Japanese Hair Straightening?
Question by Lateef: japanese hair straightening?
I have wavy frizzy thick hair and I am tired of always using the straightener so I want a permanent solution. Now I hear some of these products can be damaging so I want to know what is the best treatment I can get. Some salons offer relaxers but thats cheap. Others have this keratin treatment that apparently nourishes your hair as well as straightening it. Help me out ladies, or guys whatever.
Best answer:
Answer by Sur La Mer
I wouldn’t recommend them. There are many brands of hair straightening out there and they call them anyway they want to get your attention. Coco is another name brand. Some Japanese hair straightening processes can damage the hair and leave it flat and lifeless.
None is better than the other.
Ex. of one relaxer: http://monicabtheorganicstylist.wordpress.com/tag/hair-relaxers/
Keratin are not approved by the FDA. Visit their website & search for it in their web. If you’re thinking about the Brazilian treatment, there’s a danger about using formaldehyde, a chemical that causes cancer. The FDA does not restrict the use of that chemical in cosmetics.
A hairstylist in Portland, Or. is blowing a whistle on the treatment.
“A big red flag: About a month after she started using Brazilian Blowout on clients, Scrutton had the first nosebleed of her life.”
http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2010/10/
after_hair_stylist_becomes_sus.html
(Type it in if they moved the page. “After hairstylist becomes suspicious of Brazilian Blowout, tests find formaldehyde”.
Canada had issued a public health warning regarding Brazilian Blowout and has stopped the distribution of their salon product; Ireland has also issued a recall. ~ Also published in Vogue Feb. 2011.
Stylists and clients often wear gas masks or other protective equipment and still may feel the ill effects of this potentially fatal gas. So say they offer cheap? You really get what you pay for, it is a billion dollar plus commissions the hair industry and they do not give money back guarantee for damaged hair or hair loss due to ‘abuse’. Well you could take your salon to court, but not hair industry.
Many customers and stylists do not know that this Brazilian treatment often contains high concentrations of formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical.
Relaxers are for permanent, but they are damaging to hair.
Go to the FDA website & type in permanent or relaxers so you understand what are the side effects.
http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/ProductandIngredientSafety/ProductInformation/ucm127988.htm
Here’s the newest news:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently seized tens of thousands of bottles of “Rio” hair relaxer products after determining they can cause severe hair loss or turn hair green.
http://blog.taragana.com/business/2010/0…
The FDA have warned consumers not to use “Rio Hair Naturalizer Systems,” a product imported from Brazil and sold through television infomercials by World Rio Corp. of Los Angeles.
http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/ProductandIngredientSafety/ProductInformation/ucm228898.htm
The official complaints against hair straightening products range from serious hair breakage and hair damage to serious scalp burns that may require an emergency room visit.
Examples of what one suffering severe hair loss after Japanese Hair Straightening from YA HAIR:
I got my hair rebonded back in March and have lost more than a third of it since then. Everytime I run my hands through my hair, I lose 7-10 strands on average!
In the shower I lose clumps after shampooing and conditioning.
Bald spots are showing up in my hair.
I used to have beautiful thick hair, ho can I get it back?
Another ex: I used to have very curly, beautiful hair..and then i got it chemically straightened..DONT DO IT! when it started growing out, it was mess and even more difficult to work with than before. and once it was completely grown out, my hair was no longer curly..it is now this aweful wavy mess, and only certain spots are still curly.
Another example: I don’t recommend it. Hair went back to normal even before 4 months (it stated that the Keratin would stay on for 4months). Soft rebonding would be the better choice. I think the KeraStraight was a scam. Even the KeraStraight shampoo/conditioner did no contribution. It was a complete waste of money :/ However it was straight for awhile. But not very long.
Source(s):
I know hair. I have 4 decades of hair know-how. I have silky, shiny, soft, smooth very healthy hair down to my knees. Previously damaged by perming & dyeing in the 80’s & 90’s. I’ve known people in their 30’s whose hair stopped growing from ironing their hair in the 70’s.
Answer by Kim
OMG, I know exactly what you mean, and I want to recommend you on something that changed my life. I used to have a frizzy curly hair and since I discovered this product, I took upon myself to spread the rumor because I want every hair-frustrated gal in this world to know about this: I hope you want to straighten it for good?? Because if so, I have the perfect solution for you!!!!!!! it called “cleopatra: straight for good”, it is a permanent straightener, it straighten your hair FOR GOOD, all you have to do is maintain the roots every 2-3 month!
THE MOST AMAZING FACT ABOUT THIS PRODUCT IS THAT IT IS 100% NATURAL. NO CHEMICALS WHAT SO EVER! It is made of herbs and minerals, and not only it doesn’t damage your hair, but it actually protects and nourishes it.
I am using it for 5 years now, It has changed my life!! I got rid of my frizz FOREVER, even after it gets wet in the rain it drys out straight. You will be amazed. you can buy it online, just go to their website and you will get all the information you need: www.straightforgood.com
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