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Q: What is the 1940s term for backcombing your hair?
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Can backcombing be bad for your hair?

no it increases our hair


What is the purpose of backcombing hair?

Fashion.


What effect does backcombing and back brushing have on the hair structure?

It will damage the cuticle by pushing the scales the wrong way. The cuticle protects the hair with a lot of backcombing and backbrushing you take away the hairs own defense.


What causes hair breakage on the top of your head?

If you do alot of teasing or backcombing to yourv hair then that can cause it to be lost :/


Does backcombing damage hair?

Consistently backcombing the same area of hair will lead to hair breakage. Using volumizing shampoos, root lifting products, and blow dry styling with a large round brush will create the same lift with very little damage.


How do you get your hair to stick out?

do you mean like backcombing it? if so, just get a comb and brush up rather than down. its easy. :)


What is the purpose of back combing and back brushing hair?

Backcombing and back brushing are both used for the same reason, to create volume. Backcombing is used to create volume at the roots whereas back brushing creates volume from ends to roots. Both are harsh on the hairs structure so it is important that it is done lightly to avoid hair breakage.


What hair products were used in the 1940's?

what hair products were used in the 1940s for women


The purpose of backcombing and backbrushing?

to create volue


Popular hair styles in the 1940s?

See the Related Links.


Could people in the 1940s bleach their hair?

Yes, they could


How does one find short hair style pictures from the 1940s?

There are a wide variety of online sites that contain pictures of common 1940s hair styles. The web domains "Suite101" and "ModelMayhem," for example, both contain these pictures.