A fixing apparatus including a rotatable member, a heater for heating the
rotatable member, and control means which controls heat generation of the
heater, wherein a toner image on a recording material is heated by the
rotatable member, the apparatus has a surface condition changing mode for
changing a surface condition of the rotatable member, and, when the
surface condition changing mode is selected, the control means controls
the heat generation of the heater in such a manner that a surface
temperature of the rotatable member becomes equal to or higher than a
melting temperature of a surface layer of the rotatable member.