To provide a hair iron the heated section of which is automatically cooled after use.

This hair 1 iron is equipped with an air conduit 12 which is formed in a manner to feed air for cooling a heating section 2, a blowing fan 15 which feeds air to the air conduit 12, and a control section 11 which controls a heater 10 for heating the heating section 2 and the blowing fan 15. The control section 11 drives the blowing fan 15 when the heater 10 is stopped, and stops after a specified period of time has passed. Also, the hair iron 1 is equipped with a thermistor 16 which senses the temperature of the heating section 2. The control section 11 stops the blowing fan 15 when detecting that the temperature of the heating section 2 became lower than a specified temperature based on a detection signal from the thermistor 16.