Abstract: A multifunctional hand-held hair dryer is provided having a body section containing a motor and fan for generating a stream of air, a handle attached to the body in an essentially gun-type configuration, and a barrel attached to the body at a substantially right angle to the handle section, the interior walls of the barrel defining a central chamber through which air is transferred from the body to an end opening of the barrel and wherein there is attached to the exterior of the barrel styling attachments which together with the barrel surface form a chamber which may communicate hot air through holes in the styling attachment, the attachment and the holes together serving to facilitate styling of the hair.

Abstract: A blow dryer is provided which can be used as a gun-type blower/dryer and as an elongated styler/dryer comprising a conventional body section and a barrel which includes a barrel end opening and a plurality of holes along the periphery of the barrel wherein separate chambers are provided in the barrel to direct the desired concentration and velocity of hot air to the barrel end opening and the holes along the periphery of the barrel.