Q. Our custom is to have long peyos and that they should hang down in front of the ear instead of being curled above and around the back of the ear.
My son’s peyos (he is above Bar Mitzvah) refuse to straighten with the use of a brush and they make him look wild and unkempt. Is is permitted for him to use an electric hair straightener to obtain a neater appearance or does using one violate the prohibition of Lo Yilbash?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that using a hair straightening brush or iron, is in principle permitted. since there are also used by men and such men-models are also commonly available in stores.(Some of them are recommended for beards).
You may want to try some hair conditioners or even a simple hot-hair blow-dryer that may have the same effect.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a