Pros and cons of keratin hair straightening

Many women dream of getting beautiful and shiny healthy curls, like the well-known models in advertising. It is for this reason that the procedure of “straightening” curls with a composition such as keratin, which allows the hair to look amazing, has received a rather high demand today. However, not everyone knows what exactly can happen to their curls during keratin straightening, and even sometimes they do not ask 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 on the amount of this substance that the level of curliness or fluffiness of our curls will directly depend. The amount of keratin can be affected not only by hereditary factors, but also by how hot irons or hair dryers are often used to lay them. From exposure to heat, already curly locks can become even more naughty due to the raised scales. Correct this annoying nuisance and offers keratin hair straightening.

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

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

In order to carry out this procedure, the wizards apply a whole set of components:

• special keratin care shampoo;
• special rectifier;
• correctly selected remedy with keratin.

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

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

The advantages of this care method most often relate to a facilitated styling process and a noticeable improvement in the appearance of the curls. Among other advantages, it is worth highlighting:

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

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

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

• The need to prevent the influence of various types of moisture on curls, such as rain or humidity, and not to wash your hair for 72 hours after the procedure was carried out. And this can cause quite unpleasant and even uncomfortable sensations, especially in those women who are used to clean hair every day.
• A rather 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 wring your 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 it in a ponytail too tight. It is especially important to try not to take your straight strands during rest or sleep.
• You can easily get an unexpected break-off and cross-section of the ends of the hairs 2-3 months after this procedure.
• Straightened strands become dirty much faster, so you will often need to wash them with fairly expensive sulfate-free products to maintain the appearance of well-groomed hair.
• Hairstyle can significantly decrease in volume, and part of the hair may fall out after straightening.
• Significant problems with subsequent hair coloring, which will be caused by the fact that a keratin layer is on the hairs. This will prevent the penetration of a particular pigment and its distribution over the locks.
• Quite significant temperatures (230 C) affect the curls throughout the procedure, which, of course, 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, pool, swim in the sea.
• The need to purchase special and very expensive sulfate-free shampoos for subsequent washing of curls.
• Keratin is very heavy strands, which can lead to their significant loss. Any specialist will advise you to refuse to straighten if he realizes that you will lose a significant part of your hair after that.
• If you like hairstyles with volume, forget about them: keratin will make your 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 no longer be possible to repair the damaged structure of hairs under any conditions.

The composition of the tools used in the keratinization procedure includes formaldehyde and many other dangerous compounds. Inhalation of toxic fumes can result in:

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

Trichologists advise to carry out such a straightening only to those people who actually have naughty and curly locks. If you can find an alternative solution without the use of harmful and aggressive components (such as formaldehyde), then it is better to refuse from straightening.

Those women who are just tired of their whole lives struggling with not quite obedient curls will highly appreciate this procedure. Kerati, by the way, is suitable for all possible varieties of hair, but here the visual effect, benefit and duration of the result will be significantly different.

1. On thin hair such as the effect will be noticeable more and last longer. But too weak hairs will become much faster to get dirty.
2. On the hard as well as curly curls, the effect of keratinization will not be long. On this hair, such a procedure will have to be performed 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, so you will immediately have to limit, if not completely exclude, visits to the bathhouse, and take the bath carefully;
• if you wash your hair with sulfate shampoos, because of which keratin is washed much faster;
• if the hair in a continuous mode dries in an uncombined form;
• if too often affect the curls with a hot hairdryer, curling iron;
• it is necessary to try to avoid significant damage - discard fleeces and tight tails;
• if your curls often come in contact with seawater.

The most obvious minus of straightening curls with keratin, despite the temporary excellent result, can be considered a fairly large list of various contraindications and all kinds of unpleasant consequences for a woman’s health status.

• State of pregnancy. The thing is that the keratin composition has the ability to accumulate in the body and can negatively affect the development of the fetus.
• Breastfeeding the baby.
• Oncological diseases of any localization. It is better not to joke with health and avoid such dangerous procedures.
• If you lose your hair too often and in large quantities, you definitely should not take the risk and do the straightening, otherwise you may be left without hair at all.
• 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 will come months of restoration of damaged keratin hair.
• If you have damage to your head, even if it’s just minor scratches or sores.
• All kinds of diseases of the scalp.
• Tendency to allergies.

However, the obvious fact that This straightening became a real lifeline for a fairly large number of women who had naughty and ugly hair. If a woman has a question, should she even resort to this procedure or not, then the answer is to try, if there are no contraindications! And there it is already possible to decide whether it suits you or not, and draw conclusions whether it should be repeated again after a certain time.

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