<p>i think that's harsh to say that it's not an option to embrace curly hair and that it's ugly.</p>
<p>i have v. curly hair, and it used to be a huge pain to deal with, but then i started to go to a hair salon that only cuts curly hair and all of the products are designed for curly hair. they cut the hair in a special way, and it's made my styling time minimal, super easy, and my hair looks great.</p>
<p>that being said, sometimes i do straighten my hair (i have a maxiglide which someone was mentioning, and it is good, and a friend gave me a chi iron which is also good) and if you put on protective cream, use a ceramic iron, don't blowdry, then it's not so bad. just do a deep conditioning treatment at home at least once a month.</p>