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An improvement was made in the 1800's , when special hair tongs were created to help get kinks out of the hair with less risk of accidential burning . This was placed in hot ashes or fire to raise the temperature of the metal plates to shraighten hair safetly
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Madam CJ Walker invented the traditional rod .
Marcel grateau in 1872.
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In 1909 Isaac k. Shero patened a hair shraightener that wich was composed of Two "Flat irons" that are heated an spresssed together.
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In 1912 a scottish heiress lady Jennifer Bell Schofield, Refined and combined previous efforts into a hinged, Two plated heated iron which can be more closely credited flat irons today
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SInce then , Manufacturers have revulotinized hair irons with safer and more effective materials and technologies to provide easier styling and high quality results without heat damage .
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A Brief History Of Flat Irons." Misikko.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2012. http://www.misikko.com/flat-iron-history.html.
