What is Hair Texturizer?
Hair texturizer is a product designed to loosen curls for people with naturally curly hair. It is a processing cream that is placed on the hair for a short period of time and results in looser curls. It is a shorter process than relaxing, in which the curl is completely removed. Hair texturizer allows a client to keep the type of curl that they naturally have, but remove the tightness of it. For example, if someone has tight round or S-shaped curls naturally, the looser curl resulting from a texturizer will still be round and S-shaped respectively. Similarly to any chemical alteration process, a hair texturizer changes the chemical makeup of the hair. A strand of hair contains several chemicals that give it a particular appearance. The disulfide bond, a bond between two sulfur atoms, is the one that allows a strand to hold its shape. When this bond is manipulated, the shape of a hair can be altered. First, a reducing agent is placed on the hair to break the disulfide bonds. Next, the h
Women who have very tightly curled hair have begun to look for ways to loosen their curls to give them better manageability and versatility. However, there is confusion between the difference between a hair texturizer and a hair relaxer? A hair texturizer is just a “mild relaxer” that loosens naturally curly or kinky hair rather than straightening it completely. The traditional hair relaxer damaged hair and burned scalps because of the harsh chemical “lye” found in most products. Times have changed and some hair relaxers now relax hair without the use of harsh chemicals. This allows new hair texturizer products to provide a healthy, natural alternative to managing your curly hair. Here are Some Benefits of Using a Hair Texturizer • Better manageability and versatility • Maintaining curl pattern but having looser curls • Wanting curls to grow vertically rather than horizontally • Less shrinkage and breakage • Reduce frizz and have healthier hair • Reduce maintenance Applying a Hair Text
