it would be helpful if you did an update article on it!!
Daphne,
It would’ve been nice if you had told us what this HUGE difference is instead of spending your time bashing The Beauty Brains.