Getting a Keritin Treatment Tomorrow

[dicapr]

Getting a Keritin Treatment Tomorrow-updated

Does anyone have any tips, warnings, ect for me to watch out for when getting a keratin treatment tomorrow? I really hope this is the answer to my retention problems but I am apprehensive about letting someone other than me get there hands on my hair again!

Before and After Pictures added

 

[claud-uk]

I don't have any advice but I will be waiting to see how it goes (and hopefully pics!). Hopefully you'll be in the hands of a professional or at least someone who knows what they're doing but I think the best advice would be to ensure you don't slack on your haircare post-treatment. Lustrasilk have a range of products, Moisture Max Keratin, I've been eyeing them for a while as I'd like to get a keratin treatment next spring.

 

[dicapr]

I'll take pictures. I plan to DC tonight and airdry overnight. From what I have read about the process there is no conditioning process after the initial wash so I want to hedge my bets.

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

No advice but wanted to wish you luck and hope everything goes we'll! Post pics and your experience!

 

[Napp]

i would ask not to let them pass the hair with the flat iron more than 2-3 times. the 10 time that they typically do is what leads to people getting breakage and heat damage after they wash it out.

also it is not necessary to avoid tying up the hair after it has been straightened

make sure you are using a safe formaldehyde free formula. so much has changed over the years. there is really no excuse to be using formaldehyde or its derivatives anymore.

its cheaper in the long run to do if yourself. there are alot of things in the original process that are uncecessary such as blowdrying naked hair to apply,passing the flat iron a million times etc

and enjoy your kt hair. im actually transitioning to kt hair because i loved my hair that way the most.

 

[PinkSunshine77]

Does anyone have any tips, warnings, ect for me to watch out for when getting a keratin treatment tomorrow? I really hope this is the answer to my retention problems but I am apprehensive about letting someone other than me get there hands on my hair again!

You may not be fully natural when they're done. I've seen it all too many times and all you need is 1 or 2 good firm passes with that flat iron. There is no reason why 3 or more passes would be necessary.

 

[naturalmanenyc]

Ditto. Good luck and do not let them use too many passes of the flat iron, especially if your hair is fragile.

 

[dicapr]

i would ask not to let them pass the hair with the flat iron more than 2-3 times. the 10 time that they typically do is what leads to people getting breakage and heat damage after they wash it out.

also it is not necessary to avoid tying up the hair after it has been straightened

make sure you are using a safe formaldehyde free formula. so much has changed over the years. there is really no excuse to be using formaldehyde or its derivatives anymore.

its cheaper in the long run to do if yourself. there are alot of things in the original process that are uncecessary such as blowdrying naked hair to apply,passing the flat iron a million times etc

and enjoy your kt hair. im actually transitioning to kt hair because i loved my hair that way the most.

It is formaldehyde free-that is one thing I won't risk. I am willing to take some loosening of my curl pattern but I don't want to deal with harmful chemicals anymore.

 

[PinkSunshine77]

What are those Keratin chemicals they're going to use on your hair made of anyway? I don't think I've ever researched that.

 

[brightest12day]

Make sure the area is very well ventilated. I've had friends complain that it irritated their eyes so let your stylist know and close them if you have any issues.

 

[dicapr]

O.K. So I am back from my Keratin treatment. The process was simple-shampoo, treatment, detangle, blowdry, and then flat iron. It was definately a second generation treatment so alot of the fumes reported in BKT were not present. Overall my biggest complaint was that the treatment had to be combed root to tip-too rough for my liking. I also had to get quite a large trim but I knew that was coming. My ends were chewed and knotted from the last year of me trying to be heat free. So now the pictures. The first one is of a week old blow out and the second is my treated hair. I still consider myself natural as the treatment can be stripped from my hair. To me I am just in the process of heat training.

 

[leona2025]

Which keratin treatment did they use?

 

[dicapr]

Which keratin treatment did they use?

The used La Textura. The whole process took less than 2 hours.

