Straightener

Marvcel Gratue creates first straightener

Apr 20, 1872

Marcel used heating rods to do hair. Heating rods were also called long tongs.

first registered hair iron patent

Mar 5, 1902

Simon Monroes hair straightener invention included metal teeth.

Second Generation Hair Straightener

Mar 5, 1909

Issac K. Shero invented two heated metals pressed against each other to straighten the hair.

3RD generation straighteners

Mar 5, 1950

Females used clothing irons to iron hair flat.

Continues remodeling the straightener

Mar 5, 1980

Hot plates set inside plastic

4th generation

Jan 1, 2005

Ceramic plates, but they are similar to the older ones

Todays Straighteners

Jan 1, 2013

They are ceramic which lock in moisture and helps from frying the hair

Model of the flat iron

Mar 2, 2022

Lady Jennifer Bell Schofield created the flat iron that we see today in stores