Imagine waking up in the morning and having your hair be as smooth and flowing as if you had just finished showering. Imagine not having to spend hours in the bathroom or a salon, surrounded by hair products and tools, just to make your manageable enough to look presentable when you head out every day.
Such is the dream of every girl. Not only would this make her feel much more confident, but it also saves a lot of time getting ready every day. Neat and manageable hair also looks much more presentable and professional, which is required in many different kinds of jobs. Hence, many are willing to invest in something that makes this much easier for them.
This is where keratin treatments come in. Keratin is a kind of protein that is naturally found in your hair. It is a protective protein, helping strengthen your hair, especially given that it is one of the structural building blocks of hair. Because of this, keratin treatments are becoming increasingly popular, with the many benefits that they can offer. Here are some of them:
1. It helps deal with frizz.
The main purpose of a keratin treatment is to smoothen and straighten your hair, giving it a much neater and defined appearance. This makes frizz and unruly manes a thing of the past and allows you to feel confident in knowing that your hair will retain its perfect shape and form for the whole day.
Furthermore, keratin treatments — when done in a salon — can last for weeks and even months. Even if you do not choose to have your treatment professionally done, regular use of keratin hair care products, such as shampoo and conditioner, should strengthen and smoothen your hair over time, thus keeping your hair as firm and smooth as you like.
2. It makes your hair healthier.
During a keratin treatment, your hair follicles at the roots of your hair are injected with and absorb amounts of keratin. This is what smoothes down the cells that make up your hair, thereby making your hair straighter. At the same time, because keratin is a fundamental protein that makes up your hair, this reinforcement makes your hair stronger and healthier.
This is the advantage of keratin treatments over chemical relaxers. Although chemical relaxers last longer, they use a bunch of different compounds to break down and restructure the bonds between hair in order to straighten frizzy hair. In contrast, keratin treatments provide an alternative that is much healthier and less likely to damage your hair.
3. It can be done on colored or dyed hair.
Another way in which keratin treatments differ from chemical relaxers is that they can be done on colored or dyed hair. Typically, it is not advisable for those who had their hair colored to undergo chemical relaxing, as the combination of chemicals from the dye and those used in the relaxing process can end up damaging the hair. As keratin treatments do not make use of such chemicals, there is no such risk of damage with these. This gives those extra stylish individuals who love to experiment with their hair colors and styles the equal chance to have their hair feel as light and smooth as silk.
The numerous benefits that it offers for your hair make keratin treatments an increasingly popular choice. Try one today and be surprised at how much better and more confident you feel, knowing that you will no longer have to worry about fixing your hair.