 

[PinkSunshine77]

Looks good. Heat training is a myth. All it is, is damaging your hair to stay straight with heat. You might as well relax of you're looking to constantly have your hair straight all the time. Straight hair wouldn't be considered "natural" anyway right? Excessive use of heat is NO better than those horrible chemical relaxers. They both break down the molecules of the hair to make it straight. They both have potential for damage. Heat IMO is more damaging because you're using it way more often than a normal person would apply a relaxer. I relax every 6 mths. How often would you be using heat? Probably a heck of a lot more than my relaxer schedule. Makes no sense to me but your hair. I'd rather relax than burn and damage my hair with excessive heat. Different strokes I guess.

 

[Napp]

Looks good! Make sure to post pics after you wash too

 

[Lynnerie]

OP your hair looks good. Good luck on YOUR HAIR journey.

 

[PinkSunshine77]

Just stating my thoughts. You don't have to agree. I usually am pretty honest IRL so not surprising that I'm the same way online. FTR I never said her hair looked bad ever. You don't have to like my comment LOL you could've just skipped right on by it if it bothered you so much. The truth hurts I see on these hair boards. I just call it as I see it. *shrugs* EDIT: why'd you delete your comment LOL I'm entitled to answer any Thread anyway I want. I really don't care what anyone thinks about my opinion.

 

[GeorginaSparks]

OP your hair looks good. Good luck on YOUR HAIR journey.

Yeah im confused too. Was the post meant for another thread?

Just stating my thoughts. You don't have to agree. I usually am pretty honest IRL so not surprising that I'm the same way online. FTR I never said her hair looked bad ever. You don't have to like my comment LOL you could've just skipped right on by it of it bothered you do much. The truth hurts I see on these hair boards. I just call it as I see it. *shrugs* EDIT: why'd you delete your comment LOL I'm entitled to answer any Thread anyway I want. I really don't care what anyone thinks about my opinion.

I believe her post was that what does keratin treatment have to do with warnings about heat damage vs. relaxer.?

 

[pet]

Your hair looks great. I haven't done a keratin treatment in about 4 years. I'm glad the formaldehyde-free formulas are working great (I used QOD Gold when I tried it).

As to the person that mentioned relaxing their hair 6 months is less damaging, I know of many relaxed heads that start to use a flat iron once the new growth comes in so they don't have two-textured hair....so it all depends on the person.

 

[PinkSunshine77]

Yeah im confused too. Was the post meant for another thread?

She wrote a "wth was all of that necessary" directed towards my comment. I thought we all were here I help each other out? Anything I say is to help, not to hurt anyone. The truth needs to be told and some don't want to here the truth. They'd rather believe that heat damage is better than "relaxed damage"

 

[PinkSunshine77]

Yeah im confused too. Was the post meant for another thread?

I believe her post was that what does keratin treatment have to do with warnings about heat damage vs. relaxer.?

Oh you cant do keratin without using extreme amounts of heat to melt the keratin onto your hair. It cannot be "stripped" as was previously stated by the Op

 

[PinkSunshine77]

Your hair looks great. I haven't done a keratin treatment in about 4 years. I'm glad the formaldehyde-free formulas are working great (I used QOD Gold when I tried it).

As to the person that mentioned relaxing their hair 6 months is less damaging, I know of many relaxed heads that start to use a flat iron once the new growth comes in so they don't have two-textured hair....so it all depends on the person.

I'm the person and that isn't my hair story. I rarely use heat. I'm sure it's true for others though

 

[virtuenow]

She wrote a "wth was all of that necessary" directed towards my comment. I thought we all were here I help each other out? Anything I say is to help, not to hurt anyone. The truth needs to be told and some don't want to here the truth. They'd rather believe that heat damage is better than "relaxed "

You have to remember, relaxing brings in another very important element. It requires applying very strong chemicals to your scalp. That can never be compared to simply applying heat to your hair. That alone makes using heat much better. Why bash someones preference? Relaxers are more damaging in one sitting, so does that make it better.

