The term “heat training” has been popping up all over TikTok but what does it actually mean? Writer Kayla Greaves explains the nuances between heat damage and heat training while delving into the cultural and health implications of this trendy term.
Welcome to It’s Textured, a column where we untangle the joy, trauma, confusion, and frustration that can come with Black hair. This month, writer Kayla Greaves delves into the controversial practice of heat training—and all the cultural nuances and hair health implications that come with it. I had no idea what my natural hair texture looked like until my early 20s. Like many other Black women, I have a complicated relationship with my hair.
“People straighten their hair for all sorts of reasons—think ease, style preferences, or work-life demands.” It’s a conundrum I’m quite familiar with. Whether I was keeping up with my perm or clocking in long wash days when I transitioned back to curly, there was always a subconscious pressure to look “put together.” In 2014, I said goodbye to my straight-but-damaged hair and spent the next year and a half growing out my curls.
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