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Hair relaxers are a type of chemical cream that loosen the curls of the hair. Hair relaxers are used to make tightly curled hair easier to manage, comb and brush.
Both lye and no-lye Relaxers are used to straighten African American hair. If either is used carelessly, it can cause severe damage to both the hair and the scalp. There are pros and cons to both...
If you want to loosen your hair's natural curl pattern, a texturizer is a great way to do it. Your hair won't be completely straight, but will be wavy and easier to manage.
Hair relaxers work to straighten hair thanks to two very powerful chemicals: sodium hydroxide and guanidine hydroxide. Sodium hydroxide is also called a "lye" relaxer due to the very high pH...
The hair shaft is composed of several levels of structure. Within the original twisted protein strands, the protein is held together by chemical bonds that are called disulfide bonds. These bonds...