The Transportation Security Administration recently implemented new restrictions on three hair styling items, prohibiting them from checked baggage due to safety concerns.

The banned items all relate to cordless curling irons and flatirons. Travelers can no longer pack cordless curling irons and flatirons powered by butane gas in checked bags, nor can they pack cordless versions that contain lithium metal or lithium-ion batteries.

Gas refills, also known as spare cartridges for curling irons and flatirons, face the strictest prohibition and are now banned from both checked and carry-on luggage.

However, two of the three restricted items can still travel with passengers in carry-on bags under specific conditions. Cordless curling irons and flatirons may be packed in carry-on lugga

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