How does thermal reconditioning differ from traditional relaxing methods?
A. Good question. First, traditional relaxing methods only relax hair, which eventually “snaps back” to its original configuration: these methods do not, unlike thermal reconditioning, permanently straighten the hair. Relaxers are often lye-based with a Ph ranging from 10.0 to 14.0. In contrast, thermal reconditioning Ph hovers at a consistent 9.0, give-or-take. Second, unlike traditional “paste & comb” relaxing methods, thermal reconditioning requires the infusion of proteins/conditioners to maintain the hairs’ integrity; it require the use of heat compression (i.e. flat iron) to realign the hair bonds into a permanently straight configuration; and it leaves the hair, straighter, glossier and healthier-looking compared to its predecessor.
