Curlaway allows you to control how much curl you want to remove. If your curls are very tight, start with the 9-hour overnight treatment, pulling gelled hair as straight as possible (by flattening to head, tying back with a band, wrapping around rollers, pressing to your scalp with a du-rag or pulling hair into two ponytails, then wrapping the "tail" end around large Velcro rollers and pulling them up to the top of the head).