 

[PinkSunshine77]

You have to remember, relaxing brings in another very important element. It requires applying very strong chemicals to your scalp. That can never be compared to simply applying heat to your hair. That alone makes using heat much better. Why bash someones preference? Relaxers are more damaging in one sitting, so does that make it better.

Applying heat isn't as "simple" as you're making it out to be. I've seen heat damage first hand so know how easy it is but I said what I had to say. The decision everyone makes for their hair is their own. You reapply keratin & heat just like relaxers only more frequent so still, no difference in my eyes and I still haven't seen a list of the ingredients in BKT. Have you researched the ingredients to know whether they're harmful or not? Please list the ingredients then because I'm curious to know.

 

[virtuenow]

Applying heat isn't as "simple" as you're making it out to be. I've seen heat damage first hand so know how easy it is but I said what I had to say. The decision everyone makes for their hair is their own. You reapply keratin & heat just like relaxers only more frequent so still, no difference in my eyes and I still haven't seen a list of the ingredients in BKT. Have you researched the ingredients to know whether they're harmful or not? Please list the ingredients then because I'm curious to know.

No, but I can list the ingredients of relaxer. Lye, draino or sodium hydroxide as they call it. No lye, sodium potassium or lithium hydroxide. You have successfully hijacked this thread with topics no one is asking about.

 

[PinkSunshine77]

No, but I can list the ingredients of relaxer. Lye, draino or sodium hydroxide as they call it. No lye, sodium potassium or lithium hydroxide. You have successfully hijacked this thread with topics no one is asking about.

I've hijacked? Lol ok whatever. I'm looking over my HJ pics. Seems like Drano is doing my hair some kind of lovely *snort* Are you better than me because you're natural? Do you realize a trip to the barber shop and 20 min and I could be natural if I chose to? You chicks are a trip.

 

[PinkSunshine77]

Your hair is lovely OP. Let that be made known.

 

[LdyKamz]

I've hijacked? Lol ok whatever. I'm looking over my HJ pics. Seems like Drano is doing my hair some kind of lovely *snort* Are you better than me because you're natural? Do you realize a trip to the barber shop and 20 min and I could be natural if I chose to? You chicks are a trip.

I do not understand what is going on here. No one has made any kinds of comments about them being better than you. I think initially virtuenow was giving a different side to your argument. Meaning BOTH can be damaging. But you seem to feel attacked when it came off a little as though you thought you were "better" and doing less damage to your hair than the OP. That is until you finally complimented her. Different strokes for different folks. What is damaging to one make work wonders for another. Like you said "that Drano is doing you some lovely" I am relaxed too and only decided to relax because I couldn't retain very well as a natural. I agree with virtuenow you did hijack this thread because now everyone is talking about this instead of the Keratin treatment.

OP you hair looks fantastic. When you wash and airdry what does it look like?

 

[Napp]

Hmm this is morphing into a debate about heat damage vs keratin treatment vs relaxer and "what constitutes as 'damaged'". Topics that has been beaten to death in long dragged out threads with no real consensus. In the end everyone just wants to believe what they believe.

"the truth" as you say is not a new opinion. Frankly if you never want to try the product out or really want to understand it why are you trying to prove a point? it seems like wasted efforts and questionable intentions.Nobody goes into a relaxer thread and says "your hair is beautiful OP but you know your hair is chemically damaged right? I'm just telling the truth *kanye shrug*"

i used to have a similar position to you on keratin treatments before i did any real research of my own. once i actually tried it for myself i loved it. lol go figure.

if you really want ingredients there is a search button in this forum and google can help you find anything you want to know.

 

[PinkSunshine77]

*shrugs* do what you want. I'm entitled to my opinion. If you (general you) are going to claim that Keratin is "Oh so much healthier than Relaxers" I would think you would know the ingredients to base your claims. Is Google broken for everyone else? My opinion won't change and everyone responding/quoting me is in essence "hijacking" soo....last time I'm responding on this thread. Don't like me or my opinions? then you know where the ignore button is and so do I. Adios.