Systems, devices and methods for styling hair

A method of styling hair with a hair styling device, the hair styling device including a first electrode coupled to a frame, a second electrode coupled to the frame and spaced apart from the first electrode, and an electrolyte reservoir disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the electrolyte reservoir including a porous material disposed and configured to maintain a volume of an electrolyte within an electrolysis zone, the method comprising:

• disposing hair between the first electrode and the second electrode;
• disposing the volume of the electrolyte on at least one of the hair and the electrolyte reservoir;
• biasing the first electrode at a first potential and the second electrode at a second potential to create an electrical potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode and to produce the electrolysis zone in the electrolyte disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode;
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• moving the first electrode and the second electrode with respect to the hair to straighten the hair as it passes through the electrolysis zone between the first electrode and the second electrode.

A method of styling hair with a hair styling device, the styling device including a first electrode coupled to a frame, a second electrode coupled to the frame and spaced apart from the first electrode, and an electrolyte reservoir disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the electrolyte reservoir including a porous material disposed and configured to maintain a volume of an electrolyte within the electrolysis zone, the method comprising:

• transferring the volume of the electrolyte reservoir;
• disposing hair between the first electrode and the second electrode and wetting the hair with an electrolyte;
• biasing the first electrode at a first potential and the second electrode at a second potential to create an electrical potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode and to produce the electrolysis zone in the electrolyte disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode;
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• moving the first electrode and the second electrode with respect to the hair to straighten the hair as it passes through the electrolysis zone between the first electrode and the second electrode.

An apparatus for styling hair, comprising:

• a frame;
• a first set of electrodes coupled to the frame;
• a second set of electrodes coupled to the frame and disposed parallel to and spaced apart from the first set of electrodes, the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes configured to be moved through the hair such that the first set of electrodes moves through the hair first followed by the second set of electrodes;
• an electrolyte reservoir disposed between the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes, the electrolyte reservoir including a porous material disposed and configured to maintain a volume of an electrolyte within an electrolysis zone;
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• a control module electrically coupled to the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes, the control module operable to bias the first set of electrodes at a first potential and the second set of electrodes at a second potential to create an electrical potential difference between the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes, the electrical potential difference configured to produce the electrolysis zone in the electrolyte disposed between the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes, and to straighten hair disposed between the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes.

A method of styling hair with a hair styling device, the hair styling device including a first set of electrodes coupled to a frame, a second set of electrodes coupled to the frame and disposed parallel to and spaced apart from the first set of electrodes, and an electrolyte reservoir disposed between the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes, the electrolyte reservoir including a porous material disposed and configured to maintain a volume of an electrolyte within an electrolysis zone, the method comprising:

• disposing hair between the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes;
• wetting the hair with the electrolyte;
• biasing the first set of electrodes at a first potential and the second set of electrodes at a second potential to create an electrical potential difference between the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes;
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• moving the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes through the hair such that the first set of electrodes moves through the hair first followed by the second set of electrodes to straightened the hair as it passes between the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes.