Hair styling apparatus

A hair styling apparatus 100 comprising first and second elongate arms 101, each with opposing inner and outer surfaces 105, 104, the inner surfaces defining a hair-receiving space therebetween. One of the inner surfaces has an internal fluid outlet 120 to discharge fluid into the hair-receiving space, and one of the outer surfaces has an external fluid outlet 145 to discharge fluid externally. An extraction outlet (140, fig.4) may extract fluid from the hair-receiving space, which may be in communication with the external fluid outlet. Preferably, a flow director is movable via an actuator to direct fluid to the internal or external fluid outlet. The external fluid outlet may be a diffuser, a slot, or a row of apertures, and may discharge fluid along a curve of the outer surface or across a trailing or leading opening 146, 147 of the hair-receiving space. The fluid outlets may be hot airflow outlets, and an inner surface may also have a steam outlet 113.