What type of keratin is in keratin hair straightening treatments?
• A. Hair straightening treatments are often marketed as keratin treatments. However, they most often contain hydrolyzed keratins, which are very different from the keratin in your hair. Hydrolyzed keratins are very small groups of amino acids joined together, sometimes individual amino acids, that have lost all of the form and function of the original keratin during the harsh processes used to extract them from the keratin source. Sometimes the hydrolyzed keratins are extracted from animal by products, such as horns or hooves. Replicine keratin is extracted only from pure New Zealand wool without any harm to animals. The proteins maintain form and function and so bring repairing and restoring benefits to the hair. Replicine keratins can be considered hair identical and are the keratins best suited to keratin treatments and after care products. • Q. Does keratin make hair straight? • A. No. The keratin in salon hair straightening treatments is included to protect and restore the hair f
