Hey folks

I met someone who uses a straight-iron for her length and then a regular heat curler on her ends. Her natural hair color is a very dark Asian brown. The ends however are a medium mahogany, a very noticeable difference.
Her heat appliances are definitely frying her hair, as her splits show, but I was wondering more about her end color. 

Heat appliances can "fry" hair and cause splits, but can they change hair color? I've seen some people with naturally-different colored ends, but Asian hair is usually all one color. Anybody know?

Thanks,
Anais

Lighter hair is very prone to lightening with exposure to the sun - my hair is an excellent example of that! 

Asian hair usually is not as prone to sun damage, but it is possible.  Are you sure she had not chemically lightened it in the past? 

Split ends will also give the appearance of lighter hair color if they have a lot of them.