Pros and cons of keratin hair straightening

Many women dream of getting beautiful and shiny healthy curls, like famous models in advertising. It is for this reason that the procedure of "straightening" curls with such composition as keratin, which allows the hair to look just amazing, has received quite a high demand in our days. However, not everyone knows what exactly can happen to their curls during keratin straightening, and sometimes they don’t even wonder if there are too many negative characteristics of this popular method.

As everyone has long known, our hair consists of natural keratin. In fact, it is the amount of this substance that directly determines the level of curliness or fluffiness of our curls. The amount of keratin can be influenced not only by hereditary factors, but also by how hot irons or hair dryers are often used for their styling. From the effects of heat, the already curly locks can become even more disobedient due to the scales that have risen. To correct this annoying nuisance and offers keratin hair straightening.

Before you finally choose keratinization, it’s still worth getting acquainted in detail with all the advantages and disadvantages of this popular procedure, including those not very pleasant results that can come much later. Especially carefully it is worth considering the choice of a specialist and a working tool.

The procedure of straightening the curls using the composition of keratin is a gradual application of this composition and the effect of "sealing" it inside the hairs under the influence of a rather hot ironing. Having penetrated inside the hair, the composition fills its structure, thereby making the client's hair stronger, surprisingly silky.

In order to implement this procedure, wizards use a whole range of components:

• special keratin care shampoo;
• special rectifier;
• well-chosen remedy with keratin.

Keratin straightening is a rather painstaking process that can take up to 3 hours of your time and will require a certain sequence from the master.

1. First you need to wash the strands with a special shampoo with keratin and slightly dry them without using a hair dryer.
2. Further, a straightener is applied for the entire length of curls for 30 minutes, while the zone at the roots remains intact.
3. The next step will be applied keratin composition.
4. At this stage, the hair will be divided into small strands, keratin, as it were, will be rubbed into them.
5. With the help of a special ironing it will be necessary to smooth each strand separately, thereby helping the keratin to gain a foothold inside the hair structure.
6. The remains of the composition are simply washed off with shampoo, and the curls calmly dry without using a hair dryer. After this 3-4 days, it is best not to wash the treated hair.

The advantages of this method of care most often relate to a lightweight styling process and a marked improvement in the type of curls themselves. Among the other advantages worth highlighting:

• noticeable ease when combing, even if the hair has just been washed;
• visual brilliance appears, the special silkiness of the curls is felt to the touch;
• styling will remain the same even under the influence of high humidity or wind;
• you will no longer suffer because your hair is always tangled or faded;
• split ends will be eliminated;
• there will be a thickening of the curls;
• hair will be protected from various unpleasant factors (UV rays, sudden temperature changes or frosty weather);
• the hair will lose the tendency to constant and annoying electrification;
• With the help of this method of care, you can easily correct the not very successful results of chemical perforation;
• after painting what was done before the straightening procedure, the color will not wash off longer.

Another significant advantage of straightening can be considered the long-term durability of the final result, which, with proper care, will last up to six months. By the way, a number of compositions for the implementation of this popular procedure can be applied independently at home.

To the great regret of all fans of straightening, The negative sides of this procedure will be much more than the above positive points.

