Haircut by fire: purpose, pros and cons, types

The hairdressing industry is regularly updated with various new techniques and techniques for working with hair. Today, professional masters can offer customers beauty salons a new-fangled haircut with fire, which causes a lot of mixed opinions regarding its specificity and benefits for hair.

In light of the rapid introduction of new methods of working with hair, it is quite difficult to keep track of the appearance of cutting-edge hairdressing services related to the creation of haircuts. Today in the arsenal of professionals in the beauty industry there is a haircut by fire. Despite the rather frightening name, this technique does not pose a threat to humans. In addition, the manipulation of curls with the help of fire goes back to antiquity, when there was no talk of the existence of scissors.

Today, a significantly modernized fire service has become quite popular throughout Europe. Gradually, this trend began to spread in the post-Soviet space. The appearance of a similar methodology in the field of hairdressing services was due to the Russian stylist Olga Kurbanova, who proposed this haircut option, focusing on improving the hair rods, specifically the tips, as well as giving the hairstyle an attractive look.

According to experts, such a haircut option allows not only to give the appearance of appeal to the hair rods, but also to heal them. The principle of working with open fire involves a certain step-by-step algorithm of work, during which the hairdresser will use a specially selected set of tools.These compounds have a restorative effect on curls, due to their natural composition.

A feature of the haircut is the pre-treatment of hair with a special shampoo on a natural basis. This process is carried out as thoroughly as possible, since the main task of the master in this case is the uniform processing of all hair rods so that the unused hairs do not begin to knock out their appearance from the total mass in the future.

The next tool, which is mandatory to process hair before shearing a fire, is air conditioning. In some salons, instead of this composition, they work with curls with the help of ampoules with certain nutritional components. The choice of a product is carried out individually for each client or client.

At the final stage, with special preparatory means for the hair, the processing of hair rods will be carried out using a special spray. It contains protein and an extract from wheat, which together provide additional nutrition to curls, and also serve as a protective layer during subsequent contact of hair with fire.

With fire, the master works as carefully as possible, which eliminates the ignition of the strands. During the haircut, the strands are in contact with the fire, but their length remains unchanged. At the end of the trim, you can observe the result of the sealed ends, which over the next few days will need careful care. If you want to change the length or shape of the haircut, you must tell the hairdresser in advance. Work with hair rods is carried out in a conventional salon chair in front of the mirror. The master will work from behind using a cotton swab dipped in alcohol with a clip and a rubber brush, without using any appliances or devices.

Work with fire is carried out progressively, the master selects one lock from the total mass, pulls it, separating it from the rest of the hair, checks its moisture. And only after that he holds in a horizontal direction next to her a burning tampon, avoiding contact with the hair rods in the process.

The burning of one swab lasts no more than 2-3 minutes, so about 6-7 products will be required for medium-length hair. The procedure itself takes about a quarter of an hour, but the time largely depends on the skill of the hairdresser, the length and density of the hair. But this does not end the manipulation of hair. After all the curls are processed, a special composition must be applied over their entire length, which should be dried naturally with a terry towel.

This tool is necessary in order to remove gummy scales from the ends of the hair rods.that can adversely affect the appearance of the hairstyle. Then, at the request of the client, the master performs styling, thereby completing the created image.

Despite the fact that such a service in beauty salons has been held not so long ago, today it is already possible to highlight its positive and negative sides. The benefits of shearing with fire include some positive results after the procedure.

• This effect on the hair allows you to get rid of split ends for a while. After the procedure, the hair rods will lie one to one, without breaking out from the general lines and boundaries of the existing haircut.
• As a result, the hairstyle acquires additional volume and grooming. Hair becomes much thicker.
• The appearance of the hair will be more well-groomed.
• The hair becomes shiny, in addition, the compounds used suggest some improvement in the hair rods.
• Curls are much less electrified, which is especially true in the winter.

However, the new-fangled hairdressing service is not without some drawbacks.

• First of all, this concerns the temporary effect on the hair, therefore, shearing with a fire to maintain an attractive appearance will need to be carried out with a certain frequency. As a rule, one trip to the salon once every 2-3 months will be enough. Otherwise, the split ends will reappear on the hair.
• Fiery haircut stands out for its high cost.
• The result of the procedure will largely depend on the qualifications and professionalism of the master. The absence of any result after the work of the hairdresser will indicate that he made gross errors in the process of processing the hair or used low-quality care products.

Today, a haircut by fire is classified into two varieties of hair healing procedures, where the fire will be involved.

The first type of work, called pyrophoresis, involves soldering the ends of the hair rods, which were previously fed with various vitamins and proteins contained in the formulations used. Before this procedure, it is recommended to make a haircut and stain if necessary. The algorithm for working with hair during pyrophoresis involves a preliminary washing of the head with massage. After which the curls are processed with a special serum. Over time, the product is washed off from the hair, and, instead of it, the strands are treated with a special compound for subsequent safe work with fire. As a rule, it is this product that nourishes the hair rods with natural substances.

After finishing work with the compositions, the master moisturizes the swab with alcohol and sets it on fire. Further, with the help of a clamp or long scissors, the hairdresser will alternately work out each strand starting from the crown, moving to the ends. Pyrophoresis can be performed no more than once every three months, and immediately after the procedure refrain from washing the hair for 4 days.

This technique also involves working with fire, however, unlike the first option, the master performs hair processing in a slightly different way. In this case, the hair is divided into strands, which are twisted into small thick bundles, under which the master will hold the flame from the candle. The result of this procedure is the burning of sticking out ends, due to which the haircut and hair as a whole become more smooth and shiny. And also the difference between pyrophoresis and velotherapy is the use of nutritious and restorative compounds in the second case only at the end of work with fire.

There are certain recommendations for cutting hair:

• the procedure will be useful for dull hair, lacking volume;
• exposure to fire is indicated in the presence of a large number of split hair rods;
• It will be possible to achieve an attractive appearance on thinned hair;
• restore the structure of the hair with a haircut by the fire will turn out after chemistry or dyeing and bleaching curls;
• a haircut for hair, which is subjected to frequent styling with the help of hair dryers, irons and tricks, will be useful.

There are a number of helpful tips. allowing to extend the effect of haircuts.

• After going to the salon, you must refrain from washing your hair for 3-4 days to consolidate the effect of adhesion of the structure of the hair rods.
• Immediately after cutting with fire, it would be more correct to refrain from dyeing your hair. It will be more correct to do this before the recovery procedure.
• Hair drying should be carried out naturally to the maximum. If this is not possible, then the hairdryer should be used in the regime of blowing with cold air.
• It will be useful to perform regular head massage, as well as make weekly nourishing and regenerating masks.
• Use plenty of clean water so that the hair rods are saturated with moisture in the proper amount.

Hair cutting has rather conflicting responses from clients of beauty salons. In most cases, girls note a positive effect, which manifests itself in the form of smooth and obedient hair with no split ends.

The minuses of the girl’s procedure include the short-term result from a haircut with fire, which can end immediately after the first wrinkling of the head at home. Of course, the compositions used before pyrophoresis and bicycle therapy have a positive and strengthening effect on the hair rods, and the process of getting rid of dead and cut scales will only benefit the hair.

See how the fire cutting procedure is performed in the next video.