ALL ABOUT HAIR SMOOTHENING - PROCEDURE,DURATION, SIDE EFFECTS, COST

Hello Lovely Ladies...

“Smoothening is quite useful for unmanageable or frizzy hair. I had wavy and somewhat frizzy hair. Smoothening and Straightening are quite similar..straightening just has 1 extra step in the procedure.
The basic difference in the end result is that straightening will give you poker straight hair..it is 100% straightening but smoothening is about 70-80% straightening and it gives a more natural look.

PROCEDURE:
The process they use for smoothening is-

• Wash,condition and blow dry
• Apply cream evenly on hair. leave on for 20-30 min. This cream is the one responsible for making the hair straight.
• Wash off cream. Iron hair using ceramic hair straightener. I'm sure you would have seen a straightening iron. They'll straighten hair with this to sort of seal the effects of cream applied.
• Apply another cream for 15-20 min to further seal effects of ironing.
• Wash off , blow dry and you're done.
• You're not supposed to tie/pin/tuck your hair in any way using clips/band anything at all for 3 days and not let them get wet because the chemicals are still acting on them for 3 days. After 3 days, the salon will give you the first hair wash after which you can wash your hair every 2-3 days by products specially meant for your hair type. They also advise not to use oil for at least the first 15 days.

HOW LONG DOES IT LAST:
Straightened or smoothened hair retain their effect till they are cut off. So the new hair that'll grow out from your roots will have your natural hair wave/curl but the one once straightened will remain so. It takes 6-10 months for hair to grow out completely depending on person to person.

SIDE EFFECTS: I used to be quite skeptical about chemical/heat treatments too but I figured it won't really harm my hair doing it once. I don't color my hair either so this is the first treatment for me. Repeated treatments over a long period of time does harm your hair but doing it once will not cause damage. The salon/ stylist will recommend L'oreal or some other good salon range products which you should use while you have straightened hair. Its best to stick to that.

COST : Depending on where you get it from and the length of your hair, it can cost you anything between 4000-8000.Add to this Rs 1500-2500 for the products you will be required to purchase (shampoo + conditioner + cream + serum). Also straightening costs about Rs. 1000-1500 more than smoothening. Maintenance of hair is not difficult. You just need to wash every 3 days with shampoo, apply conditioner and cream and serum when they dry. I used to anyway use shampoo+conditioner+serum so the cream is just 1 more step in the routine which hardly takes any time. Do choose a good reputed salon for yourself so that they don't mess up the procedure in any way or don't use any sub standard quality products.

I hope this helps. This is pretty much the extent of my knowledge on the subject. To know more abt how the chemicals actually work you can always google it up :) If I've missed out some point or you have more questions , just let me know. I think you should have it done at least once, the effect is
really nice! "