• The need to avoid affecting the curls of various types of moisture, such as rain or moisture, and not to wash your hair for 72 hours after the procedure has been carried out. And this can cause quite unpleasant and even uncomfortable feelings, especially for those women who are used to clean hair every day.
• There is a fairly high risk of various allergies and even irritation (you can get watery eyes, redness of the mucous membranes, skin on the face and head).
• It is forbidden to tangle hair or subject it to mechanical stress for the same 3 days after the procedure: you will not be able to braid it or collect too tight elastic in the tail. It is especially important to try not to crush your straight strands while resting or sleeping.
• You can easily get an unexpected breaking off and section of the tips of the hairs in 2-3 months after this procedure.
• Straightened strands become dirty much faster, so you will often need to wash them with quite expensive sulphate-free products to maintain the look of well-groomed hair.
• Hair can significantly decrease in volume, and part of the hair may fall out after straightening.
• Significant problems with the subsequent hair coloring, which will be caused by the fact that there is a layer of keratin on the hairs. This will prevent the penetration of a specific pigment and its distribution in strands.
• Throughout the whole procedure, the curls are affected by quite substantial temperatures (230 C), which undoubtedly also harms them.
• The duration of the procedure itself (3-5 hours depending on the length of the hair) and its very high cost, which also depends on their length.
• The fragility of the result, if you continue to actively visit the sauna, swimming pool, swim in the sea.
• The need to purchase special and very expensive sulfate-free shampoos for the subsequent washing of curls.
• Keratin is very heavy strands, which can lead to their significant loss. Any specialist will advise you to give up straightening if you understand that you will lose a significant part of your hair after this.
• If you like hairstyles with volume - forget about them: keratin will make hair heavier, as a result of which there will be no more volume.
• During the procedure, a not very experienced master can simply spoil the hair with a hot iron at the main stage of “sealing” the keratin composition. It will be impossible to restore the damaged hair structure under any circumstances.

The composition of the tools that are used during the procedure of keratising, includes formaldehyde and many other dangerous compounds. Inhalation of toxic fumes can cause:

• allergies;
• poisoning of varying severity;
• violations of the digestive tract, heart and respiratory system;
• the formation of tumors.

Trichologists advise to carry out such straightening only to those people who in fact have unruly and curly strands. If you can find an alternative solution without using harmful and aggressive components (such as formaldehyde), then it is better to refuse straightening.

Those women who are simply tired all their lives to fight with not entirely obedient curls, will appreciate this procedure. Keratisation, by the way, is suitable for all possible varieties of hair, but the visual effect, the benefits and the duration of the result will be significantly different.

1. On thin hair Such an effect will be noticeable more and last longer. But too weak hairs will become much faster polluted.
2. On hard, and curly curls keratinizing effect will not be long. On this hair, such a procedure will have to perform once a month.
3. The most successful result will be on hair of medium hardness.

It is necessary to take into account, in addition, that the artificial keratin composition is destroyed in the following cases:

• if it is exposed to excessively hot water, it is immediately necessary to limit, if not completely exclude, visits to the bath, and to take a bath carefully;
• if you wash your hair with sulphate shampoos, because of which keratin is washed out much faster;
• if hair in a constant mode dries in an uncombed form;
• if you too often act on the curls with a hot hairdryer, curling iron;
• you must try to avoid significant damage - discard nap and tight tails;
• if your curls are often in contact with sea water.

The most obvious disadvantage of straightening curls with keratin, despite a temporary excellent result, It is possible to consider a rather large list of various contraindications and all kinds of unpleasant consequences for the state of health of a woman.

• State of pregnancy. The fact is that keratin composition tends to accumulate in the body and can affect negatively the development of the fetus.
• Breastfeeding baby.
• Oncological diseases of any localization. Here it is better not to joke with health and to avoid such dangerous procedures.
• If your hair falls out too often and in large quantities, you definitely should not risk and do straightening, otherwise you may be left without hair.
• If your hair is too weak and brittle, straightening will only worsen their condition. The stunning effect will last only a couple of weeks, and then for you come the long months of restoration of damaged hair keratin.
• If you have damage to the head, even if it is just minor scratches or wounds.
• All sorts of diseases of the scalp.
• Tendency to allergies.

However, it is necessary to recognize the obvious fact that such straightening became a real life buoy for a fairly large number of women who had unruly and ugly hair. If a woman has a question, is it worth it to resort to this procedure at all or not, then the answer is to try, if there are no contraindications! And there it is already possible to decide whether it is suitable for you or not, and to draw conclusions, whether it is necessary to repeat it after a certain time.

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