Earlier this month i posted a blog post on here about attempting to fix a giochi preziosi doll with extremely messed up hair, and several kind users suggested straightening her hair since boil washes weren’t helping much, so i tried that and it actually improved her situation quite a bit! I set up a large bucket of warm water and conditioner and dunked her in it and let her pickle for a while, then went in with the hair straightener on her wet hair (whatever hair fiber she has could handle the first three settings of my straightening iron- highest of which should be 150°C)
Here’s a comparison
Before the straightening:
After the straightening:
I can finally brush her hair without risking to rip it due to all the knots that used to randomly form in it… It’s also much shinier than before. The texture is still not stellar but at least now it feels more like actual doll hair rather than weird coarse plastic so that’s a win in my book!
Here’s a couple other pics for the shininess ^_^
Wow, what a difference! I’m so glad the straightener method worked. You did a great job and she looks amazing!
Thank you so much! It was really nerve wracking to test it out at first, i was really scared it would melt, but I’m glad i gave it a chance!
I’m so happy you could save her! She looks a lot better know, you did a wonderful job 🥺💕
Thank you so much!!