Permanent Hair Straightening

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What is Permanent Hair Straightening

With the many hair straightening systems on the market, we often get confused with what's what and how it varies from another. There are actually different types of hair straightening treatments grouped as permanent hair straightening or natural hair straightening. But for now let's just keep our focus at permanent hair straightening.

Japanese Hair Straightening or thermal conditioning is one of the most up-to-date trends in permanent hair straightening. It was introduced in the US in 1998 from Japan. One of the explanations why many people love this process is because it is gentler to the hair compared to older ones. After which, more products and treatments came out promoting smooth, straight hair. …show more content…

There's the chemical hair relaxer system, neutralizer, petroleum cream, shampoos for relaxers and relaxing hair conditioners. All these will be changed to get to know the requirements of your hair. It normally takes three and half up to 6 hours over the process.

So what generally takes place throughout the hair straightening process? There are fundamentally four major steps done.

First of all, the protective petroleum cream is being placed on the scalp and hair to prevent burns from the chemicals used. This is extremely important particularly for those hairs that have been previously treated already. Next, the chemical hair relaxer is used. What it does is it softens and relaxes the natural curls. If you happen to have treated hair previously or has experienced it before, the stylist may first apply conditioner-filler ahead of time. The quantity of relaxer applied will be just enough for your hair's needs later on warm water will be used to rinse it off. The neutralizer comes next which supports in the oxidation of your hair and to bring back its pH level too as the relaxer can be too alkaline which causes damage. Last but not the least is the application of the conditioner. For this section, there are actually 2 types of conditioner, there's the cream conditioner and the protein/liquid conditioner. What ever best suits your hair is what will be

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