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What is major difference between thio and hydroxide relaxers?
Hydroxide relaxers are not compatble with thio relaxers, permanent waving, or soft curl permanents because they use a different chemistry. Thio relaxers use thio to breake the disulfide bonds. The high pH of a thio relaxer is needed to swell the hair but it is the thio that breaks the disulfide bonds. Hydroxide relaxers have a pH that is so high that the alkalinity alone breaks the disulfide bonds. Hydroxide relaxers are not compatble with thio relaxers, permanent waving, or soft curl permanents because they use a different chemistry. Thio relaxers use thio to breake the disulfide bonds. The high pH of a thio relaxer is needed to swell the hair but it is the thio that breaks the disulfide bonds. Hydroxide relaxers have a pH that is so high that the alkalinity alone breaks the disulfide bonds.
What is the best relaxers for brown hair?
You do not buy relaxers based on the colour of your hair.
Are there any permanent hair straighteners that don't require the use of a flat iron?
Yes, there are relaxers, keratin treatments, etc. But it might require you to straighten your hair depending on how often you wash it to prevent frizziness.
What brands of hair relaxers are there?
A hair relaxer is a type of lotion or cream to make hair less tangled and easier to straighten. Several health and beauty brands offer this product including Pureology, John Frieda, and Bed Head.
Do white people relax their hair?
Actually, some white people do get relaxers. Generally hair relaxers are used by people with more course hair, and mostly by females. Latinas, and African Americans and people mixed with either of these and white, are the most frequent users of hair relaxers as the purpose of a relaxer is to loosen or eliminate the curl in one's natural hair. It is the opposite of a "perm" so to speak, where straight hair is chemically and permanently curled. White people with very curly hair may use a very light relaxer to straighten their hair, though many white women just opt to straighten their hair using a flat iron as their hair is usually not too course for this to be an effective method. Relaxing tends to be a more drastic method of straightening ones hair as the chemicals cause permanent damage to the hair.
How can i straighten my hair African American i don't have a relaxer and my hair is extremely nappy?
I believe you should do some research and look for all natural and chemical-free relaxers. That is a healty alternative verses relaxing or flat ironing your hair every day.
What does hair relax do to your hair?
Relaxers chemically straightens your hair.
What is lanthionization?
Lanthionization is the process by which hydroxide relaxers permanently straighten hair. It breaks the hair's disulfide bonds during processing and converts them to lanthionine bonds when the relaxer is rinsed from the hair. Disulfide bonds contain two sulfur atoms. Lanthionine bonds contain only sulfur atom. The disulfide bonds that are broken by hydroxide relaxers are broken permanently and can never be re-formed.
Is it better to chemically straighten your hair or straighten your hair with a flat iron everyday?
Its better to put a protector on your hair before you straighten your hair if you are going to straighten your hair every day with a flat iron.
Do relaxers change your hair texture?
Yes some relaxers make your hair silky and smooth. But the main purpose of a relaxer is to permentaly straiten your hair.
Do relaxers work?
Yes. Relaxers straightens the hair if applied properly and in sections. Relaxers are to be applied to the new growth only.
If you haven't relaxed your hair can you straighten it?
You can straighten your hair whether or not it is relaxed.
