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| Hair Straightening | People, who have naturally curly hair, may either accept it or they can straighten. If you want to straighten your hair, you may do it chemically or you may use the products that temporarily tame the curls. Pay attention to the particulars of chemical straightening process.
People straighten their hair to soften or to eliminate curls or wavy hair. Chemical hair straightening or relaxing is a process of changing the basic structure of overly curly or wavy hair into a straight form.
Both relaxing and permanent waving involves the direct use of very strong chemicals to the hair shaft. Chemicals are used for various purposes. A perm is used to to form curls or waves, a relaxing treatment is applied for their removal.
 It is not difficult to perform chemical hair straightening, but it dermands a very good technical knowledge of the relaxing process. Thus, if you want to straighten your hair successfully, you should apply a hair care professional who will perform a strand test to determine the recommended strength of the applied relaxer. The current hair texture should also be evaluated, paying attention to porosity, elasticity and the presence or absence of any hair damage.
If you have fine, chemically lightened, or colored hair, you can use hair products that have a very mild relaxing formula. If you have normal, medium-textured virgin hair, you may easily use regular strength relaxers.
People, who have coarse virgin hair, demand a strong or super relaxing formula. If you apply to a professional, he determines the best type of relaxing formula based on the results of a strand test and by careful observing of the treated hair.
The professional should store detailed records of any chemical relaxing treatments that are to be performed on the hair and apply those written records for successful treatment.
Before straightening one should perform a hair strand test on the hair that is to be treated afterwards. The purpose of the test is to find out if your hair can withstand chemical processing without any reverse reactions. Such test is required for the protection of the client's hair and finding out the best type of formula to apply. It is also necessary to find out whether a conditioner-filler on the hair is recommended before using the chemicals and finding out whether a base petroleum protection layer is advised.
One can perform a strand test in various ways such as:
1. One may pull the hair to find out its degree of elasticity.
2. One may use an insignifical quantity of relaxer to find out what are the hair reactions to the chemicals.
3. It is advised to conduct a finger test.
People, who have curly hair, may effectively apply hair care products of high quality. Those, who have straight healthy hair, can straighten mildly it with no damage. Hair, that is previously fragile or chemically damaged, can become more damaged and should undergo a serious recovery. One should remember that chemical relaxing should be performed by a specialist. Chemically relaxed hair demands extra special aftercare. If you have chemically relaxing hair, you should use a mixture of a milder sodium hydroxide with a conditioner to reduce the pH factor and have softer treatment. After straightening the hair remains straight until new root growth appears. The effectiveness of straightening depends on how much the hair is curly. If you use relaxers, they will soften hair to the point where it can be restructured into a straighter form.
Never perform chemical straightening or thermal reconditioning at home. Apply only to a professional. The effectiveness of chemical straightening depends on the knowledge and skills of the professional that uses the products required for the procedure.
If you have decided to have your hair chemically straightened or relaxed, do everything that you can at home. One should never apply to inexperienced professionals in the thermal reconditioning, chemical straightening or relaxing treatments. You may ask the professional about the details of the procedure and consult other people about their experiences. Straightening cannot be done on previously colored or highlighted hair, on some types of African American hair and hair that has previously been chemically relaxed. Thus, if you are not recommended to have your hair straightened because it is too damaged, you should not do it. If you have any concerns about the necessity of chemical straightening, consult other specialists.
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