It is commonly believed that Madam C.J. Walker invented the hot comb. However, the tool was actually first used by the French around the year 1845. Women in Paris had been using hot combs to replicate the straight styles worn by ancient Egyptians. Also, hot combs were sold in Sears and Bloomingdale catalogs to the American public as early as the 1880s. In 1900, Walker received a patent for the hot comb, which she redesigned with wide-spaced teeth that would accommodate thick hair of various textures. As of today, the inventor of the hot comb is still unknown.
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