PURPOSE: To obtain excellent responsiveness for steam generation by providing a preheating circuit controlling the temperature of a heating member.

CONSTITUTION: For curling the hair, a selector switch S is first switched to a contact (a) side to excite an electric heater H, steam is generated, the hair is pinched between an ironing board 2 and a hair presser 21, the selector switch S is switched to a contact (b) side, and a blast device is operated to dry the hair. When the selector switch S is switched to the off-position or the contact (b) side into the steam nongenerative state in the repetition of the above works, a power source is fed to the electric heater H through a half-wave rectifying diode D, the heating quantity of the electric heater H at this time keeps a heating member 20 slightly below 100°C, and the heating member 20 immediately reaches 100°C or above to start the generation of steam when the selector switch S is switched to the contact (a) side.