I grew up air drying my hair often. I would even wash my hair and then go straight to bed. I did this so often that I still find washing my hair and then sleeping on it quite comforting, though I try not to do it anymore (more on why, later). I do still air dry my hair though—who has time to heat style with every single wash? Not me, no siree.
Recently, the discourse surrounding air drying has bubbled to the surface. It’s done so once before in 2021, when this video by Scarlett Rocourt, CEO of Wonder Curl, went TikTok viral for claiming that air drying is bad for your hair. As in, worse than heat styling with a hair dryer.
