Your hair stands up in every direction ... you look like a mad scientist from a cartoon gone wrong. Static electricity (credit: INGIMAGE) The (Not-So-Magical) Winter Spell Static electricity ...

Static electricity is literally a hair-raising experience. When your hair becomes charged with electricity, it can make your usually tame locks look like they’re standing on end, or ready to fly ...

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Ultimately we need happy, hydrated hair to avoid static electricity.” Limiting the amount of heat used on your hair — blow-dryers, curling irons, straighteners — has also been proven to ...

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Each year on Jan. 9th, the country — or at least a bunch of school kids — celebrates the wonders of the old balloon-sticking-to-the-wall trick, the hair-raising that takes place after we take ...

I have annoying static all winter. How can I tame it? Static happens when your hair picks up an electrical charge from the dry air, explains hair doctor Philip Kingsley. "It's common in the ...

Using a metal comb (instead of a plastic one) can also help, as metal is conductive so electricity goes to the metal first, or rubbing a metal coat hanger down your hair will also reduce static.

Marks notes that while most people associate static electricity with demonstrations such as hair-raising elementary science experiments or touching a doorknob after rubbing your pet’s fur ...

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