I’ve had hair dryers spontaneously die – it’s usually when I am halfway through my head and running late to an important meeting/date/party.
It’s frustrating, for sure. But it can be way worse. A faulty hair dryer can KILL you.
This morning in my news-reading, I saw the horrifying tale of a Pakistani diplomat who died of an electric shock while using a hairdryer in the bathroom,
M Khan Afridi, political counsellor at Pakistan’s High Commission here, collapsed after taking a shower late on Sunday, a Pakistani diplomat said. “It was probably caused by an electric short circuit,” the diplomat said on condition …read more

When I was a little girl, my mom would constantly straighten my hair for me.
It was a long, arduous process involving setting, blow-drying, and finally, flat ironing. Every now and then, I’d get a burn behind my ear or on my scalp. It was worth it, though…I hated my curls. Besides, the same thing very easily could happen at the salon! (And it did. Still does!)
Sometimes, though, a little burn can be much, much, worse. I couldn’t help but think back to my childhood routine when I read an article in the London Times, that touched on the extreme danger …read more